Forretress counters

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

Forretress
#0205 Forretress
BugSteel
USAGE 4.1% #38
ABILITYSturdy
BASE STATS
HP 75
ATK 90
DEF 140
SPA 60
SPD 60
SPE 40
BST465
TYPE MATCHUPS
4×
Fire
½×
NormalIcePsychicBugDragonSteelFairy
¼×
Grass
0×
Poison
Moves
Spikes 73.1% U-turn 72.8% Pain Split 66.5% Metal Burst 57.7% Rapid Spin 42.3% Stealth Rock 29.8% Sticky Web 23.4% Explosion 23.0%
Items
Leftovers 66.9% Custap Berry 23.1% Heavy-Duty Boots 6.1% Iron Ball 3.9% Mental Herb 0.0% Rocky Helmet 0.0% Sitrus Berry 0.0% Red Card 0.0%
Abilities
Sturdy100.0%Overcoat0.0%
Common Teammates
Landorus-Therian96.0%Gholdengo93.8%Toxapex75.4%Tyranitar75.3%Latios75.3%Ogerpon-Cornerstone18.1%Volcarona17.7%Weavile17.7%
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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 #38 with 4.13% usage. Sorted by reliability score.