Articuno counters

Gen 9 VGC 2026 Reg F · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Articuno
#0144 Articuno
IceFlying
USAGE 2.8% #44
ABILITYSnow Cloak
BASE STATS
HP 90
ATK 85
DEF 100
SPA 95
SPD 125
SPE 85
BST580
TYPE MATCHUPS
4×
Rock
2×
FireElectricSteel
½×
GrassBug
0×
Ground
Moves
Blizzard 99.8% Freeze-Dry 98.5% Sheer Cold 77.2% Ice Beam 74.0% Roost 9.4% Protect 8.7% Tera Blast 8.0% Tailwind 5.0%
Items
Choice Specs 82.4% Icicle Plate 8.6% Bright Powder 4.1% Never-Melt Ice 2.0% Life Orb 1.6% Sitrus Berry 0.2% Focus Sash 0.2% Covert Cloak 0.2%
Abilities
Snow Cloak99.6%Pressure0.4%
Tera Types
Ice 89.9% Water 7.1% Ground 1.1% Dragon 0.8% Steel 0.6% Fire 0.3% Rock 0.1% Fighting 0.0%
Common Teammates
Ninetales-Alola99.6%Raging Bolt59.9%Ogerpon-Wellspring53.0%Landorus47.6%Arcanine-Hisui36.3%Dondozo27.0%Tatsugiri26.6%Glimmora18.9%
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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 #44 with 2.82% usage. Sorted by reliability score.