Gholdengo counters

Gen 9 National Dex · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Gholdengo
#1000 Gholdengo
SteelGhost
USAGE 19.9% #3
BASE STATS
HP 87
ATK 60
DEF 95
SPA 133
SPD 91
SPE 84
BST550
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
FireGroundGhostDark
½×
GrassIceFlyingPsychicRockDragonSteelFairy
¼×
Bug
0×
NormalFightingPoison
Moves
Make It Rain 78.3% Shadow Ball 76.2% Recover 70.1% Nasty Plot 56.8% Focus Blast 40.0% Thunder Wave 25.1% Hex 23.5% Trick 19.1%
Items
Air Balloon 31.1% Ghostium Z 24.8% Choice Scarf 18.9% Leftovers 7.2% Steelium Z 5.5% Fightinium Z 2.9% Rocky Helmet 2.8% Shuca Berry 2.1%
Common Teammates
Landorus-Therian24.8%Zamazenta24.1%Alomomola23.8%Terapagos21.0%Great Tusk19.6%Garchomp18.5%Iron Valiant18.0%Zapdos16.6%
Browse Gen 9 National Dex teams using Gholdengo →
Teams using Blaziken 87% Teams using Charizard-Mega-Y 85% Teams using Volcarona 84% Teams using Kommo-o 84% Teams using Charizard-Mega-X 80% Teams using Samurott-Hisui 79%

Checks & Counters

Ranked by reliability — blends KO rate with how often each Pokémon is matched up.

# Checker Encounters Reliability KO Rate
01
Blaziken
Blaziken
FireFighting OFFENSIVE CHECK
54.682
87
86.7% dies 6.45%
02
Charizard-Mega-Y
Charizard-Mega-Y
FireFlying OFFENSIVE CHECK
212.465
85
85.5% dies 4.14%
03
Volcarona
Volcarona
BugFire OFFENSIVE CHECK
125.055
84
84.4% dies 5.56%
04
Kommo-o
Kommo-o
DragonFighting DEFENSIVE COUNTER
20.24
84
83.6% dies 8.24%
05
Charizard-Mega-X
Charizard-Mega-X
FireDragon OFFENSIVE CHECK
138.984
80
80.2% dies 5.81%
06
Samurott-Hisui
Samurott-Hisui
WaterDark OFFENSIVE CHECK
161.728
79
79.2% dies 5.50%
07
Hoopa-Unbound
Hoopa-Unbound
PsychicDark OFFENSIVE CHECK
60.879
78
78.3% dies 7.45%
08
Heatran
Heatran
FireSteel OFFENSIVE CHECK
224.953
74
73.8% dies 5.07%
09
Swampert-Mega
Swampert-Mega
WaterGround OFFENSIVE CHECK
53.323
73
73.3% dies 8.51%
10
Garchomp
Garchomp
DragonGround OFFENSIVE CHECK
246.905
70
70.4% dies 4.98%
11
Kingambit
Kingambit
DarkSteel DEFENSIVE COUNTER
395.688
69
69.3% dies 4.00%
12
Ceruledge
Ceruledge
FireGhost OFFENSIVE CHECK
21.467
68
67.8% dies 10.09%
13
Ting-Lu
Ting-Lu
DarkGround DEFENSIVE COUNTER
338.152
68
67.6% dies 4.40%
14
Excadrill
Excadrill
GroundSteel OFFENSIVE CHECK
73.362
67
67.0% dies 7.75%
15
Clodsire
Clodsire
PoisonGround DEFENSIVE COUNTER
296.738
65
65.4% dies 4.68%
16
Dragonite
Dragonite
DragonFlying OFFENSIVE CHECK
244.049
64
64.5% dies 5.25%
17
Banette-Mega
Banette-Mega
Ghost OFFENSIVE CHECK
21.536
63
62.7% dies 10.42%
18
Cinderace
Cinderace
Fire OFFENSIVE CHECK
140.149
62
62.0% dies 7.05%
19
Iron Hands
Iron Hands
FightingElectric DEFENSIVE COUNTER
34.337
62
61.6% dies 8.30%
20
Ursaluna
Ursaluna
GroundNormal OFFENSIVE CHECK
209.728
62
61.5% dies 5.71%
21
Lopunny-Mega
Lopunny-Mega
NormalFighting OFFENSIVE CHECK
110.066
61
61.5% dies 7.92%
22
Mawile-Mega
Mawile-Mega
SteelFairy DEFENSIVE COUNTER
45.072
60
60.4% dies 10.13%
23
Gengar
Gengar
GhostPoison OFFENSIVE CHECK
107.644
60
60.3% dies 8.04%
24
Great Tusk
Great Tusk
GroundFighting DEFENSIVE COUNTER
422.43
58
58.1% dies 4.15%
25
Terapagos
Terapagos
Normal DEFENSIVE COUNTER
564.146
56
56.5% dies 3.60%
26
Tapu Fini
Tapu Fini
WaterFairy SOFT CHECK
53.311
55
54.8% dies 9.55%
27
Iron Treads
Iron Treads
GroundSteel SOFT CHECK
288.054
55
54.8% dies 5.00%
28
Landorus-Therian
Landorus-Therian
GroundFlying SOFT CHECK
428.114
54
54.2% dies 4.17%
29
Rotom-Heat
Rotom-Heat
ElectricFire SOFT CHECK
46.827
53
52.7% dies 7.30%
30
Ogerpon-Wellspring
Ogerpon-Wellspring
GrassWater SOFT CHECK
216.649
53
52.7% dies 5.84%

Ranked #3 with 19.90% usage. Sorted by reliability score.