Politoed counters

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

Politoed
#0186 Politoed
Water
USAGE 2.4% #66
ABILITYDrizzle
BASE STATS
HP 90
ATK 75
DEF 75
SPA 90
SPD 100
SPE 70
BST500
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
ElectricGrass
½×
FireWaterIceSteel
Moves
Protect 92.9% Icy Wind 77.2% Helping Hand 64.5% Weather Ball 47.1% Scald 45.6% Encore 29.3% Perish Song 14.3% Muddy Water 9.0%
Items
Eject Button 52.8% Damp Rock 20.0% Sitrus Berry 16.6% Leftovers 7.1% Choice Specs 0.8% Assault Vest 0.6% Wide Lens 0.5% Rocky Helmet 0.4%
Abilities
Drizzle99.7%Water Absorb0.3%Damp0.0%
Tera Types
Grass 90.5% Water 6.2% Steel 0.8% Ground 0.7% Dragon 0.5% Ghost 0.3% Dark 0.2% Flying 0.2%
Common Teammates
Archaludon60.1%Basculegion59.7%Scizor-Mega58.2%Tornadus56.2%Dracovish45.9%Tapu Koko19.3%Sinistcha16.2%Incineroar14.6%

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 #66 with 2.42% usage. Sorted by reliability score.