Gholdengo counters

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

Gholdengo
#1000 Gholdengo
SteelGhost
USAGE 12.8% #15
BASE STATS
HP 87
ATK 60
DEF 95
SPA 133
SPD 91
SPE 84
BST550
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
FireGroundGhostDark
½×
GrassIceFlyingPsychicRockDragonSteelFairy
¼×
Bug
0×
NormalFightingPoison
Moves
Make It Rain 100.0% Shadow Ball 98.5% Protect 60.1% Nasty Plot 59.8% Trick 33.7% Dazzling Gleam 20.4% Power Gem 17.4% Thunderbolt 7.2%
Items
Choice Specs 36.8% Life Orb 25.3% Metal Coat 21.8% Sitrus Berry 5.8% Leftovers 3.9% Choice Scarf 3.1% Iron Plate 1.6% Grassy Seed 1.2%
Tera Types
Steel 27.2% Fairy 23.8% Dragon 20.9% Flying 18.3% Water 9.1% Fighting 0.4% Stellar 0.1% Normal 0.1%
Common Teammates
Urshifu-Rapid-Strike54.4%Tornadus42.2%Incineroar37.1%Ogerpon-Wellspring34.0%Regidrago28.7%Raging Bolt26.5%Rillaboom21.9%Whimsicott20.7%

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 #15 with 12.80% usage. Sorted by reliability score.