Empoleon counters

Gen 9 STABmons · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Empoleon
#0395 Empoleon
WaterSteel
USAGE 1.2% #65
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
Roost 100.0% Scald 90.4% Flip Turn 78.1% Doom Desire 68.5% Make It Rain 31.5% Stealth Rock 21.9% Knock Off 9.6% Ice Beam 0.0%
Items
Leftovers 100.0% Shuca Berry 0.0% Assault Vest 0.0% Life Orb 0.0% Covert Cloak 0.0% Chople Berry 0.0% Heavy-Duty Boots 0.0% Metal Coat 0.0%
Abilities
Competitive100.0%Torrent0.0%
Common Teammates
Landorus-Therian86.4%Tyranitar65.1%Hatterene65.1%Vikavolt65.1%Clodsire65.1%Latios34.8%Great Tusk21.2%Kingambit21.2%

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 #65 with 1.17% usage. Sorted by reliability score.