Gholdengo
This species appears on the Regulation Set M-C eligible list. Check the exact form, moves and held item in-game.
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Base stats
Abilities
Competitive usage
Showdown ladder · Sep 2026
Moves
- Shadow Ball24.9%
- Make It Rain24.9%
- Protect23.6%
- Nasty Plot22.3%
- Power Gem2.0%
- Trick0.7%
- Thunderbolt0.4%
- Focus Blast0.3%
- Dazzling Gleam0.2%
- Psychic0.1%
Items
- Life Orb77.4%
- Grassy Seed6.3%
- Choice Scarf4.8%
- Leftovers3.7%
- Focus Sash3.2%
- Metal Coat1.3%
- Sitrus Berry0.6%
- Air Balloon0.5%
Abilities
- Good as Gold100.0%
Natures
- Modest59.4%
- Timid39.4%
- Hardy0.4%
- Quiet0.3%
- Bold0.3%
Common teammates
- Rillaboom14.7%
- Salamence-Mega8.5%
- Raichu-Mega-Y7.6%
- Sneasler7.2%
- Incineroar6.9%
- Arcanine-Hisui5.5%
- Milotic4.7%
- Staraptor-Mega3.9%
Stat-Point spreads
- Timid · 2/0/0/32/0/32 SP12.5%
- Modest · 2/0/0/32/0/32 SP7.2%
- Timid · 7/0/0/27/0/32 SP6.3%
- Modest · 17/0/0/17/0/32 SP4.2%
- Timid · 17/0/0/17/0/32 SP3.9%
- Modest · 7/0/0/27/0/32 SP3.4%
Ladder spreads in Champions Stat Points (stat order HP/Atk/Def/SpA/SpD/Spe) — the ladder's Champions formats use SP natively.
Source: Smogon / Pokémon Showdown usage statistics (Champions ladder) · Showdown ladder · Sep 2026. About these stats
Notable moves
Hard-hitting attacks, one per type, from 47 indexed learnset moves. This list is not an M-C legality check.
Editorial sample teams
Tyranitar's Sand Stream doubles Excadrill's Speed via Sand Rush and chips everything that isn't Rock, Ground or Steel. Garchomp takes your one Mega slot, Incineroar's Intimidate and Fake Out buy setup turns, and Gholdengo (Good as Gold) walls the status moves that would slow the sweep.
Two dragons apply immediate pressure with Extreme Speed priority and speed control. Gyarados takes the Mega slot for a Mold Breaker Dragon Dance, Incineroar keeps the tempo with Intimidate, and Kingambit closes — Supreme Overlord climbs with every fainted ally.
Mega Mawile's Huge Power and Fairy/Steel typing blanks the dragon-heavy meta while Sylveon's Pixilate Hyper Voice pressures from range. Corviknight and Gholdengo form the defensive backbone behind a Garchomp sweeper.
Mega Kangaskhan spearheads — Parental Bond turns every hit into two, so Fake Out chips and Double-Edge hurts twice. Weavile's priority Ice Shard picks off weakened dragons, Garchomp and Volcarona provide secondary win conditions, and Gholdengo plus Corviknight keep it from folding to faster teams.