Houndstone counters

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

Houndstone
#0972 Houndstone
Ghost
USAGE 2.1% #54
ABILITYSand Rush
BASE STATS
HP 72
ATK 101
DEF 100
SPA 50
SPD 97
SPE 68
BST488
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
GhostDark
½×
PoisonBug
0×
NormalFighting
Moves
Poltergeist 98.8% Shadow Sneak 96.7% Will-O-Wisp 88.0% Play Rough 52.0% Trick 39.8% Body Press 11.8% Sleep Talk 3.9% Shadow Claw 3.5%
Items
Choice Band 92.6% Life Orb 5.3% Heavy-Duty Boots 1.0% Spell Tag 0.6% Leftovers 0.2% Assault Vest 0.2% Rocky Helmet 0.1% Choice Scarf 0.0%
Abilities
Sand Rush98.4%Fluffy1.6%
Common Teammates
Hippowdon90.6%Excadrill50.3%Rotom-Wash43.4%Magearna39.6%Greninja39.3%Heatran39.2%Latios38.4%Floette-Mega35.3%

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 #54 with 2.14% usage. Sorted by reliability score.