Greninja counters

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

Greninja
#0658 Greninja
WaterDark
USAGE 6.2% #31
ABILITYProtean
BASE STATS
HP 72
ATK 95
DEF 67
SPA 103
SPD 71
SPE 122
BST530
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
ElectricGrassFightingBugFairy
½×
FireWaterIceGhostDarkSteel
0×
Psychic
Moves
Ice Beam 96.9% Dark Pulse 88.9% Extrasensory 78.7% Sludge Wave 72.0% Hydro Pump 20.8% U-turn 16.2% Surf 7.3% Water Shuriken 5.8%
Items
Choice Specs 65.5% Choice Scarf 25.6% Waterium Z 3.6% Life Orb 2.4% Grassium Z 1.8% Focus Sash 0.3% Expert Belt 0.3% Icium Z 0.2%
Abilities
Protean94.6%Battle Bond5.3%Torrent0.1%
Common Teammates
Pelipper69.2%Swampert-Mega68.9%Toxapex50.0%Urshifu-Rapid-Strike43.7%Slowking38.2%Samurott-Hisui25.5%Empoleon18.1%Meowscarada17.6%

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 #31 with 6.23% usage. Sorted by reliability score.