Grimer-Alola counters

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

Grimer-Alola
#0088 Grimer-Alola
PoisonDark
USAGE 3.5% #51
ABILITYPoison Touch
BASE STATS
HP 80
ATK 80
DEF 50
SPA 40
SPD 50
SPE 25
BST325
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
Ground
½×
GrassPoisonGhostDark
0×
Psychic
Moves
Knock Off 99.9% Drain Punch 88.0% Curse 49.9% Poison Fang 49.3% Poison Jab 39.3% Shadow Sneak 30.4% Gunk Shot 13.7% Ice Punch 8.6%
Items
Black Sludge 47.5% Assault Vest 40.6% Leftovers 6.6% Heavy-Duty Boots 3.9% Choice Band 1.1% Life Orb 0.2% Aguav Berry 0.0% Iapapa Berry 0.0%
Abilities
Poison Touch100.0%Gluttony0.0%Power of Alchemy0.0%
Tera Types
Fairy 35.1% Poison 25.2% Grass 23.4% Fighting 9.7% Flying 5.4% Dark 0.7% Water 0.3% Fire 0.2%
Common Teammates
Koffing49.9%Magnemite48.1%Sandshrew48.0%Meowth47.7%Ekans43.5%Clefairy18.6%Pawniard18.6%Corphish17.8%
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Ranked #51 with 3.53% usage. Sorted by reliability score.