Hippowdon counters

Gen 9 Pokébilities Almost Any Ability · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Hippowdon
#0450 Hippowdon
Ground
USAGE 2.3% #61
ABILITYWater Absorb
BASE STATS
HP 108
ATK 112
DEF 118
SPA 68
SPD 72
SPE 47
BST525
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
WaterGrassIce
½×
PoisonRock
0×
Electric
Moves
Earthquake 98.5% Slack Off 97.6% Stealth Rock 95.1% Rock Slide 57.3% Whirlwind 26.4% Heavy Slam 8.6% Stone Edge 6.2% Body Press 1.6%
Items
Leftovers 67.2% Heavy-Duty Boots 15.9% Smooth Rock 10.5% Rocky Helmet 3.4% Choice Band 1.9% Life Orb 0.5% Sitrus Berry 0.3% Assault Vest 0.2%
Abilities
Water Absorb58.6%Flame Body12.9%Thick Fat10.4%Unaware6.4%Regenerator3.1%Sap Sipper1.7%Stamina1.3%Tablets of Ruin1.1%
Common Teammates
Corviknight86.3%Slowking62.7%Ditto60.7%Meowscarada48.6%Tauros-Paldea-Blaze47.0%Chesnaught16.0%Incineroar15.6%Slowbro13.6%
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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 #61 with 2.34% usage. Sorted by reliability score.