Aerodactyl counters

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

Aerodactyl
#0142 Aerodactyl
RockFlying
USAGE 1.5% #70
ABILITYPressure
BASE STATS
HP 80
ATK 105
DEF 65
SPA 60
SPD 75
SPE 130
BST515
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
WaterElectricIceRockSteel
½×
NormalFirePoisonFlyingBug
0×
Ground
Moves
Stealth Rock 94.4% Earthquake 78.2% Roost 50.4% Protect 41.1% Taunt 41.0% Stone Edge 30.8% Dual Wingbeat 22.4% Rock Slide 17.3%
Items
Focus Sash 91.2% Mental Herb 3.3% Sharp Beak 1.5% Babiri Berry 0.8% Hard Stone 0.6% King's Rock 0.6% Scope Lens 0.4% Leftovers 0.3%
Abilities
Pressure66.9%Unnerve23.4%Rock Head9.6%
Tera Types
Rock 0.1%
Common Teammates
Slowking-Galar52.5%Skeledirge51.5%Skarmory50.9%Empoleon50.8%Clefable-Mega50.7%Kingambit15.0%Volcarona14.1%Garchomp11.6%
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Checks & Counters

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

This Pokémon doesn't have enough usage for Smogon to compute meaningful Checks & Counters. Only the most-used Pokémon in a format receive this data.

Ranked #70 with 1.48% usage. Sorted by reliability score.