Hippowdon counters

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

Hippowdon
#0450 Hippowdon
Ground
USAGE 4.2% #36
ABILITYSand Stream
BASE STATS
HP 108
ATK 112
DEF 118
SPA 68
SPD 72
SPE 47
BST525
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
WaterGrassIce
½×
PoisonRock
0×
Electric
Moves
Slack Off 99.4% Earthquake 99.0% Stealth Rock 96.0% Whirlwind 94.1% Roar 3.9% Ice Fang 3.6% Body Press 0.9% Heavy Slam 0.8%
Items
Rocky Helmet 73.8% Leftovers 15.6% Smooth Rock 8.9% Eject Button 0.8% Life Orb 0.5% nothing 0.1% Sitrus Berry 0.1% Focus Sash 0.1%
Abilities
Sand Stream100.0%Sand Force0.0%
Common Teammates
Excadrill72.5%Latios62.8%Volcanion61.8%Melmetal60.9%Meganium-Mega60.6%Lucario-Mega-Z14.8%Magearna14.4%Rotom-Wash11.5%

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 #36 with 4.20% usage. Sorted by reliability score.