Greninja counters

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

Greninja
#0658 Greninja
WaterDark
USAGE 14.9% #12
ABILITYBattle Bond
BASE STATS
HP 72
ATK 95
DEF 67
SPA 103
SPD 71
SPE 122
BST530
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
ElectricGrassFightingBugFairy
½×
FireWaterIceGhostDarkSteel
0×
Psychic
Moves
Dark Pulse 91.5% Ice Beam 62.0% Water Shuriken 59.4% Surf 50.9% Nasty Plot 38.1% Hydro Pump 29.0% Sludge Wave 23.9% U-turn 11.1%
Items
Life Orb 62.6% Choice Specs 12.6% Choice Scarf 6.7% Focus Sash 6.2% Loaded Dice 3.4% Black Glasses 2.3% Heavy-Duty Boots 2.2% Wise Glasses 1.1%
Abilities
Battle Bond76.0%Protean23.8%Torrent0.2%
Common Teammates
Ceruledge42.2%Excadrill33.9%Baxcalibur24.1%Garchomp22.3%Keldeo22.0%Gholdengo20.1%Latios17.2%Slowking-Galar17.0%

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 #12 with 14.87% usage. Sorted by reliability score.