Venomoth counters

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

Venomoth
#0049 Venomoth
BugPoison
USAGE 2.3% #73
ABILITYTinted Lens
BASE STATS
HP 70
ATK 65
DEF 60
SPA 90
SPD 75
SPE 90
BST450
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
FireFlyingPsychicRock
½×
PoisonBugFairy
¼×
GrassFighting
Moves
Bug Buzz 98.5% Sludge Bomb 93.7% U-turn 76.1% Energy Ball 67.5% Quiver Dance 23.5% Substitute 11.7% Psychic Noise 11.2% Morning Sun 9.8%
Items
Choice Specs 76.1% Leftovers 11.0% Heavy-Duty Boots 9.4% Kee Berry 1.9% Grassy Seed 0.7% Focus Sash 0.4% Life Orb 0.3% Insect Plate 0.1%
Abilities
Tinted Lens99.9%Shield Dust0.1%Wonder Skin0.0%
Tera Types
Bug 78.0% Water 11.0% Electric 4.1% Steel 3.5% Fairy 1.1% Ghost 0.8% Dark 0.8% Psychic 0.3%
Common Teammates
Ninetales-Alola77.3%Sandslash-Alola77.2%Mesprit75.7%Beartic75.6%Qwilfish75.5%Tauros-Paldea-Blaze12.5%Pawmot10.7%Typhlosion-Hisui10.7%
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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 #73 with 2.25% usage. Sorted by reliability score.