Garganacl counters

Gen 9 Champions OU (alt) · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Garganacl
#0934 Garganacl
Rock
USAGE 6.9% #29
ABILITYPurifying Salt
BASE STATS
HP 100
ATK 100
DEF 130
SPA 45
SPD 90
SPE 35
BST500
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
WaterGrassFightingGroundSteel
½×
NormalFirePoisonFlying
Moves
Salt Cure 99.9% Recover 99.3% Protect 77.9% Stealth Rock 71.9% Body Press 16.8% Iron Defense 12.4% Earthquake 10.3% Curse 6.6%
Items
Leftovers 90.1% Shed Shell 5.2% Rocky Helmet 3.9% Sitrus Berry 0.3% Heavy-Duty Boots 0.2% Covert Cloak 0.1% Assault Vest 0.1% Red Card 0.0%
Abilities
Purifying Salt99.5%Sturdy0.5%Clear Body0.0%
Tera Types
Water 31.7% Fairy 26.4% Ghost 18.0% Grass 11.2% Rock 5.0% Ground 3.2% Dragon 2.4% Flying 1.6%
Common Teammates
Great Tusk47.1%Gengar-Mega41.6%Primarina26.7%Raging Bolt21.8%Dragonite21.5%Rillaboom20.3%Samurott-Hisui19.7%Hatterene18.7%
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Ranked #29 with 6.85% usage. Sorted by reliability score.