Golisopod

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Pokémon type

Bug

Water

Golisopod weaknesses

Golisopod is weak to Flying, Rock and Electric-type moves.

160%

Resistances

Golisopod is resistant to Fighting, Ground, Steel, Water and Ice-type moves.

63%

Best moveset for Golisopod

The best moves for Golisopod are Fury Cutter and Razor Shell when attacking Pokémon in Gyms. This move combination has the highest total DPS. In Trainer Battles, Fury Cutter and Aqua Jet deal the most damage per turn.

Attacking

Fury Cutter

9.6DPS

Razor Shell

44DPS

Defending

Waterfall

15.6DPS

Liquidation

28DPS

Trainer Battles

Fury Cutter

4EPT

Aqua Jet

2.1DPE

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Evolution

There are 2 Pokémon in the Wimpod family. Golisopod evolves from Wimpod for 400 Candy.

Wimpod

Golisopod

400

Game images

Golisopod, with the shiny version on the right. There is a very low chance of getting a shiny one.

Summary

Golisopod is a Bug & Water Pokémon which evolves from Wimpod. It is weak to Flying, Rock and Electric moves. Golisopod's best moveset is Fury Cutter & Razor Shell and it has a Max CP of 3,575.

About

"Its claws, which it can extend and retract at will, are its greatest weapons. Golisopod is sometimes accompanied by Wimpod."

Moves & Movesets

All moves

Raids

Trainer Battles

Quick move	Damage	EPS	DPS
Waterfall	13	7	15.6
Shadow Claw	6	8	12
Metal Claw	6	10	12
Fury Cutter	4	16	9.6

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Liquidation	70	3	2.55
Razor Shell	55	3	2
Aerial Ace	55	3	1.67
X-Scissor	45	3	1.64
Aqua Jet	45	3	1.64
Return Purified	25	3	0.76
Frustration Shadow	10	3	0.3

Quick move	Damage	Turns	DPT	EPT
Shadow Claw	6	2	3	4
Fury Cutter	3	1	3.6	4
Metal Claw	5	2	2.5	3.5
Waterfall	11	3	4.4	3.3

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Aqua Jet	70	40	2.1
X-Scissor	65	40	1.95
Liquidation ▼ def	70	45	1.87
Return Purified	130	70	1.86
Aerial Ace	60	45	1.33
Razor Shell ▼ def	35	35	1.2
Frustration Shadow	10	70	0.14

The moves highlighted in green benefit from the Same Type Attack Bonus, and deal 20% more damage.

All movesets

Attacking

Defending

Trainer Battles

Quick move	Main move	DPS	Relative
Fury Cutter 9.6 DPS	Razor Shell 44 DPS	13	100%
Metal Claw 12 DPS	Razor Shell 44 DPS	12	92%
Waterfall 15.6 DPS	Razor Shell 44 DPS	12	92%
Shadow Claw 12 DPS	Razor Shell 44 DPS	11.3	87%
Fury Cutter 9.6 DPS	X-Scissor 36 DPS	11.3	87%
Fury Cutter 9.6 DPS	Liquidation 28 DPS	11	84%
Waterfall 15.6 DPS	X-Scissor 36 DPS	11	84%
Waterfall 15.6 DPS	Liquidation 28 DPS	10.8	83%
Metal Claw 12 DPS	X-Scissor 36 DPS	10.8	83%
Metal Claw 12 DPS	Liquidation 28 DPS	10.6	82%
Shadow Claw 12 DPS	X-Scissor 36 DPS	10.2	78%
Shadow Claw 12 DPS	Liquidation 28 DPS	10.2	78%
Waterfall 15.6 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	10.2	78%
Fury Cutter 9.6 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	9.9	76%
Metal Claw 12 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	9.7	74%
Waterfall 15.6 DPS	Aerial Ace 22 DPS	9.5	73%
Waterfall 15.6 DPS	Aqua Jet 21.6 DPS	9.4	72%
Shadow Claw 12 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	9.2	71%
Metal Claw 12 DPS	Aerial Ace 22 DPS	9	69%
Fury Cutter 9.6 DPS	Aerial Ace 22 DPS	9	69%
Metal Claw 12 DPS	Aqua Jet 21.6 DPS	8.9	68%
Fury Cutter 9.6 DPS	Aqua Jet 21.6 DPS	8.8	68%
Shadow Claw 12 DPS	Aerial Ace 22 DPS	8.8	67%
Shadow Claw 12 DPS	Aqua Jet 21.6 DPS	8.7	67%
Waterfall 15.6 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	8.5	65%
Shadow Claw 12 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	7.1	55%
Metal Claw 12 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	7.1	55%
Fury Cutter 9.6 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	5.9	45%

Quick move	Main move	DPS	Relative
Waterfall 15.6 DPS	Liquidation 28 DPS	4.4	100%
Waterfall 15.6 DPS	Razor Shell 44 DPS	4.2	97%
Waterfall 15.6 DPS	X-Scissor 36 DPS	3.9	89%
Waterfall 15.6 DPS	Aerial Ace 22 DPS	3.7	84%
Waterfall 15.6 DPS	Aqua Jet 21.6 DPS	3.7	84%
Fury Cutter 9.6 DPS	Liquidation 28 DPS	3.6	83%
Fury Cutter 9.6 DPS	Razor Shell 44 DPS	3.4	77%
Waterfall 15.6 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	3.2	73%
Metal Claw 12 DPS	Liquidation 28 DPS	3.1	72%
Fury Cutter 9.6 DPS	X-Scissor 36 DPS	2.9	67%
Metal Claw 12 DPS	Razor Shell 44 DPS	2.9	66%
Shadow Claw 12 DPS	Liquidation 28 DPS	2.9	65%
Fury Cutter 9.6 DPS	Aerial Ace 22 DPS	2.8	63%
Fury Cutter 9.6 DPS	Aqua Jet 21.6 DPS	2.7	62%
Shadow Claw 12 DPS	Razor Shell 44 DPS	2.6	61%
Metal Claw 12 DPS	X-Scissor 36 DPS	2.6	59%
Waterfall 15.6 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	2.5	58%
Metal Claw 12 DPS	Aerial Ace 22 DPS	2.5	57%
Metal Claw 12 DPS	Aqua Jet 21.6 DPS	2.5	56%
Shadow Claw 12 DPS	X-Scissor 36 DPS	2.4	55%
Shadow Claw 12 DPS	Aerial Ace 22 DPS	2.3	53%
Shadow Claw 12 DPS	Aqua Jet 21.6 DPS	2.3	53%
Fury Cutter 9.6 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	2	46%
Metal Claw 12 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	1.9	44%
Shadow Claw 12 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	1.9	42%
Shadow Claw 12 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	1.4	33%
Metal Claw 12 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	1.4	33%
Fury Cutter 9.6 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	1.2	28%

Quick move	Main move	Turns	DPT	Relative
Fury Cutter 4 EPT	Aqua Jet 2.1 DPE	10	12	100%
Fury Cutter 4 EPT	X-Scissor 1.95 DPE	10	11.4	95%
Shadow Claw 4 EPT	Aqua Jet 2.1 DPE	10	11.4	95%
Waterfall 3.3 EPT	Aqua Jet 2.1 DPE	12	11.4	95%
Fury Cutter 4 EPT	Liquidation 1.87 DPE	12	11.1	92%
Fury Cutter 4 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	18	11	92%
Waterfall 3.3 EPT	X-Scissor 1.95 DPE	12	10.9	91%
Shadow Claw 4 EPT	X-Scissor 1.95 DPE	10	10.8	90%
Waterfall 3.3 EPT	Liquidation 1.87 DPE	15	10.6	88%
Waterfall 3.3 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	21	10.6	88%
Shadow Claw 4 EPT	Liquidation 1.87 DPE	12	10.5	87%
Shadow Claw 4 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	18	10.4	87%
Metal Claw 3.5 EPT	Aqua Jet 2.1 DPE	12	9.9	82%
Metal Claw 3.5 EPT	X-Scissor 1.95 DPE	12	9.3	78%
Metal Claw 3.5 EPT	Liquidation 1.87 DPE	14	9	75%
Metal Claw 3.5 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	20	9	75%
Fury Cutter 4 EPT	Aerial Ace 1.33 DPE	12	8.9	74%
Waterfall 3.3 EPT	Aerial Ace 1.33 DPE	15	8.8	74%
Fury Cutter 4 EPT	Razor Shell 1.2 DPE	9	8.4	70%
Waterfall 3.3 EPT	Razor Shell 1.2 DPE	12	8.4	70%
Shadow Claw 4 EPT	Aerial Ace 1.33 DPE	12	8.3	69%
Shadow Claw 4 EPT	Razor Shell 1.2 DPE	10	7.8	65%
Metal Claw 3.5 EPT	Aerial Ace 1.33 DPE	14	7.2	60%
Metal Claw 3.5 EPT	Razor Shell 1.2 DPE	10	6.7	56%
Waterfall 3.3 EPT	Frustration Shadow 0.14 DPE	21	4.9	41%
Fury Cutter 4 EPT	Frustration Shadow 0.14 DPE	18	4.2	35%
Shadow Claw 4 EPT	Frustration Shadow 0.14 DPE	18	3.6	30%
Metal Claw 3.5 EPT	Frustration Shadow 0.14 DPE	20	3	25%

A rough guide only. Turns is how many turns of Fast Attacks it takes to reach the Charged Attack; DPT is the damage per turn over repeated Fast and Charged Attacks, from move power and STAB. It leaves out shields, stat changes and matchups.

Counters & Raids

What counters Golisopod?

Golisopod is weak to Flying, Rock and Electric moves.

The best counter to Golisopod is Mega Rayquaza with Air Slash and Dragon Ascent, followed by Mega Raichu Y and Regieleki.

The top Golisopod counters, ranked by the damage each Pokémon and moveset does to it. Filter the list to see how your own Pokémon compare.

Pokémon	Moveset	Effective damage
Mega Rayquaza	Air Slash Dragon Ascent	100%
Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail Dragon Ascent	91%
Mega Raichu Y	Thunder Shock Zap Cannon+	84%
Regieleki	Lock-On Thunder Cage	82%
Mega Raichu Y	Thunder Shock Wild Charge	81%
Mega Raichu Y	Volt Switch Zap Cannon+	81%
Mega Raichu Y	Volt Switch Wild Charge	80%
Regieleki	Thunder Shock Thunder Cage	80%
Mega Raichu Y	Spark Zap Cannon+	79%
Mega Raichu Y	Spark Wild Charge	77%

These moves are calculated using type advantages / disadvantages, and including STAB. Click here for more info »

Stats & IVs

Base stats

Attack		218
Defense		226
Stamina		181

Max HP

Level 40

154

Size

Height	2 m
Weight	108 kg

Other

Base capture rate	0%
Base flee rate	0%
Buddy walk distance	1 km

Max CP

Level 15 Research encounters	1,355
Level 20 Max hatched / raids	1,807
Level 30 Max wild	2,711
Level 40	3,162
Level 50	3,575

Max CP with weather boost

Level 25 (raids)	2,259
Level 35 (wild)	2,937