Garganacl counters

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

Garganacl
#0934 Garganacl
Rock
USAGE 28.7% #3
ABILITYPurifying Salt
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 100.0% Curse 83.8% Earthquake 58.0% Stealth Rock 40.6% Protect 8.1% Body Press 7.0% Iron Defense 1.3%
Items
Leftovers 99.9% Rocky Helmet 0.1% Heavy-Duty Boots 0.0% Smooth Rock 0.0% Weakness Policy 0.0% Aguav Berry 0.0%
Abilities
Purifying Salt100.0%Sturdy0.0%
Tera Types
Water 59.0% Dragon 25.6% Fairy 13.8% Ghost 1.4% Fighting 0.2% Rock 0.0% Fire 0.0% Flying 0.0%
Common Teammates
Revenankh78.4%Dragapult52.7%Colossoil50.5%Glimmora50.4%Iron Moth50.4%Arghonaut40.9%Equilibra39.1%Venomicon26.5%
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Ranked #3 with 28.71% usage. Sorted by reliability score.