Ferrothorn counters

Gen 9 National Dex Doubles · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Ferrothorn
#0598 Ferrothorn
GrassSteel
USAGE 2.1% #73
ABILITYIron Barbs
BASE STATS
HP 74
ATK 94
DEF 131
SPA 54
SPD 116
SPE 20
BST489
TYPE MATCHUPS
4×
Fire
2×
Fighting
½×
NormalWaterElectricPsychicRockDragonSteelFairy
¼×
Grass
0×
Poison
Moves
Leech Seed 86.5% Protect 81.5% Gyro Ball 71.6% Body Press 43.0% Power Whip 23.2% Iron Defense 22.9% Spikes 20.5% Stealth Rock 16.8%
Items
Rocky Helmet 49.1% Leftovers 35.8% Chople Berry 9.9% Clear Amulet 2.3% Choice Band 2.1% Mirror Herb 0.2% Assault Vest 0.1% Wiki Berry 0.1%
Abilities
Iron Barbs100.0%Anticipation0.0%
Tera Types
Water 50.2% Fire 25.8% Grass 7.9% Dragon 7.8% Ghost 4.8% Fighting 1.9% Ground 0.4% Fairy 0.4%
Common Teammates
Tornadus24.5%Tyranitar20.6%Glimmora20.4%Hatterene20.3%Iron Hands20.2%Farigiraf19.5%Landorus-Therian19.1%Rillaboom18.1%

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 #73 with 2.07% usage. Sorted by reliability score.