Cloyster counters

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

Cloyster
#0091 Cloyster
WaterIce
USAGE 1.9% #70
ABILITYSkill Link
BASE STATS
HP 50
ATK 95
DEF 180
SPA 85
SPD 45
SPE 70
BST525
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
ElectricGrassFightingRock
½×
Water
¼×
Ice
Moves
Icicle Spear 100.0% Shell Smash 99.9% Ice Shard 97.1% Rock Blast 89.9% Hydro Pump 10.5% Liquidation 1.5% Spikes 0.6% Drill Run 0.4%
Items
Focus Sash 83.3% Icicle Plate 10.0% Heavy-Duty Boots 4.5% White Herb 1.7% Loaded Dice 0.4% Assault Vest 0.1% Red Card 0.0% Rocky Helmet 0.0%
Abilities
Skill Link99.6%Shell Armor0.4%
Tera Types
Rock 71.2% Water 16.4% Ice 7.3% Fairy 4.2% Ground 0.6% Ghost 0.2% Poison 0.1% Grass 0.1%
Common Teammates
Lilligant-Hisui83.5%Quaquaval73.9%Crawdaunt70.7%Galvantula70.2%Decidueye69.9%Basculegion21.1%Baxcalibur14.2%Talonflame9.6%
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Checks & Counters

Ranked by reliability — blends KO rate with how often each Pokémon is matched up.

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Ranked #70 with 1.95% usage. Sorted by reliability score.