Shellder counters

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

Shellder
#0090 Shellder
Water
USAGE 1.0% #79
ABILITYDazzling
BASE STATS
HP 30
ATK 65
DEF 100
SPA 45
SPD 25
SPE 40
BST305
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
ElectricGrass
½×
FireWaterIceSteel
Moves
Shell Smash 100.0% Sunsteel Strike 90.6% Shadow Force 90.4% Stone Axe 54.7% Stored Power 31.2% Sacred Fire 13.9% Icicle Spear 8.9% Rock Blast 8.8%
Items
Aerodactylite 90.4% Heracronite 8.7% Lopunnite 0.5% Red Orb 0.2% Loaded Dice 0.1% Emboarite 0.0% Sablenite 0.0% Flame Orb 0.0%
Abilities
Dazzling90.4%Shadow Shield7.4%Intimidate1.4%Psychic Surge0.6%Intrepid Sword0.2%Technician0.1%Guts0.0%Multiscale0.0%
Common Teammates
Sinistea99.0%Bonsly89.0%Smeargle89.0%Dragonair89.0%Bellossom77.7%Ralts11.2%Dratini8.6%Amoonguss8.5%

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 #79 with 1.01% usage. Sorted by reliability score.