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Garchomp

1,306 appearances (Regulation M-B)
B
Tier
169
Speed #68
Forms: Mega Garchomp
Garchomp
Dragon Ground
HP 108
Atk 130
Def 95
Sp.Atk 80
Sp.Def 85
Speed 102
Total 600
Weight 209.4 lbs.
Sand Veil
Boosts the Pokémon’s evasiveness by 25% in a sandstorm.
Rough Skin
When the Pokémon is hit by a contact move, the attacker takes damage equal to 1/8 of its max HP.

Type effectiveness

Weakness · 4×
Ice
Weakness · 2×
Dragon Fairy
Resistance · ½×
Fire Poison Rock
Immunity · 0×
Electric

Meta Builds

Meta Popular

Builds ranked by competitive performance — higher placement at larger events scores more.

#1
Rough Skin Life Orb
100.0 54.7% WR · 73 teams
Dragon Claw Earthquake Protect Stomping Tantrum
Stat Alignment: 78% Jolly, 21% Adamant
Team
Garchomp
Garchomp
Rough Skin · Life Orb
100%
Aerodactyl
Aerodactyl
Unnerve · Aerodactylite
62%
Kingambit
Kingambit
Defiant · Focus Sash
49%
Charizard
Charizard
Blaze · Charizardite Y
40%
Sylveon
Sylveon
Pixilate · Fairy Feather
38%
Farigiraf
Farigiraf
Armor Tail · Sitrus Berry
36%
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Aerodactyl
Aerodactyl
Ability Unnerve
Item Aerodactylite
Nature Jolly
Ice Fang Rock Slide Tailwind Dual Wingbeat
Garchomp
Garchomp
Ability Rough Skin
Item Life Orb
Nature Jolly
Dragon Claw Stomping Tantrum Earthquake Protect
Kingambit
Kingambit
Ability Defiant
Item Focus Sash
Nature Adamant
Sucker Punch Kowtow Cleave Iron Head Low Kick
Charizard
Charizard
Ability Blaze
Item Charizardite Y
Nature Modest
Protect Weather Ball Heat Wave Solar Beam
Sylveon
Sylveon
Ability Pixilate
Item Fairy Feather
Nature Modest
Protect Hyper Voice Hyper Beam Quick Attack
Farigiraf
Farigiraf
Ability Armor Tail
Item Sitrus Berry
Nature Bold
Trick Room Thunderbolt Roar Twin Beam
#2
Rough Skin Sitrus Berry
98.6 57.4% WR · 21 teams
Dragon Claw Protect Rock Slide Stomping Tantrum
Stat Alignment: 86% Adamant, 14% Jolly
Team
Garchomp
Garchomp
Rough Skin · Sitrus Berry
100%
Basculegion
Basculegion
Adaptability · Mystic Water
86%
Whimsicott
Whimsicott
Prankster · Focus Sash
81%
Floette
Floette
Flower Veil · Floettite
71%
Raichu
Raichu
Lightning Rod · Raichunite Y
67%
Gholdengo
Gholdengo
Good as Gold · Life Orb
57%
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Scrafty
Scrafty
Ability Intimidate
Item Scraftinite
Nature Adamant
Drain Punch Knock Off Dragon Dance Protect
Gholdengo
Gholdengo
Ability Good as Gold
Item Life Orb
Nature Modest
Shadow Ball Make It Rain Thunderbolt Protect
Whimsicott
Whimsicott
Ability Prankster
Item Focus Sash
Nature Timid
Protect Tailwind Moonblast Encore
Garchomp
Garchomp
Ability Rough Skin
Item Sitrus Berry
Nature Adamant
Dragon Claw Stomping Tantrum Rock Slide Protect
Charizard
Charizard
Ability Blaze
Item Charizardite Y
Nature Modest
Heat Wave Weather Ball Solar Beam Protect
Basculegion
Basculegion
Ability Adaptability
Item Mystic Water
Nature Adamant
Protect Aqua Jet Wave Crash Last Respects
#3
Rough Skin Sitrus Berry
98.3 55.0% WR · 43 teams
Dragon Claw Earthquake Protect Rock Slide
Stat Alignment: 58% Adamant, 42% Jolly
Team
Garchomp
Garchomp
Rough Skin · Sitrus Berry
100%
Charizard
Charizard
Blaze · Charizardite Y
58%
Basculegion
Basculegion
Adaptability · Mystic Water
58%
Kingambit
Kingambit
Defiant · Black Glasses
56%
Whimsicott
Whimsicott
Prankster · Focus Sash
51%
Floette
Floette
Flower Veil · Floettite
28%
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Floette
Floette
Ability Flower Veil
Item Floettite
Nature Modest
Protect Moonblast Dazzling Gleam Light of Ruin
Kingambit
Kingambit
Ability Defiant
Item Chople Berry
Nature Adamant
Protect Iron Head Low Kick Sucker Punch
Garchomp
Garchomp
Ability Rough Skin
Item Sitrus Berry
Nature Jolly
Protect Earthquake Rock Slide Dragon Claw
Talonflame
Talonflame
Ability Gale Wings
Item Charcoal
Nature Naive
Protect Tailwind Brave Bird Overheat
Sinistcha
Sinistcha
Ability Hospitality
Item Colbur Berry
Nature Bold
Protect Rage Powder Strength Sap Shadow Ball
Gholdengo
Gholdengo
Ability Good as Gold
Item Life Orb
Nature Modest
Protect Make It Rain Shadow Ball Power Gem
#4
Rough Skin Life Orb
94.8 49.6% WR · 506 teams
Dragon Claw Earthquake Protect Rock Slide
Stat Alignment: 82% Jolly, 17% Adamant
Team
Garchomp
Garchomp
Rough Skin · Life Orb
100%
Whimsicott
Whimsicott
Prankster · Focus Sash
47%
Charizard
Charizard
Blaze · Charizardite Y
42%
Basculegion
Basculegion
Adaptability · Mystic Water
42%
Incineroar
Incineroar
Intimidate · Sitrus Berry
30%
Kingambit
Kingambit
Defiant · Black Glasses
29%
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Floette
Floette
Ability Flower Veil
Item Floettite
Nature Timid
Light of Ruin Moonblast Dazzling Gleam Protect
Charizard
Charizard
Ability Blaze
Item Charizardite Y
Nature Modest
Solar Beam Heat Wave Weather Ball Protect
Kingambit
Kingambit
Ability Defiant
Item Black Glasses
Nature Adamant
Iron Head Protect Kowtow Cleave Sucker Punch
Whimsicott
Whimsicott
Ability Prankster
Item Focus Sash
Nature Timid
Moonblast Tailwind Encore Protect
Basculegion
Basculegion
Ability Adaptability
Item Mystic Water
Nature Adamant
Wave Crash Protect Last Respects Aqua Jet
Garchomp
Garchomp
Ability Rough Skin
Item Life Orb
Nature Jolly
Earthquake Rock Slide Protect Dragon Claw
#5
Rough Skin Life Orb
92.5 49.9% WR · 134 teams
Dragon Claw Protect Rock Slide Stomping Tantrum
Stat Alignment: 76% Jolly, 24% Adamant
Team
Garchomp
Garchomp
Rough Skin · Life Orb
100%
Whimsicott
Whimsicott
Prankster · Focus Sash
53%
Incineroar
Incineroar
Intimidate · Sitrus Berry
40%
Basculegion
Basculegion
Adaptability · Choice Scarf
33%
Metagross
Metagross
Clear Body · Metagrossite
30%
Sinistcha
Sinistcha
Hospitality · Kasib Berry
25%
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Froslass
Froslass
Ability Cursed Body
Item Froslassite
Nature Timid
Protect Aurora Veil Blizzard Shadow Ball
Whimsicott
Whimsicott
Ability Prankster
Item Fairy Feather
Nature Bold
Protect Tailwind Encore Moonblast
Glimmora
Glimmora
Ability Toxic Debris
Item Focus Sash
Nature Modest
Spiky Shield Power Gem Sludge Bomb Earth Power
Garchomp
Garchomp
Ability Rough Skin
Item Life Orb
Nature Adamant
Protect Dragon Claw Stomping Tantrum Rock Slide
Gyarados
Gyarados
Ability Intimidate
Item Expert Belt
Nature Adamant
Protect Waterfall Power Whip Temper Flare
Kingambit
Kingambit
Ability Defiant
Item Black Glasses
Nature Adamant
Protect Swords Dance Kowtow Cleave Sucker Punch

Tournament Stats

Submissions that don't match in-game data (typos, renamed moves or abilities) are discarded during import, so the counts here can differ from the total appearance count above.

Most Common Teammates

Whimsicott
Whimsicott
Grass Fairy
43.6% usage · WR 51.8%
Charizard
Charizard
Fire Flying
40.2% usage · WR 54.1%
Basculegion
Basculegion
Water Ghost
39.1% usage · WR 52.9%
Kingambit
Kingambit
Dark Steel
31.9% usage · WR 52.7%
Incineroar
Incineroar
Fire Dark
28.1% usage · WR 47.8%
Staraptor
Staraptor
Normal Flying
24.4% usage · WR 42.6%
Sinistcha
Sinistcha
Grass Ghost
21.7% usage · WR 43.4%
Floette
Floette
Fairy
20.5% usage · WR 55.8%

Most Common Moves

Dragon Claw
1239 (94.9%)
Earthquake
1046 (80.1%)
Rock Slide
1043 (79.9%)
Protect
1033 (79.1%)
Stomping Tantrum
473 (36.2%)
Poison Jab
158 (12.1%)
Rock Tomb
128 (9.8%)
Scale Shot
23 (1.8%)
Swords Dance
19 (1.5%)
Iron Head
11 (0.8%)

Most Common Items

Life Orb Life Orb
882 (67.5%)
Choice Scarf Choice Scarf
130 (10.0%)
Sitrus Berry Sitrus Berry
104 (8.0%)
Roseli Berry Roseli Berry
94 (7.2%)
Soft Sand Soft Sand
19 (1.5%)
White Herb White Herb
12 (0.9%)
Garchompite Garchompite
11 (0.8%)
Lum Berry Lum Berry
11 (0.8%)
Leftovers Leftovers
10 (0.8%)
Haban Berry Haban Berry
9 (0.7%)

Most Common Abilities

Rough Skin
1263 (96.8%)
Sand Veil
42 (3.2%)

Learnable Moves

Move Type Cat. Pow Acc PP
Aerial Ace Flying Physical 60 101 20
Bite Dark Physical 60 100 20
Body Slam Normal Physical 85 100 16
Breaking Swipe Dragon Physical 60 100 16
Brick Break Fighting Physical 75 100 16
Brutal Swing Dark Physical 60 100 20
Bulldoze Ground Physical 60 100 20
Crunch Dark Physical 80 100 16
Dig Ground Physical 80 100 12
Double-Edge Normal Physical 120 100 16
Draco Meteor Dragon Special 130 90 8
Dragon Cheer Dragon Status - 101 16
Dragon Claw Dragon Physical 80 100 16
Dragon Pulse Dragon Special 85 100 12
Dragon Rush Dragon Physical 100 75 12
Dragon Tail Dragon Physical 60 90 12
Earth Power Ground Special 90 100 12
Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100 12
Endure Normal Status - 101 12
Facade Normal Physical 70 100 20
Fire Blast Fire Special 110 85 8
Fire Fang Fire Physical 65 95 16
Flamethrower Fire Special 90 100 16
Fling Dark Physical 1 100 12
Giga Impact Normal Physical 150 90 8
Helping Hand Normal Status - 101 20
Hyper Beam Normal Special 150 90 8
Iron Head Steel Physical 80 100 16
Iron Tail Steel Physical 100 75 16
Move Type Cat. Pow Acc PP
Liquidation Water Physical 85 100 12
Mud Shot Ground Special 55 95 16
Outrage Dragon Physical 120 100 12
Poison Jab Poison Physical 80 100 20
Power Gem Rock Special 80 100 20
Protect Normal Status - 101 8
Rain Dance Water Status - 101 8
Rest Psychic Status - 101 8
Rock Slide Rock Physical 75 90 12
Rock Tomb Rock Physical 60 95 16
Round Normal Special 60 100 16
Sand Tomb Ground Physical 35 85 16
Sandstorm Rock Status - 101 8
Scale Shot Dragon Physical 25 90 20
Scary Face Normal Status - 100 12
Scorching Sands Ground Special 70 100 12
Shadow Claw Ghost Physical 70 100 16
Sleep Talk Normal Status - 101 12
Snore Normal Special 50 100 16
Spikes Ground Status - 101 20
Stealth Rock Rock Status - 101 20
Stomping Tantrum Ground Physical 75 100 12
Stone Edge Rock Physical 100 80 8
Substitute Normal Status - 101 12
Sunny Day Fire Status - 101 8
Surf Water Special 90 100 16
Swords Dance Normal Status - 101 20
Thrash Normal Physical 120 100 12
Thunder Fang Electric Physical 65 95 16

Notable Placements

Place Player Tournament Record
#1 BHelixB *Sitrus-Series*|Champions-MB|#63 9-2-0
#1 Tiltatron MMHM X CHAOS LEAGUE QUALIFIER #3 10-1-0
#1 Lore95 Coupe Critique Champions #3 - 150€ prize 10-1-0
#1 Gotou CHAMPIONS REG. M-B |👑CROWN FIGHT Bo3 TOUR #73👑 9-2-0
#1 burningblazer Smogon VGC Major Live 2026 - 1500$ Prize - Reg M-B 14-2-0
#2 QueerCrocodile Sketch Academy Pride Month/MMHM Qualifier -Reg M-B 8-2-0
#2 MrBigsh0t Wolfey Patreon Tournament - Pokémon Champions #4 7-3-0
#2 elctrolychee Maddo's Cup #9 | 100€ for the Winner | Reg M-B 11-3-0
#2 ionnss Smogon VGC Major Live 2026 - 1500$ Prize - Reg M-B 13-3-0
#3 gslong00 Wolfey Patreon Tournament - Pokémon Champions #4 8-1-0
#3 Pro4tomico MMHM X CHAOS LEAGUE QUALIFIER #3 8-2-0
#4 RoiRehh Smogon VGC Major Live 2026 - 1500$ Prize - Reg M-B 12-3-0
#4 Piloswinefan The Wide League Saturday Night Rumble #86 REG M-B 9-2-0
#4 ResolveVGC Maddo's Cup #9 | 100€ for the Winner | Reg M-B 10-3-0
#5 vmateo The Drywalls Series #8 - M-B 5-1-0
#5 vgcbrain Smogon VGC Major Live 2026 - 1500$ Prize - Reg M-B 12-2-0
#5 ThreeKFive Wolfey Patreon Tournament - Pokémon Champions #4 5-3-0
#5 The_Crowned MMHM X CHAOS LEAGUE QUALIFIER #3 7-2-0
#5 Simoeldiablo CHAMPIONS REG. M-B |👑CROWN FIGHT Bo3 TOUR #73👑 7-2-0
#6 Rahzar The Drywalls Series #8 - M-B 4-2-0