Gastrodon

No. 0423 · Gen 4

Gastrodon weakness and type

Hit GASTRODON with Grass for 4× damage.

Moves against Gastrodon

4×Hits hardest
½×Not very effective
0×No effect

In Pokémon GO: Grass deals 2.56× instead of 4×. GO chart

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Abilities

  • Sticky HoldNo change to type matchups
  • Storm DrainImmune to Water
  • Sand ForceNo change to type matchups

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Base stats

  • HP111
  • Attack83
  • Defense68
  • Sp. Atk92
  • Sp. Def82
  • Speed39
  • Total475

Best nature

AdamantFor a physical moveset: more Attack, less Sp. Atk.
ModestFor a special moveset: more Sp. Atk, less Attack.

Worked out from base stats. Your team may need something else.

Defeating Gastrodon gives 2 HP EVs.

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How Gastrodon evolves

ShellosWater
  • Level 30
    GastrodonWaterGround
All evolutions

What Gastrodon can hit with

The strongest attacking move it can learn in each type, across all games. Not every game has every move. Same-type moves get a 1.5× bonus.

TypeMoveKindPower
NormalHyper BeamSpecial150
WaterHydro Pumpsame typeSpecial110
IceBlizzardSpecial110
GroundEarthquakesame typePhysical100
RockStone EdgePhysical100
PoisonSludge WaveSpecial95
BugSkitter SmackPhysical70
FightingRock SmashPhysical40

Type counters to Gastrodon

Regular Pokémon whose same-type moves hit it hard and who take little from its same-type moves. Picked from types and base stats only, not movesets.