Darmanitan-Galar counters

Gen 8 Doubles OU · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Darmanitan-Galar
#0555 Darmanitan-Galar
Ice
USAGE 1.8% #73
ABILITYGorilla Tactics
BASE STATS
HP 105
ATK 140
DEF 55
SPA 30
SPD 55
SPE 95
BST480
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
FireFightingRockSteel
½×
Ice
Moves
U-turn 92.0% Iron Head 89.5% Icicle Crash 81.1% Rock Slide 81.1% Ice Punch 18.9% Power-Up Punch 10.9% Brick Break 6.5% Earthquake 5.5%
Items
Choice Scarf 81.0% Choice Band 14.1% Salac Berry 4.9% Iron Ball 0.0% Life Orb 0.0% Rocky Helmet 0.0% Sitrus Berry 0.0% Focus Band 0.0%
Abilities
Gorilla Tactics95.1%Zen Mode4.9%
Common Teammates
Whimsicott89.7%Dracovish78.3%Garchomp70.4%Comfey70.4%Metagross70.4%Incineroar11.5%Aegislash11.4%Moltres-Galar11.4%
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Ranked #73 with 1.79% usage. Sorted by reliability score.