Darkrai counters

Gen 9 Legends Z-A OU · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Darkrai
#0491 Darkrai
Dark
USAGE 8.2% #21
BASE STATS
HP 70
ATK 90
DEF 90
SPA 135
SPD 90
SPE 125
BST600
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
FightingBugFairy
½×
GhostDark
0×
Psychic
Moves
Dark Pulse 99.7% Sludge Bomb 83.0% Ice Beam 82.1% Focus Blast 42.2% Trick 33.7% Nasty Plot 23.1% Thunderbolt 8.5% Psychic 6.2%
Items
Choice Scarf 49.1% Choice Specs 12.6% Life Orb 11.9% Heavy-Duty Boots 10.9% Focus Sash 4.2% Expert Belt 3.5% Black Glasses 3.4% Leftovers 2.1%
Common Teammates
Garchomp52.2%Corviknight40.1%Keldeo37.6%Slowking-Galar31.1%Starmie-Mega29.2%Excadrill24.8%Magearna24.4%Baxcalibur17.1%
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Checks & Counters

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

This Pokémon doesn't have enough usage for Smogon to compute meaningful Checks & Counters. Only the most-used Pokémon in a format receive this data.

Ranked #21 with 8.19% usage. Sorted by reliability score.