Gholdengo
Rank #2 · 27.2% usage · June 2026 · Smogon OU (Gen 9 singles) ladder · cutoff 1695+ battles
Usage trend
Moves
- Make It Rain86.7%
- Shadow Ball85.1%
- Recover54.3%
- Nasty Plot52.3%
- Trick41.4%
- Focus Blast22.0%
- Psyshock14.3%
- Thunder Wave11.7%
- Thunderbolt10.6%
- Dazzling Gleam9.4%
- Hex8.7%
- Substitute2.5%
- Memento0.3%
- Thunder0.3%
- Power Gem0.1%
Items
- Choice Scarf39.4%
- Air Balloon35.6%
- Metal Coat5.6%
- Grassy Seed3.4%
- Custap Berry3.2%
- Shuca Berry2.5%
- Covert Cloak2.5%
- Choice Specs2.4%
- Leftovers1.9%
- Heavy-Duty Boots1.0%
- Ability Shield0.8%
- Colbur Berry0.5%
- Rocky Helmet0.4%
- Salac Berry0.2%
- Eject Pack0.2%
Abilities
- Good as Gold100.0%
Teammates
- Great Tusk8.1%
- Dragonite7.4%
- Zamazenta5.6%
- Samurott (Hisui)4.7%
- Ting-Lu4.1%
- Iron Valiant4.0%
- Ogerpon (Wellspring)3.3%
- Kingambit3.2%
- Glimmora3.1%
- Raging Bolt3.1%
- Kyurem2.3%
- Darkrai2.3%
Spreads
- Timid 0/0/0/252/4/25236.2%
- Timid 4/0/0/252/0/2528.3%
- Bold 252/0/196/0/0/606.7%
- Modest 0/0/0/252/4/2524.6%
- Timid 0/0/4/252/0/2524.5%
- Timid 0/0/68/252/0/1883.0%
- Modest 248/0/176/72/0/122.4%
- Modest 72/0/0/252/0/1841.8%
- Modest 120/0/0/192/0/1961.7%
- Modest 0/0/4/252/0/2521.6%
Checks & Counters
- Iron Mothscore 69.2 · KOs or forces out 76.5%
- Hoopa (Unbound)score 62.3 · KOs or forces out 70.4%
- Kingambitscore 61.9 · KOs or forces out 65.6%
- Samurott (Hisui)score 61.8 · KOs or forces out 66.9%
- Excadrillscore 61.5 · KOs or forces out 69.7%
- Moltres (Galar)score 61.0 · KOs or forces out 78.1%
- Heatranscore 61.0 · KOs or forces out 69.3%
- Ceruledgescore 60.6 · KOs or forces out 69.6%
- Raging Boltscore 56.8 · KOs or forces out 62.2%
- Ursalunascore 56.5 · KOs or forces out 65.8%
Representative set
Gholdengo @ Choice Scarf Ability: Good as Gold EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature - Make It Rain - Shadow Ball - Recover - Nasty Plot