Orthworm counters

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

Orthworm
#0968 Orthworm
Steel
USAGE 1.2% #51
ABILITYSand Veil
BASE STATS
HP 70
ATK 85
DEF 145
SPA 60
SPD 55
SPE 65
BST480
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
FireFightingGround
½×
NormalGrassIceFlyingPsychicBugRockDragonSteelFairy
0×
Poison
Moves
Body Press 100.0% Heavy Slam 96.5% Shed Tail 94.5% Iron Defense 54.0% Protect 50.9% Iron Head 3.3% Helping Hand 0.7% Smack Down 0.1%
Items
Sitrus Berry 94.7% Leftovers 5.3% Rocky Helmet 0.0% Life Orb 0.0% Choice Band 0.0% Safety Goggles 0.0% Focus Sash 0.0% Assault Vest 0.0%
Abilities
Sand Veil0.0%
Tera Types
Ghost 46.5% Poison 20.2% Fire 18.9% Water 7.1% Dragon 5.1% Electric 2.1% Fairy 0.1% Steel 0.0%
Common Teammates
Dragonite89.8%Ogerpon-Wellspring56.0%Incineroar51.9%Flutter Mane50.0%Landorus42.4%Ting-Lu41.8%Chien-Pao37.7%Sinistcha26.2%
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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 #51 with 1.17% usage. Sorted by reliability score.