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Alakazam

Psychic Legal in M-C Mega Evolution

Mega Alakazam is #89 on the ladder, on 0.5% of teams.

Stats at level 50

HP 55
Atk 50
Def 65
SpA 175
SpD 105
Spe 150

Base stat total 600

Stat Point planner

66 / 66 Stat Points · 0 left

132
63
85
227
125
222

Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 2 HP / 32 SpA / 32 Spe · Timid Nature

Types and weaknesses

Psychic
Weak ×2
BugGhostDark
Resists ×½
FightingPsychic

Abilities

Trace
On switch-in, or when it can, this Pokemon copies a random adjacent foe's Ability. · used by 100%

Mega Evolves from Alakazam holding Alakazite .

Speed tier

Most common
222 (Timid, 32 Spe SP, 66% of spreads)
Fastest
222 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
170 (0 SP)
Slowest
153 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 222, it outspeeds 47 of the 50 most used Pokémon, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Indeedee 241 (Scarf)
  2. Annihilape 234 (Scarf)
  3. Mega Lucario Z 223
  4. Mega Alakazam (this) 222
  5. Basculegion 214 (Scarf)
  6. Mega Delphox 204
  7. Mega Garchomp Z 203
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #89 · on 0.5% of teams · 47,184 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Expanding Force 99.5%
  2. Protect 90.1%
  3. Focus Blast 50.8%
  4. Dazzling Gleam 43.3%
  5. Nasty Plot 31.4%
  6. Shadow Ball 26.8%
  7. Encore 12.3%
  8. Speed Swap 10.8%
  9. Energy Ball 6.3%
  10. Psychic 5.5%

Items

  1. Alakazite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Trace 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 222 44.4%
  2. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 202 19.2%
  3. Modest 30/0/0/15/0/21 · Spe 191 4.0%
  4. Timid 0/0/2/32/0/32 · Spe 222 3.5%
  5. Modest 3/0/0/32/0/31 · Spe 201 1.9%
  6. Timid 0/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 222 1.9%
  7. Modest 29/0/0/5/0/32 · Spe 202 1.7%
  8. Timid 1/0/1/32/0/32 · Spe 222 1.5%

Teammates

  1. Indeedee-F 75.9%
  2. Sneasler 47.5%
  3. Torkoal 18.6%
  4. Incineroar 17.5%
  5. Kingambit 16.5%
  6. Basculegion 14.3%
  7. Armarouge 14.3%
  8. Mega Golisopod 13.3%
  9. Indeedee 11.0%
  10. Garchomp 8.3%
  11. Hatterene 8.2%
  12. Whimsicott 7.5%

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

Rank #80 · on 1.0% of teams · 47,184 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Expanding Force 98.0%
  2. Protect 92.5%
  3. Dazzling Gleam 44.0%
  4. Focus Blast 41.9%
  5. Shadow Ball 27.4%
  6. Nasty Plot 26.7%
  7. Speed Swap 15.5%
  8. Encore 10.6%
  9. Psychic 9.1%
  10. Energy Ball 7.0%

Items

  1. Alakazite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Trace 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 222 49.2%
  2. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 202 18.2%
  3. Timid 0/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 222 2.6%
  4. Timid 0/0/2/32/0/32 · Spe 222 2.5%
  5. Timid 0/0/0/32/2/32 · Spe 222 2.3%
  6. Modest 0/0/0/32/2/32 · Spe 202 1.8%
  7. Timid 1/0/1/32/0/32 · Spe 222 1.5%
  8. Modest 0/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 202 1.3%

Teammates

  1. Indeedee-F 71.3%
  2. Sneasler 40.0%
  3. Torkoal 18.4%
  4. Kingambit 16.1%
  5. Incineroar 15.6%
  6. Indeedee 12.3%
  7. Basculegion 12.2%
  8. Armarouge 10.9%
  9. Mega Golisopod 10.4%
  10. Whimsicott 8.9%
  11. Hatterene 7.6%
  12. Pelipper 7.2%

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

Rank #79 · on 1.2% of teams · 47,184 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Expanding Force 95.1%
  2. Protect 88.4%
  3. Dazzling Gleam 46.9%
  4. Focus Blast 38.3%
  5. Shadow Ball 30.4%
  6. Nasty Plot 25.3%
  7. Speed Swap 15.5%
  8. Psychic 10.1%
  9. Encore 9.8%
  10. Energy Ball 7.9%

Items

  1. Alakazite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Trace 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 222 53.1%
  2. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 202 15.9%
  3. Timid 0/0/0/32/2/32 · Spe 222 2.9%
  4. Timid 0/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 222 2.6%
  5. Timid 0/0/2/32/0/32 · Spe 222 2.1%
  6. Modest 0/0/0/32/2/32 · Spe 202 1.9%
  7. Modest 0/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 202 1.8%
  8. Modest 0/0/2/32/0/32 · Spe 202 1.1%

Teammates

  1. Indeedee-F 66.2%
  2. Sneasler 33.3%
  3. Torkoal 15.7%
  4. Incineroar 14.3%
  5. Kingambit 13.9%
  6. Indeedee 11.9%
  7. Basculegion 10.7%
  8. Armarouge 9.8%
  9. Mega Golisopod 9.2%
  10. Whimsicott 8.6%
  11. Hatterene 7.2%
  12. Pelipper 6.8%

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 15 of 4,641 teams (0.3%) · win rate 44.7% (95% interval 34.6%–55.3%, n = 85 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. Indeedee-F +55.6 pp n = 35,803 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 76% of Mega Alakazam teams; Indeedee-F is on 20% of all teams (3.74× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Torkoal +13.5 pp n = 8,795 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 19% of Mega Alakazam teams; Torkoal is on 5% of all teams (3.66× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Hatterene +5.7 pp n = 3,869 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 8% of Mega Alakazam teams; Hatterene is on 3% of all teams (3.23× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Armarouge +8.0 pp n = 6,738 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 14% of Mega Alakazam teams; Armarouge is on 6% of all teams (2.27× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Indeedee +4.8 pp n = 5,181 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 11% of Mega Alakazam teams; Indeedee is on 6% of all teams (1.77× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Sneasler +10.5 pp n = 22,436 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 48% of Mega Alakazam teams; Sneasler is on 37% of all teams (1.28× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Whimsicott 0.0 pp n = 3,553 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 8% of Mega Alakazam teams; Whimsicott is on 8% of all teams (0.99× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Garchomp -1.2 pp n = 3,930 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 8% of Mega Alakazam teams; Garchomp is on 9% of all teams (0.88× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Mega Golisopod -2.4 pp n = 6,275 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Mega Alakazam teams; Mega Golisopod is on 16% of all teams (0.85× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Basculegion -6.2 pp n = 6,761 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 14% of Mega Alakazam teams; Basculegion is on 21% of all teams (0.70× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Kingambit -8.8 pp n = 7,785 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 17% of Mega Alakazam teams; Kingambit is on 25% of all teams (0.65× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Incineroar -14.2 pp n = 8,257 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 18% of Mega Alakazam teams; Incineroar is on 32% of all teams (0.55× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

Stats at level 50

HP 55
Atk 50
Def 45
SpA 135
SpD 95
Spe 120

Base stat total 500

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189

Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 2 HP / 32 SpA / 32 Spe · Timid Nature

Types and weaknesses

Psychic
Weak ×2
BugGhostDark
Resists ×½
FightingPsychic

Abilities

Synchronize
If another Pokemon burns/poisons/paralyzes this Pokemon, it also gets that status. · used by 5%
Inner Focus
This Pokemon cannot be made to flinch. Immune to Intimidate. · used by 45%
Magic Guard
This Pokemon can only be damaged by direct attacks. · used by 51%

Speed tier

Most common
189
Fastest
189 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
140 (0 SP)
Slowest
126 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 189, it outspeeds 40 of the 50 most used Pokémon, ties 2, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Mega Garchomp Z 203
  2. Mega Gengar 200
  3. Mega Raichu Y 190
  4. Alakazam (this) 189
  5. Mega Froslass 189
  6. Mega Salamence 189
  7. Tyranitar 186 (Scarf)
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #179 · on 0.1% of teams · 16,349 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Expanding Force 64.1%
  2. Protect 51.2%
  3. Speed Swap 39.7%
  4. Focus Blast 31.6%
  5. Dazzling Gleam 29.4%
  6. Shadow Ball 27.8%
  7. Psychic 26.6%
  8. Trick Room 15.4%
  9. Reflect 14.5%
  10. Imprison 14.0%

Items

  1. Focus Sash 51.4%
  2. Life Orb 29.9%
  3. Choice Scarf 6.0%
  4. Colbur Berry 3.8%
  5. Psychic Seed 3.3%
  6. Light Clay 2.3%

Abilities

  1. Magic Guard 50.8%
  2. Inner Focus 44.6%
  3. Synchronize 4.5%

Spreads

  1. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 189 58.0%
  2. Timid 0/0/2/32/0/32 · Spe 189 7.2%
  3. Sassy 32/0/0/2/32/0 · Spe 126 6.3%
  4. Timid 32/0/0/2/0/32 · Spe 189 5.8%
  5. Timid 0/0/0/32/2/32 · Spe 189 5.5%
  6. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 172 3.0%
  7. Timid 32/0/0/0/2/32 · Spe 189 2.6%
  8. Timid 1/0/1/32/0/32 · Spe 189 1.4%

Teammates

  1. Indeedee-F 37.6%
  2. Mega Golisopod 31.9%
  3. Basculegion 31.7%
  4. Incineroar 20.0%
  5. Mega Floette 17.1%
  6. Pelipper 14.0%
  7. Sneasler 13.6%
  8. Archaludon 12.9%
  9. Kingambit 12.2%
  10. Sinistcha 12.0%
  11. Rillaboom 11.4%
  12. Mega Salamence 11.2%

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

Rank #157 · on 0.2% of teams · 16,349 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Expanding Force 73.0%
  2. Protect 52.6%
  3. Speed Swap 39.9%
  4. Shadow Ball 28.5%
  5. Dazzling Gleam 27.6%
  6. Psychic 25.4%
  7. Trick Room 21.6%
  8. Focus Blast 21.0%
  9. Encore 16.7%
  10. Imprison 15.3%

Items

  1. Focus Sash 46.9%
  2. Life Orb 25.0%
  3. Psychic Seed 10.1%
  4. Choice Scarf 4.7%
  5. Colbur Berry 2.4%
  6. Light Clay 2.3%

Abilities

  1. Inner Focus 61.0%
  2. Magic Guard 34.8%
  3. Synchronize 4.1%

Spreads

  1. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 189 56.0%
  2. Timid 0/0/0/32/2/32 · Spe 189 7.0%
  3. Timid 32/0/0/2/0/32 · Spe 189 6.8%
  4. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 172 3.8%
  5. Timid 0/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 189 2.4%
  6. Timid 5/0/0/32/0/29 · Spe 185 1.9%
  7. Timid 32/0/0/0/2/32 · Spe 189 1.8%
  8. Timid 32/0/2/0/0/32 · Spe 189 1.4%

Teammates

  1. Indeedee-F 40.6%
  2. Mega Golisopod 19.0%
  3. Sneasler 15.1%
  4. Mega Salamence 14.1%
  5. Sinistcha 12.3%
  6. Incineroar 12.0%
  7. Mega Lucario Z 11.7%
  8. Basculegion 8.8%
  9. Mega Metagross 8.7%
  10. Dragapult 8.0%
  11. Kleavor 8.0%
  12. Mega Camerupt 7.7%

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

Rank #140 · on 0.4% of teams · 16,349 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Expanding Force 63.7%
  2. Protect 44.3%
  3. Speed Swap 40.7%
  4. Shadow Ball 32.6%
  5. Psychic 29.5%
  6. Trick Room 28.5%
  7. Dazzling Gleam 25.8%
  8. Imprison 19.2%
  9. Encore 15.9%
  10. Focus Blast 15.6%

Items

  1. Focus Sash 46.4%
  2. Life Orb 19.6%
  3. Psychic Seed 13.3%
  4. Choice Scarf 6.6%
  5. Colbur Berry 3.3%
  6. Light Clay 1.6%

Abilities

  1. Inner Focus 62.8%
  2. Magic Guard 32.2%
  3. Synchronize 5.0%

Spreads

  1. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 189 48.9%
  2. Timid 32/0/0/2/0/32 · Spe 189 9.2%
  3. Timid 0/0/0/32/2/32 · Spe 189 8.9%
  4. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 172 4.9%
  5. Timid 0/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 189 3.0%
  6. Timid 32/0/0/0/2/32 · Spe 189 2.1%
  7. Timid 0/0/2/32/0/32 · Spe 189 1.6%
  8. Quiet 32/0/0/32/2/0 · Spe 126 1.4%

Teammates

  1. Indeedee-F 27.3%
  2. Mega Golisopod 15.9%
  3. Mega Salamence 15.7%
  4. Sneasler 11.8%
  5. Dragapult 11.4%
  6. Mega Metagross 11.1%
  7. Sirfetch’d 10.7%
  8. Kleavor 10.5%
  9. Incineroar 10.0%
  10. Sinistcha 9.3%
  11. Mega Lucario Z 9.2%
  12. Rillaboom 8.3%

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 2 of 4,641 teams (0.0%) · win rate 0.0% (95% interval 0.0%–49.0%, n = 4 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. Mega Golisopod +16.2 pp n = 5,217 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 32% of Alakazam teams; Mega Golisopod is on 16% of all teams (2.03× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Indeedee-F +17.4 pp n = 6,155 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 38% of Alakazam teams; Indeedee-F is on 20% of all teams (1.86× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Sinistcha +4.7 pp n = 1,959 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Alakazam teams; Sinistcha is on 7% of all teams (1.63× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Mega Floette +6.3 pp n = 2,802 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 17% of Alakazam teams; Mega Floette is on 11% of all teams (1.58× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Basculegion +11.1 pp n = 5,181 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 32% of Alakazam teams; Basculegion is on 21% of all teams (1.54× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Pelipper -0.9 pp n = 2,284 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 14% of Alakazam teams; Pelipper is on 15% of all teams (0.94× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Archaludon -4.3 pp n = 2,116 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Alakazam teams; Archaludon is on 17% of all teams (0.75× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Incineroar -11.6 pp n = 3,276 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 20% of Alakazam teams; Incineroar is on 32% of all teams (0.63× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Kingambit -13.1 pp n = 1,993 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Alakazam teams; Kingambit is on 25% of all teams (0.48× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Mega Salamence -16.9 pp n = 1,831 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 11% of Alakazam teams; Mega Salamence is on 28% of all teams (0.40× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Sneasler -23.5 pp n = 2,220 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 14% of Alakazam teams; Sneasler is on 37% of all teams (0.37× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Rillaboom -35.2 pp n = 1,870 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 11% of Alakazam teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (0.25× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

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