Gholdengo counters

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

Gholdengo
#1000 Gholdengo
SteelGhost
USAGE 11.6% #18
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 98.0% Make It Rain 97.4% Protect 85.8% Nasty Plot 64.5% Power Gem 27.1% Trick 9.1% Thunderbolt 5.3% Flash Cannon 2.7%
Items
Life Orb 53.6% Choice Scarf 13.1% Metal Coat 10.6% Leftovers 8.1% Sitrus Berry 4.2% Spell Tag 2.4% White Herb 2.4% Focus Sash 1.8%
Common Teammates
Garchomp50.5%Whimsicott42.6%Incineroar36.6%Staraptor-Mega36.1%Sinistcha24.1%Basculegion23.3%Grimmsnarl22.5%Charizard-Mega-Y17.7%
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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 #18 with 11.61% usage. Sorted by reliability score.