Houndstone counters

Gen 9 NU · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Houndstone
#0972 Houndstone
Ghost
USAGE 7.5% #30
ABILITYFluffy
BASE STATS
HP 72
ATK 101
DEF 100
SPA 50
SPD 97
SPE 68
BST488
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
GhostDark
½×
PoisonBug
0×
NormalFighting
Moves
Pain Split 62.6% Night Shade 53.8% Body Press 50.1% Will-O-Wisp 45.5% Poltergeist 45.0% Shadow Sneak 43.8% Rest 28.7% Sleep Talk 26.3%
Items
Heavy-Duty Boots 39.7% Rocky Helmet 26.9% Weakness Policy 12.0% nothing 9.7% Spell Tag 9.7% Choice Band 0.6% Leftovers 0.4% Red Card 0.4%
Abilities
Fluffy99.5%Sand Rush0.5%
Tera Types
Fairy 39.1% Water 25.0% Ghost 19.5% Dark 8.9% Poison 3.1% Normal 1.8% Dragon 1.2% Fighting 1.1%
Common Teammates
Gligar46.2%Articuno-Galar44.4%Flamigo32.7%Copperajah29.5%Goodra26.3%Klefki25.9%Vaporeon25.5%Duraludon23.6%
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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 #30 with 7.49% usage. Sorted by reliability score.