Garganacl counters

Gen 9 Legends Z-A OU · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Garganacl
#0934 Garganacl
Rock
USAGE 1.9% #61
ABILITYPurifying Salt
BASE STATS
HP 100
ATK 100
DEF 130
SPA 45
SPD 90
SPE 35
BST500
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
WaterGrassFightingGroundSteel
½×
NormalFirePoisonFlying
Moves
Salt Cure 100.0% Recover 98.7% Stealth Rock 87.8% Protect 86.1% Body Press 9.9% Iron Defense 7.0% Earthquake 2.5% Avalanche 1.9%
Items
Leftovers 97.1% Heavy-Duty Boots 1.9% Rocky Helmet 0.6% nothing 0.1% Covert Cloak 0.1% Focus Sash 0.1% Assault Vest 0.0% Red Card 0.0%
Abilities
Purifying Salt99.6%Clear Body0.2%Sturdy0.2%
Common Teammates
Corviknight78.3%Clefable75.1%Dondozo72.8%Dragalge-Mega70.2%Krookodile66.2%Rotom-Wash8.2%Audino6.4%Slowking-Galar6.0%

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 #61 with 1.88% usage. Sorted by reliability score.