Cloyster counters

Gen 8 National Dex · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Cloyster
#0091 Cloyster
WaterIce
USAGE 1.4% #81
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 99.9% Rock Blast 99.2% Liquidation 96.7% Ice Shard 1.8% Explosion 0.6% Pin Missile 0.5% Rapid Spin 0.4%
Items
Focus Sash 98.5% White Herb 0.5% Heavy-Duty Boots 0.4% Life Orb 0.3% Shell Bell 0.1% Leftovers 0.1% Choice Scarf 0.0% Never-Melt Ice 0.0%
Abilities
Skill Link99.7%Shell Armor0.2%Overcoat0.1%
Common Teammates
Polteageist96.7%Landorus-Therian96.2%Heatran96.1%Tapu Lele96.0%Latios95.9%Blaziken1.6%Excadrill0.9%Ditto0.9%
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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 #81 with 1.35% usage. Sorted by reliability score.