Gastrodon counters

Gen 5 OU · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Gastrodon
#0423 Gastrodon
WaterGround
USAGE 3.1% #42
ABILITYStorm Drain
BASE STATS
HP 111
ATK 83
DEF 68
SPA 92
SPD 82
SPE 39
BST475
TYPE MATCHUPS
4×
Grass
½×
FirePoisonRockSteel
0×
Electric
Moves
Recover 100.0% Scald 96.5% Toxic 90.6% Ice Beam 86.6% Clear Smog 14.7% Earthquake 6.3% Earth Power 2.5% Counter 0.8%
Items
Leftovers 99.0% Rocky Helmet 0.6% Life Orb 0.4% Choice Specs 0.0% Mystic Water 0.0% Binding Band 0.0% nothing 0.0% Custap Berry 0.0%
Abilities
Storm Drain99.9%Sand Force0.0%Sticky Hold0.0%
Common Teammates
Tyranitar85.1%Gliscor75.4%Magnezone71.3%Starmie63.3%Scizor58.4%Skarmory18.0%Landorus-Therian12.4%Forretress10.8%
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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 #42 with 3.14% usage. Sorted by reliability score.