Golem was very good in Gen 1.
Normal resist, could Explode to eliminate top threats, walled the frick out of Zapdos.
The only problem is he's outclassed by Rhydon. Rhydon isn't really THAT much better. Golem still had it's better uses through Explosion.
a troony on youtube i think said it was good in gen 1 ou but now rhydon is better something with body slam paralysis
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it was really good in gen 1 for a long time. it dropped to nu just recently. people finally just decided rhydon was better and it skipped uu cause golduck is popular there. you can still use it in ou since its main job is to cuck zapdos/jolteon, its just outclassed by rhydon since the 10 extra defense points aren't worth it and sub potentially giving you a free attack is worth more than exploding.
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Golem is my favourite Pokémon, was it ever any good competitively?
it was really good in gen 1 for a long time. it dropped to nu just recently. people finally just decided rhydon was better and it skipped uu cause golduck is popular there. you can still use it in ou since its main job is to cuck zapdos/jolteon, its just outclassed by rhydon since the 10 extra defense points aren't worth it and sub potentially giving you a free attack is worth more than exploding.
>faster
there's no viable pokemon that golem outspeeds but not rhydon >spc
neither is tanking a special attack >explosion
already mentioned as golem's only benefit
RBY NU A-
GSC OU B1
RSE UU C+
DPP NU B+
BW NU B+
XY PU A+
SM ZU A+
SS dexit lol
SV dropped to NU a few hours ago, too early to tell where it will end up
VGC lol, lmao even
So aside from gen 3, it has managed to be decent in whatever shitmon filled tier it ends in but if you only consider OU, then it was only good in gen 2
Golem used to be a good explosion mon in gen 1 sims, but the discovery that Body Slam couldn't inflict Paralysis on Normal types led the meta to shift around such that people starting running bulkier teams that Golem couldn't OHKO anymore, so it faded into irrelevance.
Golem's quite good in gen 2 because being highly defensive rock/ground type is pretty good when some of the best pokemon in the generation are Snorlax and Zapdos (curse Snorlax will still KO it with earthquake, but you can switch into a normal move and explode on it). It used to be considered good in gen 1 as well, since despite gen 1 infamously being the generation where special attackers were at a massive advantage with the two best psychic types (Mewtwo and Mew) having been banned in pretty much every competitive event from the time to when gen 1 was the current gen to today some of the best pokemon around actually match pretty poorly against golem (it can tank Tauros and Snorlax, Alakazam has a surprisingly bad movepool and can't thunderwave it so it's reliant on trying to OHKO with a psychic crit before dying to earthquake, and Gengar can OHKO with megadrain but can't safely switch in because of earthquake). Unfortunately Rhydon does the same thing but is slightly better in most cases, so while Golem was popular for a long time these days people only use it over Rhydon if they really need a rock/ground type that can also explode.
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morons
Golem was very good in Gen 1.
Normal resist, could Explode to eliminate top threats, walled the frick out of Zapdos.
The only problem is he's outclassed by Rhydon. Rhydon isn't really THAT much better. Golem still had it's better uses through Explosion.
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This but unironically and with a dead troony wojack
doesn't make sense for gen1
Gen 1 had an official Nintendo tournament.
Nintendo Cup.
It was played with Pokemon stadium Pokecup rules
meds. now
morons
it was really good in gen 1 for a long time. it dropped to nu just recently. people finally just decided rhydon was better and it skipped uu cause golduck is popular there. you can still use it in ou since its main job is to cuck zapdos/jolteon, its just outclassed by rhydon since the 10 extra defense points aren't worth it and sub potentially giving you a free attack is worth more than exploding.
Hey guys, you ever heard of something called
PLAYING THE GAME
BEFORE YOU SPOUT BULLSHIT
?
Stop cheating then.
have a nice day morons.
Never in its life
it was good in GSC
>Still liking Golem
Beggone ESLs
What did Paco mean by this?
Learn to read, tyrone.
shut up Paco
Make me, tyrone.
you just admitted that you're a Hispanic, idiot.
you just admitted that you're a israelite, idort.
>idort
stupid ESL Hispanic homosexual
>herp derp
stupid UOL israelite sperg
>any good competitively?
inferior to Rhydon, but it was fairly good prior to Gen 4
a troony on youtube i think said it was good in gen 1 ou but now rhydon is better something with body slam paralysis
>STILL liking golem
Golem is good in Gen1OU and Gen2OU
It was very good in Gen1. That's it I guess
Golem has a niche with custap berry now since it's the highest damaging explosion user
>faster
>higher SPC
>explosion
Golem is not outclassed by Rhydon
>Golem is not outclassed by Rhydon
delusional Golem fan
>faster
there's no viable pokemon that golem outspeeds but not rhydon
>spc
neither is tanking a special attack
>explosion
already mentioned as golem's only benefit
he was a good burger king toy
why is everyone so racist itt
because this board has an insane amount of low-effort trolling which tends to cross over with /misc/ shit
It's like all Ganker is /misc/
RBY NU A-
GSC OU B1
RSE UU C+
DPP NU B+
BW NU B+
XY PU A+
SM ZU A+
SS dexit lol
SV dropped to NU a few hours ago, too early to tell where it will end up
VGC lol, lmao even
So aside from gen 3, it has managed to be decent in whatever shitmon filled tier it ends in but if you only consider OU, then it was only good in gen 2
Slightly worse than Rhydon overall in gen 1, but it had Explosion which gave it some purpose.
>two 4x weaknesses, one to a very common type
>awful special bulk, and slow
This was never good and anyone who claims otherwise is wrong.
Its amazing how much false information you managed to pack into one short post. Its layered, yet so succinct.
? post elo
First your adress
ftfy
Go away, burner of Palestinian children.
funy
Love his design a lot
Often seen as just a worse Rhydon back in the RBY GBC days
Jokes on them though Rhydon can't explode while Golem can and those were the days explosion halved your foes defence
Golem used to be a good explosion mon in gen 1 sims, but the discovery that Body Slam couldn't inflict Paralysis on Normal types led the meta to shift around such that people starting running bulkier teams that Golem couldn't OHKO anymore, so it faded into irrelevance.
Golem's quite good in gen 2 because being highly defensive rock/ground type is pretty good when some of the best pokemon in the generation are Snorlax and Zapdos (curse Snorlax will still KO it with earthquake, but you can switch into a normal move and explode on it). It used to be considered good in gen 1 as well, since despite gen 1 infamously being the generation where special attackers were at a massive advantage with the two best psychic types (Mewtwo and Mew) having been banned in pretty much every competitive event from the time to when gen 1 was the current gen to today some of the best pokemon around actually match pretty poorly against golem (it can tank Tauros and Snorlax, Alakazam has a surprisingly bad movepool and can't thunderwave it so it's reliant on trying to OHKO with a psychic crit before dying to earthquake, and Gengar can OHKO with megadrain but can't safely switch in because of earthquake). Unfortunately Rhydon does the same thing but is slightly better in most cases, so while Golem was popular for a long time these days people only use it over Rhydon if they really need a rock/ground type that can also explode.