Darmanitan counters

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

Darmanitan
#0555 Darmanitan
Fire
USAGE 1.1% #96
ABILITYSheer Force
BASE STATS
HP 105
ATK 140
DEF 55
SPA 30
SPD 55
SPE 95
BST480
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
WaterGroundRock
½×
FireGrassIceBugSteelFairy
Moves
Flare Blitz 100.0% U-turn 99.1% Earthquake 97.1% Rock Slide 91.2% Superpower 4.7% Zen Headbutt 4.5% Will-O-Wisp 1.5% Brick Break 0.7%
Items
Choice Scarf 96.1% Choice Band 3.8% Life Orb 0.0% Air Balloon 0.0% Leftovers 0.0% Focus Sash 0.0% Salac Berry 0.0% Flame Orb 0.0%
Abilities
Sheer Force100.0%Zen Mode0.0%
Common Teammates
Gliscor92.7%Torkoal90.7%Venusaur89.1%Charizard-Mega-Y88.9%Slowking88.8%Chansey4.2%Heatran3.6%Skarmory3.5%
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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 #96 with 1.08% usage. Sorted by reliability score.