Is Garbodor Good in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Playthrough?
Garbodor from Trubbish. Poison with decent bulk and 95 Attack. No gym matchups favor pure Poison in Hoenn, and the competition from Roserade and Crobat makes it hard to justify the slot.
Roxanne's typing presses Trubbish's defenses.
Trubbish has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Wattson's typing presses Trubbish's defenses.
Trubbish trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
Norman's typing presses Trubbish's defenses.
Winona's team hits Trubbish's weaknesses hard.
Tate & Liza's team hits Garbodor's weaknesses hard.
Garbodor trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Garbodor has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Phoebe's team hits Garbodor's weaknesses hard.
Garbodor trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Garbodor trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Steven's team hits Garbodor's weaknesses hard.
Catch Trubbish on Route 110 (walking, Lv 13, common). DexNav.
Your Trubbish should hit Level 36 before you reach Tate & Liza, at typical leveling pace.
How to Get Garbodor in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire
You're catching Trubbish first, not Garbodor. Trubbish appears at solid rates in the encounters below. The step cards map the full 2-stage line with evolution methods between each stage.
How to Obtain Garbodor in ORAS
Step 1Catch TrubbishRoute 110Lv.13GrassRate 60%DexNav chain
Step 2Garbodor ✓
Garbodor Weakness
Ground and Psychic moves hit Garbodor for super-effective damage. The Poison typing picks up 5 resistances to work with. With 80 HP and balanced defenses, Garbodor can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Ground, Psychic |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Grass, Fighting, Poison, Bug, Fairy |
What is Garbodor Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Garbodor
 Latios DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Garbodor View Latios builds →Psychic 2x98-116%KO Bulldoze 2x33-40% | ||
 Latias DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Garbodor View Latias builds →Psychic 2x86-102%KO Bulldoze 2x30-36% | ||
 Torterra GrassGround | C | |
 Sandslash Ground | C | |
 Graveler RockGround | C | |
 Metagross SteelPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Beldum (Mossdeep City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Garbodor View Metagross builds →Zen Headbutt 2x91-107%KO Bulldoze 2x46-54% | ||
Latios DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Garbodor View Latios builds →Psychic 2x98-116%KO Bulldoze 2x32-39% | ||
Latias DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Garbodor View Latias builds →Psychic 2x85-101%KO Bulldoze 2x30-36% | ||
 Bronzong SteelPsychic | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Garbodor View Bronzong builds →Future Sight 2x87-103%KO Bulldoze 2x32-39% | ||
 Gardevoir PsychicFairy | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Garbodor View Gardevoir builds →Future Sight 2x127-150%KO | ||
Metagross SteelPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Beldum (Mossdeep City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Garbodor View Metagross builds →Zen Headbutt 2x89-105%KO Earthquake 2x73-87% | ||
Latios DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Garbodor View Latios builds →Psychic 2x96-113%KO Earthquake 2x53-63% | ||
Latias DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Garbodor View Latias builds →Psychic 2x83-99% Earthquake 2x48-57% | ||
Bronzong SteelPsychic | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Garbodor View Bronzong builds →Future Sight 2x85-101%KO Earthquake 2x52-62% | ||
Gardevoir PsychicFairy | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Garbodor View Gardevoir builds →Future Sight 2x124-147%KO | ||
Latios DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Garbodor View Latios builds →Dream Eater 2x107-126%KO Earthquake 2x52-62% | ||
 Deoxys Psychic | A | |
Obtain MethodSky Pillar Interact Encounter Available Move Moves
Damage vs Garbodor View Deoxys builds →Psycho Boost 2x169-200%KO | ||
 Excadrill GroundSteel | S | |
Metagross SteelPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Beldum (Mossdeep City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Garbodor View Metagross builds →Zen Headbutt 2x88-104%KO Earthquake 2x74-87% | ||
Latias DragonPsychic | B | |
Obtain MethodSouthern Island Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Garbodor View Latias builds →Dream Eater 2x93-109%KO Earthquake 2x48-56% | ||
In Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, Landorus can KO Garbodor with Explosion (134-158%).
 Landorus Ground | B | |
Recommended Build AbilitySandforce ItemLife Orb NatureJolly Moves
Damage vs Garbodor View Landorus builds →Explosion134-158%KO | ||
Garbodor Evolutions
Garbodor is what Trubbish becomes. Breed it for Trubbish eggs (average hatch time). Plenty of partners for breeding via one egg group. Eggs are average hatch time. The evolution from Trubbish pushed Garbodor to 474 total stats. Attack saw the largest single gain at +45. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Garbodor to get Trubbish eggs easily using 56 partners from the Mineral egg group. Notable egg moves include Curse, Haze, Mud Sport and 5 more.
ORAS Garbodor Best Moveset
Poison at 95 Attack and 82/82 defenses. AbilityWeak Armor trades Defense for Speed on contact. AbilityAftermath as a hidden ability damages attackers on KO. Poison TermStab hits Fairy super-effectively. The moveset earns C-tier through physical Poison attacking that answers Fairy threats.
Best Build
Garbodor best EVs are Attack and Speed
Support Moveset
- Toxic Spikes
- Gunk Shot
- Spikes
- Explosion
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Don't skip the egg moves. Garbodor picks up Curse and Haze only through breeding, and both fill gaps the natural movepool can't. STAB runs through Belch and Gunk Shot while coverage across 8 types adds range.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
It clenches opponents with its left arm and finishes them off with foul-smelling poison gas belched from its mouth.
Consuming garbage makes new kinds of poison gases and liquids inside their bodies.
Garbodor Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Guide
In Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, Garbodor brings 474 BST to the table. C-Tier on our list: a niche pick in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire's meta. Toxic Spikes with Black Sludge is the standard set.
Stench has a 10% chance of making target Pokémon flinch with each hit. That's the one you want on Garbodor. Aftermath is the hidden ability. Niche, but it has its uses. Weak Armor works too if your team needs something different.
Garbodor is a mixed attacker with base 95 Attack and 60 Sp. Atk. Enough bulk to take a hit or two, too. Speed tells the real story. Base 75 Speed is workable. Faster than some, slower than many.
In Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, run Toxic Spikes, Gunkshot, Spikes, and Explosion on Garbodor. Toxic Spikes is the most common pick at 0% usage. This set covers the balanced role with a mix of damage and utility.
Game Availability
Available since Black & White, Garbodor appears in 8 games spanning 6 generations. Beyond its original form, it gained a Gigantamax form in Generation 8.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BWDebut
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7LGPE
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwShGigantamax
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves