Thundurus counters

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

Thundurus
#0642 Thundurus
ElectricFlying
USAGE 5.9% #36
ABILITYPrankster
BASE STATS
HP 79
ATK 115
DEF 70
SPA 125
SPD 80
SPE 111
BST580
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
IceRock
½×
GrassFightingFlyingBugSteel
0×
Ground
Moves
Knock Off 61.0% Focus Blast 53.5% Volt Switch 50.9% Thunder Wave 46.9% Thunderbolt 42.8% Nasty Plot 33.0% Dark Pulse 30.5% Substitute 16.4%
Items
Heavy-Duty Boots 78.5% Leftovers 16.2% nothing 3.0% Sitrus Berry 0.7% Life Orb 0.6% Mirror Herb 0.3% Damp Rock 0.2% Heavy Ball 0.1%
Abilities
Prankster86.4%Defiant13.6%
Tera Types
Steel 45.7% Dark 32.4% Electric 9.5% Flying 3.6% Water 3.0% Poison 2.5% Ghost 1.1% Fairy 0.7%
Common Teammates
Conkeldurr41.1%Donphan39.7%Metagross26.5%Excadrill25.1%Weavile25.0%Keldeo24.1%Latios23.6%Manaphy16.1%
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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 #36 with 5.88% usage. Sorted by reliability score.