Malamar counters

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

Malamar
#0687 Malamar
DarkPsychic
USAGE 3.5% #51
ABILITYContrary
BASE STATS
HP 86
ATK 92
DEF 88
SPA 68
SPD 75
SPE 73
BST482
TYPE MATCHUPS
4×
Bug
2×
Fairy
0×
Psychic
Moves
Superpower 100.0% Knock Off 99.6% Rest 95.8% Sleep Talk 93.6% Psycho Cut 4.5% Liquidation 1.9% Topsy-Turvy 1.3% Trick Room 1.2%
Items
Leftovers 97.0% Chesto Berry 1.2% Black Belt 0.5% Assault Vest 0.5% Choice Scarf 0.4% Lum Berry 0.2% Room Service 0.1% Choice Band 0.0%
Abilities
Contrary100.0%Infiltrator0.0%Suction Cups0.0%
Tera Types
Fairy 82.4% Poison 11.9% Steel 2.5% Psychic 1.5% Fighting 0.6% Stellar 0.5% Dark 0.3% Ghost 0.3%
Common Teammates
Coalossal65.3%Hoopa64.4%Floatzel63.9%Galvantula61.0%Shaymin33.5%Rhydon25.6%Mismagius14.9%Florges14.9%

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 #51 with 3.51% usage. Sorted by reliability score.