Greninja counters

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

Greninja
#0658 Greninja
WaterDark
USAGE 3.3% #45
ABILITYProtean
BASE STATS
HP 72
ATK 95
DEF 67
SPA 103
SPD 71
SPE 122
BST530
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
ElectricGrassFightingBugFairy
½×
FireWaterIceGhostDarkSteel
0×
Psychic
Moves
Ice Beam 95.5% Surf 70.7% Spikes 48.3% Water Shuriken 42.0% Dark Pulse 38.5% Sludge Wave 34.0% U-turn 28.0% Hydro Pump 21.5%
Items
Focus Sash 53.1% Choice Scarf 27.5% Mystic Water 15.6% Black Glasses 1.4% King's Rock 0.7% nothing 0.4% Scope Lens 0.3% Never-Melt Ice 0.2%
Abilities
Protean62.5%Torrent37.5%
Tera Types
Water 0.0%
Common Teammates
Garchomp70.3%Aegislash49.2%Ceruledge49.2%Meganium-Mega48.6%Quaquaval45.5%Corviknight25.4%Kingambit25.3%Slowking-Galar13.2%
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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 #45 with 3.27% usage. Sorted by reliability score.