Arceus counters

Gen 9 Godly Gift · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Arceus
#0493 Arceus
Normal
USAGE 1.6% #82
BASE STATS
HP 120
ATK 120
DEF 120
SPA 120
SPD 120
SPE 120
BST720
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
Fighting
0×
Ghost
Moves
Extreme Speed 100.0% Swords Dance 96.8% Shadow Claw 81.7% Earthquake 66.2% Recover 32.8% Flare Blitz 17.7% Bulk Up 3.2% Foul Play 0.8%
Items
Silk Scarf 63.7% Heavy-Duty Boots 25.4% Leftovers 7.1% Lum Berry 1.4% Life Orb 1.4% Expert Belt 0.5% Terrain Extender 0.2% Chople Berry 0.1%
Tera Types
Normal 66.4% Fire 27.8% Ghost 4.4% Ground 1.4% Dark 0.0% Poison 0.0% Psychic 0.0% Stellar 0.0%
Common Teammates
Dondozo73.4%Deoxys-Defense56.5%Great Tusk55.7%Moltres52.4%Landorus-Therian52.4%Ting-Lu30.9%Corviknight18.1%Pecharunt18.1%

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 #82 with 1.64% usage. Sorted by reliability score.