Arghonaut counters

Gen 9 CAP · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Arghonaut
Arghonaut
WaterFighting
USAGE 18.0% #11
ABILITYUnaware
BASE STATS
HP 105
ATK 110
DEF 95
SPA 70
SPD 100
SPE 75
BST555
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
ElectricGrassFlyingPsychicFairy
½×
FireWaterIceBugRockDarkSteel
Moves
Recover 99.0% Circle Throw 96.8% Spikes 96.6% Knock Off 93.0% Foul Play 6.6% Drain Punch 3.6% Bulk Up 2.5% Liquidation 1.0%
Items
Leftovers 59.1% Heavy-Duty Boots 17.2% Rocky Helmet 11.9% Covert Cloak 11.1% Assault Vest 0.6% nothing 0.1% Big Root 0.0% Expert Belt 0.0%
Abilities
Unaware99.7%Technician0.3%
Tera Types
Fairy 76.1% Dark 8.9% Ghost 6.3% Steel 3.5% Poison 3.4% Water 1.3% Fighting 0.5% Ground 0.0%
Common Teammates
Equilibra69.4%Garganacl62.2%Revenankh49.5%Venomicon44.5%Cresceidon41.2%Kitsunoh20.8%Hemogoblin16.6%Gliscor16.4%
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Ranked #11 with 17.96% usage. Sorted by reliability score.