Golem

Golem has 495 total base stats, with its best attacking stat on the physical side (120) and a Speed of 45. Its HP, Defense and Special Defense add up to 275, which makes it a bulky physical attacker.

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What Golem is weak to

Weak to: Water (×4), Grass (×4), Ice, Fighting, Ground, Steel. Resists: Normal, Fire, Poison (×0.25), Flying, Rock. Immune to: Electric (×0). The ×4 weaknesses are the danger: one hit of Water or Grass does huge damage.

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Best teammates for Golem

Ranked by how much each Pokémon improves a two-Pokémon team with Golem: covering its weaknesses, adding attack types it lacks, and avoiding shared weaknesses.

1. Tinkaton FairySteel

   Resists grass, ice, which your team is weak to. Hits fighting, dragon, dark super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to ground.

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2. Klefki SteelFairy

   Resists grass, ice, which your team is weak to. Hits fighting, dragon, dark super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to ground.

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3. Mawile SteelFairy

   Resists grass, ice, which your team is weak to. Hits fighting, dragon, dark super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to ground.

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4. Scizor BugSteel

   Resists grass, ice, steel, which your team is weak to. Hits grass, psychic, dark super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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5. Escavalier BugSteel

   Resists grass, ice, steel, which your team is weak to. Hits grass, psychic, dark super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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6. Durant BugSteel

   Resists grass, ice, steel, which your team is weak to. Hits grass, psychic, dark super effectively, a gap in your coverage.

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Counters to Golem

1. Breloom

   Grass and Fighting STAB hits Golem super effectively and it resists everything Golem can hit it with by type.

2. Chesnaught

   Grass and Fighting STAB hits Golem super effectively and it resists everything Golem can hit it with by type.

3. Torterra

   Grass and Ground STAB hits Golem super effectively and it resists everything Golem can hit it with by type.

4. Toedscruel

   Ground and Grass STAB hits Golem super effectively and it resists everything Golem can hit it with by type.

5. Kartana

   Grass and Steel STAB hits Golem super effectively.

6. Iron Bundle

   Ice and Water STAB hits Golem super effectively.

Where you can use Golem

Golem is in the regional Pokédex of 7 games we cover: