Hippowdon counters

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

Hippowdon
#0450 Hippowdon
Ground
USAGE 8.4% #18
ABILITYSand Force
BASE STATS
HP 108
ATK 112
DEF 118
SPA 68
SPD 72
SPE 47
BST525
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
WaterGrassIce
½×
PoisonRock
0×
Electric
Moves
Slack Off 99.8% Earthquake 99.3% Whirlwind 64.5% Body Press 55.4% Stealth Rock 45.0% Curse 33.6% Toxic 1.5% Yawn 0.6%
Items
Rocky Helmet 39.3% Eject Button 34.3% Leftovers 26.4% Assault Vest 0.0% Iapapa Berry 0.0% Heavy-Duty Boots 0.0% Red Card 0.0% Covert Cloak 0.0%
Abilities
Sand Force0.0%
Common Teammates
Landorus93.0%Clodsire85.5%Excadrill82.2%Garchomp65.2%Mamoswine46.0%Iron Treads44.4%Great Tusk21.5%Garchomp-Mega17.5%

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 #18 with 8.36% usage. Sorted by reliability score.