Cloyster counters

Gen 9 Mix and Mega · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Cloyster
#0091 Cloyster
WaterIce
USAGE 2.3% #56
ABILITYShell Armor
BASE STATS
HP 50
ATK 95
DEF 180
SPA 85
SPD 45
SPE 70
BST525
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
ElectricGrassFightingRock
½×
Water
¼×
Ice
Moves
Shell Smash 100.0% Blizzard 95.1% Surf 57.9% Tera Blast 49.8% Hydro Pump 37.8% Toxic Spikes 37.8% Icicle Spear 3.8% 3.4%
Items
Froslassite 94.3% Focus Sash 1.9% Zygardite 1.3% Hawluchanite 1.1% Heracronite 0.8% Pinsirite 0.3% Manectite 0.2% Sceptilite 0.1%
Abilities
Shell Armor96.1%Skill Link3.1%Overcoat0.7%
Common Teammates
Deoxys-Speed45.4%Iron Moth43.3%Pecharunt42.0%Iron Treads38.2%Dragonite37.5%Slowking-Galar36.8%Barraskewda36.8%Milotic36.8%
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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 #56 with 2.28% usage. Sorted by reliability score.