POKÉDEX #445 · GENERATION 4

Garchomp Build Guide

DragonGround

Physical attacker with hazard support

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Starter moveset

Generation 9 · casual singles · base form

ITEMLeftovers

ABILITYRough Skin

NATUREJolly

Earthquake

Strong Ground damage; Flying types and Levitate avoid it.

Dragon Claw

Dragon damage without locking into the move; Fairy types are immune.

Swords Dance

Boost Attack by two stages when a safe turn is available.

Stealth Rock

Punish opposing switches; choose this or setup based on the turn.

How to play

Choose between setting Stealth Rock and boosting with Swords Dance according to the matchup. Rough Skin punishes contact attacks.

Watch out for

Ice attacks deal 4× damage. Fairy types ignore Dragon Claw, and Flying types ignore Earthquake. This set has no Fire coverage, so Steel/Flying opponents such as Corviknight can stop both attacks.

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.

Teammate ideas

A Steel teammate can resist Ice, Dragon and Fairy attacks. A special attacker helps avoid relying entirely on physical damage.

Corviknight

Corviknight resists Fairy and Dragon and is immune to Ground. Ice damage is neutral, so do not treat it as an Ice resistance. Garchomp is immune to its Electric weakness.

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Azumarill

Azumarill resists Ice and is immune to Dragon. Garchomp covers its Electric weakness, but neither resists Fairy; add a Steel teammate for that matchup.

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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: Flygon

Flygon adds Levitate’s Ground immunity but has lower Attack and bulk.

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Type matchups

Weak to

Ice4×Dragon2×Fairy2×

Resistances and immunities

Fire0.5×Electric0×Poison0.5×Rock0.5×

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

HP108

Attack130

Defense95

Sp. Attack80

Sp. Defense85

Speed102

Evolution chain

Gible#443
Level 24
Gabite#444
Level 48
Garchomp#445

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

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Start with Garchomp. Add teammates and compare your type-and-base-stat score.

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#445

Garchomp

DragonGround

SLOT 02

SLOT 03

SLOT 04

SLOT 05

SLOT 06

Understand your team

Offense94

Defense60

Coverage33

Synergy27

Types & base stats only · Not a win probability.

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Key insights

Ice attacks threaten 1 of 1 teammates, with no teammate resisting them by type.
Dragon attacks threaten 1 of 1 teammates, with no teammate resisting them by type.
Garchomp takes 4× damage from Ice attacks by type.
Your own types can hit 6 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	Garchomp	Weak	Resist
Normal	1×	0	0
Fire	½×	0	1
Water	1×	0	0
Electric	0×	0	1
Grass	1×	0	0
Ice	4×	1	0
Fighting	1×	0	0
Poison	½×	0	1
Ground	1×	0	0
Flying	1×	0	0
Psychic	1×	0	0
Bug	1×	0	0
Rock	½×	0	1
Ghost	1×	0	0
Dragon	2×	1	0
Dark	1×	0	0
Steel	1×	0	0
Fairy	2×	1	0

Offensive type coverage

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

NormalNeutral

Fire✓ Super effective

WaterNeutral

Electric✓ Super effective

GrassNeutral

IceNeutral

FightingNeutral

Poison✓ Super effective

GroundNeutral

FlyingNeutral

PsychicNeutral

BugNeutral

Rock✓ Super effective

GhostNeutral

Dragon✓ Super effective

DarkNeutral

Steel✓ Super effective

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.