Cloyster counters

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

Cloyster
#0091 Cloyster
WaterIce
USAGE 2.5% #55
ABILITYSkill Link
BASE STATS
HP 50
ATK 95
DEF 180
SPA 85
SPD 45
SPE 70
BST525
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
ElectricGrassFightingRock
½×
Water
¼×
Ice
Moves
Shell Smash 100.0% Icicle Spear 100.0% Rock Blast 99.5% Drill Run 91.1% Liquidation 7.0% Hydro Pump 0.9% Ice Shard 0.7% Rapid Spin 0.4%
Items
White Herb 80.0% Focus Sash 19.7% Lum Berry 0.2% Wide Lens 0.0% Rocky Helmet 0.0% Heavy-Duty Boots 0.0% Loaded Dice 0.0% Life Orb 0.0%
Abilities
Skill Link100.0%Shell Armor0.0%Overcoat0.0%
Common Teammates
Aerodactyl-Mega91.3%Celesteela88.4%Blacephalon88.2%Excadrill88.0%Serperior85.0%Overqwil6.9%Tornadus6.9%Hydreigon6.3%

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 #55 with 2.54% usage. Sorted by reliability score.