Dondozo

Dondozo Water

Gen 9 OU · Rank #39 · 4.36% usage

What beats Dondozo in Gen 9 OU? 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 Dondozo is KO'd or forced out by each checker. Higher percentages mean stronger counters.

#CheckerEncountersKO Rate (P)KO Rate (D)
1 Electrode Electrode 21 61.9% 10.60%
2 Dusknoir Dusknoir 23 47.8% 10.42%
3 Zebstrika Zebstrika 23 43.5% 10.34%
4 Rabsca Rabsca 23 56.5% 10.34%
5 Cramorant Cramorant 24 50.0% 10.21%
6 Mesprit Mesprit 23 60.9% 10.18%
7 Ursaring Ursaring 23 34.8% 9.93%
8 Falinks Falinks 24 37.5% 9.88%
9 Lycanroc-Midnight Lycanroc-Midnight 21 28.6% 9.86%
10 Sawsbuck Sawsbuck 26 46.2% 9.78%
11 Chimecho Chimecho 23 69.6% 9.59%
12 Brute Bonnet Brute Bonnet 27 44.4% 9.56%
13 Terrakion Terrakion 22 27.3% 9.50%
14 Uxie Uxie 28 57.1% 9.35%
15 Muk Muk 21 23.8% 9.29%
16 Masquerain Masquerain 24 29.2% 9.28%
17 Rotom-Frost Rotom-Frost 30 50.0% 9.13%
18 Meowstic Meowstic 27 33.3% 9.07%
19 Articuno Articuno 30 56.7% 9.05%
20 Toucannon Toucannon 25 28.0% 8.98%
21 Venomoth Venomoth 30 60.0% 8.94%
22 Indeedee-F Indeedee-F 30 36.7% 8.80%
23 Palossand Palossand 32 56.3% 8.77%
24 Alcremie Alcremie 32 56.3% 8.77%
25 Tornadus Tornadus 33 42.4% 8.60%
26 Noctowl Noctowl 23 21.7% 8.60%
27 Shiftry Shiftry 31 35.5% 8.59%
28 Veluza Veluza 21 19.0% 8.57%
29 Sandslash Sandslash 25 24.0% 8.54%
30 Cacturne Cacturne 35 60.0% 8.28%

KO Rate (D): % of Dondozo'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 Dondozo. Encounters: number of times they met in battle.