Rhyperior counters

Gen 4 VGC 2009 · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Rhyperior
#0464 Rhyperior
GroundRock
USAGE 30.7% #7
ABILITYSolid Rock
BASE STATS
HP 115
ATK 140
DEF 130
SPA 55
SPD 55
SPE 40
BST535
TYPE MATCHUPS
4×
WaterGrass
2×
IceFightingGroundSteel
½×
NormalFireFlyingRock
¼×
Poison
0×
Electric
Moves
Earthquake 99.9% Protect 96.3% Rock Slide 96.2% Megahorn 37.8% Fire Punch 34.4% Swords Dance 19.9% Hammer Arm 6.1% Stone Edge 4.5%
Items
Life Orb 30.1% Lum Berry 24.7% Sitrus Berry 20.3% Persim Berry 20.1% Choice Band 3.7% Passho Berry 0.8% Rindo Berry 0.2% Hard Stone 0.1%
Abilities
Solid Rock95.8%Lightning Rod4.2%
Common Teammates
Bronzong86.5%Latios52.3%Heatran50.4%Snorlax49.7%Cresselia33.4%Zapdos29.8%Smeargle28.2%Gengar27.8%
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Ranked #7 with 30.70% usage. Sorted by reliability score.