Gastrodon

Gastrodon Sets & Builds

#423 Water Ground BST: 475
UURUMono
Overview Weaknesses Competitive Sets Moves

Base Stats

HP
111
Attack
83
Defense
68
Sp. Atk
92
Sp. Def
82
Speed
39

UU Sets

Mixed Defense

UnderUsed
Item
Heavy-Duty Boots / Leftovers
Ability
Storm Drain
Nature
Calm
Tera Type
Poison Fairy Ghost
Moves
Spikes
or Stealth Rock
Earth Power
or Surf
Sludge Bomb
Recover
EVs
252 HP / 156 Def / 100 SpD
IVs
0 Atk

RU Sets

Defensive

RarelyUsed
Item
Rocky Helmet / Heavy-Duty Boots
Nature
Relaxed
Tera Type
Ghost Poison
Moves
Spikes
Earthquake
Ice Beam
Recover
EVs
252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD

Mono Sets

The Slug (Ground)

Monotype
Item
Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability
Storm Drain
Nature
Bold / Relaxed
Moves
Earth Power
or Earthquake
Ice Beam
or Clear Smog, Chilling Water
Stealth Rock
or Spikes
Recover
EVs
252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD

Specially Defensive (Water)

Monotype
Item
Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability
Nature
Sassy
Moves
Earth Power
or Earthquake
Ice Beam
Stealth Rock
or Spikes
Recover
EVs
252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD

What Players Actually Run

Ranked-ladder usage for Gastrodon, updated monthly. Data: Smogon usage statistics (ranked ladder).

VGC (June 2026)

#67 · 0.4% of teams
Moves
Earth Power (24.6%) · Yawn (24%) · Protect (13.7%) · Chilling Water (13.3%) · Ice Beam (8.9%)
Items
Sitrus Berry (55.1%) · Leftovers (43.3%) · Rocky Helmet (1.4%)
Natures
Quiet (52.8%) · Sassy (32.6%) · Calm (10.5%) · Modest (1.9%)

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