Palkia counters

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

Palkia
#0484 Palkia
WaterDragon
USAGE 1.4% #56
ABILITYPressure
BASE STATS
HP 90
ATK 120
DEF 100
SPA 150
SPD 120
SPE 100
BST680
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
DragonFairy
½×
Steel
¼×
FireWater
Moves
Spacial Rend 74.1% Hydro Pump 55.7% Thunder 45.1% Thunder Wave 39.8% Surf 33.5% Fire Blast 30.6% Substitute 29.3% Draco Meteor 26.6%
Items
Leftovers 29.3% Choice Scarf 26.9% Air Balloon 18.4% Aguav Berry 9.3% Choice Specs 8.3% Psychium Z 3.5% Lustrous Orb 2.1% Throat Spray 0.6%
Abilities
Pressure99.9%Telepathy0.1%
Tera Types
Water 34.0% Fire 26.3% Steel 18.5% Poison 6.5% Stellar 4.7% Fairy 3.0% Dragon 2.3%
Common Teammates
Groudon-Primal42.8%Arceus-Fairy38.1%Arceus34.7%Ho-Oh30.7%Melmetal29.9%Yveltal29.7%Zacian-Crowned29.5%Mewtwo-Mega-Y24.4%

Checks & Counters

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

# Checker Encounters Reliability KO Rate
01
Zacian-Crowned
Zacian-Crowned
FairySteel SOFT CHECK
20.154
41
40.9% dies 10.95%
02
Groudon-Primal
Groudon-Primal
GroundFire SOFT CHECK
57.242
34
33.8% dies 8.74%

Ranked #56 with 1.41% usage. Sorted by reliability score.