Empoleon counters

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

Empoleon
#0395 Empoleon
WaterSteel
USAGE 2.5% #52
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 89.6% Roost 87.9% Stealth Rock 68.2% Roar 57.4% Ice Beam 32.6% Knock Off 20.8% Flip Turn 15.6% Flash Cannon 10.6%
Items
Leftovers 57.5% Sitrus Berry 16.9% Shuca Berry 15.8% Mystic Water 3.8% Chople Berry 2.1% Choice Scarf 2.1% Wacan Berry 0.4% Chesto Berry 0.3%
Abilities
Competitive96.6%Torrent3.4%
Tera Types
Water 0.0%
Common Teammates
Corviknight60.2%Dragapult54.6%Glimmora-Mega52.9%Samurott-Hisui51.9%Ditto47.9%Garchomp19.8%Clefable-Mega18.0%Slowking-Galar17.3%

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 #52 with 2.48% usage. Sorted by reliability score.