#0768 · Alola · Generation 7

Golisopod

Hard Scale Pokémon · Bug/Water-type

Golisopod is a Bug/Water-type Pokémon, the Hard Scale Pokémon, number 768 (#0768) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 7 and comes from the Alola region. It is 2 m tall and weighs 108 kg.

Golisopod is the Hard Scale Pokémon, a six-armed Bug and Water warrior in armour as hard as diamond that will do anything to win. It cleaves seawater, and even air, with its claws, then spends quiet hours meditating in caves under the sea.

How to pronounce Golisopod

Golisopod is pronounced goh-LY-suh-pod. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Golisopod said out loud:

In Japanese it is グソクムシャ (Gusokumusha).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Golisopod is a hunched, humanoid arthropod, 2.0 m (6'07") tall and 108 kg (238.1 lb), in pale purple with silver plating and a skirt of armour like a samurai's. It has three pairs of arms: two slim pairs tipped with small black claws and a longer rear pair with much bigger forearms. The Pokédex says its claws can be extended and retracted at will.

Behaviour

Golisopod fights with skill and no mercy: the Pokédex says it takes advantage of every opening and ends the fight with the small claws on the front of its body. Away from battle it is calm, meditating peacefully in caves deep under the sea, and it is sometimes accompanied by Wimpod. When it fights Grapploct, the Pokédex says, the loser becomes the winner's meal.

Habitat

The Pokédex says it lives in sunken ships and in holes in the seabed. It is not available in Scarlet and Violet; in Legends: Z-A it is a Mega Dimension DLC Pokémon, found in Hyperspace Lumiose, and Bulbapedia lists a trade for the base game.

Powers

Its only Ability, Emergency Exit, pulls it out of battle when its HP drops below half. In Generation VII its signature move was First Impression, a very strong strike that only works on its first turn out, backed by Liquidation, X-Scissor and Swords Dance. With 125 base Attack and 140 base Defense it is a bulky physical attacker. Mega Golisopod, introduced in the Mega Dimension DLC, is a Bug and Steel type with the Ability Tough Claws. It pummels foes with four main arms, then finishes them with extra arms hidden behind its waist armour, and its claws can be fired off as projectiles.

Name origin

Golisopod may combine 'Goliath' with 'isopod'. The Japanese name is Gusokumusha (グソクムシャ), which Bulbapedia reads as daiō-gusokumushi (the giant isopod), gusoku ('fully equipped') and musha ('warrior').

Design inspiration

Kensaku Nabana designed Golisopod. It appears to be based on the giant isopod dressed in samurai armour. Bulbapedia suggests Mega Golisopod may draw on cyborgs and walking tanks, or on the asura, a many-armed war demigod of East Asian tradition. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Golisopod evolves from Wimpod at level 30, with no other condition.

In the games

Legends: Z-A's Mega Dimension DLC gave Golisopod a Mega Evolution, which needs the Golisopite. It debuted in Sun and Moon, where you get one by evolving Wimpod, and in Sword and Shield it lives at the Lake of Outrage and, with the Expansion Pass, Challenge Beach.

In the anime

Guzma's Golisopod debuted in 'The Dealer of Destruction!', where its Emergency Exit Ability returned it to its Poké Ball before its battle with Ash's Pikachu had a winner. It battled again at the Manalo Conference.

Fun facts

• Designer Kensaku Nabana has said Golisopod took him more than six months to design, which Bulbapedia calls an average time for a Pokémon.
• Farfetch'd, an unrelated Normal and Flying bird, can pass First Impression down to its Eggs.
• Mega Golisopod's base stat total of 630 tops every other Bug-type Pokémon, according to Bulbapedia.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Golisopod (Pokémon) · Serebii: Golisopod (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 75
• Attack: 125
• Defense: 140
• Sp. Atk: 60
• Sp. Def: 90
• Speed: 40

Golisopod’s base stat total is 530. Its highest stat is Defense.

Type matchups

What is Golisopod weak to?

Golisopod takes extra damage from Electric (2×), Flying (2×), Rock (2×) moves.

It resists Water (½×), Ice (½×), Fighting (½×), Ground (½×), Steel (½×).

Evolution

What does Golisopod evolve from?

Golisopod evolves from Wimpod at level 30.

Golisopod is the final stage of its evolution family.

The whole family: Wimpod, Golisopod.

Forms

• Mega Golisopod (Mega): Bug/Steel-type, base stat total 630 (HP 75, Attack 150, Defense 175, Sp. Atk 70, Sp. Def 120, Speed 40). Ability: Tough Claws.

Abilities

• Emergency Exit: This Pokémon automatically switches out when its HP drops below half.

Moves

Moves Golisopod learns by level up in Sword / Shield

“Evo” means Golisopod learns the move the moment it evolves: First Impression.

TM moves (54)

Golisopod can learn 54 moves from TMs in Sword / Shield: Pin Missile, Hyper Beam, Giga Impact, Screech, Rest, Rock Slide, Snore, Protect, Icy Wind, Attract, Rain Dance, Hail, Facade, Swift, Brick Break, Dive, Rock Tomb, Mud Shot, Payback, Assurance, Fling, Shadow Claw, Venoshock, Round, Razor Shell, Snarl, False Swipe, Swords Dance, Surf, Ice Beam, Blizzard, Waterfall, Leech Life, Substitute, Sludge Bomb, Spikes, Endure, Sleep Talk, Taunt, Muddy Water, Iron Defense, Bulk Up, Close Combat, Poison Jab, Dark Pulse, X-Scissor, Bug Buzz, Focus Blast, Iron Head, Sludge Wave, Scald, Drill Run, Throat Chop, Liquidation.

Egg moves (5), which Wimpod can hatch knowing:Aqua Jet, Harden, Metal Claw, Rollout, Wide Guard.

Move tutor moves (1): Skitter Smack.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Bug, Water 3.
• Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
• Catch rate: 45 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 2 Defense effort values.
• Base experience yield: 186.

Pokédex entries

They live in sunken ships or in holes in the seabed. When Golisopod and Grapploct battle, the loser becomes the winner's meal. (Shield)

It will do anything to win, taking advantage of every opening and finishing opponents off with the small claws on its front legs. (Sword)

Its claws, which it can extend and retract at will, are its greatest weapons. Golisopod is sometimes accompanied by Wimpod. (Ultra Moon)

The shell covering its body is as hard as diamond. This Pokémon will do anything it takes to win. (Ultra Sun)

It battles skillfully with its six arms, but spends most of its time peacefully meditating in caves deep beneath the sea. (Moon)

With a flashing slash of its giant sharp claws, it cleaves seawater—or even air—right in two. (Sun)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Heaviest Water type in Gen 7: 108 kg.
• Tallest Water type in Gen 7: 2 m.
• Highest Attack among Water types in Gen 7: 125.
• Highest Defense among Bug types in Gen 7: 140.
• Taller than 87% of all Pokémon (2 m).
• Heavier than 84% of all Pokémon (108 kg).
• Base stat total 530, ranked #163 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Defense, ranked #21 of 1,025.
• One of 5 Pokémon that are both Bug and Water.
• One of 107 gray Pokémon.
• Number 47 of 88 Pokémon introduced in Generation 7 (Alola).
• Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
• Can learn 70 different moves in Sword / Shield.
• Catch rate 45: about 5.9% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Has 1 alternate form.
• Appears in 6 distinct Pokédex entries.

Sources and fact-checking

• Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
• Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Golisopod (Pokémon), Serebii: Golisopod (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (goh-LY-suh-pod): no English source says it out loud, so it is our best guess from the parts of the name.

Last checked: 20 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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