Deoxys-Defense counters

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

Deoxys-Defense
#0386 Deoxys-Defense
Psychic
USAGE 4.5% #42
BASE STATS
HP 50
ATK 70
DEF 160
SPA 70
SPD 160
SPE 90
BST600
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
BugGhostDark
½×
FightingPsychic
Moves
Recover 66.4% Teleport 58.0% Trick Room 56.2% Night Shade 53.1% Knock Off 47.3% Stealth Rock 29.8% Stored Power 21.2% Spikes 19.7%
Items
Leftovers 70.6% Rocky Helmet 27.6% Heavy-Duty Boots 1.5% Wide Lens 0.2% Assault Vest 0.1% Eject Pack 0.0% Light Clay 0.0% Sitrus Berry 0.0%
Tera Types
Water 37.1% Fairy 36.4% Ghost 10.1% Steel 7.5% Dark 7.1% Psychic 1.5% Fighting 0.4% Electric 0.0%
Common Teammates
Hatterene47.7%Kyurem-White31.6%Conkeldurr30.7%Dewpider29.2%Pelipper28.7%Torkoal26.9%Bronzong26.9%Dialga26.9%

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 #42 with 4.53% usage. Sorted by reliability score.