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Pokémon · #934

Garganacl

Rock Legal in M-C

Garganacl is #208 on the ladder, on 0.1% of teams.

Stats at level 50

HP 100
Atk 100
Def 130
SpA 45
SpD 90
Spe 35

Base stat total 500

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Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 32 HP / 2 Atk / 32 Def · Impish Nature

Types and weaknesses

Rock
Weak ×2
WaterGrassFightingGroundSteel
Resists ×½
NormalFirePoisonFlying

With Purifying Salt: Ghost ×0.5

Abilities

Purifying Salt
Ghost damage to this Pokemon dealt with a halved offensive stat; can't be statused. · used by 56%
Sturdy
If this Pokemon is at full HP, it survives one hit with at least 1 HP. Immune to OHKO. · used by 3%
Clear Body
Prevents other Pokemon from lowering this Pokemon's stat stages. · used by 41%

Speed tier

Most common
55
Fastest
95 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
55 (0 SP)
Slowest
49 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 55, it outspeeds 2 of the 50 most used Pokémon, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Primarina 80
  2. Kingambit 70
  3. Mega Golisopod 60
  4. Garganacl (this) 55
  5. Hatterene 44
  6. Torkoal 36
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #208 · on 0.1% of teams · 7,385 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Wide Guard 66.9%
  2. Body Press 66.4%
  3. Salt Cure 58.4%
  4. Protect 54.1%
  5. Recover 50.4%
  6. Stone Edge 26.5%
  7. Rock Slide 24.3%
  8. Iron Defense 16.2%
  9. Curse 10.1%
  10. Hammer Arm 4.9%

Items

  1. Leftovers 45.4%
  2. Rocky Helmet 33.9%
  3. Psychic Seed 9.8%
  4. Rindo Berry 3.1%
  5. Sitrus Berry 1.4%
  6. Normal Gem 1.3%

Abilities

  1. Purifying Salt 56.2%
  2. Clear Body 41.2%
  3. Sturdy 2.6%

Spreads

  1. Impish 32/2/32/0/0/0 · Spe 55 17.2%
  2. Relaxed 32/0/32/0/2/0 · Spe 49 10.3%
  3. Brave 32/8/10/0/16/0 · Spe 49 7.9%
  4. Careful 32/2/0/0/32/0 · Spe 55 7.0%
  5. Impish 32/0/32/0/2/0 · Spe 55 6.9%
  6. Impish 32/0/10/0/24/0 · Spe 55 5.7%
  7. Adamant 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 55 5.2%
  8. Impish 32/2/30/0/0/2 · Spe 57 5.0%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 35.5%
  2. Gholdengo 34.2%
  3. Mega Salamence 32.2%
  4. Volcarona 29.7%
  5. Indeedee-F 22.3%
  6. Basculegion 20.1%
  7. Sinistcha 20.0%
  8. Torkoal 17.8%
  9. Mega Golisopod 15.4%
  10. Mega Scrafty 11.7%
  11. Grimmsnarl 11.5%
  12. Farigiraf 9.7%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1760 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1760· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #215 · on 0.1% of teams · 7,385 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Salt Cure 82.7%
  2. Wide Guard 65.5%
  3. Recover 58.8%
  4. Protect 54.0%
  5. Body Press 40.5%
  6. Rock Slide 26.5%
  7. Iron Defense 15.2%
  8. Stealth Rock 9.2%
  9. Explosion 5.9%
  10. Stone Edge 5.0%

Items

  1. Leftovers 52.7%
  2. Rocky Helmet 13.4%
  3. Sitrus Berry 11.1%
  4. Psychic Seed 3.4%
  5. Hard Stone 2.5%
  6. Chople Berry 2.0%

Abilities

  1. Purifying Salt 77.8%
  2. Clear Body 16.0%
  3. Sturdy 6.2%

Spreads

  1. Impish 32/2/32/0/0/0 · Spe 55 10.2%
  2. Careful 32/0/2/0/32/0 · Spe 55 7.0%
  3. Adamant 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 55 4.8%
  4. Impish 32/0/32/0/2/0 · Spe 55 4.4%
  5. Impish 32/0/10/0/24/0 · Spe 55 4.2%
  6. Careful 32/2/0/0/32/0 · Spe 55 4.1%
  7. Relaxed 32/0/32/0/2/0 · Spe 49 4.1%
  8. Sassy 32/0/5/0/29/0 · Spe 49 3.5%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 21.2%
  2. Mega Golisopod 18.1%
  3. Incineroar 15.7%
  4. Indeedee-F 14.9%
  5. Sinistcha 14.8%
  6. Farigiraf 13.1%
  7. Gholdengo 12.6%
  8. Mega Salamence 12.0%
  9. Sneasler 10.1%
  10. Torkoal 9.2%
  11. Pelipper 8.6%
  12. Volcarona 8.5%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1500 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1500· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #213 · on 0.2% of teams · 7,385 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Salt Cure 84.9%
  2. Wide Guard 59.9%
  3. Protect 57.3%
  4. Recover 56.6%
  5. Body Press 39.8%
  6. Rock Slide 23.7%
  7. Iron Defense 17.5%
  8. Stealth Rock 9.5%
  9. Explosion 6.5%
  10. Earthquake 5.0%

Items

  1. Leftovers 46.9%
  2. Rocky Helmet 13.9%
  3. Sitrus Berry 10.5%
  4. Hard Stone 3.7%
  5. Psychic Seed 3.4%
  6. Expert Belt 2.5%

Abilities

  1. Purifying Salt 77.2%
  2. Clear Body 14.4%
  3. Sturdy 8.4%

Spreads

  1. Impish 32/2/32/0/0/0 · Spe 55 12.8%
  2. Careful 32/0/2/0/32/0 · Spe 55 6.3%
  3. Adamant 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 55 5.2%
  4. Careful 32/2/0/0/32/0 · Spe 55 5.1%
  5. Sassy 32/0/2/0/32/0 · Spe 49 4.0%
  6. Relaxed 32/0/32/0/2/0 · Spe 49 3.8%
  7. Impish 32/0/32/0/2/0 · Spe 55 3.6%
  8. Brave 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 49 3.0%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 16.9%
  2. Sinistcha 16.0%
  3. Incineroar 15.0%
  4. Farigiraf 13.2%
  5. Mega Golisopod 12.9%
  6. Indeedee-F 12.9%
  7. Toxapex 10.5%
  8. Sneasler 8.7%
  9. Mega Salamence 8.4%
  10. Torkoal 8.3%
  11. Gholdengo 7.3%
  12. Whimsicott 6.7%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, all games (cutoff 0) · Sep 2026· all ratings· 1,631,943 battles

Tournaments (Last 30 days)

On 3 of 4,299 teams (0.1%) · win rate 46.2% (95% interval 23.2%–70.9%, n = 13 games) · 0 top-cut teams

Tournament data: Limitless (play.limitlesstcg.com); player names removed · 40 tournaments· player names removed

Checks and counters

Beats it in replays

Teams with these win more often against teams bringing it than their overall strength predicts. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No matchup in the replay sample passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Ladder checks

How often each one KOs or forces it out when they meet. Score = 100 × (p − 2 sd).

Smogon lists no checks with at least 20 encounters.

Matchups: public Pokémon Showdown Bo3 replays; player names removed · Last 30 days· 4,940 replays· gen9championsvgc2026regmcbo3

Good with

Wins together in replays

Brought together, these pairs win more often than expected. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No partner passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Common teammates

Score 50 = paired as often as the teammate's own popularity predicts; higher = paired more often.

  1. Mega Scrafty +11.4 pp n = 866 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Garganacl teams; Mega Scrafty is on 0% of all teams (41.33× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Volcarona +22.7 pp n = 2,193 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 30% of Garganacl teams; Volcarona is on 7% of all teams (4.24× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Torkoal +12.7 pp n = 1,312 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 18% of Garganacl teams; Torkoal is on 5% of all teams (3.48× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Sinistcha +12.6 pp n = 1,475 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 20% of Garganacl teams; Sinistcha is on 7% of all teams (2.72× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Grimmsnarl +6.2 pp n = 846 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 11% of Garganacl teams; Grimmsnarl is on 5% of all teams (2.20× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Gholdengo +15.1 pp n = 2,523 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 34% of Garganacl teams; Gholdengo is on 19% of all teams (1.79× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Mega Salamence +4.1 pp n = 2,375 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 32% of Garganacl teams; Mega Salamence is on 28% of all teams (1.15× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Indeedee-F +2.1 pp n = 1,649 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 22% of Garganacl teams; Indeedee-F is on 20% of all teams (1.10× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Basculegion -0.5 pp n = 1,484 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 20% of Garganacl teams; Basculegion is on 21% of all teams (0.98× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Mega Golisopod -0.3 pp n = 1,136 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 15% of Garganacl teams; Mega Golisopod is on 16% of all teams (0.98× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Rillaboom -11.1 pp n = 2,625 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 36% of Garganacl teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (0.76× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Farigiraf -6.0 pp n = 718 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 10% of Garganacl teams; Farigiraf is on 16% of all teams (0.62× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

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