Arceus-Poison counters

Gen 9 Anything Goes · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Apr 2026 - Jun 2026

Arceus-Poison
#0493 Arceus-Poison
Poison
USAGE 1.3% #56
BASE STATS
HP 120
ATK 120
DEF 120
SPA 120
SPD 120
SPE 120
BST720
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
GroundPsychic
½×
GrassFightingPoisonBugFairy
Moves
Recover 97.4% Sludge Bomb 91.1% Will-O-Wisp 90.8% Roar 55.9% Perish Song 37.7% Body Press 2.9% Gunk Shot 2.8% Taunt 2.0%
Items
Toxic Plate 100.0%
Tera Types
Water 76.9% Steel 7.5% Fairy 6.5% Poison 3.5% Dark 3.2% Ground 0.9% Grass 0.6% Flying 0.3%
Common Teammates
Miraidon65.4%Koraidon58.3%Hatterene55.7%Ho-Oh52.4%Ditto49.5%Ting-Lu38.1%Iron Treads28.7%Kyurem-White26.4%

Checks & Counters

Ranked by reliability — blends KO rate with how often each Pokémon is matched up.

# Checker Encounters Reliability KO Rate
01
Calyrex-Shadow
Calyrex-Shadow
PsychicGhost OFFENSIVE CHECK
120.385
80
79.8% dies 6.27%
02
Arceus-Ground
Arceus-Ground
Ground DEFENSIVE COUNTER
44.533
79
78.7% dies 8.47%
03
Eternatus
Eternatus
PoisonDragon OFFENSIVE CHECK
20.719
72
72.2% dies 9.84%
04
Clodsire
Clodsire
PoisonGround DEFENSIVE COUNTER
22.209
71
71.3% dies 9.60%
05
Miraidon
Miraidon
ElectricDragon OFFENSIVE CHECK
146.378
60
60.0% dies 6.90%
06
Koraidon
Koraidon
FightingDragon SOFT CHECK
158.655
46
46.3% dies 6.77%
07
Gliscor
Gliscor
GroundFlying SOFT CHECK
32.823
45
44.6% dies 8.68%
08
Arceus
Arceus
Normal SOFT CHECK
82.84
42
41.8% dies 9.32%
09
Ting-Lu
Ting-Lu
DarkGround SOFT CHECK
35.568
39
38.8% dies 8.17%
10
Smeargle
Smeargle
Normal SOFT CHECK
53.103
30
30.1% dies 8.19%
11
Ditto
Ditto
Normal SOFT CHECK
28.34
30
29.9% dies 8.60%
12
Ho-Oh
Ho-Oh
FireFlying SOFT CHECK
194.463
23
22.7% dies 5.07%
13
Alomomola
Alomomola
Water SOFT CHECK
23.805
4
3.7% dies 3.86%

Ranked #56 with 1.34% usage. Sorted by reliability score.