Gholdengo stats, sets and usage in Smogon SV National Dex
Gholdengo is a competitive Pokémon tracked on Pokékipe for the SV National Dex format. Below: Gholdengo's current usage rate, top moves, held items, common ability picks, EV spreads, frequent teammates, and the best checks and counters — all derived from Smogon's monthly Pokémon Showdown statistics.
Teammates — Gholdengo (SV National Dex)
- Landorus-Therian — 25%
- Garchomp — 24%
- Zamazenta — 21%
- Alomomola — 18%
- Ogerpon-Wellspring — 18%
- Iron Valiant — 17%
- Zapdos — 17%
- Terapagos — 16%
- Tyranitar-Mega — 15%
- Samurott-Hisui — 15%
- Ting-Lu — 15%
- Diancie-Mega — 14%
Checks & Counters — Gholdengo (SV National Dex)
- Charizard-Mega-Y — 85.4% of encounters end with Gholdengo KOed or forced out (n=40)
- Volcarona — 81.1% of encounters end with Gholdengo KOed or forced out (n=34)
- Clodsire — 69.8% of encounters end with Gholdengo KOed or forced out (n=122)
- Ting-Lu — 68.7% of encounters end with Gholdengo KOed or forced out (n=117)
- Kingambit — 70.8% of encounters end with Gholdengo KOed or forced out (n=88)
- Charizard-Mega-X — 76.4% of encounters end with Gholdengo KOed or forced out (n=41)
- Heatran — 79.4% of encounters end with Gholdengo KOed or forced out (n=30)
- Dragonite — 68.9% of encounters end with Gholdengo KOed or forced out (n=60)
- Samurott-Hisui — 76.9% of encounters end with Gholdengo KOed or forced out (n=27)
- Garchomp — 68.9% of encounters end with Gholdengo KOed or forced out (n=56)
- Iron Treads — 63.5% of encounters end with Gholdengo KOed or forced out (n=96)
- Great Tusk — 64.3% of encounters end with Gholdengo KOed or forced out (n=85)
Quick factsGholdengo sees 18.5% usage in SV National Dex (ELO 1760) during July 2026. Its signature move is Recover (80.7%), typically holding Ghostium Z (31.7%) with the Good as Gold (100.0%) ability. Often paired with Landorus-Therian (25.1%). Toughest matchup: Charizard-Mega-Y (85.4%), the read on this matchup is decisive.Smogon chaos SV National Dex July 2026, 407,923 battles, Elite (1760) · Methodology
Top abilities
#4 by weighted usage · −0.9 pts vs last month
Top Tera types
- Nothing100.0%
