Greninja counters

Gen 9 Champions BSS Regulation MA · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Greninja
#0658 Greninja
WaterDark
USAGE 2.9% #50
ABILITYTorrent
BASE STATS
HP 72
ATK 95
DEF 67
SPA 103
SPD 71
SPE 122
BST530
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
ElectricGrassFightingBugFairy
½×
FireWaterIceGhostDarkSteel
0×
Psychic
Moves
Dark Pulse 71.6% Ice Beam 71.0% Surf 67.3% Water Shuriken 59.5% Taunt 30.5% Sludge Wave 22.2% Toxic Spikes 15.2% U-turn 14.6%
Items
Focus Sash 71.4% Choice Scarf 24.4% Mystic Water 2.4% Bright Powder 0.7% King's Rock 0.2% Wacan Berry 0.2% Leftovers 0.2% Lum Berry 0.1%
Abilities
Torrent51.0%Protean49.0%
Tera Types
Water 0.0%
Common Teammates
Garchomp43.0%Aegislash32.0%Hippowdon30.2%Corviknight26.4%Charizard-Mega-X21.1%Floette-Mega18.9%Mimikyu18.2%Archaludon14.7%
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Ranked #50 with 2.92% usage. Sorted by reliability score.