Thundurus-Therian counters

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

Thundurus-Therian
#0642 Thundurus-Therian
ElectricFlying
USAGE 13.6% #15
BASE STATS
HP 79
ATK 105
DEF 70
SPA 145
SPD 80
SPE 101
BST580
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
IceRock
½×
GrassFightingFlyingBugSteel
0×
Ground
Moves
Thunderbolt 79.0% Nasty Plot 51.8% Volt Switch 44.8% Agility 42.3% Focus Blast 36.1% Tera Blast 29.8% Sludge Bomb 27.4% Dark Pulse 24.8%
Items
Heavy-Duty Boots 49.5% Sitrus Berry 42.0% Choice Specs 3.8% Choice Scarf 2.4% Leftovers 1.4% Life Orb 0.5% Zap Plate 0.2% Assault Vest 0.2%
Tera Types
Flying 28.2% Steel 27.0% Poison 17.0% Dark 8.8% Water 6.4% Electric 4.7% Ice 2.3% Ghost 1.9%
Common Teammates
Slither Wing28.2%Scizor22.7%Revavroom22.1%Weavile21.5%Tinkaton19.5%Conkeldurr19.5%Latios18.1%Slowking17.9%
Browse Gen 9 UU teams using Thundurus-Therian →
Teams using Weavile 82% Teams using Clodsire 77% Teams using Latios 68% Teams using Lokix 55% Teams using Thundurus-Therian 49% Teams using Tinkaton 37%

Checks & Counters

Ranked by reliability — blends KO rate with how often each Pokémon is matched up.

# Checker Encounters Reliability KO Rate
01
Weavile
Weavile
DarkIce OFFENSIVE CHECK
20.086
82
82.2% dies 8.54%
02
Clodsire
Clodsire
PoisonGround DEFENSIVE COUNTER
28.201
77
77.0% dies 7.93%
03
Latios
Latios
DragonPsychic OFFENSIVE CHECK
68.723
68
67.6% dies 7.73%
04
Lokix
Lokix
BugDark SOFT CHECK
42.731
55
54.9% dies 10.74%
05
Thundurus-Therian
Thundurus-Therian
ElectricFlying SOFT CHECK
20.775
49
48.5% dies 10.97%
06
Tinkaton
Tinkaton
FairySteel SOFT CHECK
20.532
37
37.0% dies 10.66%
07
Excadrill
Excadrill
GroundSteel SOFT CHECK
47.246
35
35.2% dies 9.82%
08
Donphan
Donphan
Ground SOFT CHECK
21.216
34
34.2% dies 10.30%
09
Fezandipiti
Fezandipiti
PoisonFairy SOFT CHECK
23.76
32
32.3% dies 9.59%
10
Mandibuzz
Mandibuzz
DarkFlying SOFT CHECK
25.48
10
9.6% dies 5.83%
11
Skarmory
Skarmory
SteelFlying SOFT CHECK
82.068
4
3.6% dies 3.30%

Ranked #15 with 13.56% usage. Sorted by reliability score.