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Altaria

DragonFlying Legal in M-C Mega Evolution

Altaria is #109 on the ladder, on 0.4% of teams.

Stats at level 50

HP 75
Atk 70
Def 90
SpA 70
SpD 105
Spe 80

Base stat total 490

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66 / 66 Stat Points · 0 left

182
81
115
90
125
141

Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 32 HP / 5 Def / 29 Spe · Timid Nature

Types and weaknesses

DragonFlying
Weak ×4
Ice
Weak ×2
RockDragonFairy
Resists ×½
FireWaterFightingBug
Resists ×¼
Grass
Immune
Ground

Abilities

Natural Cure
No description in the dex yet. · used by 2%
Cloud Nine
While this Pokemon is active, the effects of weather conditions are disabled. · used by 98%

Speed tier

Most common
141
Fastest
145 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
100 (0 SP)
Slowest
90 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 141, it outspeeds 23 of the 50 most used Pokémon, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Mega Dragonite 152
  2. Archaludon 150
  3. Gholdengo 149
  4. Altaria (this) 141
  5. Excadrill 140
  6. Kommo-o 137
  7. Mega Tyranitar 135
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #109 · on 0.4% of teams · 17,343 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Protect 96.0%
  2. Will-O-Wisp 83.8%
  3. Tailwind 56.5%
  4. Ice Beam 50.4%
  5. Perish Song 42.2%
  6. Roost 34.0%
  7. Fire Spin 11.3%
  8. Flamethrower 2.8%
  9. Roar 2.7%
  10. Acrobatics 2.3%

Items

  1. Haban Berry 81.0%
  2. Sitrus Berry 5.8%
  3. Leftovers 4.2%
  4. Grassy Seed 2.6%
  5. Focus Sash 2.0%
  6. Roseli Berry 1.8%

Abilities

  1. Cloud Nine 97.8%
  2. Natural Cure 2.2%

Spreads

  1. Timid 32/0/5/0/0/29 · Spe 141 43.3%
  2. Bold 30/0/27/0/1/8 · Spe 108 24.0%
  3. Sassy 32/0/19/0/15/0 · Spe 90 5.1%
  4. Calm 32/0/0/2/32/0 · Spe 100 2.6%
  5. Jolly 31/0/12/0/2/21 · Spe 133 2.4%
  6. Timid 27/0/18/0/0/21 · Spe 133 2.4%
  7. Relaxed 32/0/20/0/14/0 · Spe 90 1.6%
  8. Calm 32/0/9/0/25/0 · Spe 100 1.4%

Teammates

  1. Indeedee-F 45.2%
  2. Milotic 43.8%
  3. Mega Metagross 42.4%
  4. Arcanine-Hisui 42.3%
  5. Dragapult 39.9%
  6. Incineroar 36.4%
  7. Mega Gengar 34.4%
  8. Rillaboom 32.6%
  9. Annihilape 22.3%
  10. Vaporeon 18.9%
  11. Swampert 6.1%
  12. Sinistcha 4.8%

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

Rank #115 · on 0.4% of teams · 17,343 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Protect 90.9%
  2. Tailwind 85.8%
  3. Will-O-Wisp 85.7%
  4. Ice Beam 71.4%
  5. Perish Song 12.2%
  6. Roost 9.6%
  7. Draco Meteor 5.2%
  8. Fire Spin 4.8%
  9. Brave Bird 3.9%
  10. Dragon Pulse 3.6%

Items

  1. Haban Berry 76.2%
  2. Sitrus Berry 7.0%
  3. Leftovers 6.6%
  4. Yache Berry 1.7%
  5. Rocky Helmet 1.6%
  6. Focus Sash 1.5%

Abilities

  1. Cloud Nine 98.9%
  2. Natural Cure 1.1%

Spreads

  1. Timid 32/0/5/0/0/29 · Spe 141 54.7%
  2. Timid 32/0/2/0/0/32 · Spe 145 3.3%
  3. Calm 32/0/0/2/32/0 · Spe 100 2.9%
  4. Timid 32/0/1/0/1/32 · Spe 145 2.2%
  5. Bold 30/0/27/0/1/8 · Spe 108 2.2%
  6. Timid 32/0/0/2/0/32 · Spe 145 1.9%
  7. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 145 1.2%
  8. Bold 32/0/20/0/11/3 · Spe 103 1.1%

Teammates

  1. Indeedee-F 65.3%
  2. Milotic 63.8%
  3. Mega Metagross 62.7%
  4. Arcanine-Hisui 61.7%
  5. Dragapult 58.1%
  6. Incineroar 12.9%
  7. Rillaboom 12.4%
  8. Mega Gengar 9.1%
  9. Sneasler 7.6%
  10. Kingambit 3.9%
  11. Sinistcha 3.7%
  12. Annihilape 3.6%

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

Rank #127 · on 0.5% of teams · 17,343 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Protect 81.9%
  2. Tailwind 80.6%
  3. Will-O-Wisp 76.8%
  4. Ice Beam 62.2%
  5. Perish Song 13.3%
  6. Roost 12.2%
  7. Draco Meteor 6.2%
  8. Dragon Pulse 6.1%
  9. Helping Hand 5.8%
  10. Fire Spin 5.6%

Items

  1. Haban Berry 61.6%
  2. Leftovers 11.2%
  3. Sitrus Berry 9.2%
  4. Yache Berry 3.3%
  5. Focus Sash 2.5%
  6. Rocky Helmet 2.4%

Abilities

  1. Cloud Nine 97.7%
  2. Natural Cure 2.3%

Spreads

  1. Timid 32/0/5/0/0/29 · Spe 141 43.3%
  2. Calm 32/0/0/2/32/0 · Spe 100 4.4%
  3. Timid 32/0/1/0/1/32 · Spe 145 2.3%
  4. Timid 32/0/2/0/0/32 · Spe 145 2.3%
  5. Careful 32/2/0/0/32/0 · Spe 100 2.2%
  6. Timid 32/0/0/2/0/32 · Spe 145 1.6%
  7. Calm 32/0/2/0/32/0 · Spe 100 1.5%
  8. Timid 1/0/0/32/1/32 · Spe 145 1.5%

Teammates

  1. Indeedee-F 55.6%
  2. Mega Metagross 53.2%
  3. Milotic 53.0%
  4. Arcanine-Hisui 50.7%
  5. Dragapult 47.2%
  6. Rillaboom 12.5%
  7. Incineroar 12.0%
  8. Mega Gengar 8.8%
  9. Sneasler 8.7%
  10. Sinistcha 4.5%
  11. Kingambit 3.9%
  12. Annihilape 3.5%

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 16 of 4,299 teams (0.4%) · win rate 46.1% (95% interval 35.3%–57.2%, n = 76 games) · 1 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· 4,940 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. Dragapult +38.1 pp n = 6,927 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 40% of Altaria teams; Dragapult is on 2% of all teams (22.13× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Swampert +5.7 pp n = 1,054 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 6% of Altaria teams; Swampert is on 0% of all teams (15.89× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Vaporeon +18.8 pp n = 3,278 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 19% of Altaria teams; Vaporeon is on 0% of all teams (165.35× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Annihilape +19.0 pp n = 3,867 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 22% of Altaria teams; Annihilape is on 3% of all teams (6.80× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Mega Metagross +36.1 pp n = 7,348 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 42% of Altaria teams; Mega Metagross is on 6% of all teams (6.76× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Mega Gengar +28.0 pp n = 5,957 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 34% of Altaria teams; Mega Gengar is on 6% of all teams (5.42× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Arcanine-Hisui +30.7 pp n = 7,331 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 42% of Altaria teams; Arcanine-Hisui is on 12% of all teams (3.65× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Milotic +32.0 pp n = 7,603 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 44% of Altaria teams; Milotic is on 12% of all teams (3.70× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Indeedee-F +25.0 pp n = 7,843 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 45% of Altaria teams; Indeedee-F is on 20% of all teams (2.23× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Incineroar +4.7 pp n = 6,313 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 36% of Altaria teams; Incineroar is on 32% of all teams (1.15× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Rillaboom -14.0 pp n = 5,661 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 33% of Altaria teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (0.70× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Sinistcha -2.6 pp n = 824 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 5% of Altaria teams; Sinistcha is on 7% of all teams (0.65× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

Stats at level 50

HP 75
Atk 110
Def 110
SpA 110
SpD 105
Spe 80

Base stat total 590

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125
113

Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 23 HP / 30 SpA / 13 Spe · Modest Nature

Types and weaknesses

DragonFairy
Weak ×2
IcePoisonSteelFairy
Resists ×½
FireWaterElectricGrassFightingBugDark
Immune
Dragon

Abilities

Pixilate
This Pokemon's Normal-type moves become Fairy type and have 1.2× power. · used by 100%

Mega Evolves from Altaria holding Altarianite .

Speed tier

Most common
113
Fastest
145 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
100 (0 SP)
Slowest
90 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 113, it outspeeds 15 of the 50 most used Pokémon, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Pelipper 128
  2. Mega Swampert 122
  3. Volcarona 120
  4. Mega Altaria (this) 113
  5. Rillaboom 105
  6. Milotic 101
  7. Sylveon 95
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #176 · on 0.1% of teams · 12,138 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Hyper Voice 89.1%
  2. Protect 71.1%
  3. Tailwind 52.4%
  4. Roost 28.5%
  5. Hyper Beam 24.1%
  6. Draco Meteor 21.0%
  7. Heat Wave 15.0%
  8. Perish Song 14.2%
  9. Cotton Guard 14.2%
  10. Will-O-Wisp 12.4%

Items

  1. Altarianite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Pixilate 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Modest 23/0/0/30/0/13 · Spe 113 20.3%
  2. Modest 19/0/0/32/0/15 · Spe 115 8.8%
  3. Modest 25/0/1/20/1/19 · Spe 119 5.8%
  4. Modest 32/0/0/32/2/0 · Spe 100 5.4%
  5. Calm 27/0/18/1/20/0 · Spe 100 5.3%
  6. Calm 32/0/0/2/32/0 · Spe 100 3.8%
  7. Hardy 32/0/0/32/0/2 · Spe 102 3.6%
  8. Modest 32/0/0/32/0/2 · Spe 102 3.6%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 64.1%
  2. Kingambit 30.9%
  3. Farigiraf 28.6%
  4. Pawmot 23.9%
  5. Incineroar 23.6%
  6. Sneasler 22.4%
  7. Mega Charizard Y 20.1%
  8. Araquanid 19.9%
  9. Volcarona 11.6%
  10. Mega Gengar 11.4%
  11. Indeedee-F 11.1%
  12. Armarouge 10.0%

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

Rank #162 · on 0.2% of teams · 12,138 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Hyper Voice 82.1%
  2. Protect 78.5%
  3. Tailwind 41.0%
  4. Roost 26.1%
  5. Draco Meteor 24.3%
  6. Flamethrower 18.3%
  7. Dragon Pulse 13.9%
  8. Heat Wave 11.2%
  9. Cotton Guard 10.7%
  10. Double-Edge 10.2%

Items

  1. Altarianite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Pixilate 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Modest 32/0/0/32/0/2 · Spe 102 4.0%
  2. Modest 32/0/0/32/2/0 · Spe 100 3.8%
  3. Modest 32/0/2/32/0/0 · Spe 100 3.8%
  4. Modest 25/0/1/20/1/19 · Spe 119 3.3%
  5. Timid 1/0/0/32/1/32 · Spe 145 3.1%
  6. Modest 27/0/0/32/0/7 · Spe 107 2.8%
  7. Calm 32/0/0/2/32/0 · Spe 100 2.8%
  8. Modest 22/0/0/32/0/12 · Spe 112 2.4%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 35.6%
  2. Sneasler 27.1%
  3. Incineroar 21.9%
  4. Kingambit 16.4%
  5. Indeedee-F 14.6%
  6. Milotic 13.6%
  7. Volcarona 13.2%
  8. Farigiraf 12.0%
  9. Arcanine-Hisui 11.2%
  10. Gholdengo 10.3%
  11. Sinistcha 9.6%
  12. Basculegion 8.6%

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

Rank #170 · on 0.3% of teams · 12,138 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Hyper Voice 79.7%
  2. Protect 72.3%
  3. Tailwind 35.4%
  4. Roost 26.7%
  5. Draco Meteor 23.4%
  6. Dragon Pulse 16.7%
  7. Flamethrower 15.4%
  8. Cotton Guard 13.4%
  9. Heat Wave 13.3%
  10. Dragon Dance 10.2%

Items

  1. Altarianite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Pixilate 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Timid 1/0/0/32/1/32 · Spe 145 5.4%
  2. Modest 32/0/0/32/2/0 · Spe 100 4.1%
  3. Modest 32/0/0/32/0/2 · Spe 102 3.9%
  4. Modest 32/0/2/32/0/0 · Spe 100 3.5%
  5. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 132 3.0%
  6. Calm 32/0/0/2/32/0 · Spe 100 2.7%
  7. Modest 25/0/1/20/1/19 · Spe 119 2.3%
  8. Adamant 1/32/0/0/1/32 · Spe 132 2.0%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 27.4%
  2. Sneasler 21.9%
  3. Incineroar 17.6%
  4. Indeedee-F 14.2%
  5. Kingambit 11.8%
  6. Milotic 11.3%
  7. Sinistcha 11.1%
  8. Farigiraf 9.8%
  9. Volcarona 9.6%
  10. Gholdengo 8.0%
  11. Arcanine-Hisui 7.6%
  12. Sableye 7.5%

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 14 of 4,299 teams (0.3%) · win rate 44.6% (95% interval 33.8%–55.9%, n = 74 games) · 1 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· 4,940 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. Araquanid +19.4 pp n = 2,414 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 20% of Mega Altaria teams; Araquanid is on 0% of all teams (42.62× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Pawmot +20.5 pp n = 2,907 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 24% of Mega Altaria teams; Pawmot is on 3% of all teams (6.99× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Farigiraf +12.9 pp n = 3,475 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 29% of Mega Altaria teams; Farigiraf is on 16% of all teams (1.83× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Mega Gengar +5.0 pp n = 1,381 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 11% of Mega Altaria teams; Mega Gengar is on 6% of all teams (1.80× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Mega Charizard Y +7.9 pp n = 2,441 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 20% of Mega Altaria teams; Mega Charizard Y is on 12% of all teams (1.65× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Volcarona +4.6 pp n = 1,406 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Mega Altaria teams; Volcarona is on 7% of all teams (1.65× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Armarouge +3.7 pp n = 1,209 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 10% of Mega Altaria teams; Armarouge is on 6% of all teams (1.58× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Rillaboom +17.5 pp n = 7,780 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 64% of Mega Altaria teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (1.38× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Kingambit +5.6 pp n = 3,747 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 31% of Mega Altaria teams; Kingambit is on 25% of all teams (1.22× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Incineroar -8.1 pp n = 2,861 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 24% of Mega Altaria teams; Incineroar is on 32% of all teams (0.74× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Sneasler -14.7 pp n = 2,713 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 22% of Mega Altaria teams; Sneasler is on 37% of all teams (0.60× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Indeedee-F -9.2 pp n = 1,349 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 11% of Mega Altaria teams; Indeedee-F is on 20% of all teams (0.55× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

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