Espeon

Espeon Psychic

Gen 9 NU · Rank #10 · 11.85% usage

What beats Espeon in Gen 9 NU? Based on Smogon's 2026-04 usage stats, these Pokémon are the most effective checks and counters. The KO Rate (D) column shows how often Espeon is KO'd or forced out by each checker. Higher percentages mean stronger counters.

#CheckerEncountersKO Rate (P)KO Rate (D)
1 Jolteon Jolteon 21 57.1% 10.80%
2 Hoopa Hoopa 24 50.0% 10.21%
3 Avalugg-Hisui Avalugg-Hisui 23 39.1% 10.18%
4 Venusaur Venusaur 25 52.0% 9.99%
5 Ditto Ditto 26 42.3% 9.69%
6 Snorlax Snorlax 27 51.9% 9.62%
7 Muk Muk 22 27.3% 9.50%
8 Florges Florges 29 55.2% 9.23%
9 Pawmot Pawmot 23 26.1% 9.16%
10 Sandslash-Alola Sandslash-Alola 28 64.3% 9.06%
11 Delphox Delphox 30 40.0% 8.94%
12 Passimian Passimian 29 34.5% 8.83%
13 Porygon2 Porygon2 34 47.1% 8.56%
14 Drednaw Drednaw 32 62.5% 8.56%
15 Scovillain Scovillain 33 63.6% 8.37%
16 Frosmoth Frosmoth 36 52.8% 8.32%
17 Indeedee Indeedee 22 18.2% 8.22%
18 Hitmontop Hitmontop 36 38.9% 8.12%
19 Salazzle Salazzle 25 20.0% 8.00%
20 Inteleon Inteleon 40 55.0% 7.87%
21 Hariyama Hariyama 44 47.7% 7.53%
22 Toxicroak Toxicroak 42 38.1% 7.49%
23 Milotic Milotic 47 46.8% 7.28%
24 Golurk Golurk 49 51.0% 7.14%
25 Brute Bonnet Brute Bonnet 42 73.8% 6.78%
26 Rotom-Heat Rotom-Heat 40 22.5% 6.60%
27 Slowbro-Galar Slowbro-Galar 50 32.0% 6.60%
28 Ninetales-Alola Ninetales-Alola 54 35.2% 6.50%
29 Weezing Weezing 22 9.1% 6.13%
30 Hitmonlee Hitmonlee 67 53.7% 6.09%

KO Rate (D): % of Espeon's appearances where this checker KO'd or forced it out. KO Rate (P): % of this checker's appearances where it KO'd or forced out Espeon. Encounters: number of times they met in battle.