Tornadus counters

Gen 5 OU · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Tornadus
#0641 Tornadus
Flying
USAGE 4.3% #31
ABILITYPrankster
BASE STATS
HP 79
ATK 115
DEF 70
SPA 125
SPD 80
SPE 111
BST580
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
ElectricIceRock
½×
GrassFightingBug
0×
Ground
Moves
Hurricane 99.4% U-turn 94.5% Focus Blast 82.8% Tailwind 41.2% Grass Knot 36.0% Hidden Power Ice 20.5% Heat Wave 13.6% Superpower 3.3%
Items
Choice Specs 42.9% Leftovers 26.7% Choice Scarf 22.5% Sharp Beak 4.6% Life Orb 1.6% Sky Plate 1.0% Chesto Berry 0.3% Damp Rock 0.2%
Abilities
Prankster99.8%Defiant0.2%
Common Teammates
Politoed76.1%Ferrothorn66.9%Thundurus-Therian55.1%Tentacruel48.9%Garchomp44.5%Starmie43.9%Jirachi29.3%Landorus-Therian24.0%

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 #31 with 4.30% usage. Sorted by reliability score.