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Basculegion

WaterGhost Legal in M-C

Basculegion is #6 on the ladder, on 20.6% of teams.

Stats at level 50

HP 120
Atk 112
Def 65
SpA 80
SpD 75
Spe 78

Base stat total 530

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

Types and weaknesses

WaterGhost
Weak ×2
ElectricGrassGhostDark
Resists ×½
FireWaterIcePoisonBugSteel
Immune
NormalFighting

Abilities

Swift Swim
If Rain is active, this Pokemon's Speed is doubled. · used by 7%
Adaptability
This Pokemon's same-type attack bonus (STAB) is 2 instead of 1.5. · used by 93%
Mold Breaker
This Pokemon's moves and their effects ignore the Abilities of other Pokemon. · used by 0%

Speed tier

Most common
143 (Jolly, 32 Spe SP, 55% of spreads)
With Choice Scarf
214 (held by 41%, its most used item)
Fastest
143 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
98 (0 SP)
Slowest
88 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

With Scarf (Speed 214), it outspeeds 46 of the other 49 Pokémon in the top 50, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Indeedee 241 (Scarf)
  2. Annihilape 234 (Scarf)
  3. Mega Lucario Z 223
  4. Basculegion (this) 214 (Scarf)
  5. Mega Delphox 204
  6. Mega Garchomp Z 203
  7. Mega Gengar 200
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #6 · on 20.6% of teams · 633,262 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Last Respects 99.9%
  2. Aqua Jet 93.2%
  3. Wave Crash 92.2%
  4. Protect 57.8%
  5. Flip Turn 42.2%
  6. Liquidation 7.9%
  7. Head Smash 1.4%
  8. Soak 1.2%
  9. Psychic Fangs 1.0%
  10. Icy Wind 0.8%

Items

  1. Choice Scarf 41.1%
  2. Life Orb 33.3%
  3. Mystic Water 12.8%
  4. Focus Sash 8.4%
  5. Sitrus Berry 1.9%
  6. Rindo Berry 1.0%

Abilities

  1. Adaptability 92.8%
  2. Swift Swim 7.1%
  3. Mold Breaker 0.1%

Spreads

  1. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 143 24.0%
  2. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 130 11.8%
  3. Jolly 0/32/2/0/0/32 · Spe 143 5.0%
  4. Adamant 4/23/13/0/0/26 · Spe 124 4.3%
  5. Adamant 0/32/2/0/0/32 · Spe 130 3.7%
  6. Adamant 4/18/4/0/15/25 · Spe 123 1.6%
  7. Jolly 4/26/8/0/0/28 · Spe 138 1.2%
  8. Adamant 0/32/0/0/2/32 · Spe 130 1.1%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 39.0%
  2. Sneasler 39.0%
  3. Kingambit 35.3%
  4. Mega Salamence 32.7%
  5. Incineroar 22.3%
  6. Indeedee-F 18.7%
  7. Pelipper 15.9%
  8. Mega Floette 14.6%
  9. Mega Golisopod 14.6%
  10. Whimsicott 14.2%
  11. Mega Gardevoir 13.4%
  12. Archaludon 11.8%

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

Rank #8 · on 18.0% of teams · 633,262 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Last Respects 99.7%
  2. Wave Crash 94.6%
  3. Aqua Jet 90.8%
  4. Protect 51.9%
  5. Flip Turn 47.2%
  6. Liquidation 5.4%
  7. Psychic Fangs 2.2%
  8. Head Smash 1.9%
  9. Ice Fang 1.6%
  10. Soak 1.1%

Items

  1. Choice Scarf 45.7%
  2. Life Orb 31.7%
  3. Mystic Water 13.5%
  4. Focus Sash 5.2%
  5. Sitrus Berry 2.0%
  6. Colbur Berry 0.6%

Abilities

  1. Adaptability 91.8%
  2. Swift Swim 8.1%
  3. Mold Breaker 0.1%

Spreads

  1. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 143 30.7%
  2. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 130 15.1%
  3. Adamant 4/23/13/0/0/26 · Spe 124 4.5%
  4. Jolly 0/32/2/0/0/32 · Spe 143 3.0%
  5. Adamant 0/32/2/0/0/32 · Spe 130 2.5%
  6. Adamant 4/18/4/0/15/25 · Spe 123 1.5%
  7. Adamant 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 98 1.4%
  8. Adamant 0/32/0/0/2/32 · Spe 130 1.0%

Teammates

  1. Sneasler 40.5%
  2. Rillaboom 38.3%
  3. Kingambit 29.7%
  4. Mega Salamence 27.2%
  5. Indeedee-F 21.8%
  6. Incineroar 21.5%
  7. Pelipper 18.4%
  8. Mega Golisopod 17.6%
  9. Mega Gardevoir 14.9%
  10. Whimsicott 13.0%
  11. Mega Floette 11.9%
  12. Arcanine-Hisui 11.1%

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

Rank #8 · on 17.2% of teams · 633,262 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Last Respects 99.4%
  2. Wave Crash 94.1%
  3. Aqua Jet 88.2%
  4. Protect 49.9%
  5. Flip Turn 48.4%
  6. Liquidation 5.5%
  7. Psychic Fangs 3.1%
  8. Ice Fang 2.4%
  9. Head Smash 2.1%
  10. Crunch 1.4%

Items

  1. Choice Scarf 46.6%
  2. Life Orb 30.2%
  3. Mystic Water 14.2%
  4. Focus Sash 4.6%
  5. Sitrus Berry 2.1%
  6. Colbur Berry 0.5%

Abilities

  1. Adaptability 90.3%
  2. Swift Swim 9.6%
  3. Mold Breaker 0.2%

Spreads

  1. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 143 32.6%
  2. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 130 16.3%
  3. Adamant 4/23/13/0/0/26 · Spe 124 4.2%
  4. Jolly 0/32/2/0/0/32 · Spe 143 2.9%
  5. Adamant 0/32/2/0/0/32 · Spe 130 2.2%
  6. Adamant 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 98 1.9%
  7. Adamant 4/18/4/0/15/25 · Spe 123 1.3%
  8. Adamant 0/32/0/0/2/32 · Spe 130 1.0%

Teammates

  1. Sneasler 39.3%
  2. Rillaboom 35.7%
  3. Kingambit 27.0%
  4. Mega Salamence 24.7%
  5. Indeedee-F 21.1%
  6. Incineroar 21.1%
  7. Pelipper 19.2%
  8. Mega Golisopod 18.2%
  9. Mega Gardevoir 13.8%
  10. Whimsicott 13.3%
  11. Mega Floette 11.2%
  12. Arcanine-Hisui 9.8%

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 607 of 4,641 teams (13.1%) · win rate 47.8% (95% interval 46.0%–49.5%, n = 3,152 games) · 45 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.

  1. Pelipper +4.7 pp n = 131 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatTeams with Pelipper beat teams bringing Basculegion more often than expected+4.7 pp · n = 131 · Showdown replays
  2. Basculegion-F +2.8 pp n = 66 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatTeams with Basculegion-F beat teams bringing Basculegion more often than expected+2.8 pp · n = 66 · Showdown replays
  3. Indeedee-F +2.7 pp n = 101 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatTeams with Indeedee-F beat teams bringing Basculegion more often than expected+2.7 pp · n = 101 · Showdown replays
  4. Archaludon +2.5 pp n = 150 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatTeams with Archaludon beat teams bringing Basculegion more often than expected+2.5 pp · n = 150 · Showdown replays
  5. Sylveon +2.1 pp n = 62 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatTeams with Sylveon beat teams bringing Basculegion more often than expected+2.1 pp · n = 62 · Showdown replays
  6. Mega Salamence +1.8 pp n = 59 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatTeams with Mega Salamence beat teams bringing Basculegion more often than expected+1.8 pp · n = 59 · Showdown replays
  7. Gholdengo +1.6 pp n = 122 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatTeams with Gholdengo beat teams bringing Basculegion more often than expected+1.6 pp · n = 122 · Showdown replays
  8. Volcarona +1.6 pp n = 84 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatTeams with Volcarona beat teams bringing Basculegion more often than expected+1.6 pp · n = 84 · Showdown replays

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.

Strong against (replays)

Teams with it beat teams bringing these more often than expected.

  1. Mega Delphox +3.7 pp n = 101 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatBeats teams bringing Mega Delphox more often than expected+3.7 pp · n = 101 · Showdown replays
  2. Arcanine-Hisui +2.5 pp n = 98 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatBeats teams bringing Arcanine-Hisui more often than expected+2.5 pp · n = 98 · Showdown replays
  3. Mega Raichu Y +2.1 pp n = 132 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatBeats teams bringing Mega Raichu Y more often than expected+2.1 pp · n = 132 · Showdown replays
  4. Rillaboom +2.1 pp n = 257 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatBeats teams bringing Rillaboom more often than expected+2.1 pp · n = 257 · Showdown replays
  5. Sneasler +1.7 pp n = 285 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatBeats teams bringing Sneasler more often than expected+1.7 pp · n = 285 · Showdown replays
  6. Milotic +1.5 pp n = 53 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatBeats teams bringing Milotic more often than expected+1.5 pp · n = 53 · Showdown replays

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. Whimsicott +6.6 pp n = 89,670 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 14% of Basculegion teams; Whimsicott is on 8% of all teams (1.87× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Mega Gardevoir +4.0 pp n = 84,920 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Basculegion teams; Mega Gardevoir is on 9% of all teams (1.42× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Kingambit +10.0 pp n = 223,352 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 35% of Basculegion teams; Kingambit is on 25% of all teams (1.40× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Mega Floette +3.8 pp n = 92,583 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 15% of Basculegion teams; Mega Floette is on 11% of all teams (1.35× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Mega Salamence +4.7 pp n = 207,330 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 33% of Basculegion teams; Mega Salamence is on 28% of all teams (1.17× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Pelipper +1.0 pp n = 100,435 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 16% of Basculegion teams; Pelipper is on 15% of all teams (1.07× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Sneasler +1.9 pp n = 246,846 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 39% of Basculegion teams; Sneasler is on 37% of all teams (1.05× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Mega Golisopod -1.1 pp n = 92,583 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 15% of Basculegion teams; Mega Golisopod is on 16% of all teams (0.93× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Indeedee-F -1.6 pp n = 118,357 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 19% of Basculegion teams; Indeedee-F is on 20% of all teams (0.92× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Rillaboom -7.6 pp n = 247,162 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 39% of Basculegion teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (0.84× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Incineroar -9.4 pp n = 141,281 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 22% of Basculegion teams; Incineroar is on 32% of all teams (0.70× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Archaludon -5.4 pp n = 74,598 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Basculegion teams; Archaludon is on 17% of all teams (0.69× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

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