Gastrodon - Early VGC Guide by 3x Regional Champion
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my gastro is pretty much set 1, but with chilling water over helping hand (needed that water attack for coverage and you can be unkillable to some physical attackers with that, recover and tera fairy)
I've been waiting for Gastrodon's guide for a long time, finally their time came! I'm pretty much running as you suggested (even tera Fairy!) but I'm going Yawn and no Clear Smog.
This guy is always on time! Literally the second I think about using one on my team here he is 🙌🏾
And congrats on the 9k!
Getting very close to that trainer card now!
Thanks for making this video
Because Steel Dondozo is a thing making Clear Smog useless.
Its also because people are running Haze Murkrow to counter Dozo as well and for the defensive role Amoongus is more useful right now because it can also redirect.
There's also Clodsire filling a kind of similar role as well as a water absorber ground type that is neutral to grass and better in trick room.
I've honestly ran it to masterball this season when the game launched and I didn't know how dondozo worked (and it seems neither did others using it 😅) because I got there with ease
Man, I was a fan until you had to go and trash my boy Pinky. Your tastes are obviously too terrible for me to continue as a subscriber. (Kidding, but Pink Gastrodon is definitely the superior Gastrodon)
is protect not useful on gastrodon? not sure if I should replace a move with it
I have been using haze for dondozo, but a few days ago I was like, why isn't anyone using Gastrodon?! I am gonna start using him instead. And here this guy goes saying the same thing 😃 right on time
Donbozo's are running substitute, which flat out means you'll never hit your clear smog, so it doesn't work.
Slobro/king + surf gastro will always be my favourite gimmick ever. Unfortunate that I can't run Waterium Z gastro anymore, so damage has become a bit of an issue
PSA: Gastrodon East does not learn earth power through level up in game. Seems like an oversight because shellos east does.
Do you think the reduced PP on recover will affect gastrodon? Especially the stall sets
In VGC, no.
In singles yes.
Vgc stall never thrives unless its celesteela. Though that ultra beast does enough damage to make it viable in vgc.
It's made Gastro more of a suicide Spikes Setter in OU that can potentially punish weakened greedy Gholdengo play with Earth Power
Gastrodon is a B mon at best, perhaps C. It only thrives in metas with oppressive water types and Dondozo is a gimmick mon which is already dropping off. If there is no Palafin, Quaquaval or double duck on the opposing team, unless perhaps you're running the curse set and built around it, it's a wasted slot on your team.
Dondozo isn't a gimmick mon though. Your statement is also just false. Gastrodon doesn't need oppressive water types to be good. There are examples. People primarily use it for uts bulk and storm drain is just its best ability.
Dozo teams are still extremely popular plus a clear smog/water stab is great into all the fire Tera types. I would never lead gastrodon but I would have it in the back or on the team to scare opponents from bringing hydreigon, garchomp, dozo.
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