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Gouging Fire, a Fire and Dragon type Pokémon, official artwork

#1020

Gouging Fire: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

FireDragonUber

Gouging Fire is a bulky attacker, led by its Defense (121) and Attack (115), with a base stat total of 590. Competitively it is banned from standard play for being too strong; a top pick in Ubers and unrestricted formats.

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What is Gouging Fire weak to?

How much damage Gouging Fire takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toDragonGroundRock
0.5×ResistsBugElectricSteel
0.25×ResistsFireGrass

Gouging Fire takes super-effective damage from Dragon, Ground, Rock. It resists Bug, Electric, Steel, Fire, Grass.

Best moveset for Gouging Fire

Gouging Fire has no significant ranked usage this month, so here are its strongest attacking options by type coverage:

  • Giga ImpactNormal150
  • Draco MeteorDragon130
  • OverheatFire130
  • EarthquakeGround100

Best nature for Gouging Fire

Jolly. Gouging Fire's Attack (115) far outclasses its Special Attack (65), and its 91 Speed is worth maximising, so Jolly (+Speed, −Sp. Atk) fits best.

Abilities

  • ProtosynthesisSunny Day active or Booster Energy used: highest stat is 1.3x, or 1.5x if Speed.
Full learnset (61 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Draco MeteorDragon13090%Special
OverheatFire13090%Special
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
Flare BlitzFire120100%Physical
OutrageDragon120100%Physical
Raging FuryFire120100%Physical
Fire BlastFire11085%Special
Dragon RushDragon10075%Physical
EarthquakeGround100100%Physical
Stone EdgeRock10080%Physical
Heat WaveFire9590%Special
FlamethrowerFire90100%Special
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Dragon PulseDragon85100%Special
Psychic FangsPsychic85100%Physical
CrunchDark80100%Physical
Dragon ClawDragon80100%Physical
Iron HeadSteel80100%Physical
Lava PlumeFire80100%Special
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Crush ClawNormal7595%Physical
Stomping TantrumGround75100%Physical
Temper FlareFire75100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Scorching SandsGround70100%Special
Smart StrikeSteel70-Physical
Fire FangFire6595%Physical
StompNormal65100%Physical
Thunder FangElectric6595%Physical
Ancient PowerRock60100%Special
BiteDark60100%Physical
Breaking SwipeDragon60100%Physical
BulldozeGround60100%Physical
Dragon TailDragon6090%Physical
IncinerateFire60100%Special
SnarlDark5595%Special
Flame ChargeFire50100%Physical
Weather BallNormal50100%Special
Fire SpinFire3585%Special
Double KickFighting30100%Physical
Scale ShotDragon2590%Physical
Heat CrashFire?100%Physical
ReversalFighting?100%Physical
Burning BulwarkFire--Status
Dragon CheerDragon--Status
Dragon DanceDragon--Status
EndureNormal--Status
HowlNormal--Status
LeerNormal-100%Status
Morning SunNormal--Status
Noble RoarNormal-100%Status
ProtectNormal--Status
RestPsychic--Status
RoarNormal--Status
Scary FaceNormal-100%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status