Gholdengo counters

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

Gholdengo
#1000 Gholdengo
SteelGhost
USAGE 13.0% #15
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 98.6% Shadow Ball 97.8% Recover 88.1% Trick 86.4% Nasty Plot 11.0% Dazzling Gleam 6.1% Power Gem 4.3% Hex 1.8%
Items
Choice Scarf 86.2% Air Balloon 6.1% Metal Coat 3.0% Covert Cloak 2.5% Leftovers 0.7% Heavy-Duty Boots 0.7% Choice Specs 0.6% Iron Plate 0.1%
Tera Types
Steel 65.9% Normal 14.6% Fairy 11.3% Ghost 6.7% Flying 0.8% Water 0.7% Electric 0.1% Dark 0.1%
Common Teammates
Great Tusk79.9%Ho-Oh63.8%Hatterene59.4%Weavile58.2%Amoonguss58.2%Samurott-Hisui18.3%Kyurem-White15.5%Spidops14.6%

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 #15 with 12.98% usage. Sorted by reliability score.