Polteageist counters

Gen 8 National Dex · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Polteageist
#0855 Polteageist
Ghost
USAGE 3.4% #56
ABILITYWeak Armor
BASE STATS
HP 60
ATK 65
DEF 65
SPA 134
SPD 114
SPE 70
BST508
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
GhostDark
½×
PoisonBug
0×
NormalFighting
Moves
Shell Smash 100.0% Shadow Ball 99.9% Stored Power 99.8% Giga Drain 99.2% Strength Sap 0.5% Substitute 0.4% Sucker Punch 0.1% Hyper Beam 0.0%
Items
Focus Sash 99.3% White Herb 0.7% Grassium Z 0.0% Heavy-Duty Boots 0.0% nothing 0.0% Life Orb 0.0% Mental Herb 0.0% Twisted Spoon 0.0%
Abilities
Weak Armor99.6%Cursed Body0.4%
Common Teammates
Tapu Lele87.6%Diancie-Mega60.2%Volcarona60.1%Blaziken59.9%Alakazam59.7%Landorus-Therian27.6%Cloyster27.0%Heatran26.9%

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 #56 with 3.38% usage. Sorted by reliability score.