Gholdengo counters

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

Gholdengo
#1000 Gholdengo
SteelGhost
USAGE 16.2% #8
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
Make It Rain 89.1% Shadow Ball 80.4% Recover 48.3% Nasty Plot 44.0% Trick 35.2% Focus Blast 29.9% Thunder Wave 26.9% Hex 18.9%
Items
Air Balloon 46.0% Choice Scarf 35.7% Leftovers 10.0% Grassy Seed 1.8% Choice Specs 1.6% Metal Coat 1.6% Life Orb 1.0% Shuca Berry 0.7%
Tera Types
Fairy 27.1% Steel 25.4% Flying 12.9% Fighting 12.0% Ghost 8.9% Water 7.8% Dark 5.6% Grass 0.2%
Common Teammates
Great Tusk39.2%Ting-Lu21.8%Kingambit20.8%Glimmora19.6%Ogerpon-Wellspring18.5%Salamence-Mega17.9%Zapdos13.3%Zamazenta13.3%
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Ranked #8 with 16.16% usage. Sorted by reliability score.