Gholdengo counters

Gen 9 BSS Reg I · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Gholdengo
#1000 Gholdengo
SteelGhost
USAGE 2.1% #57
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
Make It Rain 93.0% Shadow Ball 92.2% Nasty Plot 81.6% Recover 55.2% Psyshock 28.3% Trick 7.7% Memento 7.1% Power Gem 6.2%
Items
Air Balloon 36.6% Kee Berry 31.1% Rocky Helmet 13.3% Choice Specs 6.0% Light Clay 5.4% Covert Cloak 2.5% Choice Scarf 2.1% nothing 1.2%
Tera Types
Normal 46.8% Flying 28.9% Ghost 5.9% Water 5.8% Steel 5.3% Dark 4.7% Fighting 1.7% Fairy 0.6%
Common Teammates
Miraidon68.9%Chien-Pao61.7%Calyrex-Shadow42.2%Koraidon40.0%Mimikyu32.5%Sneasler31.6%Ting-Lu26.8%Glimmora15.0%
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Checks & Counters

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Ranked #57 with 2.12% usage. Sorted by reliability score.