Pokemon Black and White spotlight: The ghosts of Isshu

Gobitto
#128 Isshu / #622 National
Type:
Ground/Ghost
Species classification: Golem Pokemon
Abilities:
Iron Fist – Increases power of punching moves by 20%
Klutz – Disables the effect of user's held items (except for EXP affecting items)
Dream World ability: No Guard – Raises move accuracy to 100% for all Pokemon in battle
Location found (Black/White): Dragon Spiral Tower
Wild hold items: Light Clay (rare)
Egg groups: Mineral
Capture rate: 190
Gender ratio: Genderless
Effort values: 1 attack
Evolution family: To Goruugu at level 43

Goruugu
#129 Isshu / #623 National
Type:
Ground/Ghost
Species classification: Golem Pokemon
Abilities:
Iron Fist – Increases power of punching moves by 20%
Klutz – Disables the effect of user's held items (except for EXP affecting items)
Dream World ability: No Guard – Raises move accuracy to 100% for all Pokemon in battle
Location found (Black/White): Evolve Gobitto
Egg groups: Mineral
Gender ratio: Genderless
Experience at lvl 100: 1,000,000
Base stats: 89 HP / 124 Atk / 80 Def / 55 SAtk / 80 SDef / 55 Spd / 483 Total
Effort values: 2 attack
Evolution family: From Gobitto at level 43

With yet another unique typing (are you seeing a pattern here?), Gobitto and Goruugu's Ground/Ghost combo give them three immunities to Normal, Fighting, and Electric. Goruugu is a pure physical attacker, and with its Iron Fist ability, Focus Punch is a must, which Gobitto learns at level 55 and Goruugu learns at level 70. Even though it doesn't get a STAB, Focus Punch's base power of 150 plus the 20% Iron Fist bonus make it a good choice for any Goruugu moveset.

According toGame Freak(viaBulbapedia), Gobitto and Goruugu are the first Pokemon ever to be designed by an American.

Previous Pokemon B&W spotlights:
The starters and their evolutions
Minezumi, Yorterii, Choroneko and their evolutions.
The monkey trio and their evolutions
Munna, Mamepato, Shimama and their evolutions

Oct30 2010

GamesRadarCarolynGudmundson
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