Garganacl counters

Gen 9 Almost Any Ability · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Garganacl
#0934 Garganacl
Rock
USAGE 1.7% #61
ABILITYFluffy
BASE STATS
HP 100
ATK 100
DEF 130
SPA 45
SPD 90
SPE 35
BST500
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
WaterGrassFightingGroundSteel
½×
NormalFirePoisonFlying
Moves
Salt Cure 100.0% Recover 99.3% Stealth Rock 67.3% Body Press 41.5% Earthquake 33.8% Iron Defense 29.8% Protect 25.4% Curse 1.9%
Items
Leftovers 91.3% Heavy-Duty Boots 3.3% Rocky Helmet 2.8% Eject Button 1.6% Smooth Rock 0.6% Choice Band 0.2% Covert Cloak 0.1% Air Balloon 0.1%
Abilities
Fluffy49.9%Water Absorb16.9%Vessel of Ruin6.8%Unaware6.5%Sand Stream6.1%Flame Body4.8%Bulletproof1.9%Magic Guard1.5%
Common Teammates
Corviknight36.5%Ogerpon-Hearthflame27.7%Kingambit27.4%Samurott-Hisui27.4%Gholdengo26.6%Iron Treads25.3%Primarina23.0%Iron Moth22.1%
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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 #61 with 1.66% usage. Sorted by reliability score.