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Hydreigon

#29 Doubles (VGC) · 5.4%#28 Singles (OU) · 6.5% DarkDragon

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

Doubles (VGC) set #29 · 5.4% usage

Moves

Dark Pulse95.6%
Draco Meteor89.9%
Snarl65.5%
Earth Power50.6%
Protect30.6%
Heat Wave20.8%

Held items

Choice Scarf66.1%
Life Orb16.3%
Focus Sash4.9%
Haban Berry4.8%
Black Glasses1.5%

Ability

Levitate 100%

Common EV spreads

Modest 16 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe 36.8%
Timid 16 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe 18.4%
Modest 63 HP / 8 Def / 197 SpA / 252 Spe 7.4%

Best teammates

Mega Metagross Mega Metagross 45.4% Sneasler Sneasler 27.5% Incineroar Incineroar 24% Whimsicott Whimsicott 22.8% Sinistcha Sinistcha 21.1% Mega Charizard Y Mega Charizard Y 17%

Singles (OU) set #28 · 6.5% usage

Moves

Dark Pulse97%
Draco Meteor86.7%
U-turn56.4%
Flamethrower33.1%
Flash Cannon27.1%
Fire Blast24.6%

Held items

Choice Scarf57.8%
Leftovers10.8%
Chople Berry8.1%
Life Orb7.1%
Black Glasses4.2%

Ability

Levitate 100%

Common EV spreads

Timid 16 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe 49.3%
Modest 16 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe 11.3%
Timid 252 SpA / 16 SpD / 252 Spe 11.1%

Best teammates

Corviknight Corviknight 37.6% Garchomp Garchomp 30.1% Excadrill Excadrill 19% Hisuian Samurott Hisuian Samurott 18.4% Aegislash Aegislash 18.1% Sneasler Sneasler 17.7%

Counters & checks

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

Defensive profile

4× weakFairy
2× weakIceFightingBugDragon
resistsFireWaterGrassElectricGhostDark
immunePsychic

Threatens Hydreigon

Meta Pokémon carrying STAB that hits Hydreigon super-effectively.

Garchomp Garchomp 48% Whimsicott Whimsicott 26.7% Sneasler Sneasler 17.2% Archaludon Archaludon 15.8% Dragapult Dragapult 15.4% Mega Staraptor Mega Staraptor 15.1% Grimmsnarl Grimmsnarl 15% Floette (Mega Flower) Floette (Mega Flower) 14.9% Hatterene Hatterene 14.8% Sylveon Sylveon 12.8%

Hydreigon pressures

Common meta Pokémon weak to Hydreigon's STAB.

Garchomp Garchomp 48% Sinistcha Sinistcha 33% Basculegion Basculegion 30.3% Farigiraf Farigiraf 21.6% Gholdengo Gholdengo 19.3% Galarian Slowking Galarian Slowking 16.8% Dragapult Dragapult 15.4% Mega Metagross Mega Metagross 13% Aegislash Aegislash 12.1% Dragonite Dragonite 10.7%

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