Gholdengo counters

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

Gholdengo
#1000 Gholdengo
SteelGhost
USAGE 6.6% #26
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 99.8% Shadow Ball 96.5% Nasty Plot 71.3% Protect 58.4% Trick 32.6% Dazzling Gleam 11.3% Power Gem 11.2% Thunderbolt 9.0%
Items
Choice Specs 30.8% Leftovers 29.2% Life Orb 8.4% Choice Scarf 7.8% Ghostium Z 4.7% Metal Coat 4.3% Weakness Policy 3.6% Steelium Z 3.5%
Tera Types
Steel 34.6% Dragon 23.9% Fairy 14.6% Water 11.9% Dark 2.4% Fire 2.1% Flying 1.8%
Common Teammates
Incineroar46.4%Tornadus41.2%Ogerpon-Wellspring38.8%Salamence-Mega30.5%Rillaboom26.6%Diancie-Mega20.0%Zeraora16.0%Chien-Pao15.4%

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 #26 with 6.58% usage. Sorted by reliability score.