Empoleon counters

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

Empoleon
#0395 Empoleon
WaterSteel
USAGE 2.1% #86
ABILITYCompetitive
BASE STATS
HP 84
ATK 86
DEF 88
SPA 111
SPD 101
SPE 60
BST530
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
ElectricFightingGround
½×
NormalWaterFlyingPsychicBugRockDragonFairy
¼×
IceSteel
0×
Poison
Moves
Roost 98.7% Flash Cannon 91.2% Stealth Rock 77.9% Flip Turn 63.7% Defog 46.7% Scald 5.8% Rock Slide 5.0% Knock Off 3.2%
Items
Heavy-Duty Boots 50.9% Leftovers 47.2% Lum Berry 0.6% Assault Vest 0.6% Expert Belt 0.2% Choice Specs 0.1% Rocky Helmet 0.1% Weakness Policy 0.1%
Abilities
Competitive93.2%Torrent6.8%
Common Teammates
Pelipper87.3%Swampert-Mega86.8%Greninja53.1%Toxapex45.7%Keldeo43.5%Ogerpon-Wellspring43.2%Alomomola26.2%Slowking24.6%

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 #86 with 2.11% usage. Sorted by reliability score.