Tatsugiri counters

Gen 9 VGC 2026 Reg I · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Tatsugiri
#0978 Tatsugiri
DragonWater
USAGE 1.0% #56
ABILITYCommander
BASE STATS
HP 68
ATK 50
DEF 60
SPA 120
SPD 95
SPE 82
BST475
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
DragonFairy
½×
Steel
¼×
FireWater
Moves
Draco Meteor 88.2% Muddy Water 86.1% Protect 70.3% Helping Hand 43.4% Icy Wind 42.3% Dragon Pulse 16.6% Tera Blast 9.9% Taunt 9.5%
Items
Focus Sash 45.3% Choice Scarf 12.5% Assault Vest 12.2% Safety Goggles 8.3% Ability Shield 6.6% Toxic Orb 3.4% Life Orb 3.1% Covert Cloak 2.7%
Abilities
Commander98.6%Storm Drain1.4%
Tera Types
Stellar 26.0% Steel 25.3% Normal 22.8% Dragon 6.8% Fairy 4.6% Poison 4.2% Ghost 4.0% Grass 2.5%
Common Teammates
Dondozo99.8%Calyrex-Shadow71.1%Weezing-Galar34.9%Koraidon31.4%Miraidon18.7%Zamazenta-Crowned18.0%Chi-Yu17.4%Kyogre13.3%
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Ranked #56 with 1.05% usage. Sorted by reliability score.