Cranidos

Cranidos Rock

Gen 9 LC · Rank #24 · 5.46% usage

What beats Cranidos 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 Cranidos is KO'd or forced out by each checker. Higher percentages mean stronger counters.

#CheckerEncountersKO Rate (P)KO Rate (D)
1 Meowth Meowth 21 38.1% 10.60%
2 Minccino Minccino 24 54.2% 10.17%
3 Shroodle Shroodle 24 41.7% 10.06%
4 Gothita Gothita 22 31.8% 9.93%
5 Cranidos Cranidos 26 46.2% 9.78%
6 Drifloon Drifloon 23 30.4% 9.59%
7 Cottonee Cottonee 28 50.0% 9.45%
8 Wingull Wingull 28 53.6% 9.42%
9 Pikipek Pikipek 27 33.3% 9.07%
10 Munchlax Munchlax 28 35.7% 9.06%
11 Nymble Nymble 31 45.2% 8.94%
12 Axew Axew 24 75.0% 8.84%
13 Greavard Greavard 28 67.9% 8.83%
14 Zorua-Hisui Zorua-Hisui 31 32.3% 8.40%
15 Stunky Stunky 38 34.2% 7.70%
16 Diglett-Alola Diglett-Alola 44 54.5% 7.51%
17 Pawniard Pawniard 45 55.6% 7.41%
18 Corphish Corphish 27 85.2% 6.84%
19 Trapinch Trapinch 51 60.8% 6.84%
20 Toedscool Toedscool 50 64.0% 6.79%
21 Growlithe-Hisui Growlithe-Hisui 51 37.3% 6.77%
22 Grookey Grookey 52 63.5% 6.68%
23 Sandshrew-Alola Sandshrew-Alola 57 52.6% 6.61%
24 Impidimp Impidimp 40 17.5% 6.01%
25 Tinkatink Tinkatink 63 34.9% 6.01%
26 Mareanie Mareanie 60 30.0% 5.92%
27 Elekid Elekid 62 29.0% 5.76%
28 Litten Litten 24 8.3% 5.64%
29 Chinchou Chinchou 76 40.8% 5.64%
30 Foongus Foongus 117 38.5% 4.50%

KO Rate (D): % of Cranidos'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 Cranidos. Encounters: number of times they met in battle.