Garchomp counters

Gen 9 Inheritance · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Garchomp
#0445 Garchomp
DragonGround
USAGE 4.9% #36
ABILITYPurifying Salt
BASE STATS
HP 108
ATK 130
DEF 95
SPA 80
SPD 85
SPE 102
BST600
TYPE MATCHUPS
4×
Ice
2×
DragonFairy
½×
FirePoisonRock
0×
Electric
Moves
Earthquake 96.1% Recover 82.5% Protect 82.5% Salt Cure 82.3% Dragon Dance 10.0% Outrage 6.0% Stone Edge 4.4% Dragon Claw 4.4%
Items
Rocky Helmet 85.1% Heavy-Duty Boots 5.8% Psychic Seed 2.0% Life Orb 1.7% Loaded Dice 1.1% Leftovers 1.0% Dragon Fang 0.8% Choice Scarf 0.5%
Abilities
Purifying Salt82.3%Multiscale5.4%Intimidate2.7%Dragon's Maw2.6%Thermal Exchange2.1%Unburden2.0%Quark Drive0.7%Regenerator0.5%
Common Teammates
Gholdengo88.6%Iron Hands87.8%Enamorus85.3%Snorlax82.7%Suicune66.2%Primarina16.6%Goodra-Hisui8.3%Annihilape5.5%
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Checks & Counters

Ranked by reliability — blends KO rate with how often each Pokémon is matched up.

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Ranked #36 with 4.85% usage. Sorted by reliability score.