Muk counters

Gen 9 PU · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Muk
#0089 Muk
Poison
USAGE 1.4% #86
ABILITYSticky Hold
BASE STATS
HP 105
ATK 105
DEF 75
SPA 65
SPD 100
SPE 50
BST500
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
GroundPsychic
½×
GrassFightingPoisonBugFairy
Moves
Knock Off 98.6% Drain Punch 91.5% Shadow Sneak 63.7% Gunk Shot 56.8% Toxic 32.9% Protect 32.8% Poison Jab 8.8% Fire Punch 5.6%
Items
Assault Vest 57.9% Leftovers 33.3% Choice Band 6.2% Heavy-Duty Boots 1.3% Rocky Helmet 1.2% Sitrus Berry 0.1% Black Sludge 0.1% nothing 0.0%
Abilities
Sticky Hold81.9%Poison Touch18.1%Stench0.0%
Tera Types
Dark 68.6% Steel 22.3% Ghost 4.9% Flying 1.7% Water 1.2% Grass 0.8% Poison 0.5% Bug 0.0%
Common Teammates
Cramorant54.5%Ambipom54.0%Palossand48.7%Emboar48.6%Cacturne47.6%Lanturn23.4%Avalugg-Hisui23.0%Uxie22.6%
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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 #86 with 1.44% usage. Sorted by reliability score.