Atier

11.84%

Usage

13,916

Sets

0.52% with EVs

628

Top 8

4.51%

88

Wins

0.63%

Roles

Special attackerFastSetup

Summary

Gholdengo is used on 11.84% of Masters teams in every format Distortion World tracks, ranking it A tier, from 13,916 tournament sets and 628 top-8 finishes.

Gholdengo always has Good as Gold; the most common build is Life Orb with a Modest nature and Make It Rain / Nasty Plot / Protect / Shadow Ball.

Its most frequent teammate is Rillaboom, on 40.67% of its teams.

Based on 13,916 Masters sets from tournaments through 18 October 2026.

Base stats

HP

87

Atk

60

Def

95

SpA

133

SpD

91

Spe

84

Total550

Usage over time

Ability

Good as Gold

A body of pure, solid gold gives the Pokémon full immunity to other Pokémon's status moves.

The only ability Gholdengo can have.

Items

Item	Share	Sets
	53.96%	7,506
	11.37%	1,582
	9.52%	1,324
	9.48%	1,318
	4.63%	644
Other	11.04%	1,536

13,910 sets

Tera

Tera type	Share	Sets
water	31.31%	2,306
steel	26.18%	1,928
dragon	21.05%	1,550
fairy	9.87%	727
flying	6.60%	486
Other	4.98%	367

7,364 sets with a tera type

Moves

Move	Share of sets	Sets
	99.82%	13,887
	98.63%	13,722
	84.04%	11,692
	78.41%	10,908
	11.85%	1,649
	10.92%	1,519
	7.47%	1,039
	3.21%	446
	1.40%	195
	1.11%	154
	1.08%	150
	0.35%	48

13,912 sets counted · 40 unique moves

Movesets

Moveset	Share of sets	Sets
	76.24%	10,607
	4.38%	609
	3.36%	468
	3.34%	465
	1.60%	223
	1.48%	206
	0.97%	135

13,912 sets

Natures

Nature	Share	Sets
Modest	66.29%	4,345
Timid	32.63%	2,139
Bold	0.34%	22
Calm	0.34%	22
Quiet	0.12%	8
Other	0.29%	19

6,555 sets

EVs

Average investment73 sets

Stat	Investment	Average
HP		52
Atk		0
Def		8
SpA		72
SpD		12
Spe		86

Teammates

share of its 13,916 Masters teams

Sets

sets with EVs first · best placements first

Gholdengo

Modest

CHAMP

17 HP

0 Atk

0 Def

7 SpA

22 SpD

20 Spe

Gholdengo

Timid

S

V

132 HP

0 Atk

0 Def

124 SpA

0 SpD

252 Spe

Gholdengo

Modest

S

V

252 HP

0 Atk

4 Def

140 SpA

4 SpD

108 Spe

Gholdengo

Modest

CHAMP

32 HP

0 Atk

5 Def

0 SpA

2 SpD

27 Spe

Gholdengo

Timid

S

V

124 HP

0 Atk

4 Def

124 SpA

4 SpD

252 Spe

Gholdengo

Timid

S

V

132 HP

0 Atk

0 Def

124 SpA

0 SpD

252 Spe

Gholdengo

Modest

CHAMP

14 HP

0 Atk

0 Def

7 SpA

31 SpD

14 Spe

Gholdengo

Timid

CHAMP

7 HP

0 Atk

0 Def

27 SpA

0 SpD

32 Spe

Gholdengo

Modest

CHAMP

17 HP

0 Atk

2 Def

17 SpA

16 SpD

14 Spe

Gholdengo

Timid

S

V

4 HP

0 Atk

0 Def

252 SpA

0 SpD

252 Spe

Gholdengo

Modest

CHAMP

27 HP

0 Atk

1 Def

0 SpA

23 SpD

15 Spe

Gholdengo

Modest

CHAMP

7 HP

0 Atk

0 Def

27 SpA

0 SpD

32 Spe

Gholdengo

Modest

CHAMP

3 HP

0 Atk

2 Def

27 SpA

2 SpD

32 Spe

Gholdengo

Timid

CHAMP

17 HP

0 Atk

0 Def

17 SpA

0 SpD

32 Spe

Gholdengo

Timid

S

V

116 HP

0 Atk

4 Def

132 SpA

4 SpD

252 Spe

Gholdengo

Modest

S

V

4 HP

0 Atk

0 Def

252 SpA

0 SpD

252 Spe

Gholdengo

Modest

CHAMP

31 HP

0 Atk

0 Def

17 SpA

4 SpD

14 Spe

Gholdengo

Modest

CHAMP

32 HP

0 Atk

2 Def

10 SpA

3 SpD

19 Spe

Gholdengo

Modest

CHAMP

7 HP

0 Atk

0 Def

27 SpA

0 SpD

32 Spe

Gholdengo

Timid

S

V

164 HP

0 Atk

4 Def

28 SpA

60 SpD

252 Spe

Best results

24 teams

Nov 19, 2023

1st

Marco Hemantha Kaludura Silva

Dec 29, 2024

1st

Kwok Siu Wai

Oct 27, 2024

1st

Rick Singzon

Jul 7, 2024

1st

Kevin Ngim

Oct 20, 2024

1st

Jong Dae-Jung

Oct 27, 2024

1st

Joji Kaieda

Dec 8, 2024

1st

Federico Camporesi

2027 Frankfurt Regional Championships

Sep 27, 2026

1st

Eric Rios

Mar 1, 2026

1st

Carson St Denis

Jan 18, 2026

1st

Cary D'Ortona

Sep 21, 2025

1st

Chuppa Cross

Sep 14, 2025

1st

Emanuele Briganti