Cloyster counters

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

Cloyster
#0091 Cloyster
WaterIce
USAGE 1.4% #56
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 100.0% Shell Smash 99.1% Rock Blast 82.1% Hydro Pump 56.7% Ice Shard 20.4% Liquidation 15.7% Explosion 13.7% Pin Missile 4.9%
Items
Focus Sash 84.6% Heavy-Duty Boots 6.9% Life Orb 4.5% White Herb 3.2% Never-Melt Ice 0.5% Normal Gem 0.3% Muscle Band 0.0% Metronome 0.0%
Abilities
Skill Link100.0%Shell Armor0.0%Overcoat0.0%
Common Teammates
Mew71.5%Blacephalon52.5%Kartana52.0%Garchomp49.5%Weavile41.1%Bisharp30.7%Rillaboom28.9%Hawlucha28.7%
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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 #56 with 1.41% usage. Sorted by reliability score.