Golduck
Water
Base stats
HP80
Atk82
Def78
SpA95
SpD80
Spe85
BST500
Abilities
- Primary
- Damp
- Secondary
- Cloud Nine
- Hidden
- Swift Swim
Singles analysis
What this movepool and ability set qualify for under the Singles on National Dex role checks used by league synergy and the roster builder.
Base 85 Speed sits in the middle tier: neither a natural revenge killer nor a slow pivot.
Pivoting
- Pivot (U-turn / Volt Switch / Flip Turn / Parting Shot / Chilly Reception)
- Flip Turn
Recovery
- Rest (near-universal; pairs with Sleep Talk)
- Rest
Setup
- Offensive setup
- Nasty Plot, Calm Mind
- Defensive setup (Iron Defense / Curse)
- Curse
Priority
- Priority
- Aqua Jet, Vacuum Wave
Status
- Toxic
- Yawn
- Sleep (Spore / Sleep Powder / Hypnosis / Dark Void)
- Hypnosis
- Status chance riders (minor)
- Scald
Anti-setup
- Haze / Clear Smog
- Haze, Clear Smog
- Encore
Stallbreak / utility
- Knock Off
- Taunt
- Substitute (near-universal)
- Substitute
- Chip / utility (Pain Split / Future Sight / Corrosive Gas)
- Future Sight
Screens
- Screens (near-universal movepool)
- Light Screen
Moves — National Dex
131 of 131 moves
| Details | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aerial Ace | Flying | Physical | 60 | — | 20 | This move does not check accuracy. | |
| Amnesia | Psychic | Status | — | — | 20 | Raises the user's Sp. Def by 2. | |
| Aqua Jet | Water | Physical | 40 | 100 | 20 | Usually goes first. | |
| Aqua Tail | Water | Physical | 90 | 90 | 10 | No additional effect. | |
| Attract | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 15 | A target of the opposite gender gets infatuated. | |
| Bide | Normal | Physical | — | — | 10 | Waits 2 turns; deals double the damage taken. | |
| Blizzard | Ice | Special | 110 | 70 | 5 | 10% chance to freeze foe(s). Can't miss in Snow. | |
| Body Slam | Normal | Physical | 85 | 100 | 15 | 30% chance to paralyze the target. | |
| Brick Break | Fighting | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 | Destroys screens, unless the target is immune. | |
| Brine | Water | Special | 65 | 100 | 10 | Power doubles if the target's HP is 50% or less. | |
| Bubble Beam | Water | Special | 65 | 100 | 20 | 10% chance to lower the target's Speed by 1. | |
| Calm Mind | Psychic | Status | — | — | 20 | Raises the user's Sp. Atk and Sp. Def by 1. | |
| Captivate | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 | Lowers the foe(s) Sp. Atk by 2 if opposite gender. | |
| Charm | Fairy | Status | — | 100 | 20 | Lowers the target's Attack by 2. | |
| Chilling Water | Water | Special | 50 | 100 | 20 | 100% chance to lower the target's Attack by 1. | |
| Clear Smog | Poison | Special | 50 | — | 15 | Resets all of the target's stat stages to 0. | |
| Confide | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 | Lowers the target's Sp. Atk by 1. | |
| Confuse Ray | Ghost | Status | — | 100 | 10 | Confuses the target. | |
| Confusion | Psychic | Special | 50 | 100 | 25 | 10% chance to confuse the target. | |
| Counter | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 20 | If hit by physical attack, returns double damage. | |
| Cross Chop | Fighting | Physical | 100 | 80 | 5 | High critical hit ratio. | |
| Curse | Ghost | Status | — | — | 10 | Curses if Ghost, else -1 Spe, +1 Atk, +1 Def. | |
| Dig | Ground | Physical | 80 | 100 | 10 | Digs underground turn 1, strikes turn 2. | |
| Disable | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 | For 4 turns, disables the target's last move used. | |
| Dive | Water | Physical | 80 | 100 | 10 | Dives underwater turn 1, strikes turn 2. |