Gholdengo counters

Gen 9 Championsvgc2026regmbbo3 · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Apr 2026 - Jun 2026

Gholdengo
#1000 Gholdengo
SteelGhost
USAGE 11.1% #17
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 98.6% Make It Rain 98.5% Protect 92.5% Nasty Plot 84.0% Power Gem 13.1% Trick 6.3% Flash Cannon 1.9% Thunderbolt 1.6%
Items
Life Orb 47.6% Metal Coat 17.8% Leftovers 13.5% Choice Scarf 7.8% Spell Tag 6.3% Sitrus Berry 3.2% Kasib Berry 1.2% Focus Sash 0.9%
Common Teammates
Incineroar51.8%Garchomp42.7%Whimsicott37.8%Basculegion31.7%Sinistcha30.9%Staraptor-Mega23.4%Charizard-Mega-Y22.9%Pelipper21.9%

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 #17 with 11.11% usage. Sorted by reliability score.