Keldeo counters

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

Keldeo
#0647 Keldeo
WaterFighting
USAGE 6.7% #29
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 100.0% Secret Sword 99.3% Flip Turn 99.3% Hydro Pump 97.8% Vacuum Wave 1.0% Stone Edge 0.9% Aura Sphere 0.7% Calm Mind 0.5%
Items
Choice Specs 98.3% Damp Rock 0.9% Life Orb 0.4% Choice Scarf 0.3% Booster Energy 0.1% Heavy-Duty Boots 0.0% Expert Belt 0.0% Leftovers 0.0%
Abilities
Primordial Sea97.6%Drizzle0.9%Swift Swim0.6%Adaptability0.4%Magic Guard0.4%Quark Drive0.1%Sheer Force0.0%Hadron Engine0.0%
Common Teammates
Corviknight97.8%Ditto96.3%Slowking-Galar56.8%Meowscarada56.7%Garchomp56.6%Great Tusk41.1%Tornadus-Therian41.0%Iron Moth30.9%

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 #29 with 6.72% usage. Sorted by reliability score.