Rhyperior counters

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

Rhyperior
#0464 Rhyperior
GroundRock
USAGE 1.1% #90
ABILITYLightning Rod
BASE STATS
HP 115
ATK 140
DEF 130
SPA 55
SPD 55
SPE 40
BST535
TYPE MATCHUPS
4×
WaterGrass
2×
IceFightingGroundSteel
½×
NormalFireFlyingRock
¼×
Poison
0×
Electric
Moves
Earthquake 99.7% Stealth Rock 54.4% Heavy Slam 42.9% Dragon Tail 41.9% Swords Dance 37.0% Heat Crash 28.7% Rock Slide 21.1% Iron Head 11.1%
Items
Chimechite 41.8% Hearthflame Mask 23.8% Aggronite 14.0% Feraligite 7.3% Tyranitarite 3.9% Gyaradosite 3.2% Pinsirite 2.7% Mewtwonite X 1.7%
Abilities
Lightning Rod73.8%Solid Rock26.1%Reckless0.1%
Common Teammates
Heatran46.9%Dragonite45.8%Pecharunt43.2%Primarina43.1%Entei33.6%Magearna22.6%Barraskewda21.8%Volcanion19.9%
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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 #90 with 1.10% usage. Sorted by reliability score.