How to Raise a Perfect Garchomp

Last Updated: September 3, 2020

A Garchomp is a very strong and cool pseudo-legendary Pokémon. If you train it well, you may have an almost invincible Dragon Pokémon. All you need to do is have the patience to train it, raise its level, and use it for battles.

Steps

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Catch a Gible.
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Get a Gible with the nature Adamant or Jolly. Jolly might be the best, because then Salamence, Pikachu, and Celebi will not be faster than your Garchomp, and you can outrun faster Pokémon such as Gengar. You can either keep on catching Gible until you get one or you can breed until you get one. Giving the Gible parent an Everstone to hold will probably increase the chances of getting a good nature. These natures are the ones that you'll want because they don't lower any of Garchomp's perfect stats.

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3
"Train" it by fighting Pokémon that give Attack and Speed EVs, so that it gets 252 Attack EVs and 252 Speed EVs. You can use Protein and Carbos for the first 100 EVs in each stat if you have enough money.
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Raise its Level to 24 and let it learn (via leveling or giving it TMs) powerful moves. If you do not mind extra training, then breed for a Gible egg. Its stats (could) be higher and it can learn powerful egg moves like Thrash. Placing it in the day-care will require a lot of walking, but allows higher EV training.
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Let it evolve at Level 24 into a Gabite.
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Train. If it is not in the daycare, train it in Attack and Speed. Fighting Pokémon with normally high Attack or Speed stats will raise Gabite/Garchomp's total ability.
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Raise its Level to 48 and let it learn (via leveling or giving it TMs) powerful moves.
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Evolve it. At level 49, the Gabite can learn Dragon Rush, a highly powerful but slightly inaccurate move. Evolving it at level 48 will give a marginal amount of extra Attack. Evolving it at level 49 lets you learn Dragon Rush earlier. It's your choice.
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Teach. When you have Garchomp, the following moves are highly recommended:
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge or Rock Slide
- Dragon Claw, Dragon Rush, Dual Chop, or Outrage. Dragonbreath and Dragon Pulse are optional, as is Draco Meteor, but it wastes the use of Garchomp's Special Attack stat (but this can be easily changed by switching your Garchomp out).
- Fire Fang/Crunch
- Dragon Dance
- Substitute
- Protect
10
"Give" a useful item (like a Choice Scarf or a Choice Band) to your Garchomp.
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Battle competitively with this Garchomp and you may win many more matches than you previously did. If you use Garchomp on the same team as a Tyranitar, Garchomp will get a 20% chance to avoid getting hit. Just remember to have other Pokémon that can take in Water, Grass, Ice, Fighting, and Fairy attacks. Another good idea if you want to do this is to give it a Yache Berry to hold. This will let your Garchomp survive most Ice type attacks.

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Community Q&A

Question

Why should I give it attack and speed?

Community Answer

Giving it greater attack and speed abilities will mean it can do more damage to other Pokemon during battles.
Question

Should my Garchomp learn all Dragon type moves or all Ground type moves? Or two of each or different types of moves?

Community Answer

Different types of moves. If you don't teach it different types of moves, it won't be able to handle many types of Pokemon.
Question

Should I give it the moves Cynthia has for hers?

Community Answer

It is a good moveset, but I don't recommend it, as you can't boost your Attack for Dragon Rush, and you won't get physical coverage for Clefable. It can hit Chansey/Blissey super effectively, but it doesn't matter due to their low physical defenses.
Question

Is poison jab a good move for my Garchomp?

Community Answer

Yes. It is a very good poison type move that can counter fairy types if possible.
Question

Is strength a good move for Garchomp? I need to pass the Victory Road in Pokemon Y.

Community Answer

No. Teach strength to an OK Pokemon, but never your Garchomp. I recommend you teach strength to your Snorlax. It's a good move for it.
Question

How do I train my Garchomp?

Community Answer

Battle trainers and Pokemon in Victory Road and it will gain a lot of levels. If you've already beaten the champion, go to the battle area and fight and train there.
Question

What moves should a perfect garchop have? Is poison jab a perfect move?

Community Answer

Yes, poison jab Is perfect because it can counter fairies. Fairy is super effective against dragon.

Warnings

Sometimes Garchomp may be KOed (fainted easily) if you don't take care of its HP or if it fights an Ice type (4x weakness) or Fairy type (2x weakness).

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Avoid teaching it two attacking moves of the same type.

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Avoid teaching it special attacks like Surf. It wastes the high Attack stat.

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