Tangrowth counters

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

Tangrowth
#0465 Tangrowth
Grass
USAGE 2.5% #63
ABILITYRegenerator
BASE STATS
HP 100
ATK 100
DEF 125
SPA 110
SPD 50
SPE 50
BST535
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
FireIcePoisonFlyingBug
½×
WaterElectricGrassGround
Moves
Knock Off 97.5% Giga Drain 94.3% Hidden Power Ice 80.5% Sludge Bomb 64.2% Sleep Powder 18.9% Leech Seed 11.3% Earthquake 8.5% Focus Blast 6.0%
Items
Rocky Helmet 70.3% Assault Vest 27.8% Grassium Z 0.8% Heavy-Duty Boots 0.6% Leftovers 0.3% Normalium Z 0.1% Eject Button 0.1% Choice Band 0.0%
Abilities
Regenerator100.0%Chlorophyll0.0%Leaf Guard0.0%
Common Teammates
Tapu Fini69.2%Hippowdon55.8%Hoopa-Unbound32.9%Garchomp31.3%Manectric-Mega26.7%Diancie-Mega25.5%Heatran24.7%Slowking-Galar18.2%
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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 #63 with 2.47% usage. Sorted by reliability score.