Gouging Fire counters

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

Gouging Fire
#1020 Gouging Fire
FireDragon
USAGE 20.8% #8
ABILITYDragon's Maw
BASE STATS
HP 105
ATK 115
DEF 121
SPA 65
SPD 93
SPE 91
BST590
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
GroundRockDragon
½×
ElectricBugSteel
¼×
FireGrass
Moves
Dragon Dance 45.8% Fire Fang 34.0% Outrage 34.0% Thunder Fang 31.8% Taunt 28.0% Temper Flare 26.8% Rapid Spin 26.8% Dragon Tail 26.8%
Items
Heavy-Duty Boots 54.2% Dragon Fang 22.3% Booster Energy 10.1% Life Orb 4.9% Focus Sash 4.7% Leftovers 2.2% Shuca Berry 0.4% Choice Band 0.4%
Abilities
Dragon's Maw33.8%Regenerator26.8%Weak Armor13.2%Intimidate13.1%Protosynthesis10.5%Corrosion1.2%Purifying Salt0.5%Oblivious0.2%
Common Teammates
Corviknight42.7%Deoxys-Speed34.3%Urshifu-Rapid-Strike33.6%Snorlax32.6%Fezandipiti26.3%Golurk26.3%Primarina26.2%Sneasler24.0%
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Ranked #8 with 20.78% usage. Sorted by reliability score.