[OVERVIEW]
With solid defenses and access to reliable recovery, Garganacl can perform well in a utility role or with setup in Iron Defense. Its biggest selling points are its unique move and ability: Salt Cure offers valuable passive damage, synergizing well with its natural bulk, while Purifying Salt provides a useful immunity to status moves such as Spore and Toxic. Garganacl is difficult to break for many Pokemon, but it matches up notably well into Fire-types such as Chi-Yu and Arcanine, Flying-types like Dragonite and Iron Jugulis, and Amoonguss due to Purifying Salt. As one of the best Wide Guard users, Garganacl can block the format's many powerful spread attacks such as Gholdengo's Make It Rain, Chi-Yu's Heat Wave, and Armarouge's Expanding Force. Iron Defense lets Garganacl play as a potent wincon instead, increasing its Defense whilst simultaneously strengthening its offensive presence through Body Press. These sets can be very difficult to take down, though they often rely on using up Terastallization to be most effective. Garganacl's abysmal Speed means it will usually be relegated to moving last. Rock typing also leaves Garganacl with countless weaknesses, including to Water-, Steel-, and Fighting-type moves, meaning common Pokemon such as Palafin, Gholdengo, Iron Bundle, Iron Hands, and Great Tusk all significantly threaten it. Amoonguss is one of the best partners for Garganacl, being helpful against several of the aforementioned threats, while Garganacl checks Fire-types like Chi-Yu in return, with redirection support and healing being especially critical for Iron Defense sets. Garganacl also appreciates teammates that can check Gholdengo, especially if not using Wide Guard, so Pokemon like Chi-Yu, Arcanine, Ting-Lu, and Kingambit are other desirable additions.
[SET]
name: Bulky Utility
move 1: Salt Cure
move 2: Recover
move 3: Wide Guard / Stealth Rock
move 4: Protect
item: Leftovers
ability: Purifying Salt
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
tera type: Ghost
[SET COMMENTS]
* Salt Cure forms Garganacl's offensive presence, dealing insignificant damage directly but leaving a powerful residual effect that lasts even after Garganacl leaves the field.
* Recover complements Garganacl's bulk, allowing it to outheal most attacks while Salt Cure passively whittles down foes.
* Wide Guard stops powerful spread attacks such as Make It Rain, Heat Wave, Expanding Force, and Earthquake. Stealth Rock alternatively offers chip damage throughout the match, breaking Focus Sashes and punishing attempts to remove Salt Cure's effect through switches.
* Protect lets Garganacl rack up Leftovers recovery and Salt Cure damage. This is especially effective against the Water- and Steel-types that threaten Garganacl, as they take increased damae from Salt Cure's effect.
* The given EV spread and nature patch up Garganacl's lower Special Defense, making it difficult to break through with both physical and special attacks, which is further aided by Leftovers for even more healing.
* Purifying Salt provides an invaluable immunity to Amoonguss's Spore and a notable resistance to Gholdengo's Shadow Ball, which assists in stalling it out with Wide Guard.
* Tera Ghost turns Garganacl's weakness to Fighting-types like Iron Hands and Great Tusk into an immunity, effectively leaving it with a single weakness with Purifying Salt.
[SET]
name: Iron Defense
move 1: Salt Cure
move 2: Body Press
move 3: Iron Defense
move 4: Recover
item: Leftovers
ability: Purifying Salt
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
tera type: Ghost
[SET COMMENTS]
* Salt Cure provides passive damage, which is especially useful on this set for Pokemon that resist or are immune to Body Press, such as Gholdengo and Amoonguss.
* Iron Defense makes Garganacl even more difficult to knock out, while Body Press lets the boosts double as an offensive bonus too.
* Recover enhances Garganacl's staying power, increasing its effectiveness as a wincon.
* EVs and nature are used to maximize special bulk, as Iron Defense covers the physical side. Leftovers tops out Garganacl's survivability with some passive healing.
* Purifying Salt confers immunity to Spore and prevents a traditional form of setup counterplay in Toxic.
* Tera Ghost gives a valuable Fighting-type immunity, notably including Sacred Sword, which will ignore the Defense boosts, and leaves Garganacl with effectively just one weakness in combination with Purifying Salt.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Other defensive Tera types are also usable depending on team needs. For example, Tera Poison still provides a Fighting-type resistance but doesn't gain the Dark-type weakness that Tera Ghost does. This means after Terastallization, Garganacl will still be good against Chi-Yu and gains immunity to Toxic Spikes, at the cost of not losing its Ground-type weakness. Tera Water is another alternative, offering helpful resists against Water-types like Palafin and Steel-types like Gholdengo.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Yoda2798, 243662]]
- Quality checked by: [[qsns, 230771], [zoe, 531334]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Lumari, 232216]]
With solid defenses and access to reliable recovery, Garganacl can perform well in a utility role or with setup in Iron Defense. Its biggest selling points are its unique move and ability: Salt Cure offers valuable passive damage, synergizing well with its natural bulk, while Purifying Salt provides a useful immunity to status moves such as Spore and Toxic. Garganacl is difficult to break for many Pokemon, but it matches up notably well into Fire-types such as Chi-Yu and Arcanine, Flying-types like Dragonite and Iron Jugulis, and Amoonguss due to Purifying Salt. As one of the best Wide Guard users, Garganacl can block the format's many powerful spread attacks such as Gholdengo's Make It Rain, Chi-Yu's Heat Wave, and Armarouge's Expanding Force. Iron Defense lets Garganacl play as a potent wincon instead, increasing its Defense whilst simultaneously strengthening its offensive presence through Body Press. These sets can be very difficult to take down, though they often rely on using up Terastallization to be most effective. Garganacl's abysmal Speed means it will usually be relegated to moving last. Rock typing also leaves Garganacl with countless weaknesses, including to Water-, Steel-, and Fighting-type moves, meaning common Pokemon such as Palafin, Gholdengo, Iron Bundle, Iron Hands, and Great Tusk all significantly threaten it. Amoonguss is one of the best partners for Garganacl, being helpful against several of the aforementioned threats, while Garganacl checks Fire-types like Chi-Yu in return, with redirection support and healing being especially critical for Iron Defense sets. Garganacl also appreciates teammates that can check Gholdengo, especially if not using Wide Guard, so Pokemon like Chi-Yu, Arcanine, Ting-Lu, and Kingambit are other desirable additions.
[SET]
name: Bulky Utility
move 1: Salt Cure
move 2: Recover
move 3: Wide Guard / Stealth Rock
move 4: Protect
item: Leftovers
ability: Purifying Salt
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
tera type: Ghost
[SET COMMENTS]
* Salt Cure forms Garganacl's offensive presence, dealing insignificant damage directly but leaving a powerful residual effect that lasts even after Garganacl leaves the field.
* Recover complements Garganacl's bulk, allowing it to outheal most attacks while Salt Cure passively whittles down foes.
* Wide Guard stops powerful spread attacks such as Make It Rain, Heat Wave, Expanding Force, and Earthquake. Stealth Rock alternatively offers chip damage throughout the match, breaking Focus Sashes and punishing attempts to remove Salt Cure's effect through switches.
* Protect lets Garganacl rack up Leftovers recovery and Salt Cure damage. This is especially effective against the Water- and Steel-types that threaten Garganacl, as they take increased damae from Salt Cure's effect.
* The given EV spread and nature patch up Garganacl's lower Special Defense, making it difficult to break through with both physical and special attacks, which is further aided by Leftovers for even more healing.
* Purifying Salt provides an invaluable immunity to Amoonguss's Spore and a notable resistance to Gholdengo's Shadow Ball, which assists in stalling it out with Wide Guard.
* Tera Ghost turns Garganacl's weakness to Fighting-types like Iron Hands and Great Tusk into an immunity, effectively leaving it with a single weakness with Purifying Salt.
[SET]
name: Iron Defense
move 1: Salt Cure
move 2: Body Press
move 3: Iron Defense
move 4: Recover
item: Leftovers
ability: Purifying Salt
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
tera type: Ghost
[SET COMMENTS]
* Salt Cure provides passive damage, which is especially useful on this set for Pokemon that resist or are immune to Body Press, such as Gholdengo and Amoonguss.
* Iron Defense makes Garganacl even more difficult to knock out, while Body Press lets the boosts double as an offensive bonus too.
* Recover enhances Garganacl's staying power, increasing its effectiveness as a wincon.
* EVs and nature are used to maximize special bulk, as Iron Defense covers the physical side. Leftovers tops out Garganacl's survivability with some passive healing.
* Purifying Salt confers immunity to Spore and prevents a traditional form of setup counterplay in Toxic.
* Tera Ghost gives a valuable Fighting-type immunity, notably including Sacred Sword, which will ignore the Defense boosts, and leaves Garganacl with effectively just one weakness in combination with Purifying Salt.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Other defensive Tera types are also usable depending on team needs. For example, Tera Poison still provides a Fighting-type resistance but doesn't gain the Dark-type weakness that Tera Ghost does. This means after Terastallization, Garganacl will still be good against Chi-Yu and gains immunity to Toxic Spikes, at the cost of not losing its Ground-type weakness. Tera Water is another alternative, offering helpful resists against Water-types like Palafin and Steel-types like Gholdengo.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Yoda2798, 243662]]
- Quality checked by: [[qsns, 230771], [zoe, 531334]]
- Grammar checked by: [[Lumari, 232216]]
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