Empoleon counters

Gen 9 Champions OU · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Apr 2026 - Jun 2026

Empoleon
#0395 Empoleon
WaterSteel
USAGE 3.2% #54
ABILITYCompetitive
BASE STATS
HP 84
ATK 86
DEF 88
SPA 111
SPD 101
SPE 60
BST530
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
ElectricFightingGround
½×
NormalWaterFlyingPsychicBugRockDragonFairy
¼×
IceSteel
0×
Poison
Moves
Surf 95.5% Roost 91.6% Stealth Rock 65.0% Roar 57.6% Ice Beam 36.2% Knock Off 26.5% Flip Turn 8.6% Flash Cannon 8.2%
Items
Leftovers 57.6% Sitrus Berry 25.7% Shuca Berry 11.0% Mystic Water 2.7% Choice Scarf 0.9% Chople Berry 0.9% Never-Melt Ice 0.6% Wacan Berry 0.1%
Abilities
Competitive98.6%Torrent1.4%
Tera Types
Water 0.0%
Common Teammates
Corviknight59.7%Dragapult57.2%Glimmora-Mega55.4%Samurott-Hisui54.7%Ditto53.1%Skeledirge26.9%Slowking-Galar26.1%Clefable-Mega25.9%

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 #54 with 3.15% usage. Sorted by reliability score.