Cloyster counters

Gen 6 OU · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Cloyster
#0091 Cloyster
WaterIce
USAGE 3.8% #43
ABILITYSkill Link
BASE STATS
HP 50
ATK 95
DEF 180
SPA 85
SPD 45
SPE 70
BST525
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
ElectricGrassFightingRock
½×
Water
¼×
Ice
Moves
Icicle Spear 99.9% Shell Smash 97.1% Rapid Spin 91.8% Rock Blast 62.3% Toxic Spikes 35.1% Ice Shard 6.3% Explosion 4.0% Toxic 1.9%
Items
Focus Sash 50.3% Lum Berry 29.3% Leftovers 15.1% Choice Scarf 2.8% White Herb 1.4% Never-Melt Ice 0.4% Life Orb 0.3% Belue Berry 0.2%
Abilities
Skill Link99.8%Shell Armor0.1%Overcoat0.0%
Common Teammates
Volcarona65.3%Bisharp49.0%Landorus-Therian41.7%Serperior34.9%Weavile31.4%Pinsir-Mega29.7%Mew24.1%Garchomp22.7%

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 #43 with 3.81% usage. Sorted by reliability score.