Venusaur

Venusaur GrassPoison

Gen 9 RU · Rank #45 · 3.33% usage

What beats Venusaur in Gen 9 RU? Based on Smogon's 2026-04 usage stats, these Pokémon are the most effective checks and counters. The KO Rate (D) column shows how often Venusaur is KO'd or forced out by each checker. Higher percentages mean stronger counters.

#CheckerEncountersKO Rate (P)KO Rate (D)
1 Flamigo Flamigo 21 42.9% 10.80%
2 Arcanine Arcanine 22 50.0% 10.66%
3 Weezing Weezing 21 38.1% 10.60%
4 Overqwil Overqwil 22 36.4% 10.26%
5 Staraptor Staraptor 22 36.4% 10.26%
6 Ninetales Ninetales 23 34.8% 9.93%
7 Chansey Chansey 24 62.5% 9.88%
8 Rotom-Heat Rotom-Heat 26 42.3% 9.69%
9 Charizard Charizard 26 38.5% 9.54%
10 Flygon Flygon 28 57.1% 9.35%
11 Infernape Infernape 21 23.8% 9.29%
12 Espeon Espeon 27 37.0% 9.29%
13 Ninetales-Alola Ninetales-Alola 29 55.2% 9.23%
14 Feraligatr Feraligatr 29 41.4% 9.15%
15 Regidrago Regidrago 31 48.4% 8.98%
16 Cloyster Cloyster 32 50.0% 8.84%
17 Tornadus Tornadus 32 59.4% 8.68%
18 Slowbro-Galar Slowbro-Galar 29 31.0% 8.59%
19 Tentacruel Tentacruel 29 31.0% 8.59%
20 Venusaur Venusaur 34 50.0% 8.57%
21 Incineroar Incineroar 32 34.4% 8.40%
22 Decidueye Decidueye 23 17.4% 7.90%
23 Necrozma Necrozma 39 61.5% 7.79%
24 Rhyperior Rhyperior 32 21.9% 7.31%
25 Kilowattrel Kilowattrel 54 57.4% 6.73%
26 Porygon-Z Porygon-Z 56 44.6% 6.64%
27 Chandelure Chandelure 58 43.1% 6.50%
28 Lycanroc-Dusk Lycanroc-Dusk 60 40.0% 6.32%
29 Mienshao Mienshao 63 34.9% 6.01%
30 Torkoal Torkoal 46 19.6% 5.85%

KO Rate (D): % of Venusaur's appearances where this checker KO'd or forced it out. KO Rate (P): % of this checker's appearances where it KO'd or forced out Venusaur. Encounters: number of times they met in battle.