Game version
AppearanceStandard
- Height
- 1.8 m
- Weight
- 22.6 kg
Training & breeding details
Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀
Catch rate60(14.8%)Tricky
Base friendship70Standard
Hatch time20 cycles · ~5,355 steps
Growth rateslow then very fast
Base EXP170
Base stats
HP
55
Attack
84
Defense
105
Sp. Atk
114
Sp. Def
75
Speed
52
Total
485
Base Stat Total
Abilities
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Competitive movesets
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Where to find Gorebyss
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
White
White 2
Ultra Sun
Ultra Moon
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Gorebyss can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
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| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Confusion Has a chance to confuse the target. | Psychic | Special | 50 | 100 | 25 |
| 1 | Iron Defense Raises the user’s Defense by two stages. | Steel | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 1 | Shell Smash Raises user’s Attack, Special Attack, and Speed by two stages. Lower user’s Defense and Special Defense by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 1 | Water Gun Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Water | Special | 40 | 100 | 25 |
| 1 | Whirlpool Prevents the target from leaving battle and inflicts 1/16 its max HP in damage for 2-5 turns. | Water | Special | 35 | 85 | 15 |
| 5 | Rain Dance Changes the weather to rain for five turns. | Water | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 5 | Water Sport Halves all Fire-type damage. | Water | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 9 | Agility Raises the user’s Speed by two stages. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 11 | Draining Kiss Drains 75% of the damage inflicted to heal the user. | Fairy | Special | 50 | 100 | 10 |
| 14 | Water Pulse Has a chance to confuse the target. | Water | Special | 60 | 100 | 20 |
| 16 | Amnesia Raises the user’s Special Defense by two stages. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 19 | Aqua Ring Restores 1/16 of the user’s max HP each turn. | Water | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 23 | Captivate Lowers the target’s Special Attack by two stages if it’s the opposite gender. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| 23 | Safeguard Protects the user’s field from major status ailments and confusion for five turns. | Normal | Status | — | — | 25 |
| 26 | Dive User dives underwater, dodging all attacks, and hits next turn. | Water | Physical | 80 | 100 | 10 |
| 29 | Baton Pass Allows the trainer to switch out the user and pass effects along to its replacement. | Normal | Status | — | — | 40 |
| 34 | Psychic Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage. | Psychic | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| 39 | Aqua Tail Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Water | Physical | 90 | 90 | 10 |
| 45 | Coil Raises the user’s Attack, Defense, and accuracy by one stage each. | Poison | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 50 | Hydro Pump Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Water | Special | 110 | 80 | 5 |
Sprites & renders
22 sprites & renders for Gorebyss.
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“Gorebyss”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/gorebyss.
Species data from PokéAPI.