Pokemon Scarlet and Violet | Garganacl Best Build & Moveset | Pokemon SV

The Best Build for Garganacl in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (Pokemon SV). See the recommended Move set, held items, how to distribute EV, and build up for each type.

Garganacl Summary & Review

	HP	100
	ATK	100
	DEF	130
	SP. ATK	45
	SP. DEF	90
	SPD	35

Ability & Hidden Ability

1. Purifying Salt

   The Pokemon's pure salt protects it from status conditions and halves the damage taken from Ghost-type moves.
2. Sturdy

   It cannot be knocked out with one hit.
3. Clear Body

   Prevents other Pokemon from lowering its stats.

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Garganacl Review In Match Battles

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Powerful in prolonged battles suitable for [Salt Cure]

Signature Move [Salt Cure]
Type		Category	Physical
Power	40	Accuracy	100
The user salt cures the target, inflicting 1/8 of its maximum HP as damage every turn. (Steel and Water types are damaged 1/4 of its maximum HP) The effect can be removed by switching out. *Will not be removed when the user is switched out or the turns have passed.

The Signature move [Salt Cure] that combines Attack and Constant damage per turn, when with [Recover], is a powerful combination that can deal damage and restore HP at the same time.

Prevent Status Effects with Purifying Salt

Garganacl's Ability [Purifying Salt] can nullify Status Effects, giving it an advantage against Pokemon that use Status Moves such as Toxic and Thunder Wave.

Advantage and disadvantage are all due to Salt Cure

Garganacl relies on the constant damage from [Salt Cure] for most of the damage it inflicts, so it may lose the means of Attack as soon as the opponent uses Substitute or Covert Cloak.

Garganacl Best Build & Moveset

EVs: HP Def / Leftovers Style

Tera Type		Nature		Ability		Item
		Impish		Purifying Salt		Leftovers
		HP	ATK	DEF	SP. ATK	SP. DEF	SPD
Base Stats		207	120	200	x	111	55
EV		252	-	252	-	4	-

Recommended Moves

1. FIXED

   Salt Cure

   

   

   40

   100

   15
2. FLEX

   Body Press

   

   

   80

   100

   10
3. FIXED

   Recover

   

   

   -

   -

   10
4. FLEX

   Iron Defense

   

   

   -

   -

   15

Category

Strengths & How to Use

Blocks Attackers with High Durability

Garganacl has many desirable advantages for a durable Pokemon, such as high durability Stats, Recovery move, and immunity to Status Effects, making it possible to block some Attackers without any difficulty.

Iron Defense is powerful while being Terastalized

Changing type by Terastal is effective against opponents that try to exploit Garganacl's weakness. Terastalizing into Ghost type allows you to perform the combination of Iron Defense and Recover while eliminating the weakness of original type, making it extremely strong against Physical Attackers.

Halve Ghost Moves with [Purifying Salt]

Purifying Salt not only protects you from Status Effectsn but also halves the damage from Ghost moves. Terastalizing Garganacl into Ghost type makes it weak against only Dark type.

Pokemon Team Compositions

Pokemon	Reason
Meowscarada	By using [Knock Off] to the opponent with [Choice Scarf] + [Trick] in advance, Garganacl will be less likely to be attacked by [Trick].
Hydreigon	The opponent may choose a Ghost type against Garganacl's [Body Press], allowing Hydregon's [Dark Pulse] to deal super-effective damage to multiple opponents.

It is recommended to build with Pokemon that don't need Terastal

Terastalizing Garganacl from Rock type into other type makes it easier to withstand the opponent's attacks. It is best to use Terastal on Garganacl in combination with Pokemon that don't need Terastal.

Other Suggestions

Nature & EV Distribution

Suggested Items Other Than [Leftovers]

Type	Reason
Sitrus Berry	An option when you want other Pokemon to hold the [Leftovers].

Suggested Tera Types

Type	Reason
	Effective against Dondozo and others that use [Fissure] against Garganacl. It can also halve Garganacl's weakness, Grass and Fighting type.

Suggested Moves

Counter Pokemon for Garganacl

Pokemon with Covert Cloak

Candidates Against Garganacl
Skeledirge+Covert Cloak	Gholdengo+Covert Cloak

Ghost types with Covert Cloak, which has a Recovery move, can be sent out after Garganacl because they won't be affected by both the constant damage of Garganacl's Salt Cure and the damage of Body Press.

Special Attacker with High Firepower

Candidates Against Garganacl
Hydreigon+Choice Specs

Garganacl has a lower Sp. Defense than Defense and has no moves to increase Sp. Defense, so it is easier to break through by continuing to attack with Choice Specs.

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Builds & Movesets for Ranked Battles

Series 1 Best Build & Moveset

Palafin	Grimmsnarl	Dragonite
Breloom	Gyarados	Gholdengo
Baxcalibur	Dragapult	Sylveon
Mimikyu	Scizor	Hippowdon
Meowscarada	Glimmora	Cloyster
Amoonguss	Clodsire	Dondozo
Skeledirge	Garganacl	Heat Rotom
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