Question

I know that is not my ability on moveset, but I just curious. mine knows:
Body Slam - good power and accuracy, may cause paralyzed.
Ice Beam - cover weakness against grass type.
Surf - STAB, great power and accuracy.
Earth Power - STAB, may decrease defends.

Gastrodon learnset

Answer 1

Moveset might not be your specialty, but this is a good moveset. However, I would replace Body Slam with one of three moves because Gastrodon is better for Sp. Attack:

Trump Card: Can end up being incredibly powerful, doesn't miss either. However, this is an Egg move.

Recover: Not many Pokemon have reliable recovery moves, so make use of it.

Sludge Bomb: Good power, good chance to poison, high accuracy.

Answer 2

Gen V

Gastrodon (M) @ Leftovers

Trait: Storm Drain

EVs: 144 HP / 108 Def / 252 SAtk / 4 SDef

Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)

• Scald
• Earth Power
• Recover
• Ice Beam

Answer 3

Physical Gastrodon: Proud user of Earthquake!

Gastrodon (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Sticky Hold
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Def
Brave Nature (+Atk, -Spd)
- Waterfall
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Curse

Leftovers provides recovery. Sticky Hold is in case someone wants my Leftovers. Waterfall is STAB, along with a chance to flinch, ending up with some nice possible free damage :D Earthquake is STAB and... Godliness. Rock Slide to kill Flying types resisting Earthquake. Finally, Curse makes this guy a Tank. After 2 Curses, this Pokemon has 582 Attack, 470 Defense, 200 Special Defense, and 364 HP. Think I'll go down easy?

Answer 4

Ice Beam- Keep it for dealing with Grass types.Chance to freeze.

Earth Power or Earthquake-Every Ground type Pokemon needs a Ground type move.

Surf-STAB,Great Power,and Accuracy,yep, keep it.

Keep Body Slam or choose somthing else,you choose!

Answer 5

Here's a Physical gastrodon set to make up for his defenses. For an ability, you could go with Sticky hold in the event of a pokemon trying to use trick, but aside from rotom, that doens't come up very often. I prefer a special bulky Storm drainer, but this can work too. This set helps compensate for his low defense, giving you a bulky, high HP pokemon with fire and rock resistance, as well as an electric, and possible water immunity.

Curse-boosts up defense and attack.
Recover-Restores health.
Waterfall-STAB; gets a curse boost.
Earthquake-STAB.

If you don't like these moves, you can also make use of Body Slam for a possible paralysis, stone edge to hit flying types.

Answer 6

This is a small little gimmick with him, but a nice one nonetheless.

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Ability: Sticky Hold/Storm Drain
Item: Rocky Helmet/Leftovers

• Amnesia
• Scald/Earth Power/Ice Beam
• Counter
• Recover

The idea with this is to set up an Amnesia and bulk up his already great special defense. This will make the opponent more inclined to use physical attacks on you, prompting the use of counter to deal double damage. Recover lets him shrug off any damage he's taken, and he's got one slot left for an attacking move. Beware using Scald for fear of pokemon like Jellicent, which could shut him down, or several ghost types such as Mismagius or Gengar that can bypass earth power thanks to levitate. Rocky helmet can do even more damage, or help ease damage with leftovers.

Answer 7

Gastrodon @ Leftovers
Trait: Storm Drain
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Def / 252 SDef
Sassy Nature (+SDef, -Spd)
- Muddy Water
- Stone Edge
- Substitute
- Earthquake