Is Garchomp viable in Gen 8 OU?

Garchomp is ranked #11 in Gen 8 OU with 19.98% usage according to Smogon Jul 2026 - Sep 2026 data.

What beats Garchomp in Gen 8 OU?

Landorus-Therian has the strongest conservative score in this observed Jul 2026 - Sep 2026 sample. The target was knocked out or switched out in 41.7% of 27.58533647606356 relevant encounters. Standard error is 9.4 points. Sets and switch conditions can change the result.

How are Garchomp matchup checks ranked in Gen 8 OU?

They are ranked by p minus four standard errors. Here, p is the observed fraction of relevant encounters where Garchomp was knocked out or switched out. This is not a set-specific battle guarantee.

Garchomp counters

Gen 8 OU · Smogon source period Jul 2026 - Sep 2026

#0445 Garchomp

DragonGround

USAGE 20.0% #11

ABILITYRough Skin

BASE STATS

HP 108

ATK 130

DEF 95

SPA 80

SPD 85

SPE 102

BST600

TYPE MATCHUPS

4×

Ice

2×

DragonFairy

½×

FirePoisonRock

0×

Electric

Moves

Earthquake 99.1% Stealth Rock 57.6% Swords Dance 48.7% Toxic 48.7% Scale Shot 46.1% Protect 45.1% Fire Fang 27.3% Aqua Tail 11.5%

Items

Leftovers 79.3% Lum Berry 4.5% Yache Berry 4.3% Life Orb 3.5% Roseli Berry 3.3% Rocky Helmet 3.0% Soft Sand 1.7% Choice Scarf 0.3%

Abilities

Rough Skin100.0%

Common Teammates

Weavile45.2%

Melmetal29.4%

Slowking-Galar28.8%

Urshifu-Rapid-Strike28.1%

Corviknight27.8%

Heatran26.2%

Tornadus-Therian25.8%

Rillaboom23.4%

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Explore Garchomp + Landorus-Therian teams 4 score Explore Garchomp + Heatran teams -9 score

Leading observed checks

Open a matchup for a separate set-based damage estimate, or browse uploaded teams with both Pokémon.

Team core to explore

Garchomp + Weavile 45.2% teammate usage Explore teams →

Checks & Counters

Observed target KO or switch rate is upstream p: the fraction of relevant encounters where the target was knocked out or switched out. Standard error is upstream d. The conservative score is p − 4d. These ladder observations do not prove a set-specific counter.

How to read this table

Use encounter count and standard error to judge the sample. Damage estimates below use inferred sets and remain separate from the observed ladder metric.

# Checker Encounters Conservative score Target KO or switch rate

Landorus-Therian

GroundFlying SOFT CHECK View matchup

27.585

4.1

41.7% Standard error 9.39 points

DAMAGE CALC

252+ Atk Landorus-Therian Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Garchomp: 204-240 (48.5 - 57.1%) -- 41% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery

View Landorus-Therian counters → Teams with Landorus-Therian →

Heatran

FireSteel SOFT CHECK View matchup

41.689

-8.8

7.8% Standard error 4.16 points

DAMAGE CALC

252+ SpA Heatran Eruption (150 BP) vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Garchomp: 108-127 (25.7 - 30.2%) -- 0.6% chance to 4HKO after Leftovers recovery

View Heatran counters → Teams with Heatran →

Ranked #11 with 19.98% usage. Sorted by conservative score.