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Garganacl
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Garganacl

Rock Salt Pokémon

Many Pokémon gather around Garganacl, hoping to lick at its mineral-rich salt.

Appears in these games

Base stats

HP
100
Attack
100
Defense
130
Sp. Atk
45
Sp. Def
90
Speed
35
Total
500
Base Stat Total

Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Resistant to

Normal½×
Flying½×
Poison½×
Fire½×

Competitive movesets

Smogon · Gen 9

Recommended battle-ready sets by competitive tier. A “/” means either option works in that slot.

Stealth Rock

Item
Leftovers
Nature
Careful
EVs
252 HP / 52 Def / 204 SpD
Tera
FairyWater

Curse

Item
Leftovers
Nature
Careful
EVs
252 HP / 52 Def / 204 SpD
Tera
WaterFairy

Iron Defense

Item
Leftovers
Nature
Careful
EVs
252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Tera
Water

Evolution

Notable moves

The strongest damaging moves Garganacl can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.

Sprites & renders

8 sprites & renders for Garganacl.

Official artwork
Official artwork
Pokémon HOME
Pokémon HOME
Animated
Animated
Animated (back)
Animated (back)
Front
Front
Back
Back

Across the games

scarlet violet
scarlet violet
Black · White
Black · White

Moves

Lv.MoveTypeClassPowerAcc.PP
0Hammer ArmFightingPhysical1009010
1BlockNormalStatus5
1HardenNormalStatus30
1Rock BlastRockPhysical259010
1TackleNormalPhysical4010035
1Wide GuardRockStatus10
5Rock ThrowRockPhysical509015
7Mud ShotGroundSpecial559515
10Rock TombRockPhysical609515
13Rock PolishRockStatus20
16HeadbuttNormalPhysical7010015
24Salt CureRockPhysical4010015
30RecoverNormalStatus5
34Rock SlideRockPhysical759010
40Stealth RockRockStatus20
44Heavy SlamSteelPhysical10010
49EarthquakeGroundPhysical10010010
54Stone EdgeRockPhysical100805
60ExplosionNormalPhysical2501005