Heracross counters

Gen 2 OU · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Apr 2026 - Jun 2026

Heracross
#0214 Heracross
BugFighting
USAGE 13.5% #14
BASE STATS
HP 80
ATK 125
DEF 75
SPA 40
SPD 95
SPE 85
BST500
TYPE MATCHUPS
4×
Flying
2×
FirePsychicFairy
½×
GrassFightingGroundBugDark
Moves
Rest 99.0% Sleep Talk 98.9% Megahorn 96.4% Curse 63.9% Seismic Toss 35.5% Earthquake 1.9% Attract 1.8% Hidden Power Fighting 0.6%
Items
Leftovers 99.2% Miracle Berry 0.8% Quick Claw 0.0% Focus Band 0.0% Berserk Gene 0.0% nothing 0.0% Mint Berry 0.0% Black Belt 0.0%
Common Teammates
Snorlax99.3%Raikou88.5%Cloyster71.1%Golem52.6%Exeggutor28.8%Zapdos28.6%Charizard26.4%Tyranitar24.5%
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Checks & Counters

Ranked by reliability — blends KO rate with how often each Pokémon is matched up.

This Pokémon doesn't have enough usage for Smogon to compute meaningful Checks & Counters. Only the most-used Pokémon in a format receive this data.

Ranked #14 with 13.46% usage. Sorted by reliability score.