Cottonee

Cottonee GrassFairy

Gen 9 LC · Rank #26 · 5.25% usage

What beats Cottonee in Gen 9 LC? Based on Smogon's 2026-04 usage stats, these Pokémon are the most effective checks and counters. The KO Rate (D) column shows how often Cottonee is KO'd or forced out by each checker. Higher percentages mean stronger counters.

#CheckerEncountersKO Rate (P)KO Rate (D)
1 Wingull Wingull 21 47.6% 10.90%
2 Greavard Greavard 26 38.5% 9.54%
3 Munchlax Munchlax 26 61.5% 9.54%
4 Cranidos Cranidos 28 50.0% 9.45%
5 Pikipek Pikipek 25 68.0% 9.33%
6 Cottonee Cottonee 30 46.7% 9.11%
7 Axew Axew 27 33.3% 9.07%
8 Drifloon Drifloon 30 56.7% 9.05%
9 Larvesta Larvesta 30 60.0% 8.94%
10 Numel Numel 33 60.6% 8.51%
11 Minccino Minccino 31 67.7% 8.40%
12 Corphish Corphish 33 36.4% 8.37%
13 Meowth Meowth 34 61.8% 8.33%
14 Grimer-Alola Grimer-Alola 21 85.7% 7.64%
15 Gothita Gothita 24 16.7% 7.61%
16 Shroodle Shroodle 39 66.7% 7.55%
17 Shellos Shellos 31 19.4% 7.10%
18 Growlithe-Hisui Growlithe-Hisui 39 76.9% 6.75%
19 Diglett-Alola Diglett-Alola 46 71.7% 6.64%
20 Grookey Grookey 50 30.0% 6.48%
21 Tinkatink Tinkatink 64 37.5% 6.05%
22 Koffing Koffing 23 91.3% 5.88%
23 Impidimp Impidimp 52 23.1% 5.84%
24 Pawniard Pawniard 54 75.9% 5.82%
25 Elekid Elekid 69 36.2% 5.79%
26 Chinchou Chinchou 88 48.9% 5.33%
27 Mareanie Mareanie 67 74.6% 5.32%
28 Glimmet Glimmet 83 68.7% 5.09%
29 Toedscool Toedscool 81 28.4% 5.01%
30 Sandshrew-Alola Sandshrew-Alola 82 79.3% 4.48%

KO Rate (D): % of Cottonee's appearances where this checker KO'd or forced it out. KO Rate (P): % of this checker's appearances where it KO'd or forced out Cottonee. Encounters: number of times they met in battle.