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Gholdengo

#18 Doubles (VGC) · 11.7%#6 Singles (OU) · 19.3% SteelGhost

Usage, sets and teammates pulled from the Pokémon Showdown / Smogon Champions ladder, June 2026.

Doubles (VGC) set #18 · 11.7% usage

Moves

Shadow Ball98.6%
Make It Rain96.6%
Protect85%
Nasty Plot64.6%
Power Gem25.3%
Trick8.9%

Held items

Life Orb52.6%
Choice Scarf13.6%
Metal Coat11.6%
Leftovers7.3%
Sitrus Berry3.3%

Ability

Good as Gold 100%

Common EV spreads

Timid 16 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe 18.8%
Modest 16 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe 17.9%
Modest 252 HP / 16 Def / 79 SpA / 24 SpD / 150 Spe 3.7%

Best teammates

Garchomp Garchomp 44.9% Whimsicott Whimsicott 41.7% Mega Staraptor Mega Staraptor 35.7% Incineroar Incineroar 26.7% Basculegion Basculegion 25.1% Sinistcha Sinistcha 23.3%

Singles (OU) set #6 · 19.3% usage

Moves

Shadow Ball99.2%
Make It Rain80.4%
Nasty Plot49.3%
Recover47.7%
Trick40.9%
Focus Blast31%

Held items

Choice Scarf43.6%
Shuca Berry21.8%
Colbur Berry11.7%
Leftovers9.5%
Metal Coat3.3%

Ability

Good as Gold 100%

Common EV spreads

Timid 16 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe 35.6%
Timid 47 HP / 221 SpA / 252 Spe 7.1%
Timid 252 SpA / 16 SpD / 252 Spe 5.3%

Best teammates

Garchomp Garchomp 57.1% Hisuian Samurott Hisuian Samurott 39.6% Glimmora Glimmora 22.5% Dragonite Dragonite 19.9% Corviknight Corviknight 19.5% Kingambit Kingambit 19.5%

Counters & checks

Type-matchup math for Gholdengo, cross-referenced with the live June 2026 meta. These flag likely threats and targets; confirm exact damage with the damage calculator.

Defensive profile

2× weakFireGroundGhostDark
resistsBugGrassIceFlyingPsychicRockDragonSteelFairy
immuneNormalFightingPoison

Threatens Gholdengo

Meta Pokémon carrying STAB that hits Gholdengo super-effectively.

Garchomp Garchomp 48% Sinistcha Sinistcha 33% Basculegion Basculegion 30.3% Incineroar Incineroar 28.3% Hisuian Samurott Hisuian Samurott 28.3% Kingambit Kingambit 23.1% Excadrill Excadrill 17.5% Dragapult Dragapult 15.4% Mega Charizard Y Mega Charizard Y 15.3% Grimmsnarl Grimmsnarl 15%

Gholdengo pressures

Common meta Pokémon weak to Gholdengo's STAB.

Sinistcha Sinistcha 33% Basculegion Basculegion 30.3% Whimsicott Whimsicott 26.7% Glimmora Glimmora 19.6% Galarian Slowking Galarian Slowking 16.8% Dragapult Dragapult 15.4% Grimmsnarl Grimmsnarl 15% Floette (Mega Flower) Floette (Mega Flower) 14.9% Hatterene Hatterene 14.8% Mega Metagross Mega Metagross 13%

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