Politoed counters

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

Politoed
#0186 Politoed
Water
USAGE 2.4% #60
ABILITYDrizzle
BASE STATS
HP 90
ATK 75
DEF 75
SPA 90
SPD 100
SPE 70
BST500
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
ElectricGrass
½×
FireWaterIceSteel
Moves
Scald 99.7% Encore 97.3% Rest 87.8% Hypnosis 74.8% Toxic 24.2% Perish Song 5.0% Ice Beam 4.6% Haze 1.8%
Items
Damp Rock 96.5% Rocky Helmet 2.8% Eject Button 0.3% Choice Scarf 0.2% Leftovers 0.1% Assault Vest 0.0% Choice Specs 0.0% Lum Berry 0.0%
Abilities
Drizzle100.0%Water Absorb0.0%Damp0.0%
Common Teammates
Kingdra88.6%Manaphy81.2%Thundurus71.6%Seismitoad69.5%Scizor-Mega69.2%Ferrothorn23.4%Swampert-Mega17.9%Tornadus-Therian14.3%

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 #60 with 2.42% usage. Sorted by reliability score.