Great Tusk stats, sets and usage in Smogon SV OU
Great Tusk is a competitive Pokémon tracked on Pokékipe for the SV OU format. Below: Great Tusk's current usage rate, top moves, held items, common ability picks, EV spreads, frequent teammates, and the best checks and counters — all derived from Smogon's monthly Pokémon Showdown statistics.
Teammates — Great Tusk (SV OU)
- Gholdengo — 30%
- Kingambit — 28%
- Kyurem — 28%
- Slowking-Galar — 25%
- Dragonite — 22%
- Samurott-Hisui — 20%
- Hatterene — 17%
- Dragapult — 16%
- Ogerpon-Wellspring — 15%
- Zapdos — 15%
- Cinderace — 12%
- Raging Bolt — 11%
Checks & Counters — Great Tusk (SV OU)
- Iron Valiant — 86.0% of encounters end with Great Tusk KOed or forced out (n=30)
- Cresselia — 73.3% of encounters end with Great Tusk KOed or forced out (n=61)
- Ogerpon-Wellspring — 71.4% of encounters end with Great Tusk KOed or forced out (n=68)
- Corviknight — 65.0% of encounters end with Great Tusk KOed or forced out (n=121)
- Kyurem — 67.6% of encounters end with Great Tusk KOed or forced out (n=69)
- Enamorus — 70.1% of encounters end with Great Tusk KOed or forced out (n=37)
- Pecharunt — 62.8% of encounters end with Great Tusk KOed or forced out (n=63)
- Dondozo — 65.9% of encounters end with Great Tusk KOed or forced out (n=43)
- Zamazenta — 55.6% of encounters end with Great Tusk KOed or forced out (n=102)
- Gholdengo — 49.0% of encounters end with Great Tusk KOed or forced out (n=124)
- Dragapult — 56.2% of encounters end with Great Tusk KOed or forced out (n=61)
- Great Tusk — 46.9% of encounters end with Great Tusk KOed or forced out (n=149)
Quick factsGreat Tusk sees 31.1% usage in SV OU (ELO 1825) during July 2026. Its signature move is Headlong Rush (93.5%), typically holding Heavy-Duty Boots (26.2%) with the Protosynthesis (100.0%) ability. Often paired with Gholdengo (30.0%). Toughest matchup: Iron Valiant (86.0%), the read on this matchup is decisive.Smogon chaos SV OU July 2026, 654,262 battles, Elite (1825) · Methodology
Top abilities
#1 by weighted usage · −0.6 pts vs last month
Top Tera types
- Steel29.4%
- Fighting16.9%
- Ghost10.8%
- Fire9.5%
- Poison9.3%
- Ground8.0%
