Welcome back, Trainers! It's time to see how Trubbish and Garbodor will likely perform in Pokémon GO.

TRUBBISH

  • CATEGORY: Trash Bag Pokémon
  • PRONOUNCED: TRUB-bish
  • TYPE: Poison
  • HEIGHT: 2' 00"
  • WEIGHT: 68.3 lbs.

ATTACK:  96

DEFENSE:  122

STAMINA:  137

MAX  CP:  1000

GARBODOR

  • CATEGORY: Trash Heap Pokémon
  • PRONOUNCED: gar-BOH-dur
  • TYPE: Poison
  • HEIGHT: 6' 03"
  • WEIGHT: 236.6 lbs.

ATTACK:  181

DEFENSE:  164

STAMINA:  190

MAX  CP:  2345
PLACE IN THE META: Looking at its stats, there is nothing special about Garbodor; It just looks like a worse version of Muk. While those stats did not necessarily mean it would be useless, studying Garbodor's move options from its main-series movepool does not give it much Poison-type potential in GO.

​LIKELY MOVEPOOL: Out of the Fast Moves we currently have in Pokémon GO, the following are the ones that seem most likely to be given to Garbodor:
  • Infestation
  • Smack Down
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Out of the Charged Moves we currently have in Pokémon GO, the following are the ones that seem most likely to be given to Garbodor:
  • Gunk Shot
  • Sludge Bomb
  • Thunderbolt

Should Niantic add any new moves, the following are good candidates for Garbodor's movepool:
  • Explosion
  • Venoshock

LOOKING AHEAD: Looking beyond Generation 5, Garbodor gains no evolution, exclusive Z-Move, or Mega Evolution that is known of at this time.
Thanks for reading, Trainers! Zorua and Zoroark are up next.
SOURCE: Pokémon Deluxe Essential Handbook, The Official National Pokédex: Pokémon Ultra Sun & Pokémon Ultra Moon Edition, Stats Calculated by Serebii | IMAGE CREDIT: The Pokémon Company