Gouging Fire counters

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

Gouging Fire
#1020 Gouging Fire
FireDragon
USAGE 5.6% #27
BASE STATS
HP 105
ATK 115
DEF 121
SPA 65
SPD 93
SPE 91
BST590
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
GroundRockDragon
½×
ElectricBugSteel
¼×
FireGrass
Moves
Breaking Swipe 93.3% Heat Crash 90.9% Howl 82.4% Protect 50.8% Burning Bulwark 44.2% Flare Blitz 13.3% Dragon Dance 11.4% Dragon Claw 3.3%
Items
Booster Energy 83.2% Clear Amulet 11.8% Choice Band 2.6% Leftovers 0.7% Life Orb 0.7% Covert Cloak 0.5% Safety Goggles 0.2% Rocky Helmet 0.1%
Tera Types
Fairy 80.2% Fire 9.0% Grass 7.6% Ghost 1.3% Flying 0.9% Steel 0.4% Ground 0.2% Bug 0.2%
Common Teammates
Chien-Pao72.2%Dragonite63.0%Ting-Lu58.5%Urshifu-Rapid-Strike30.2%Dondozo23.8%Ogerpon-Wellspring22.1%Thundurus20.7%Rillaboom20.7%

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 #27 with 5.64% usage. Sorted by reliability score.