Galvantula
Attack
Defense
Stamina
Best Movesets
Analysis
The Electric Tarantula is here at last! Too bad it's in such an awkward position!
Galvantula's attack is too low to hit top-tier power on offense, and its movesets don't offer it much. It can fill in holes in your teams, but it's not exactly a top-tier choice for anything that it can do. On defense, it has some great moveset options thanks to a sudden stealth-change right before release (Charge Beam>Volt Switch, Thunder>Discharge), but it's too frail to be worth much.
Offense
- Fury Cutter and Bug Buzz make Galvantula usable as a Bug Type attacker
- Volt Swith pairs with Discharge can go together for an Electric moveset, but this is not that strong.
- Energy Ball and Cross Poison are basically a hard "No".
- Lunge is worse in PvE.
Defense
- Volt Switch is outstanding on defense.
- Fury Cutter is bad on defense.
- Discharge is a powerful 3-bar move, but its synergy isn't great with Volt Switch.
- Cross Poison is 3-bar and off-type coverage from Volt Switch, but it's weak and widely resisted.
- Bug Buzz is a STAB move, but it's resisted by basically anything that's going to switch into Galvantula.
- Energy Ball is easy to dodge, but can nail Rock-type attackers.
- Lunge shouldn't be used in PvE.
Volt Switch is usually preferred for its superior damage output, though Fury Cutter has a niche with Bug-type coverage.
Discharge is Galvantula's primary charge move, benefits from STAB, and provides solid Electric-type coverage. Lunge is what rocketed Galvantula from "neat" to "meta", giving solid damage output and a very powerful Attack debuff on your opponent.
Bug Buzz is generally worse than Lunge. Energy Ball can catch opposing mudbois off-guard, but isn't your best bet. Cross Poison kinda sucks, and has significantly less relevant coverage.
Galvantula sports an uncommon Electric/Bug typing, but poor bulk. It became quite popular in Go Battle League as an answer to the popular usage of Azumarill and Registeel, being able to beat either when using equal amounts of shields. Volt Switch is quite powerful with STAB and generates energy quickly, and Lunge fills a powerful double role as damage and debuff.
