Tectass Movesets & Wettbewerbs-Sets

Golisopod finds itself a niche on Water teams thanks to its Spikes and First Impression, which revenge kills threatening Pokemon that can sweep Water-type teams such as Rillaboom, Zarude, and Alolan Raichu. Knock Off helps make progress against bulkier Pokemon that utilize Leftovers such as Celesteela, Ferrothorn, and Tapu Fini, gets rid of Rocky Helmet from Pokemon such as Slowbro, and removes Heavy-Duty Boots from Pokemon such as Victini, making Spikes more potent. Leech Life makes up for Golisopod's lack of recovery and also helps defeat the aforementioned Grass-type sweepers, alongside Psychic-type Pokemon such as Slowbro and Celebi. 172 Speed EVs allow Golisopod to outspeed Celesteela, so it can remove its Leftovers with Knock Off before potentially being forced out by Emergency Exit. Swampert is an excellent teammate on any Water team thanks to its ability to switch into Electric-type attacks from Zapdos and Regieleki. Its Stealth Rock also benefits Golisopod removing Heavy-Duty Boots from Pokemon such as Mantine and Leftovers from Celesteela with Knock Off, which helps make progress against Flying- and Steel-type teams. Urshifu-S is a great wallbreaker that defeats Steel-types that Golisopod cannot, such as Ferrothorn and Heatran, while also benefitting from the extra chip damage Golisopod provides with Spikes. Toxapex can switch into Grass-type moves such as Power Whip from Zarude reliably, stops setup sweepers such as Dragonite and Dragapult with Haze, and deals with Tapu Bulu and Tapu Fini with Poison Jab. Tapu Fini provides Misty Terrain for its teammates, which helps them deal with the aforementioned Dragon-type sweepers, and Calm Mind Tapu Fini can use chip damage from Golisopod's Spikes and Swampert's Stealth Rock to sweep easily. Volcanion can also be used to deal with Grass- and Steel-type Pokemon such as Ferrothorn and Aegislash, which are troublesome defensive Pokemon for Water teams to handle. Due to Golisopod's Spikes being rendered completely useless against Flying teams, Cloyster and Rotom-W make for excellent teammates, as they can easily dismantle Flying teams with Shell Smash and Nasty Plot, respectively. Slowking can switch into Psychic-type attacks from Tapu Lele, Ground-type Pokemon such as Landorus-T, Excadrill, and Garchomp, and also Kyurem's Freeze-Dry. Slowking can also pressure foes with Future Sight, especially Poison-type Pokemon such as Toxapex and Amoonguss, while easily pivoting wallbreakers such as Urshifu-S in with Teleport.

Speed investment lets Golisopod outspeed base 50 Pokemon like Registeel.

Golisopod's powerful Choice Band Tinted Lens First Impression makes it a niche but threatening revenge killer for threats like Zapdos, Tapu Koko, and Cinderace after minor chip. First Impression is also excellent for picking off neutral or weak targets like Tapu Lele and Zarude. Leech Life is a great STAB option that Golisopod can also use to heal. Knock Off + Spikes enables Golisopod to cripple and punish targets it struggles to weaken, such as Intimidate Corviknight, Tapu Fini, and Toxapex, on switch in. Liquidation can be used as a secondary STAB move to better hit bulky switch-ins like Hippowdon and non-Desolate Land Heatran if Spikes is deemed unnecessary. 40 Speed EVs outspeeds minimum Speed Corviknight, and the rest of the EVs are assigned to HP so that Golisopod can more easily check Zygarde-10%. Golisopod is most effective on bulky offense and balance teams that appreciate its combination of revenge killing and entry hazard setting services. Stealth Rock setters like Garchomp and Heatran can form a hazard stacking core; they also benefit from Golisopod checking Barraskewda for them. Strong wallbreakers like Pixilate Tapu Koko and Tough Claws Galarian Zapdos are empowered by Golisopod removing Leftovers and Heavy-Duty Boots from their common switch-ins, then subsequently setting up Spikes to weaken grounded ones, such as Ferrothorn and Mew. Golisopod cannot OHKO Zapdos and struggles versus powerful special attackers, so specially defensive Pokemon like Blissey and RegenVest Jirachi make excellent partners. Entry hazard removal is crucial to keeping Golisopod healthy over the course of a battle, so Rapid Spin support from Dhelmise and Excadrill is appreciated; alternatively, Defoggers like Corviknight and Mandibuzz can both remove entry hazards and pivot Golisopod into Pokemon it matches up well against.