Is Golem Good in Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee Playthrough?
Golem requires a trade evolution, which limits solo players. If you can get one, Rock/Ground handles Blaine, contributes against Koga, and Ground moves hit Agatha's Gengar hard through the Poison typing. Fragile to Water and Grass, but devastating when it has the right matchup.
Not available yet. You cannot get Geodude before this fight.
Misty's team hits Geodude's weaknesses hard.
Geodude has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Erika's team hits Graveler's weaknesses hard.
Golem has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Golem trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Golem resists most of Blaine's coverage and hits back hard.
Golem trades roughly evenly with Giovanni's team.
Golem has the type edge here and should clean up Lorelei's team.
Golem trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Golem has the type edge here and should clean up Agatha's team.
Golem trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Golem has the type edge here and should clean up Trace's team.
This is the Let's Go Eevee team. In Let's Go Pikachu, Trace brings Jolteon Lv 57 in place of Raichu Lv 57.
Catch Geodude
Catch Geodude in Mt. Moon (walking, Lv 5-10).
Recommended Moves
- LV 19NormalSelf-DestructPower 200Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Misty
- TMGroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 23RockRock SlidePower 113Accuracy 90%PP 10
- LV 27GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 31NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 35NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Blaine
- TMFireFire BlastPower 110Accuracy 85%PP 5
- After Giovanni
- TMFightingSuperpowerPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 5
Evolve Geodude to Graveler
Geodude evolves into Graveler at Level 25. Your Geodude should hit Level 25 before you reach Erika, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 25)
- LV 25RockRock SlidePower 113Accuracy 90%PP 10
- LV 25NormalSelf-DestructPower 200Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Misty
- TMGroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 31GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 39NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 47NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Blaine
- TMFireFire BlastPower 110Accuracy 85%PP 5
- After Giovanni
- TMFightingSuperpowerPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 5
Evolve Graveler to Golem
Graveler evolves into Golem when traded. Most players are ready to trade before reaching Koga.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 34)
- LV 34GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 34RockRock SlidePower 113Accuracy 90%PP 10
- LV 34NormalSelf-DestructPower 200Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Misty
- TMGroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Lt. Surge
- TMNormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5
- LV 39NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 47NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Giovanni
- TMFightingSuperpowerPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 5
How to Get Golem in Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee
The chain to Golem requires a trade evolution through a trade. Catch Geodude at solid rates and level through the stages, but line up the trade first. The rest of the chain runs on levels alone.
Catch Geodude or Graveler at any of these 4 spots to eventually evolve into Golem.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Badge 8How to Obtain Golem in Let's Go
To get Golem, start by catching Geodude through walking encounters at Lv. 5+. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
- Step 1Catch Geodude
- Step 3Golem ✓
How to Get Shiny Golem in Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee
In Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee, the strongest route to a Shiny Golem is Catch Combo, which reaches about 1 in 274 at full boosts. Shininess carries through evolution, so hunting an earlier stage and evolving it counts too. Pick a method and tune your setup below to see live odds. Compare Shiny Golem odds across every game
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee Shiny Golem Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Catch Combo at full boosts, about 1 in 274 on each try. Tune it below.
Catch Combo: Catch one species back-to-back. A Lure stacks on top of a 31-plus combo.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters |
|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 29 |
| 25%one in four | 79 |
| 50%coin flip | 190 |
| 90%very likely | 630 |
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee shiny odds calculator with Golem already selected.
Golem Weakness
Golem is weak to Water, Grass, Ice, Fighting, Ground, and Steel. Watch out for Water and Grass attacks, those deal 4x damage. On the flip side, it's immune to Electric-type moves entirely. 5 resistances help offset the weaknesses. Golem's physical bulk (base 130 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Water, Grass |
| 2x (Weak) | Ice, Fighting, Ground, Steel |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Normal, Fire, Flying, Rock |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Poison |
| 0x (Immune) | Electric |
What is Golem Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Golem
 Ivysaur GrassPoison | C | |
 Omastar RockWater | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Omanyte (Cinnabar Island Gift) | ||
 Slowbro WaterPsychic | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Golem View Slowbro builds →Surf 4x186-220%KO Earthquake 2x31-37% | ||
 Vaporeon Water | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Golem View Vaporeon builds →Hydro Pump 4x246-290%KO Aurora Beam 2x49-58% Double Kick 2x9-11% | ||
 Kingler Water | C | |
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Marowak Ground | C | |
 Golduck Water | C | |
 Tangela Grass | C | |
 Blastoise Water | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Golem View Blastoise builds →Hydro Pump 4x199-234%KO Earthquake 2x33-39% Flash Cannon 2x48-57% | ||
 Gyarados Water | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Magikarp (Route 4 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Golem View Gyarados builds →Waterfall 4x115-135%KO Earthquake 2x47-55% | ||
 Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodSilph Co Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Golem View Lapras builds →Surf 4x162-192%KO Ice Beam 2x81-96% | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Golem View Machoke builds →Superpower 2x70-83% Earthquake 2x39-46% | ||
 Rhydon GroundRock | C | |
Golem Evolutions
Getting Golem requires a trade, not just grinding levels. The chain starts at Geodude. HP grew the most through evolution (+40 over Geodude), and Golem peaks at 495 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Let's Go Golem Best Moveset
120 Attack and 130 Defense on Rock/Ground at 45 Speed. The moveset hits devastatingly hard physically but 4x Water and Grass weaknesses at 55/65 on the special side mean any coverage from those types finishes it. Massive power on a frame too slow and too fragile specially to use it safely.
Best Build
Geodude Candy
Tough Candy+DEFRelaxed raises Defense and lowers Speed. Madam Celadon sets this nature when you pick Yellow, then Pink. It costs 10,000 Pokedollars and lasts for the rest of the day.
Candy for Golem
- Geodude Candy
- Tough Candy
Tough Candy L
Tough Candy XL
Geodude Candy raises every stat, but only Geodude, Graveler and Golem can eat it. The stat candy that goes with Golem is Tough Candy (Defense), and any Pokemon can eat it; Tough Candy L needs level 30 and Tough Candy XL needs level 60 or higher.
Alolan Form
- Alolan Golem
Alolan Golem (Rock/Electric type) has 80 HP, 120 Attack, 130 Defense, 55 Sp. Atk, 65 Sp. Def and 45 Speed, 495 in total. Weak to Ground (4x), Water, Grass and Fighting. Resists Flying (1/4), Normal, Fire, Electric and Poison. Alolan Golem is not found in the wild in Let's Go. Give a Geodude to a person in Vermilion City to get a level 16 Alolan Geodude, then evolve it into Alolan Golem. Best nature for Alolan Golem: Relaxed (Madam Celadon: Yellow, then Pink). Stat candy: Tough Candy (Defense). Pokedex: It uses magnetism to accelerate and fire off rocks tinged with electricity. Even if it doesn't score a direct hit, the jolt of electricity will do the job.
Alolan Golem learns by level up: Bide, Defense Curl, Mega Punch, Tackle and Thunder Shock (Lv 1); Thunder Shock (Lv 3); Bide (Lv 6); Rock Throw (Lv 9); Stealth Rock (Lv 12); Take Down (Lv 15); Self-Destruct (Lv 19); Rock Slide (Lv 23); Thunder Punch (Lv 31); Double-Edge (Lv 39); Explosion (Lv 47). TM moves: Brick Break, Dig, Earthquake, Facade, Fire Blast, Fire Punch, Flamethrower, Headbutt, Hyper Beam, Protect, Rest, Rock Slide, Seismic Toss, Self-Destruct, Stealth Rock, Substitute, Superpower, Thunder, Thunder Punch, Thunder Wave, Thunderbolt and Toxic.
Master Trainer
Valentino battles with one level 75 Golem that knows Dig, Fire Punch, Defense Curl and Protect. It takes extra damage from Water, Grass, Ice, Fighting, Ground and Steel moves. Win to earn the Golem Master title. Find Valentino in Pewter City.
Moves List
Leveling does the heavy lifting. Golem picks up Take Down and Self-Destruct along the way, building toward a complete offensive set. TMs add Normal and Fighting coverage and more, but the foundation's already strong by then.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- 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.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM 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 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
All 19 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Once it sheds its skin, its body turns tender and whitish. Its hide hardens when it’s exposed to air.
Game Availability
Since debuting in Red & Blue, Golem has appeared in 20 titles over 9 generations. Along the way, it received an Alolan form in Generation 7, keeping it relevant across different competitive metas.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
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 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SMAlolan
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
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