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Golem (JP) is a species of Pokémon in the series of the same name. It is a dual-type Rock/Ground Pokémon that made its first appearance in the first generation games Red and Blue. It is the final evolution of Geodude. In Alola, it has a regional variant that trades its Ground type for Electric.
Physiology and Behavior[]
Golem is a bipedal tortoise-like boulder Pokémon with a spherical body covered by a shell of plated, green rocks. Its body is so hard that even dynamite cannot scratch it. Its head protrudes from the center of the shell. The head has a flat snout with two pointed teeth in the lower jaw and red eyes. It has short arms that have three claws and two legs with feet that have four claws in front and one in back. The head and limbs are light brown.
Golem grows bigger by shedding its skin once a year. The discarded shell immediately hardens when exposed to air, crumbling away and returning to the soil. Farmers are known to collect Golem's shells. Golem's soil is spread across fields to promote crop growth. However, it stops shedding with age and moss grows over its shell. As shown in the Pocket Monsters Carddass Trading Cards, Golem's shell is hollow.
The anime has shown that Golem can withdraw its head and limbs into its shell and roll at high speeds. It is dangerous when doing this, as it is unable to see and may crash into or run over anything in its path. To prevent it from rolling into the homes of people downhill, grooves are dug into the sides of the mountains to divert the rolling Golem's course. It is seldom seen in the wild. However, it can be found living in mountainous regions. Golem are known to detonate their own body. It uses this explosive force to jump from mountain to mountain.
Alolan Golem[]
In the Alola region, Golem has shorter forearms with two claws. The feet have only two claws as well. Its face attracts iron sand, creating the appearance of a mustache, eyebrows, and a large black beard. Jutting out of the top of its body are two large, black rocks with a smaller rock in between, forming the shape of a cannon. On the inner edge of the larger rocks are three golden dots.
The cannon prevents them from easily rolling into a ball like its Kantonian variant. Alolan Golem has a grumpy and stubborn personality. Should anyone make Alolan Golem upset, it will roar with a voice similar to thunder, discharging electricity from its body at the same time. Alolan Golem is capable of firing the small rock by using magnetism. The rock will be electrically charged, creating shocks across the whole area of impact. Numbness and fainting can occur with even a glancing blow. If rocks are not available, it will fire nearby Geodude instead.
Appearances[]
Main Pokémon games[]
Other Pokémon games[]
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team: Golem is the leader of Team Rumblerock, a Normal Rank Rescue Team. It joins a new team designed to travel through Magma Cavern, but is defeated.
Pokémon Magikarp Jump: Golem may appear during training. As part of the "Golem Push" training session, the player's Magikarp pushes it to earn JP.
Super Smash Bros. series[]
Trophy descriptions[]
In the anime[]
Origin and inspiration[]
In-game information[]
Pokédex entries[]
| Title | Entry |
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| First Pokémon generation | |
| Pokémon Red and Blue | Its boulder-like body is extremely hard. It can easily withstand dynamite blasts without damage. |
| Pokémon Yellow | Once it sheds its skin, its body turns tender and whitish. Its hide hardens when it's exposed to air. |
| Pokémon Stadium | Its body, which weighs over 660 pounds, is as hard as stone. It grows bigger by shedding its skin once a year. |
| Second Pokémon generation | |
| Pokémon Gold | It sheds its skin once a year. The discarded shell immediately hardens and crumbles away. |
| Pokémon Silver | It is capable of blowing itself up. It uses this explosive force to jump from mountain to mountain. |
| Pokémon Crystal | Its rock-like body is so durable, even high-powered dynamite blasts fail to scratch its rugged hide. |
| Third Pokémon generation | |
| Pokémon Ruby | Golem live up on mountains. If there is a large earthquake, these Pokémon will come rolling down off the mountains en masse to the foothills below. |
| Pokémon Sapphire | Golem is known for rolling down from mountains. To prevent them from rolling into the homes of people downhill, grooves have been dug into the sides of mountains to serve as guideways for diverting this Pokémon's course. |
| Pokémon Emerald | It is said to live in volcanic craters on mountain peaks. Once a year, it sheds its hide and grows larger. The shed hide crumbles and returns to the soil. |
| Pokémon FireRed | It is enclosed in a hard shell that is as rugged as slabs of rock. It sheds skin once a year to grow larger. |
| Pokémon LeafGreen | Its boulder-like body is extremely hard. It can easily withstand dynamite blasts without taking damage. |
| Fourth Pokémon generation | |
| Pokémon Diamond | It sheds its hide once a year. Its boulderlike body is so tough, even dynamite can't harm it. |
| Pokémon Pearl | It tumbles down mountains, leaving grooves from peak to base. Stay clear of these grooves. |
| Pokémon Platinum | Even dynamite can't harm its hard, boulderlike body. It sheds its hide just once a year. |
| Pokémon HeartGold | It sheds its skin once a year. The discarded shell immediately hardens and crumbles away. |
| Pokémon SoulSilver | It is capable of blowing itself up. It uses this explosive force to jump from mountain to mountain. |
| Fifth Pokémon generation | |
| Pokémon Black | Even dynamite can't harm its hard, boulderlike body. It sheds its hide just once a year. |
| Pokémon White | Even dynamite can't harm its hard, boulderlike body. It sheds its hide just once a year. |
| Pokémon Black 2 | Even dynamite can't harm its hard, boulderlike body. It sheds its hide just once a year. |
| Pokémon White 2 | Even dynamite can't harm its hard, boulderlike body. It sheds its hide just once a year. |
| Sixth Pokémon generation | |
| Pokémon X | It tumbles down mountains, leaving grooves from peak to base. Stay clear of these grooves. |
| Pokémon Y | Even dynamite can't harm its hard, boulderlike body. It sheds its hide just once a year. |
| Pokémon Omega Ruby | Golem live up on mountains. If there is a large earthquake, these Pokémon will come rolling down off the mountains en masse to the foothills below. |
| Pokémon Alpha Sapphire | Golem is known for rolling down from mountains. To prevent them from rolling into the homes of people downhill, grooves have been dug into the sides of mountains to serve as guideways for diverting this Pokémon's course. |
| Seventh Pokémon generation | |
| Pokémon Sun | Its body can survive dynamite blasts without a single scratch, but it hates rain and humidity. |
| Pokémon Moon | Once a year, this Pokémon molts, and its shed shell returns to the soil. This process creates enriched soil, so farmers collect the shells. |
| Pokémon Ultra Sun | When Golem grow old, they stop shedding their shells. Those that have lived a long, long time have shells green with moss. |
| Pokémon Ultra Moon | It detonates its own body. The power from that explosion can propel it up steep mountain paths with amazing speed. |
| Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu |
Once it sheds its skin, its body turns tender and whitish. Its hide hardens when it's exposed to air. |
| Pokémon Let's Go Eevee |
Once it sheds its skin, its body turns tender and whitish. Its hide hardens when it's exposed to air. |
| Eighth Pokémon generation | |
| Pokémon Brilliant Diamond | It sheds its hide once a year. Its boulder-like body is so tough, even dynamite can't harm it. |
| Pokémon Shining Pearl | It tumbles down mountains, leaving grooves from peak to base. Stay clear of these grooves. |
| Pokémon Legends: Arceus | The rocklike shell is shed each year. The cast-off shell then crumbles, reverting to a mass of soil, which can be spread across fields to promote crop growth. |
| Ninth Pokémon generation | |
| Pokémon Scarlet | It is enclosed in a hard shell that is as rugged as slabs of rock. It sheds skin once a year to grow larger. |
| Pokémon Violet | It deliberately blows itself up, then uses this explosive force to jump from mountain to mountain. |
Alola[]
| Title | Entry |
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| Seventh Pokémon generation | |
| Pokémon Sun | It fires rocks charged with electricity. Even if the rock isn't fired that accurately, just grazing an opponent will cause numbness and fainting. |
| Pokémon Moon | Because it can't fire boulders at a rapid pace, it's been known to seize nearby Geodude and fire them from its back. |
| Pokémon Ultra Sun | It's grumpy and stubborn. If you upset it, it discharges electricity from the surface of its body and growls with a voice like thunder. |
| Pokémon Ultra Moon | It shoots large rocks that are charged with electricity. Tremendous electric shocks are flung out across the whole area of impact. |
| Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu |
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. |
| Pokémon Let's Go Eevee |
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. |
| Ninth Pokémon generation | |
| Pokémon Scarlet | It’s grumpy and stubborn. If you upset it, it discharges electricity from the surface of its body and growls with a voice like thunder. |
| Pokémon Violet | It fires rocks charged with electricity. Even if the rock isn’t fired that accurately, just grazing an opponent will cause numbness and fainting. |
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Evolution[]
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Base Stats[]
Pre-Gen VI[]
| HP | 80 |
| Attack | 110 |
| Defense | 130 |
| Sp. Attack | 55 |
| Sp. Defense | 65 |
| Speed | 45 |
| Total | 485 |
Gen VI onwards[]
| HP | 80 |
| Attack | 120 |
| Defense | 130 |
| Sp. Attack | 55 |
| Sp. Defense | 65 |
| Speed | 45 |
| Total | 495 |
Moveset[]
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Trivia[]
- Golem's evolutionary line is the only three-stage evolutionary line in which all members have a regional form.
- Alolan Golem has the highest base Defense stat of all Electric-type Pokémon.
| Pokémon with regional forms | |
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| Alola | Rattata • Raticate • Raichu • Sandshrew • Sandslash • Vulpix • Ninetales • Diglett • Dugtrio • Meowth • Persian • Geodude • Graveler • Golem • Grimer • Muk • Exeggutor • Marowak |
| Galar | Meowth • Ponyta • Rapidash • Slowpoke • Slowbro • Farfetch'd • Weezing • Mr. Mime • Articuno • Zapdos • Moltres • Slowking • Corsola • Zigzagoon • Linoone • Darumaka • Darmanitan • Yamask • Stunfisk |
| Hisui | Growlithe • Arcanine • Voltorb • Electrode • Typhlosion • Qwilfish • Sneasel • Samurott • Lilligant • Zorua • Zoroark • Braviary • Sliggoo • Goodra • Avalugg • Decidueye |
| Paldea | Tauros • Wooper |