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Pokémon · #968

Orthworm

Steel Legal in M-C

Orthworm is #201 on the ladder, on 0.1% of teams.

Stats at level 50

HP 70
Atk 85
Def 145
SpA 60
SpD 55
Spe 65

Base stat total 480

Stat Point planner

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Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 32 HP / 2 Def / 32 SpD · Careful Nature

Types and weaknesses

Steel
Weak ×2
FireFightingGround
Resists ×½
NormalGrassIceFlyingPsychicBugRockDragonSteelFairy
Immune
Poison

With Earth Eater: Ground ×0

Abilities

Earth Eater
This Pokemon heals 1/4 of its max HP when hit by Ground moves; Ground immunity. · used by 100%
Sand Veil
If Sandstorm is active, this Pokemon's evasiveness is 1.25×; immunity to Sandstorm. · used by 0%

Speed tier

Most common
85
Fastest
128 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
85 (0 SP)
Slowest
76 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 85, it outspeeds 8 of the 50 most used Pokémon, ties 1, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Politoed 90
  2. Sinistcha 90
  3. Armarouge 85
  4. Orthworm (this) 85
  5. Farigiraf 80
  6. Grimmsnarl 80
  7. Incineroar 80
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #201 · on 0.1% of teams · 7,978 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Shed Tail 91.4%
  2. Body Press 80.4%
  3. Heavy Slam 64.6%
  4. Protect 58.8%
  5. Iron Defense 40.1%
  6. Helping Hand 35.1%
  7. Iron Head 9.8%
  8. Rock Slide 5.2%
  9. Coil 4.5%
  10. Iron Tail 2.1%

Items

  1. Sitrus Berry 81.3%
  2. Leftovers 4.3%
  3. Psychic Seed 4.0%
  4. Choice Scarf 3.2%
  5. Chople Berry 3.0%
  6. Rocky Helmet 2.1%

Abilities

  1. Earth Eater 100.0%
  2. Sand Veil 0.0%

Spreads

  1. Careful 32/0/2/0/32/0 · Spe 85 21.1%
  2. Sassy 32/0/9/0/25/0 · Spe 76 11.7%
  3. Careful 31/0/0/0/32/3 · Spe 88 9.0%
  4. Relaxed 32/0/2/0/32/0 · Spe 76 6.3%
  5. Impish 31/0/32/0/3/0 · Spe 85 5.6%
  6. Impish 32/0/32/0/2/0 · Spe 85 5.0%
  7. Impish 31/0/5/0/30/0 · Spe 85 4.5%
  8. Sassy 32/0/2/0/32/0 · Spe 76 3.2%

Teammates

  1. Garchomp 29.3%
  2. Rillaboom 22.3%
  3. Mega Salamence 18.5%
  4. Gholdengo 17.0%
  5. Pelipper 14.7%
  6. Mega Baxcalibur 14.7%
  7. Maushold 14.5%
  8. Volcarona 14.1%
  9. Sinistcha 12.9%
  10. Grimmsnarl 12.7%
  11. Tyranitar 12.6%
  12. Mega Floette 12.5%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1760 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1760· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #211 · on 0.1% of teams · 7,978 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Body Press 85.2%
  2. Shed Tail 79.3%
  3. Protect 60.3%
  4. Heavy Slam 47.4%
  5. Iron Defense 38.9%
  6. Helping Hand 29.2%
  7. Iron Head 21.1%
  8. Coil 10.6%
  9. Rock Slide 4.1%
  10. Earthquake 3.4%

Items

  1. Sitrus Berry 66.5%
  2. Leftovers 16.2%
  3. Chople Berry 4.0%
  4. Rocky Helmet 3.6%
  5. Occa Berry 2.2%
  6. Psychic Seed 1.7%

Abilities

  1. Earth Eater 99.6%
  2. Sand Veil 0.4%

Spreads

  1. Careful 32/0/2/0/32/0 · Spe 85 11.4%
  2. Impish 32/2/32/0/0/0 · Spe 85 11.1%
  3. Careful 32/2/0/0/32/0 · Spe 85 9.0%
  4. Impish 32/0/32/0/2/0 · Spe 85 4.6%
  5. Relaxed 31/0/3/0/32/0 · Spe 76 3.6%
  6. Sassy 32/0/2/0/32/0 · Spe 76 3.6%
  7. Sassy 32/0/9/0/25/0 · Spe 76 3.1%
  8. Bold 32/0/32/0/2/0 · Spe 85 3.0%

Teammates

  1. Garchomp 25.4%
  2. Indeedee-F 17.9%
  3. Sinistcha 15.6%
  4. Incineroar 14.6%
  5. Sneasler 14.6%
  6. Mega Salamence 11.5%
  7. Rillaboom 11.4%
  8. Pelipper 10.7%
  9. Mega Delphox 10.2%
  10. Basculegion 8.1%
  11. Mega Blastoise 8.0%
  12. Grimmsnarl 6.5%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1500 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1500· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #207 · on 0.2% of teams · 7,978 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Body Press 85.2%
  2. Shed Tail 72.2%
  3. Protect 57.6%
  4. Heavy Slam 44.0%
  5. Iron Defense 41.1%
  6. Helping Hand 23.8%
  7. Iron Head 22.6%
  8. Coil 12.7%
  9. Iron Tail 5.5%
  10. Rock Slide 4.7%

Items

  1. Sitrus Berry 58.0%
  2. Leftovers 21.8%
  3. Rocky Helmet 4.9%
  4. Chople Berry 3.5%
  5. Occa Berry 2.8%
  6. Electric Seed 2.0%

Abilities

  1. Earth Eater 99.4%
  2. Sand Veil 0.7%

Spreads

  1. Impish 32/2/32/0/0/0 · Spe 85 11.8%
  2. Careful 32/2/0/0/32/0 · Spe 85 10.4%
  3. Careful 32/0/2/0/32/0 · Spe 85 7.7%
  4. Impish 32/0/32/0/2/0 · Spe 85 5.6%
  5. Sassy 32/0/2/0/32/0 · Spe 76 5.0%
  6. Relaxed 32/0/32/0/2/0 · Spe 76 4.2%
  7. Bold 32/0/32/0/2/0 · Spe 85 3.0%
  8. Calm 32/0/2/0/32/0 · Spe 85 2.6%

Teammates

  1. Garchomp 22.5%
  2. Indeedee-F 13.2%
  3. Incineroar 12.6%
  4. Sinistcha 12.0%
  5. Sneasler 9.9%
  6. Mega Delphox 9.6%
  7. Pelipper 8.9%
  8. Mega Froslass 8.8%
  9. Rillaboom 7.9%
  10. Basculegion 7.4%
  11. Whimsicott 6.9%
  12. Grimmsnarl 6.6%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, all games (cutoff 0) · Sep 2026· all ratings· 1,631,943 battles

Tournaments (Last 30 days)

On 3 of 4,641 teams (0.1%) · win rate 25.0% (95% interval 7.1%–59.1%, n = 8 games) · 0 top-cut teams

Tournament data: Limitless (play.limitlesstcg.com); player names removed · 40 tournaments· player names removed

Checks and counters

Beats it in replays

Teams with these win more often against teams bringing it than their overall strength predicts. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No matchup in the replay sample passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Ladder checks

How often each one KOs or forces it out when they meet. Score = 100 × (p − 2 sd).

Smogon lists no checks with at least 20 encounters.

Matchups: public Pokémon Showdown Bo3 replays; player names removed · Last 30 days· 4,444 replays· gen9championsvgc2026regmcbo3

Good with

Wins together in replays

Brought together, these pairs win more often than expected. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No partner passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Common teammates

Score 50 = paired as often as the teammate's own popularity predicts; higher = paired more often.

  1. Tyranitar +10.3 pp n = 1,005 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Orthworm teams; Tyranitar is on 2% of all teams (5.45× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Mega Baxcalibur +11.8 pp n = 1,171 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 15% of Orthworm teams; Mega Baxcalibur is on 3% of all teams (5.04× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Maushold +11.7 pp n = 1,154 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 14% of Orthworm teams; Maushold is on 3% of all teams (5.17× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Garchomp +19.8 pp n = 2,340 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 29% of Orthworm teams; Garchomp is on 9% of all teams (3.09× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Grimmsnarl +7.5 pp n = 1,016 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Orthworm teams; Grimmsnarl is on 5% of all teams (2.44× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Volcarona +7.1 pp n = 1,125 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 14% of Orthworm teams; Volcarona is on 7% of all teams (2.01× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Sinistcha +5.6 pp n = 1,028 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Orthworm teams; Sinistcha is on 7% of all teams (1.76× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Mega Floette +1.7 pp n = 996 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Orthworm teams; Mega Floette is on 11% of all teams (1.15× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Pelipper -0.1 pp n = 1,173 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 15% of Orthworm teams; Pelipper is on 15% of all teams (0.99× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Gholdengo -2.0 pp n = 1,359 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 17% of Orthworm teams; Gholdengo is on 19% of all teams (0.89× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Mega Salamence -9.6 pp n = 1,474 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 18% of Orthworm teams; Mega Salamence is on 28% of all teams (0.66× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Rillaboom -24.3 pp n = 1,779 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 22% of Orthworm teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (0.48× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

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