Ho-Oh

GBL Note Analysis

Basis: PvPoke simulation · last-30-day field meta · S27 New Beginnings

✔ Strengths & how to use

• It shines as a Closer late-game, once shields are spent.
• It posts favorable results against current field-meta staples Zacian (Crowned Sword)(#2) · Xerneas(#4) · Groudon(#19), giving it real value as a meta counter.
• On defense it double-resists Grass · Bug · resists Fire · Fighting · Ground · Steel · Fairy, holding up well against those attackers.

⚠ Weaknesses & threats

• On defense it is doubly weak to Rock · is weak to Water · Electric, so watch out for those attackers.
• It's notably unfavored into Palkia (Origin) (usage rank #6), common right now, so dodging that matchup is safer in the current meta.

GBL Note verdict

Its C-tier rating isn't high, yet it's seen 7% in real play — a case where field data runs ahead of theory. Ranked #24 on paper yet #12 by real usage — chosen more in practice than theory implies.

Ho-Oh — Master League C-tier. Recommended movesets are based on public battle simulation (PvPoke); counters and favorable matchups come from sim results. Pick rates are anonymous aggregates of opponents GBL Note users actually faced. Log my battles →

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