Cinderace counters

Gen 9 Pokébilities Almost Any Ability · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Cinderace
#0815 Cinderace
Fire
USAGE 9.2% #20
ABILITYMagic Guard
BASE STATS
HP 80
ATK 116
DEF 75
SPA 65
SPD 75
SPE 119
BST530
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
WaterGroundRock
½×
FireGrassIceBugSteelFairy
Moves
U-turn 90.7% Pyro Ball 65.7% High Jump Kick 58.0% Court Change 50.1% Sucker Punch 46.0% Flare Blitz 34.2% Gunk Shot 22.8% Double-Edge 12.5%
Items
Heavy-Duty Boots 36.5% Life Orb 27.8% Heat Rock 13.5% Choice Scarf 12.4% Choice Band 7.2% Focus Sash 1.6% Leftovers 0.3% Wide Lens 0.3%
Abilities
Magic Guard36.6%Desolate Land31.8%Drought14.2%Adaptability5.1%Sheer Force2.2%Sword of Ruin2.1%Sturdy1.6%Mold Breaker1.4%
Common Teammates
Corviknight50.1%Great Tusk24.3%Hatterene22.3%Lilligant-Hisui19.6%Pecharunt17.8%Meowscarada17.4%Ting-Lu17.0%Chandelure14.5%

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 #20 with 9.20% usage. Sorted by reliability score.