Level 36To Galvantula

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#0596 · GENERATION 5

Galvantula Build Guide

BugElectric

Fast hazard support and special attacker

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Starter moveset

Generation 9 · casual singles · base form

ITEMFocus Sash

ABILITYCompound Eyes

NATURETimid

Sticky Web

Thunder

Bug Buzz

Volt Switch

How to play

Sticky Web lowers the Speed of eligible grounded opponents when they enter. Compound Eyes improves Thunder’s accuracy; Volt Switch can bring a teammate in when its attack hits.

Watch out for

Key risk. Compound Eyes does not make Thunder guaranteed to hit. Focus Sash requires full HP and hazards or chip damage can disable it. Flying or otherwise ungrounded targets avoid Sticky Web; Ground targets block Volt Switch. Fire and Rock attacks are super effective.

About this example

This editorial starting point is not a ranked-format recommendation or a legality check. It does not specify EVs or Tera type. Moves, items and abilities here do not change the builder score.

BATTLE PLAN

When to attack, set up or switch

Sticky Web lowers the Speed of eligible grounded opponents when they enter. Compound Eyes improves Thunder’s accuracy; Volt Switch can bring a teammate in when its attack hits.

You want Sticky Web on the field

Ungrounded targets are unaffected by Sticky Web, so a Flying switch-in dodges the hazard turn entirely — and the same Flying typing then takes Galvantula’s Electric moves for 2×. The Web turn has to be read against who can stay grounded.

The opponent is already faster

Thunder is the move that can end the race, but Compound Eyes only improves the odds of the hit, and a miss leaves a Focus Sash Galvantula with a locked-in turn. Volt Switch is the safe exit, except where Ground blocks it outright.

Fire or Rock arrives

Both types deal 2× to a Bug and Electric pair, and Fire is also the type that resists Bug Buzz. The partner that covers them is the reason this set can spend a turn on the web instead of attacking.

What does a safe pivot mean?

A teammate uses a switching move to bring Galvantula in. A slower pivot may take the opponent’s hit first. Turn order and the opponent’s move still matter.

ITEM & ABILITY

How this build works

Compound Eyes raises Thunder’s accuracy without making it guaranteed, which is the difference between a threat and a certainty, and the same accuracy is spent on a move that Ground types simply ignore. Focus Sash needs Galvantula at full HP, so any chip before the hit that was supposed to be survived spends the item early.

Watch the tradeoff. Compound Eyes does not make Thunder guaranteed to hit. Focus Sash requires full HP and hazards or chip damage can disable it. Flying or otherwise ungrounded targets avoid Sticky Web; Ground targets block Volt Switch. Fire and Rock attacks are super effective.

These battle mechanics do not change the builder’s type-and-base-stat score. The tool does not simulate moves, abilities, held items or damage.

COMPARE YOUR OPTIONS

Galvantula or Jolteon?

Jolteon offers greater Speed and a different Electric role without Sticky Web.

Base stats · standard forms in the local Generation 9 dataset
Stat	Galvantula	Jolteon
HP	70	65
Attack	77	65
Defense	60	60
Sp. Attack	97	110
Sp. Defense	60	95
Speed	108	130

Base stats are not final battle stats. Level, nature, IVs, EVs and battle effects affect the result. Check availability in your game before choosing an alternative.

Teammate ideas

A Water teammate helps against Fire and Rock attackers. Add a teammate that benefits from slowing grounded opponents, and protect your own entry options.

Milotic

Resists Fire and adds recovery plus Water attacks against Rock targets.

Read Milotic guide →Compare teammates →

Gallade

Adds physical damage and can benefit from slower grounded opponents.

Read Gallade guide →Compare teammates →

These are typing-based starting pairs, not a complete competitive team. Check the remaining four slots and your game’s rules.

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Alternative: Jolteon

Jolteon offers greater Speed and a different Electric role without Sticky Web.

Read Jolteon guide →

Try Jolteon →

Type matchups

Weak to

Fire2×Rock2×

Resistances and immunities

Electric0.5×Grass0.5×Fighting0.5×Steel0.5×

Typing only. Abilities, items and battle effects can change these matchups.

HP70

Attack77

Defense60

Sp. Attack97

Sp. Defense60

Speed108

Evolution chain

Joltik#595
Level 36
Galvantula#596

Standard main-series evolution conditions. Regional forms and games with special evolution systems can differ.

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Gen 9 · National Dex · Casual Settings & scope

GameFormat

Format scope · casual planning

Base species #001–1025, using Generation 9 data. A casual planning pool, not a VGC, ranked, or Showdown National Dex legality validator. Regional, Mega and alternate forms are not included yet.

SLOT 01#596

Galvantula

BugElectric

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SLOT 04

SLOT 05

SLOT 06

Understand your team

Offense84

Defense64

Coverage28

Synergy18

Types & base stats only · Not a win probability.

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Key insights

Fire attacks threaten 1 of 1 teammates, with no teammate resisting them by type.
Rock attacks threaten 1 of 1 teammates, with no teammate resisting them by type.
Your own types can hit 5 of 18 single-type targets super effectively. Actual move coverage can differ.

Detailed type analysis · all 18 types

Incoming damage assumes typing only. 0× = immune, ½× / ¼× = resistant, 2× / 4× = weak. Resistance counts include immunities.

Incoming damage by attacking type
Attack	Galvantula	Weak	Resist
Normal	1×	0	0
Fire	2×	1	0
Water	1×	0	0
Electric	½×	0	1
Grass	½×	0	1
Ice	1×	0	0
Fighting	½×	0	1
Poison	1×	0	0
Ground	1×	0	0
Flying	1×	0	0
Psychic	1×	0	0
Bug	1×	0	0
Rock	2×	1	0
Ghost	1×	0	0
Dragon	1×	0	0
Dark	1×	0	0
Steel	½×	0	1
Fairy	1×	0	0

Offensive type coverage

Against single-type targets, using only same-type attacks. This is not coverage against every dual-type species.

NormalNeutral

FireNeutral

Water✓ Super effective

ElectricNeutral

Grass✓ Super effective

IceNeutral

FightingNeutral

PoisonNeutral

GroundNeutral

Flying✓ Super effective

Psychic✓ Super effective

BugNeutral

RockNeutral

GhostNeutral

DragonNeutral

Dark✓ Super effective

SteelNeutral

FairyNeutral

How is the score calculated?

Offense (25%): neutral-or-better type coverage and strongest attacking base stats. Defense (30%): team resistances, unprotected and repeated weaknesses, and 4× vulnerabilities. Coverage (25%): fraction of 18 single-type targets hit super effectively by your own types. Synergy (20%): teammates resisting each other’s weaknesses, physical/special/bulk stat signals and base Speed ≥100. Scores are rounded to 0–100; the total uses the displayed subscores.

Rating bands: Excellent ≥80, Good ≥65, Fair ≥45, Poor below 45. An empty team has no rating.

Small teams are provisional and are not given a separate completion bonus. Adding a Pokémon can lower the score if it creates new weaknesses or lowers averages. These initial heuristics have not been calibrated against battle outcomes.