Torkoal counters

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

Torkoal
#0324 Torkoal
Fire
USAGE 9.9% #20
ABILITYDrought
BASE STATS
HP 70
ATK 85
DEF 140
SPA 85
SPD 70
SPE 20
BST470
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
WaterGroundRock
½×
FireGrassIceBugSteelFairy
Moves
Eruption 91.0% Protect 89.6% Weather Ball 64.9% Heat Wave 47.6% Earth Power 31.4% Helping Hand 26.6% Solar Beam 19.4% Yawn 8.1%
Items
Charcoal 82.8% Heat Rock 5.5% Life Orb 5.1% Leftovers 4.2% Sitrus Berry 0.9% Quick Claw 0.4% Shuca Berry 0.3% Metronome 0.2%
Abilities
Drought99.7%White Smoke0.2%Shell Armor0.0%
Common Teammates
Farigiraf78.7%Mawile-Mega40.3%Incineroar24.4%Pyroar-Mega24.3%Staraptor17.6%Basculegion17.1%Sylveon16.2%Vileplume16.2%
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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 #20 with 9.86% usage. Sorted by reliability score.