Xerneas counters

Gen 7 Anything Goes · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Apr 2026 - Jun 2026

Xerneas
#0716 Xerneas
Fairy
USAGE 15.8% #11
BASE STATS
HP 126
ATK 131
DEF 95
SPA 131
SPD 98
SPE 99
BST680
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
PoisonSteel
½×
FightingBugDark
0×
Dragon
Moves
Moonblast 99.9% Geomancy 67.5% Focus Blast 43.2% Psyshock 37.4% Aromatherapy 32.1% Defog 31.6% Thunderbolt 18.7% Thunder Wave 15.6%
Items
Power Herb 57.5% Leftovers 16.1% Choice Scarf 16.1% Fairium Z 9.9% Life Orb 0.1% Wiki Berry 0.1% Focus Sash 0.0% Expert Belt 0.0%
Common Teammates
Rayquaza62.5%Deoxys-Attack56.3%Groudon-Primal47.6%Necrozma-Dusk-Mane47.5%Arceus44.2%Smeargle22.3%Yveltal19.5%Lunala18.7%

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 #11 with 15.76% usage. Sorted by reliability score.