Gholdengo counters

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

Gholdengo
#1000 Gholdengo
SteelGhost
USAGE 19.2% #9
BASE STATS
HP 87
ATK 60
DEF 95
SPA 133
SPD 91
SPE 84
BST550
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
FireGroundGhostDark
½×
GrassIceFlyingPsychicRockDragonSteelFairy
¼×
Bug
0×
NormalFightingPoison
Moves
Make It Rain 96.7% Shadow Ball 89.6% Nasty Plot 43.9% Trick 42.3% Recover 35.1% Focus Blast 29.8% Thunder Wave 14.8% Power Gem 11.4%
Items
Choice Scarf 30.9% Air Balloon 28.1% Choice Specs 14.1% Leftovers 12.3% Shuca Berry 7.6% Rocky Helmet 4.5% Heavy-Duty Boots 1.1% Life Orb 0.6%
Common Teammates
Garchomp46.6%Magearna36.5%Corviknight28.0%Dragonite26.3%Starmie-Mega19.1%Ceruledge16.3%Keldeo15.1%Garchomp-Mega-Z15.0%

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 #9 with 19.23% usage. Sorted by reliability score.