Life OrbTimid+Spe −Atk
- GhostShadow Ball
- SteelMake It Rain
- DarkNasty Plot
- NormalProtect
- HP
- 164
- 2
- Atk
- 72
- 0
- Def
- 115
- 0
- SpA
- 185
- 32
- SpD
- 111
- 0
- Spe
- 149
- 32
Rank 9
Gholdengo · build and set
SteelGhost
- Usage
- 19.1%—
- Brought
- 66.8%
- Leads
- 36.2%
- Win rate
- 49.6%
- ▼ 0.4 pts below 50%
- 48.5% – 50.6% · 9,456 games
22,204 battles · 7 days · updated 10 min ago
Recommended build
Showdown paste
Gholdengo @ Life Orb Ability: Good as Gold Level: 50 EVs: 2 HP / 32 SpA / 32 Spe Timid Nature - Shadow Ball - Make It Rain - Nasty Plot - Protect
Spreads (Smogon)
Source: Smogon, September 2026 (1,760+ cutoff)
Timid
+Spe−Atk
9.6%Most used- HP2
- Atk0
- Def0
- SpA32
- SpD0
- Spe32
Timid
+Spe−Atk
7.5%- HP7
- Atk0
- Def0
- SpA27
- SpD0
- Spe32
Timid
+Spe−Atk
6.3%- HP17
- Atk0
- Def0
- SpA17
- SpD0
- Spe32
Abilities
- Good as Gold 100.0%
Moves
Revealed in 4,616 games
- SteelMake It Rain52.1%
- PsychicTrick0.5%
Show all (18)
- FightingFocus Blast0.5%
- NormalSubstitute0.2%
- PsychicPsychic0.1%
- SteelSteel Beam0.1%
- SteelFlash Cannon0.1%
- GhostHex0.1%
- NormalRecover0.0%
- WaterSurf0.0%
- DarkThief0.0%
- ElectricThunder0.0%
Items
Revealed in 3,310 games
Air Balloon0.9%
White Herb0.6%
Show all (15)
Choice Scarf0.2%
Kasib Berry0.1%
Psychic Seed0.1%- choicespecs0.0%
Colbur Berry0.0%
Misty Seed0.0%
Rocky Helmet0.0%
Most common teammates
Lead pairs
Counters
Struggles against
Does well against
Corviknightwins 64.6%79 games
Baxcaliburwins 64.8%71 games
Archaludonwins 54.9%935 games
Teams with Gholdengo
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Gholdengo is on 19.1% of VGC 2026 Reg M-C teams (7 days), ranking 9. Its most seen moves are Shadow Ball, Make It Rain and Nasty Plot. The most revealed item is Life Orb. It usually teams up with Rillaboom and Raichu. It is brought in 67% of its games and leads in 36%.