Polteageist counters

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

Polteageist
#0855 Polteageist
Ghost
USAGE 4.6% #41
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
Shadow Ball 100.0% Shell Smash 100.0% Stored Power 99.7% Giga Drain 96.8% Substitute 3.0% Strength Sap 0.4% Hyper Beam 0.1% Psychic 0.0%
Items
Focus Sash 99.5% Mental Herb 0.3% White Herb 0.1% Leftovers 0.0% Heavy-Duty Boots 0.0% nothing 0.0% Spell Tag 0.0% Weakness Policy 0.0%
Abilities
Weak Armor99.5%Cursed Body0.5%
Common Teammates
Tapu Lele82.9%Cloyster55.0%Landorus-Therian52.0%Latios51.6%Heatran51.6%Blaziken35.1%Volcarona31.3%Diancie-Mega31.2%

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 #41 with 4.60% usage. Sorted by reliability score.