Hydrapple counters

Gen 9 OU · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Apr 2026 - Jun 2026

Hydrapple
#1019 Hydrapple
GrassDragon
USAGE 2.4% #50
ABILITYRegenerator
BASE STATS
HP 106
ATK 80
DEF 110
SPA 120
SPD 80
SPE 44
BST540
TYPE MATCHUPS
4×
Ice
2×
PoisonFlyingBugDragonFairy
½×
Ground
¼×
WaterElectricGrass
Moves
Earth Power 99.4% Nasty Plot 93.9% Fickle Beam 86.8% Giga Drain 86.5% Draco Meteor 15.1% Leaf Storm 12.4% Body Press 2.0% Recover 2.0%
Items
Heavy-Duty Boots 55.7% Rocky Helmet 23.6% Leftovers 8.8% Life Orb 7.1% Choice Specs 2.9% Eject Pack 0.9% Assault Vest 0.7% Eject Button 0.1%
Abilities
Regenerator99.5%Supersweet Syrup0.3%Sticky Hold0.2%
Tera Types
Poison 54.5% Fairy 20.5% Steel 18.4% Ghost 2.1% Dragon 1.8% Fighting 1.5% Grass 0.5% Ground 0.3%
Common Teammates
Slowking-Galar41.1%Moltres32.0%Great Tusk29.3%Kingambit26.2%Tyranitar23.6%Zamazenta22.4%Cinderace20.2%Corviknight20.0%
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Checks & Counters

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

# Checker Encounters Reliability KO Rate
01
Blissey
Blissey
Normal DEFENSIVE COUNTER
20.705
74
74.2% dies 9.62%
02
Ting-Lu
Ting-Lu
DarkGround SOFT CHECK
20.813
12
11.8% dies 7.07%

Ranked #50 with 2.40% usage. Sorted by reliability score.