Forretress counters

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

Forretress
#0205 Forretress
BugSteel
USAGE 6.1% #28
ABILITYSturdy
BASE STATS
HP 75
ATK 90
DEF 140
SPA 60
SPD 60
SPE 40
BST465
TYPE MATCHUPS
4×
Fire
½×
NormalIcePsychicBugDragonSteelFairy
¼×
Grass
0×
Poison
Moves
Rapid Spin 99.8% Spikes 95.7% Toxic Spikes 89.1% Protect 48.7% Hidden Power Fire 17.4% Volt Switch 17.2% Toxic 13.9% Pain Split 9.4%
Items
Leftovers 77.2% Custap Berry 11.7% Mental Herb 8.4% Lum Berry 2.0% Red Card 0.4% Rocky Helmet 0.3% Sitrus Berry 0.0% Iron Ball 0.0%
Abilities
Sturdy100.0%Overcoat0.0%
Common Teammates
Giratina57.3%Arceus-Grass52.3%Excadrill49.1%Heatran47.5%Hippowdon35.4%Kyogre35.0%Arceus-Ghost19.9%Ho-Oh19.7%
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Checks & Counters

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

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Ranked #28 with 6.13% usage. Sorted by reliability score.