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Primarina

#40 Doubles (VGC) · 3.1%#22 Singles (OU) · 8% WaterFairy

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

Doubles (VGC) set #40 · 3.1% usage

Moves

Hyper Voice98.3%
Protect94.7%
Moonblast90.5%
Calm Mind41%
Energy Ball12.2%
Dazzling Gleam11.8%

Held items

Leftovers35.7%
Life Orb32.1%
Mystic Water14.8%
Sitrus Berry9.6%
Fairy Feather2%

Ability

Liquid Voice 98.8%Torrent 1.2%

Common EV spreads

Modest 252 HP / 252 SpA / 16 SpD 14.1%
Quiet 252 HP / 16 Def / 252 SpA 10%
Modest 252 HP / 16 Def / 252 SpA 5.1%

Best teammates

Sinistcha Sinistcha 35.9% Farigiraf Farigiraf 27.8% Incineroar Incineroar 26.2% Garchomp Garchomp 22.7% Kingambit Kingambit 19.9% Sneasler Sneasler 16.6%

Singles (OU) set #22 · 8% usage

Moves

Moonblast67.2%
Calm Mind54.3%
Psychic Noise40.5%
Draining Kiss40.1%
Flip Turn36.5%
Surf36.4%

Held items

Leftovers44%
Sitrus Berry15.1%
Mystic Water14%
Fairy Feather8%
Chesto Berry5.4%

Ability

Torrent 52.3%Liquid Voice 47.7%

Common EV spreads

Modest 252 HP / 252 SpA / 16 SpD 21.8%
Modest 252 HP / 252 SpA / 16 Spe 6.3%
Timid 252 HP / 87 SpA / 181 Spe 5%

Best teammates

Garchomp Garchomp 64.5% Corviknight Corviknight 52.8% Meowscarada Meowscarada 30.2% Galarian Slowking Galarian Slowking 19.3% Aegislash Aegislash 19.2% Kingambit Kingambit 15.4%

Counters & checks

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

Defensive profile

2× weakGrassElectricPoison
resistsFireWaterIceFightingBugDark
immuneDragon

Threatens Primarina

Meta Pokémon carrying STAB that hits Primarina super-effectively.

Sinistcha Sinistcha 33% Whimsicott Whimsicott 26.7% Glimmora Glimmora 19.6% Sneasler Sneasler 17.2% Galarian Slowking Galarian Slowking 16.8% Wash Rotom Wash Rotom 13.3% Meowscarada Meowscarada 11.3% Mega Raichu Y Mega Raichu Y 9.5% Mega Meganium Mega Meganium 7.2% Mega Dragalge Mega Dragalge 5.1%

Primarina pressures

Common meta Pokémon weak to Primarina's STAB.

Garchomp Garchomp 48% Incineroar Incineroar 28.3% Hisuian Samurott Hisuian Samurott 28.3% Glimmora Glimmora 19.6% Excadrill Excadrill 17.5% Dragapult Dragapult 15.4% Mega Charizard Y Mega Charizard Y 15.3% Mega Staraptor Mega Staraptor 15.1% Grimmsnarl Grimmsnarl 15% Meowscarada Meowscarada 11.3%

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