Greninja
Rank #80 · 1.2% usage · June 2026 · Smogon OU (Gen 9 singles) ladder · cutoff 1695+ battles
Usage trend
Moves
- Dark Pulse72.0%
- Ice Beam56.9%
- Water Shuriken56.1%
- Hydro Pump53.5%
- Surf28.5%
- Sludge Wave26.9%
- Spikes25.7%
- Gunk Shot15.6%
- U-turn10.4%
- Liquidation9.8%
- Grass Knot9.7%
- Swords Dance8.6%
- Substitute5.4%
- Taunt3.7%
- Low Kick3.4%
Items
- Life Orb38.5%
- Choice Specs22.7%
- Mystic Water15.3%
- Leftovers6.7%
- Choice Scarf5.5%
- Focus Sash4.3%
- Loaded Dice1.9%
- Choice Band1.9%
- Petaya Berry1.6%
- Expert Belt0.5%
- Heavy-Duty Boots0.5%
- Weakness Policy0.3%
- Black Glasses0.1%
- Mirror Herb0.1%
- None0.0%
Abilities
- Battle Bond73.2%
- Protean26.1%
- Torrent0.7%
Teammates
- Iron Treads9.4%
- Pelipper6.6%
- Raging Bolt5.1%
- Gholdengo4.9%
- Iron Valiant4.6%
- Kingambit3.8%
- Slowking (Galar)3.7%
- Hydrapple3.7%
- Great Tusk3.4%
- Iron Hands3.4%
- Dragapult2.9%
- Landorus (Therian)2.7%
Spreads
- Timid 0/0/0/252/4/25232.1%
- Timid 4/0/0/252/0/25215.3%
- Timid 8/0/0/252/0/24813.2%
- Jolly 4/252/0/0/0/2526.9%
- Modest 0/0/0/252/4/2526.0%
- Hasty 0/4/0/252/0/2524.8%
- Timid 0/0/0/252/0/2484.3%
- Hasty 4/0/0/252/0/2523.5%
- Jolly 0/252/0/0/4/2523.3%
- Modest 4/0/0/252/0/2522.8%
Checks & Counters
- Zamazentascore 48.5 · KOs or forces out 68.0%
- Raging Boltscore 46.3 · KOs or forces out 69.2%
- Blisseyscore 46.0 · KOs or forces out 75.8%
- Kyuremscore 41.8 · KOs or forces out 63.3%
- Dragonitescore 39.2 · KOs or forces out 61.0%
- Kingambitscore 30.8 · KOs or forces out 50.0%
- Samurott (Hisui)score 26.8 · KOs or forces out 52.3%
- Clefablescore 25.0 · KOs or forces out 62.6%
- Ogerpon (Wellspring)score 21.5 · KOs or forces out 42.5%
- Iron Valiantscore 18.1 · KOs or forces out 45.8%
Representative set
Greninja @ Life Orb Ability: Battle Bond EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature - Dark Pulse - Ice Beam - Water Shuriken - Hydro Pump