Garchomp counters

Gen 9 Championsvgc2026regmb · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Apr 2026 - Jun 2026

Garchomp
#0445 Garchomp
DragonGround
USAGE 33.9% #1
ABILITYRough Skin
BASE STATS
HP 108
ATK 130
DEF 95
SPA 80
SPD 85
SPE 102
BST600
TYPE MATCHUPS
4×
Ice
2×
DragonFairy
½×
FirePoisonRock
0×
Electric
Moves
Dragon Claw 92.6% Rock Slide 81.9% Earthquake 78.1% Protect 77.4% Stomping Tantrum 40.4% Poison Jab 11.1% Rock Tomb 8.6% Scale Shot 2.1%
Items
Life Orb 60.7% Choice Scarf 13.0% Sitrus Berry 9.4% Roseli Berry 8.6% Soft Sand 2.1% White Herb 1.0% Haban Berry 0.9% Lum Berry 0.9%
Abilities
Rough Skin96.2%Sand Veil3.8%
Common Teammates
Whimsicott48.0%Charizard-Mega-Y43.7%Basculegion38.3%Kingambit33.2%Incineroar26.2%Floette-Mega24.0%Staraptor-Mega20.6%Sinistcha18.2%
Browse Gen 9 Championsvgc2026regmb teams using Garchomp →
Teams using Garchomp 43% Teams using Incineroar 34%

Checks & Counters

Ranked by reliability — blends KO rate with how often each Pokémon is matched up.

# Checker Encounters Reliability KO Rate
01
Garchomp
Garchomp
DragonGround SOFT CHECK
21.202
43
43.0% dies 10.75%
02
Incineroar
Incineroar
FireDark SOFT CHECK
25.302
34
34.3% dies 9.44%

Ranked #1 with 33.88% usage. Sorted by reliability score.