Greninja counters

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

Greninja
#0658 Greninja
WaterDark
USAGE 4.4% #44
ABILITYBattle Bond
BASE STATS
HP 72
ATK 95
DEF 67
SPA 103
SPD 71
SPE 122
BST530
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
ElectricGrassFightingBugFairy
½×
FireWaterIceGhostDarkSteel
0×
Psychic
Moves
Ice Beam 69.1% Dark Pulse 68.8% Water Shuriken 53.6% Surf 45.6% Sludge Wave 40.6% Hydro Pump 40.2% U-turn 33.5% Gunk Shot 30.7%
Items
Greninjite 59.6% Life Orb 21.5% Choice Scarf 10.9% Choice Specs 4.7% Loaded Dice 1.5% Expert Belt 1.1% Focus Sash 0.3% Mystic Water 0.2%
Abilities
Battle Bond80.0%Protean20.0%Torrent0.0%
Tera Types
Water 85.0% Poison 9.0% Ice 3.3% Ghost 1.8% Dark 0.5% Grass 0.1% Ground 0.1% Bug 0.0%
Common Teammates
Great Tusk28.2%Iron Valiant26.3%Dragonite24.1%Landorus-Therian23.4%Corviknight20.0%Gholdengo19.8%Kingambit16.3%Gengar-Mega16.0%
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Ranked #44 with 4.43% usage. Sorted by reliability score.