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Grimmsnarl

#13 Doubles (VGC) · 15%#35 Singles (OU) · 5.4% DarkFairy

Usage, sets and teammates pulled from the Pokémon Showdown / Smogon Champions ladder, June 2026.

Doubles (VGC) set #13 · 15% usage

Moves

Parting Shot85.5%
Reflect83.2%
Light Screen82.4%
Spirit Break56.3%
Fake Out31.1%
Foul Play23.3%

Held items

Light Clay78.9%
Roseli Berry10%
Sitrus Berry2.5%
Babiri Berry1.4%
Black Glasses1.2%

Ability

Prankster 99.5%Frisk 0.3%Pickpocket 0.2%

Common EV spreads

Careful 252 HP / 150 Def / 118 SpD 7.7%
Careful 252 HP / 16 Atk / 252 SpD 6.8%
Calm 252 HP / 158 Def / 110 SpD 5.9%

Best teammates

Sinistcha Sinistcha 51.9% Pelipper Pelipper 30.1% Mega Staraptor Mega Staraptor 30% Archaludon Archaludon 26.9% Mega Swampert Mega Swampert 25.3% Garchomp Garchomp 24.1%

Singles (OU) set #35 · 5.4% usage

Moves

Reflect96.5%
Light Screen95.8%
Parting Shot85.4%
Taunt52.9%
Spirit Break46.6%
Sucker Punch8%

Held items

Light Clay94.9%
Leftovers1.1%

Ability

Prankster 100%Frisk 0%Pickpocket 0%

Common EV spreads

Careful 252 HP / 16 Atk / 252 SpD 27.6%
Calm 252 HP / 16 Def / 252 SpD 14.3%
Impish 252 HP / 252 Def / 16 SpD 7.3%

Best teammates

Annihilape Annihilape 33.9% Glimmora Glimmora 31.9% Gholdengo Gholdengo 30.4% Mega Blaziken Mega Blaziken 30% Garchomp Garchomp 27.1% Kingambit Kingambit 20.4%

Counters & checks

Type-matchup math for Grimmsnarl, cross-referenced with the live June 2026 meta. These flag likely threats and targets; confirm exact damage with the damage calculator.

Defensive profile

2× weakPoisonSteelFairy
resistsDarkGhost
immunePsychicDragon

Threatens Grimmsnarl

Meta Pokémon carrying STAB that hits Grimmsnarl super-effectively.

Corviknight Corviknight 34.6% Whimsicott Whimsicott 26.7% Kingambit Kingambit 23.1% Glimmora Glimmora 19.6% Gholdengo Gholdengo 19.3% Excadrill Excadrill 17.5% Sneasler Sneasler 17.2% Galarian Slowking Galarian Slowking 16.8% Archaludon Archaludon 15.8% Floette (Mega Flower) Floette (Mega Flower) 14.9%

Grimmsnarl pressures

Common meta Pokémon weak to Grimmsnarl's STAB.

Garchomp Garchomp 48% Sinistcha Sinistcha 33% Basculegion Basculegion 30.3% Hisuian Samurott Hisuian Samurott 28.3% Farigiraf Farigiraf 21.6% Gholdengo Gholdengo 19.3% Galarian Slowking Galarian Slowking 16.8% Dragapult Dragapult 15.4% Mega Staraptor Mega Staraptor 15.1% Mega Metagross Mega Metagross 13%

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