Thundurus counters

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

Thundurus
#0642 Thundurus
ElectricFlying
USAGE 2.0% #42
ABILITYPrankster
BASE STATS
HP 79
ATK 115
DEF 70
SPA 125
SPD 80
SPE 111
BST580
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
IceRock
½×
GrassFightingFlyingBugSteel
0×
Ground
Moves
Thunder Wave 98.5% Wildbolt Storm 97.3% Eerie Impulse 97.0% Taunt 92.6% Rain Dance 5.0% Thunderbolt 2.2% Protect 2.0% Electric Terrain 1.5%
Items
Covert Cloak 94.9% Rocky Helmet 3.5% Safety Goggles 0.6% nothing 0.4% Sitrus Berry 0.3% Wide Lens 0.2% Mental Herb 0.1% Life Orb 0.0%
Abilities
Prankster99.6%Defiant0.4%
Tera Types
Water 89.3% Steel 6.6% Electric 1.3% Ghost 1.1% Fairy 0.8% Dark 0.6% Grass 0.2% Fire 0.1%
Common Teammates
Urshifu-Rapid-Strike93.8%Chien-Pao86.1%Ting-Lu84.5%Gouging Fire84.5%Dragonite83.6%Flutter Mane6.7%Amoonguss6.6%Incineroar5.9%

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 #42 with 2.00% usage. Sorted by reliability score.