Empoleon counters

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

Empoleon
#0395 Empoleon
WaterSteel
USAGE 2.3% #62
ABILITYCompetitive
BASE STATS
HP 84
ATK 86
DEF 88
SPA 111
SPD 101
SPE 60
BST530
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
ElectricFightingGround
½×
NormalWaterFlyingPsychicBugRockDragonFairy
¼×
IceSteel
0×
Poison
Moves
Surf 98.8% Vacuum Wave 76.1% Ice Beam 76.0% Tera Blast 75.8% Flash Cannon 23.9% Flip Turn 23.7% Aqua Jet 22.7% Hydro Pump 1.2%
Items
Eject Pack 75.8% Focus Sash 22.7% Life Orb 1.2% Custap Berry 0.3% Aguav Berry 0.0% Leftovers 0.0% Assault Vest 0.0% Sitrus Berry 0.0%
Abilities
Competitive100.0%Torrent0.0%
Tera Types
Flying 75.9% Ghost 22.7% Water 1.4% Dark 0.0% Grass 0.0% Poison 0.0% Fairy 0.0%
Common Teammates
Cinderace99.8%Comfey98.4%Smeargle76.2%Porygon276.2%Dialga-Origin75.2%Porygon-Z23.6%Ribombee23.5%Basculegion-F23.3%
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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 #62 with 2.35% usage. Sorted by reliability score.