This Pokémon does not receive recoil damage from its recoil moves.

struggle's recoil is unaffected.  This ability does not prevent crash damage from missing with jump kick or high jump kick.

Protects the Pokémon from recoil damage.

Rock Head

During a sandstorm, this Pokémon has 1.25× its evasion, and it does not take sandstorm damage regardless of type.

The evasion bonus does not count as a stat modifier.

Overworld: If the lead Pokémon has this ability, the wild encounter rate is halved in a sandstorm.

Boosts the Pokémon's evasiveness in a sandstorm.

Sand Veil

When this Pokémon is at full HP, any hit that would knock it out will instead leave it with 1 HP.  Regardless of its current HP, it is also immune to the one-hit KO moves: fissure, guillotine, horn drill, and sheer cold.

If this Pokémon is holding a focus sash, this ability takes precedence and the item will not be consumed.

The Pokémon cannot be knocked out by a single hit as long as its HP is full. One-hit KO moves will also fail to knock it out.

Sturdy

attack

defense

special-attack

special-defense

speed

While this Pokémon is in battle, opposing steel-type Pokémon cannot flee or switch out.

Pokémon with run away can still flee.  Pokémon can still switch out with the use of a move or item.

Overworld: If the lead Pokémon has this ability, Steel-type Pokémon have a higher encounter rate.

Prevents Steel-type Pokémon from fleeing by pulling them in with magnetism.

Magnet Pull

When this Pokémon uses a Normal moves, that move is Electric its power is 1.2×.

Normal-type moves become Electric-type moves. The power of those moves is boosted a little.

Galvanize

level-up

geodude-alola

golem

graveler

geodude

rock-head

sturdy

sand-veil

Golem

rock

ground

The rocklike shell is shed each year. The cast-off shell then
crumbles, reverting to a mass of soil, which can be spread across
fields to promote crop growth.

legends-arceus

Once it sheds its skin, its body turns tender
and whitish. Its hide hardens when it’s
exposed to air.

lets-go-eevee

lets-go-pikachu

It detonates its own body. The power from
that explosion can propel it up steep mountain
paths with amazing speed.

ultra-moon

When Golem grow old, they stop shedding their
shells. Those that have lived a long, long time
have shells green with moss.

ultra-sun

Once a year, this Pokémon molts, and its shed
shell returns to the soil. This process creates
enriched soil, so farmers collect the shells.

moon

Its body can survive dynamite blasts without
a single scratch, but it hates rain and humidity.

Golem is known for rolling down from mountains. To prevent
them from rolling into the homes of people downhill, grooves
have been dug into the sides of mountains to serve as
guideways for diverting this Pokémon’s course.

alpha-sapphire

Golem live up on mountains. If there is a large earthquake,
these Pokémon will come rolling down off the mountains
en masse to the foothills below.

omega-ruby

Even dynamite can’t harm its hard, boulder-like
body. It sheds its hide just once a year.

It tumbles down mountains, leaving grooves
from peak to base. Stay clear of these grooves.

Even dynamite can’t harm its hard,
boulder-like body. It sheds its hide
just once a year.

white-2

black-2

Even dynamite can’t harm its hard,
boulderlike body. It sheds its hide
just once a year.

white

black

It is capable of blowing itself up.
It uses this explosive force to
jump from mountain to mountain.

soulsilver

It sheds its skin once a year.
The discarded shell immediately
hardens and crumbles away.

heartgold

platinum

It tumbles down mountains, leaving
grooves from peak to base.
Stay clear of these grooves.

pearl

It sheds its hide once a year.
Its boulderlike body is so tough,
even dynamite can’t harm it.

diamond

Its boulder-like body is extremely hard.
It can easily withstand dynamite blasts
without taking damage.

leafgreen

It is enclosed in a hard shell that is as
rugged as slabs of rock. It sheds skin
once a year to grow larger.

firered

It is said to live in volcanic craters
on mountain peaks. Once a year, it sheds
its hide and grows larger. The shed hide
crumbles and returns to the soil.

emerald

GOLEM is known for rolling down from
mountains. To prevent them from rolling
into the homes of people downhill,grooves have been dug into the sides of
mountains to serve as guideways for
diverting this POKéMON’s course.

sapphire

GOLEM live up on mountains.
If there is a large earthquake, these
POKéMON will come rolling down offthe mountains en masse to the
foothills below.

ruby

Its rock-like body
is so durable,
even high-powereddynamite blasts
fail to scratch
its rugged hide.

crystal

It is capable of
blowing itself up.
It uses thisexplosive force to
jump from mountain
to mountain.

silver

It sheds its skin
once a year. The
discarded shellimmediately hard­
ens and crumbles
away.

gold

Once it sheds its
skin, its body
turns tender andwhitish. Its hide
hardens when it's
exposed to air.

yellow

Its boulder-like
body is extremely
hard. It caneasily withstand
dynamite blasts
without damage.

	Base Stats			Stat
HP	80	—		155
Attack	120	—		140
Defense	130	3		150
Sp.Atk	55	—		75
Sp.Def	65	—		85
Speed	45	—		65
Total	495	3	0/510	670

Golem

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Evolution Chain

Type Matchups