Gouging Fire counters

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

Gouging Fire
#1020 Gouging Fire
FireDragon
USAGE 2.6% #65
BASE STATS
HP 105
ATK 115
DEF 121
SPA 65
SPD 93
SPE 91
BST590
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
GroundRockDragon
½×
ElectricBugSteel
¼×
FireGrass
Moves
Breaking Swipe 84.3% Burning Bulwark 78.2% Heat Crash 64.0% Howl 51.2% Dragon Dance 38.3% Flare Blitz 38.3% Protect 13.5% Dragon Claw 10.8%
Items
Booster Energy 53.8% Clear Amulet 24.6% Sitrus Berry 8.1% Choice Band 4.6% Flame Plate 2.4% Choice Scarf 1.0% Weakness Policy 0.9% Leftovers 0.9%
Tera Types
Fairy 42.0% Dark 17.2% Grass 16.8% Fire 15.9% Ground 4.1% Steel 1.3% Dragon 1.0% Flying 0.8%
Common Teammates
Charizard-Mega-Y36.2%Rillaboom34.0%Flutter Mane33.9%Walking Wake29.1%Ting-Lu27.6%Raging Bolt26.2%Ninetales16.9%Landorus-Therian14.9%
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Checks & Counters

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

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Ranked #65 with 2.63% usage. Sorted by reliability score.