Keldeo counters

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

Keldeo
#0647 Keldeo
WaterFighting
USAGE 5.1% #41
ABILITYPrimordial Sea
BASE STATS
HP 91
ATK 72
DEF 90
SPA 129
SPD 90
SPE 108
BST580
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
ElectricGrassFlyingPsychicFairy
½×
FireWaterIceBugRockDarkSteel
Moves
Surf 99.2% Secret Sword 96.9% Hydro Pump 77.0% Flip Turn 67.7% Vacuum Wave 35.5% Calm Mind 10.7% Taunt 3.7% Sacred Sword 2.4%
Items
Choice Specs 80.0% Heavy-Duty Boots 9.7% Black Belt 6.1% Mystic Water 2.1% Damp Rock 0.9% Choice Scarf 0.5% Life Orb 0.3% Leftovers 0.2%
Abilities
Primordial Sea57.7%Adaptability31.2%Sand Rush4.1%Teravolt3.6%Beads of Ruin1.3%Drizzle0.9%Sharpness0.6%Swift Swim0.2%
Common Teammates
Corviknight93.0%Ditto51.4%Slowking-Galar38.1%Tornadus-Therian33.0%Ting-Lu29.5%Great Tusk27.8%Alomomola27.7%Garchomp27.7%

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 #41 with 5.08% usage. Sorted by reliability score.