Skarmory counters

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

Skarmory
#0227 Skarmory
SteelFlying
USAGE 2.2% #57
ABILITYSturdy
BASE STATS
HP 65
ATK 80
DEF 140
SPA 40
SPD 70
SPE 70
BST465
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
FireElectric
½×
NormalFlyingPsychicDragonSteelFairy
¼×
GrassBug
0×
PoisonGround
Moves
Roost 94.0% Body Press 85.6% Spikes 74.7% Whirlwind 58.7% Stealth Rock 28.5% Iron Defense 26.2% Brave Bird 19.2% Roar 4.2%
Items
Leftovers 55.9% Sitrus Berry 16.0% Occa Berry 10.7% Mental Herb 10.5% Wacan Berry 1.2% Bright Powder 0.8% Focus Sash 0.7% Sharp Beak 0.6%
Abilities
Sturdy94.8%Keen Eye3.1%Weak Armor2.1%
Tera Types
Steel 0.0%
Common Teammates
Slowking-Galar42.9%Clefable-Mega41.7%Skeledirge36.4%Empoleon35.4%Aerodactyl35.1%Kingambit22.7%Garchomp22.2%Dragapult19.9%
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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 #57 with 2.18% usage. Sorted by reliability score.