Gholdengo is bad .................... or so i thought
0Gholdengo is not bad
at all
people have been referring to Gholdengo as landorus-t because its essential for every team but isn't broken. It's stats are good bc with a choice scarf ( the most common set ), it outspeeds a majority of pokemon, unlike aegislash, a pokemon with the same typing. That typing is also another reason both aegislash and Gholdengo are good. Gholdengo also has many good moves. Make it rain is amazing, flash cannon is consistent, shadow ball is it's de facto ghost stab, thunderbolt focus blast and dazzling gleam are solid coverage, recover is recovery, nasty plot is set-up, this thing can do a lot.
The primary reason for some people saying Gholdengo is broken is because of it's ability, making it immune to any move with the status category, such as leech seed, status conditions, maybe hazards since they are status category but since they dont hit Gholdengo directly maybe not and defog, making hazard stacking with Gholdengo alongside Glimmora, Clodsire, Garchomp and Ting-Lu a powerful and popular strategy.
People use defog mold breaker hawlucha just because Gholdengo is everywhere
AV gholdengo: https://pokepast.es/16ec678ed042ce8e
Scarf Gholdengo: https://pokepast.es/6bdea70b79ff6401
Nasty plot Gholdengo: https://pokepast.es/06ddbb51c9c6415a
Do you think Gholdengo should be banned like some are saying right now?