How to use Garchomp (AKA the meta breaker)

                   How to use Garchomp!

Alright so Garchomp is one of those Pokemon that goes out and rapes people, this is often seen in Battle spot as it rapes the meta, besides Mamoswine, Mamoswine give Garchomp the Dick, It you want to know about the meta, you can see it here: Pokemon meta

Anyway we're not here to see me go on about Garchomp and how SCUM it is, so lets start with the Discussion

Alright as you all know, Garchomp is known for it's amazing 130 attack stat, that attack stat allows Garchomp to one shot most Pokemon with Earthquake this Pokemon also has a Nice 102 Speed stat, Allowing to Outspeed Pokemon in the 100 Speed Tier, Alright here is the first move set.

Moves: Dragon claw, Earthquake, Swords dance/Protect, Iron head/Poison Jab. 

The reason for these moves is simple, Earthquake and Dragon claw are Great stab with Swords dance there to get your attack up for more over kill, this is mainly used when predicting a switch (Not nintendo switch), Protect can be used for Doubles. Iron head and Poison jab are there for Coverage, Poison jab is mainly for doubles due to Fairy pokemon being around, and Iron head covers Garchomp's main weakness, Ice.

Now item wise for Garchomp is pretty odd, in Singles I run Life orb, Rocky helmet or Groundium-Z, These Items give Garchomp alot of power and are able to turn the battle around with them, for example the Life Orb allows Garchomp's moves to get a 1.3 Boost in power meaning it will one shot most Pokemon with a Earthquake, Groundium-Z can be used to take down really tanky pokemon like Ferrothorn, with a swords dance up you will one shot nearly anything in the game, and last of all the Rocky helmet, this item is mainly used as a Combo with Garchomp's hidden ability rough skin, this allows Garchomp to get 1/6 of the foe's HP down when Garchomp is hit by a Physical move.

Now Garchomp has 2 abilitys, Sand Veil and Rough skin as a Hidden ability.

Rough skin is the most used ability for Garchomp, this is because Garchomp can break Pokemon holding the focus sash, for example If a Flygon is holding a Focus sash and goes for a Dragon claw, The rough skin ability will kick in and damage the Flygon, this allows Garchomp to attack with a Dragon claw and defeat the Flygon, this allows Garchomp to Faint Focus sash Pokemon in one turn, Execptions being Mimikyu and Shedninja due to their abilitys.

Sand Veil is an ability that boosts the Evasion in sandstorm although this ability is rarely used due to Garchomp's hidden ability rough skin, if it is used Garchomp is likey holding the Bright powder to Boost It's evasion even more, this allows Garchomp to evoid attacks and Hit back with Earthquakes, the problem with this is that Garchomp has to have an team mate use Sandstorm or him using the move himself but if Garchomp has to have the move Sandstorm then he has to get rid of one of his moves, also the Sandstorm only can last up to 5-7 Turns, that wouldn't be enough time for Garchomp to sweep a team and It will likely get one shot the turn it sets up Sandstorm.

Lets talk about natures! Garchomp likes to run the Jolly this is because it allows Garchomp to outspeed Pokemon in the 100 speed teir, Although it can get outspeed by pokemon like Choice scarf Lele, so this is not the best in that case, other than that It's a Great nature, you could also run the Adamant nature but then you miss out on outspeeding the 100 speed Tier Pokemon which risks getting Ice beamed, Although Adamant nature does allow Garchomp to have alot more power, but I wouldn't risk it unless you're mega.

Why not Mega Garchomp?

Mega Garchomp is fine and all but I don't like how he gets Outspeed into an Ice Beam, one time I'll talk about mega Garchomp.

So thanks for reading my bros, if you want to Try these for yourself on Pokemon showdown, you can, I'll leave some Pokemon sets below.

Singles Garchomp (Rough skin)

Garchomp @ Life Orb 
Ability: Rough Skin 
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe 
Jolly Nature 
- Dragon Claw 
- Iron Head 
- Swords Dance 
- Earthquake

(You could you Rocky Helmet or Groundium-Z)

Singles Garchomp (Sand Veil)

Garchomp @ BrightPowder 
Ability: Sand Veil 
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe 
Jolly Nature 
- Sandstorm 
- Earthquake 
- Iron Head 
- Dragon Claw

Doubles Garchomp 

Garchomp @ Groundium Z 
Ability: Rough Skin 
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe 
Jolly Nature 
- Protect 
- Earthquake 
- Poison Jab 
- Dragon Claw

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