Archaludon counters

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

Archaludon
#1018 Archaludon
SteelDragon
USAGE 4.8% #36
ABILITYStamina
BASE STATS
HP 90
ATK 105
DEF 130
SPA 125
SPD 65
SPE 85
BST600
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
FightingGround
½×
NormalWaterElectricFlyingPsychicBugRockSteel
¼×
Grass
0×
Poison
Moves
Doom Desire 59.1% Armor Cannon 54.3% Body Press 53.4% Dynamax Cannon 50.0% Dragon Tail 38.5% Electro Shot 37.6% Flash Cannon 24.7% Dragon Energy 12.9%
Items
Assault Vest 68.6% Choice Scarf 13.3% Leftovers 8.1% Custap Berry 4.8% Power Herb 4.3% Life Orb 0.4% Heavy-Duty Boots 0.1% Mirror Herb 0.1%
Abilities
Stamina91.6%Sturdy8.4%
Common Teammates
Rotom-Wash41.7%Great Tusk39.4%Clefable39.1%Slowking-Galar39.1%Gengar39.1%Pelipper31.8%Barraskewda22.5%Ting-Lu17.7%

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 #36 with 4.83% usage. Sorted by reliability score.