Rock tomb or flamethrower for garchomp?

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There’s no perfect answer for this. I would say it depends on the rest of your moveset, team, and where you’re playing too. I realise that’s a bit of a stretch, but it differs from case to case. I’l give you the pros and cons to each, so you have a better idea:

Flamethrower:

Rock Tomb:

As you can see, there’s good and bad sides to both. The above answer tell why. Based on the rest of the information, you can choose either.

My personal suggestion? Try both for some time. Whichever seems to work better for you and your playing style, you should go with.

Probably Flamethrower. Assuming you have Dragon Claw or similar, there is almost no situation in which even a super effective Rock Tomb does more than a STAB Dragon Claw. A Fire move, on the other hand, gives you an answer to Scizor and Ferrothorn.

BUT, Fire Blast > Flamethrower for Chomp. His SpAtk isn’t that great, you need the extra power. Fire Blast also isn’t as inaccurate as the comparable moves of other types like Blizzard/Thunder, to where the power makes up for the accuracy dip in most situations.

Things get more interesting if you compare, say, Stone Edge to the fire move. Rock Tomb is just too weak to be worth it.