Cloyster counters

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

Cloyster
#0091 Cloyster
WaterIce
USAGE 1.3% #97
ABILITYSkill Link
BASE STATS
HP 50
ATK 95
DEF 180
SPA 85
SPD 45
SPE 70
BST525
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
ElectricGrassFightingRock
½×
Water
¼×
Ice
Moves
Icicle Spear 100.0% Shell Smash 99.8% Ice Shard 72.5% Tera Blast 55.1% Liquidation 26.9% Rock Blast 17.4% Drill Run 10.3% Hydro Pump 9.6%
Items
Never-Melt Ice 37.2% White Herb 27.3% Chople Berry 17.9% Life Orb 17.3% Choice Scarf 0.2% Focus Sash 0.1% Sitrus Berry 0.0% Leftovers 0.0%
Abilities
Skill Link99.9%Shell Armor0.1%
Tera Types
Electric 55.1% Water 22.9% Ice 11.8% Rock 8.1% Ground 1.1% Dark 0.8% Grass 0.0% Ghost 0.0%
Common Teammates
Hoopa-Unbound78.3%Eternatus78.2%Slowking-Galar75.2%Meowscarada74.0%Grimmsnarl74.0%Calyrex-Ice10.4%Noivern9.2%Urshifu9.2%

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 #97 with 1.28% usage. Sorted by reliability score.