Drilbur

Drilbur Ground

Gen 9 LC · Rank #35 · 4.40% usage

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

#CheckerEncountersKO Rate (P)KO Rate (D)
1 Meowth Meowth 21 52.4% 10.90%
2 Drifloon Drifloon 23 56.5% 10.34%
3 Corphish Corphish 21 66.7% 10.29%
4 Shroodle Shroodle 24 54.2% 10.17%
5 Sandshrew-Alola Sandshrew-Alola 28 46.4% 9.42%
6 Zorua-Hisui Zorua-Hisui 30 26.7% 8.07%
7 Pawniard Pawniard 39 53.8% 7.98%
8 Minccino Minccino 29 75.9% 7.95%
9 Trapinch Trapinch 36 72.2% 7.47%
10 Growlithe-Hisui Growlithe-Hisui 46 45.7% 7.34%
11 Wingull Wingull 41 70.7% 7.11%
12 Grookey Grookey 41 73.2% 6.92%
13 Stunky Stunky 46 32.6% 6.91%
14 Chinchou Chinchou 53 52.8% 6.86%
15 Mareanie Mareanie 43 23.3% 6.44%
16 Impidimp Impidimp 33 15.2% 6.24%
17 Elekid Elekid 61 31.1% 5.93%
18 Foongus Foongus 83 49.4% 5.49%
19 Toedscool Toedscool 69 73.9% 5.29%
20 Mudbray Mudbray 95 65.3% 4.89%
21 Tinkatink Tinkatink 69 13.0% 4.05%
22 Vullaby Vullaby 179 55.9% 3.71%
23 Mienfoo Mienfoo 205 57.6% 3.45%
24 Glimmet Glimmet 120 9.2% 2.63%

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