Utilize all three options in order to throw your opponent off balance and keep them guessing. You can end Dig in three different ways: attacking (how it normally ends), canceling it with R, and canceling it with a jump. The most important part of using Dig though is the ability to mix it up. This is particularly good in the Suicune matchup, as Suicune players like to jump a lot. Dig is also capable of hitting airborne opponents (ironic when you consider how Ground type moves work in the main series games), making it a solid choice for punishing or pseudo-countering some aerial attacks. While burrowed, it’s invulnerable to all attacks (even the exposed dorsal fin is invincible), allowing it to bypass projectiles and close the gap, as well as punish poor projectile use. Garchomp burrows into the ground and homes in on the opponent. While you generally want to make use of as much as your moveset as possible, there are some moves that are important for every (Garchomp) player to master in order to succeed.ĭig (Forward A) – This is one of Garchomp’s best tools and the primary reason why it handles zoners fine. Garchomp’s primary weaknesses are its poor/awkward ranged combat, and its overall lack of safety. Rather, you want to focus on reading your opponent and punishing their mistakes (as Garchomp is a brutal whiff punisher), as well as mixing up your gameplay. Playing Garchomp as an aggressive rushdown character like Blaziken will end up getting you killed. Patient play is, while important to some degree on all characters, absolutely vital to success with Garchomp. This however does not mean that you want to rush at your opponent. It’s clear from its movement speed and many of its moves that Garchomp wants to and is designed to get in on the opponent. Like the other three Power Pokémon (Machamp, Charizard, and Chandelure), it hits hard, but unlike them, it has a higher overall movement speed. Garchomp is one of the four Power archetype Pokémon in Pokkén Tournament.

We’re starting off with a guide by PokéCommunity member Nah on how to use the fourth generation Dragon Pokémon, Garchomp! Overview Welcome to Pokkén Dojo! In this article series we’ll give you PokéCommunity members’ hint and tips to using a character in the game Pokkén Tournament for the Wii U. Four Legs Good, Four Arms Better – A Guide to Machamp.

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