Gholdengo counters

Gen 9 350 Cup · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Gholdengo
#1000 Gholdengo
SteelGhost
USAGE 11.6% #13
BASE STATS
HP 87
ATK 60
DEF 95
SPA 133
SPD 91
SPE 84
BST550
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
FireGroundGhostDark
½×
GrassIceFlyingPsychicRockDragonSteelFairy
¼×
Bug
0×
NormalFightingPoison
Moves
Shadow Ball 99.3% Make It Rain 99.2% Nasty Plot 98.9% Recover 95.8% Focus Blast 3.9% Thunder Wave 0.7% Hex 0.7% Psyshock 0.7%
Items
Heavy-Duty Boots 71.1% Air Balloon 27.9% Leftovers 0.7% Choice Scarf 0.2% Choice Specs 0.1% Life Orb 0.0% Rocky Helmet 0.0% Assault Vest 0.0%
Tera Types
Water 70.5% Fairy 17.9% Steel 7.4% Fighting 3.5% Grass 0.7% Flying 0.0% Bug 0.0% Ghost 0.0%
Common Teammates
Clefairy72.4%Smeargle72.3%Blissey72.1%Dondozo72.1%Hippopotas71.8%Glimmet27.5%Dewpider18.0%Vibrava17.6%
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Ranked #13 with 11.60% usage. Sorted by reliability score.