Gouging Fire counters

Gen 9 VGC 2026 Regulation F Best of 3 · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Gouging Fire
#1020 Gouging Fire
FireDragon
USAGE 5.8% #28
BASE STATS
HP 105
ATK 115
DEF 121
SPA 65
SPD 93
SPE 91
BST590
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
GroundRockDragon
½×
ElectricBugSteel
¼×
FireGrass
Moves
Heat Crash 95.8% Breaking Swipe 91.0% Howl 87.4% Burning Bulwark 54.2% Protect 45.2% Flare Blitz 10.8% Dragon Dance 7.5% Snarl 2.2%
Items
Booster Energy 89.3% Clear Amulet 8.4% Leftovers 1.8% Choice Band 0.3% Safety Goggles 0.1% Life Orb 0.0% Sitrus Berry 0.0% Assault Vest 0.0%
Tera Types
Fairy 91.2% Fire 7.6% Grass 0.9% Ghost 0.1% Flying 0.1% Bug 0.0% Water 0.0% Dragon 0.0%
Common Teammates
Chien-Pao84.7%Dragonite81.9%Urshifu-Rapid-Strike43.7%Kingambit43.6%Ting-Lu43.6%Rillaboom39.1%Thundurus29.1%Annihilape19.6%

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 #28 with 5.80% usage. Sorted by reliability score.