Gholdengo counters

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

Gholdengo
#1000 Gholdengo
SteelGhost
USAGE 20.9% #5
BASE STATS
HP 87
ATK 60
DEF 95
SPA 133
SPD 91
SPE 84
BST550
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
FireGroundGhostDark
½×
GrassIceFlyingPsychicRockDragonSteelFairy
¼×
Bug
0×
NormalFightingPoison
Moves
Shadow Ball 99.3% Make It Rain 85.7% Recover 50.0% Trick 40.0% Thunderbolt 36.7% Nasty Plot 35.2% Focus Blast 22.0% Dazzling Gleam 21.4%
Items
Choice Scarf 42.2% Shuca Berry 32.5% Colbur Berry 10.6% Expert Belt 3.6% Leftovers 3.3% Metal Coat 2.6% Life Orb 2.0% Occa Berry 1.0%
Common Teammates
Garchomp71.2%Samurott-Hisui50.3%Corviknight32.1%Dragalge-Mega27.7%Dragonite24.4%Ditto23.2%Kingambit18.9%Hatterene16.2%

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 #5 with 20.88% usage. Sorted by reliability score.