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Gogoat is a pure grass-type with an impressive HP stat in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. It can hit surprisingly hard with its physical moves, but it can be outclassed by many Pokemon in the game. He has reliable ways to stay alive and even learns Earthquake upon leveling up. As a pure grass-type, it has a lot of weaknesses but has amazing immunity that not every player can know about. These are all of Gogoat’s weaknesses and the best Pokemon to counter it in Scarlet & Violet.
What is Gogoat weak to in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet?
Gogoat is a cigar Grass Type Pokemon and has many high base powered moves at its disposal such as Earthquake, Leaf Blade, and Double Edge. The best way to take him down quickly is by hitting him with physical moves, as he has much lower defense than special defense. Flying, Bug, Ice, Poison, and Fire are all good ways to deal with Gogoat. His hidden ability grass skin It will only activate on Grassy Terrain and grants it 50% more Defense. When activated, it would be better to use special moves instead. Its weaknesses are:
- Flying -x2
- Insect -x2
- Ice -x2
- Poison -x2
- Fire -x2
What is Gogoat immune to in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet?
Gogoat’s normal ability is sap sucker, giving it immunity to Grass’ moves used against it while also increasing its attack stat. Even moves like Aromatherapy will trigger Sap Sipper, so it’s recommended not to use any Grass moves while he’s around.
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What is Gogoat strong against in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet?
Gogoat is a great Pokemon when used against other grass types due to its immunity to its grass STAB. Even with its weak defense stat, it can use moves like Bulk Up to boost both its attack and defense and heal any damage it takes from Milk Drink. While Gogoat may not be one of the strongest grass types, it can deal a lot of damage on both the physical and special sides. Damage will be reduced to:
- land – 1/2
- Electric – 1/2
- Water – 1/2
- Grass – 1/2 (without Sap Sipper)
What are the best Gogoat counters in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet?
Gogoat’s movepool when leveling up isn’t overly diverse, allowing many Pokemon to safely switch out to counter it. He knows mostly grass moves and can learn Aerial Ace, Earthquake, and Double Edge for coverage. When fighting in the wild, the best Pokémon to counter it with are staraptor, kilowatt, and many of the other Flying-type Pokémon in the game. bronzong with Levitate as an ability it is also a very strong counter to Gogoat, as it resists all of its moves.
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