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Baxcalibur

DragonIce Legal in M-C New in M-C Mega Evolution

Mega Baxcalibur is #46 on the ladder, on 2.9% of teams.

Stats at level 50

HP 115
Atk 175
Def 117
SpA 105
SpD 101
Spe 87

Base stat total 700

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Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 1 HP / 32 Atk / 1 SpD / 32 Spe · Jolly Nature

Types and weaknesses

DragonIce
Weak ×2
FightingRockDragonSteelFairy
Resists ×½
WaterElectricGrass

Abilities

Thermal Exchange
This Pokemon's Attack is raised by 1 when damaged by Fire moves; can't be burned. · used by 100%

Mega Evolves from Baxcalibur holding Baxcalibrite .

Speed tier

Most common
139 (Adamant, 32 Spe SP, 33% of spreads)
Fastest
152 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
107 (0 SP)
Slowest
96 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 152, it outspeeds 25 of the other 49 Pokémon in the top 50, ties 1, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Mega Charizard Y 167
  2. Mega Gardevoir 167
  3. Arcanine-Hisui 156
  4. Mega Baxcalibur (this) 152
  5. Mega Dragonite 152
  6. Archaludon 150
  7. Gholdengo 149
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #46 · on 2.9% of teams · 178,375 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Protect 95.8%
  2. Glaive Rush 90.7%
  3. Ice Shard 78.6%
  4. Icicle Crash 41.8%
  5. Swords Dance 27.8%
  6. High Horsepower 26.6%
  7. Dragon Dance 18.8%
  8. Icicle Spear 4.5%
  9. Scale Shot 3.2%
  10. Stomping Tantrum 2.4%

Items

  1. Baxcalibrite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Thermal Exchange 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Jolly 1/32/0/0/1/32 · Spe 152 4.7%
  2. Adamant 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 107 4.4%
  3. Adamant 32/32/0/0/0/2 · Spe 109 4.3%
  4. Adamant 21/16/3/0/0/26 · Spe 133 4.1%
  5. Adamant 32/2/0/0/0/32 · Spe 139 3.5%
  6. Adamant 1/32/0/0/1/32 · Spe 139 3.3%
  7. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 139 3.1%
  8. Adamant 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 107 2.8%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 54.7%
  2. Sneasler 45.2%
  3. Incineroar 31.2%
  4. Ninetales-Alola 29.0%
  5. Kingambit 25.4%
  6. Gholdengo 20.0%
  7. Basculegion 19.3%
  8. Milotic 15.4%
  9. Volcarona 15.0%
  10. Sinistcha 12.2%
  11. Pelipper 10.1%
  12. Mega Golisopod 10.0%

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

Rank #37 · on 4.1% of teams · 178,375 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Protect 94.4%
  2. Glaive Rush 90.8%
  3. Ice Shard 76.1%
  4. Icicle Crash 42.8%
  5. High Horsepower 28.5%
  6. Swords Dance 23.6%
  7. Dragon Dance 20.4%
  8. Icicle Spear 4.6%
  9. Dragon Claw 3.6%
  10. Earthquake 2.8%

Items

  1. Baxcalibrite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Thermal Exchange 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Jolly 1/32/0/0/1/32 · Spe 152 7.5%
  2. Adamant 32/2/0/0/0/32 · Spe 139 5.7%
  3. Adamant 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 107 4.6%
  4. Adamant 1/32/0/0/1/32 · Spe 139 4.4%
  5. Adamant 21/16/3/0/0/26 · Spe 133 4.0%
  6. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 139 3.7%
  7. Adamant 32/32/0/0/0/2 · Spe 109 3.0%
  8. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 152 2.7%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 47.4%
  2. Sneasler 43.8%
  3. Ninetales-Alola 32.6%
  4. Incineroar 31.1%
  5. Gholdengo 19.1%
  6. Kingambit 19.0%
  7. Basculegion 18.3%
  8. Milotic 16.9%
  9. Volcarona 15.0%
  10. Indeedee-F 11.2%
  11. Sinistcha 10.4%
  12. Mega Golisopod 8.7%

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

Rank #34 · on 4.8% of teams · 178,375 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Protect 91.6%
  2. Glaive Rush 89.4%
  3. Ice Shard 70.6%
  4. Icicle Crash 47.3%
  5. High Horsepower 26.0%
  6. Dragon Dance 23.7%
  7. Swords Dance 20.7%
  8. Icicle Spear 5.2%
  9. Dragon Claw 4.7%
  10. Earthquake 4.1%

Items

  1. Baxcalibrite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Thermal Exchange 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Jolly 1/32/0/0/1/32 · Spe 152 10.2%
  2. Adamant 1/32/0/0/1/32 · Spe 139 6.2%
  3. Adamant 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 107 4.8%
  4. Adamant 32/2/0/0/0/32 · Spe 139 4.5%
  5. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 139 4.2%
  6. Adamant 32/32/0/0/0/2 · Spe 109 3.2%
  7. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 152 3.1%
  8. Adamant 21/16/3/0/0/26 · Spe 133 2.8%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 42.5%
  2. Sneasler 40.2%
  3. Ninetales-Alola 31.8%
  4. Incineroar 27.5%
  5. Kingambit 16.3%
  6. Gholdengo 16.1%
  7. Basculegion 15.9%
  8. Milotic 14.7%
  9. Volcarona 11.9%
  10. Indeedee-F 11.8%
  11. Sinistcha 11.3%
  12. Whimsicott 9.0%

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 57 of 4,299 teams (1.3%) · win rate 37.4% (95% interval 31.5%–43.7%, n = 238 games) · 4 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. Ninetales-Alola +26.0 pp n = 51,747 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 29% of Mega Baxcalibur teams; Ninetales-Alola is on 3% of all teams (9.71× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Volcarona +8.0 pp n = 26,828 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 15% of Mega Baxcalibur teams; Volcarona is on 7% of all teams (2.15× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Sinistcha +4.9 pp n = 21,815 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Mega Baxcalibur teams; Sinistcha is on 7% of all teams (1.67× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Milotic +3.5 pp n = 27,398 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 15% of Mega Baxcalibur teams; Milotic is on 12% of all teams (1.30× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Sneasler +8.1 pp n = 80,572 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 45% of Mega Baxcalibur teams; Sneasler is on 37% of all teams (1.22× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Rillaboom +8.1 pp n = 97,500 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 55% of Mega Baxcalibur teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (1.17× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Gholdengo +0.9 pp n = 35,604 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 20% of Mega Baxcalibur teams; Gholdengo is on 19% of all teams (1.05× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Kingambit +0.1 pp n = 45,272 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 25% of Mega Baxcalibur teams; Kingambit is on 25% of all teams (1.00× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Incineroar -0.4 pp n = 55,724 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 31% of Mega Baxcalibur teams; Incineroar is on 32% of all teams (0.99× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Basculegion -1.3 pp n = 34,373 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 19% of Mega Baxcalibur teams; Basculegion is on 21% of all teams (0.94× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Pelipper -4.7 pp n = 17,998 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 10% of Mega Baxcalibur teams; Pelipper is on 15% of all teams (0.68× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Mega Golisopod -5.7 pp n = 17,909 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 10% of Mega Baxcalibur teams; Mega Golisopod is on 16% of all teams (0.64× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

Stats at level 50

HP 115
Atk 145
Def 92
SpA 75
SpD 86
Spe 87

Base stat total 600

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Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 15 HP / 32 Atk / 8 Def / 11 Spe · Adamant Nature

Types and weaknesses

DragonIce
Weak ×2
FightingRockDragonSteelFairy
Resists ×½
WaterElectricGrass

Abilities

Thermal Exchange
This Pokemon's Attack is raised by 1 when damaged by Fire moves; can't be burned. · used by 94%
Ice Body
If Snow is active, this Pokemon heals 1/16 of its max HP each turn. · used by 6%

Speed tier

Most common
152 (Jolly, 32 Spe SP, 40% of spreads)
With Choice Scarf
228 (held by 17%)
Fastest
152 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
107 (0 SP)
Slowest
96 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 118, 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. Baxcalibur (this) 118
  5. Rillaboom 105
  6. Milotic 101
  7. Sylveon 95
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #86 · on 0.6% of teams · 31,742 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Glaive Rush 95.8%
  2. Protect 78.3%
  3. Ice Shard 76.9%
  4. Icicle Crash 50.4%
  5. High Horsepower 40.8%
  6. Dragon Dance 14.0%
  7. Swords Dance 13.1%
  8. Icicle Spear 4.8%
  9. Iron Head 4.3%
  10. Icy Wind 4.3%

Items

  1. Life Orb 48.2%
  2. Choice Scarf 17.3%
  3. Never-Melt Ice 13.0%
  4. Leftovers 9.5%
  5. Roseli Berry 2.0%
  6. White Herb 1.8%

Abilities

  1. Thermal Exchange 93.6%
  2. Ice Body 6.4%

Spreads

  1. Adamant 15/32/8/0/0/11 · Spe 118 8.7%
  2. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 152 8.2%
  3. Jolly 1/32/0/0/1/32 · Spe 152 8.1%
  4. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 139 7.0%
  5. Adamant 19/32/4/0/4/7 · Spe 114 5.6%
  6. Adamant 1/32/0/0/1/32 · Spe 139 4.8%
  7. Jolly 1/31/2/0/0/32 · Spe 152 3.4%
  8. Adamant 18/16/8/0/12/12 · Spe 119 3.1%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 53.5%
  2. Mega Froslass 30.1%
  3. Sneasler 26.8%
  4. Incineroar 23.7%
  5. Volcarona 18.8%
  6. Mega Raichu Y 17.8%
  7. Basculegion 16.9%
  8. Kingambit 15.5%
  9. Mega Salamence 13.7%
  10. Mega Golisopod 12.7%
  11. Mega Glimmora 12.3%
  12. Gholdengo 11.8%

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

Rank #94 · on 0.7% of teams · 31,742 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Glaive Rush 89.1%
  2. Protect 81.0%
  3. Ice Shard 71.4%
  4. Icicle Crash 55.4%
  5. High Horsepower 31.4%
  6. Dragon Dance 21.6%
  7. Swords Dance 13.3%
  8. Icicle Spear 5.7%
  9. Earthquake 4.4%
  10. Iron Head 4.0%

Items

  1. Life Orb 56.3%
  2. Choice Scarf 9.8%
  3. Leftovers 8.5%
  4. Never-Melt Ice 4.3%
  5. Sitrus Berry 3.9%
  6. White Herb 2.2%

Abilities

  1. Thermal Exchange 92.3%
  2. Ice Body 7.7%

Spreads

  1. Jolly 1/32/0/0/1/32 · Spe 152 11.5%
  2. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 139 6.4%
  3. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 152 6.1%
  4. Adamant 1/32/0/0/1/32 · Spe 139 5.7%
  5. Adamant 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 107 4.2%
  6. Adamant 32/32/0/0/0/2 · Spe 109 3.5%
  7. Adamant 19/32/4/0/4/7 · Spe 114 2.6%
  8. Adamant 29/25/0/0/0/12 · Spe 119 2.6%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 44.0%
  2. Sneasler 25.2%
  3. Mega Froslass 24.5%
  4. Incineroar 21.4%
  5. Mega Raichu Y 17.4%
  6. Kingambit 15.7%
  7. Indeedee-F 12.7%
  8. Gholdengo 11.7%
  9. Mega Golisopod 11.1%
  10. Mega Salamence 10.7%
  11. Volcarona 9.9%
  12. Arcanine-Hisui 9.9%

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

Rank #95 · on 0.9% of teams · 31,742 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Glaive Rush 86.3%
  2. Protect 75.8%
  3. Ice Shard 66.1%
  4. Icicle Crash 53.2%
  5. High Horsepower 29.8%
  6. Dragon Dance 23.7%
  7. Swords Dance 12.2%
  8. Icicle Spear 7.5%
  9. Earthquake 6.4%
  10. Iron Head 5.7%

Items

  1. Life Orb 49.3%
  2. Choice Scarf 9.8%
  3. Leftovers 9.8%
  4. Never-Melt Ice 4.8%
  5. Sitrus Berry 4.0%
  6. Focus Sash 2.5%

Abilities

  1. Thermal Exchange 91.7%
  2. Ice Body 8.3%

Spreads

  1. Jolly 1/32/0/0/1/32 · Spe 152 12.7%
  2. Adamant 1/32/0/0/1/32 · Spe 139 8.0%
  3. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 139 6.6%
  4. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 152 5.7%
  5. Adamant 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 107 4.8%
  6. Adamant 32/32/0/0/0/2 · Spe 109 3.5%
  7. Adamant 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 107 1.9%
  8. Adamant 19/32/4/0/4/7 · Spe 114 1.8%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 35.4%
  2. Mega Froslass 21.9%
  3. Sneasler 21.6%
  4. Incineroar 18.2%
  5. Mega Raichu Y 13.1%
  6. Kingambit 13.0%
  7. Indeedee-F 12.8%
  8. Mega Golisopod 11.8%
  9. Mega Salamence 10.3%
  10. Gholdengo 9.4%
  11. Volcarona 8.8%
  12. Ninetales-Alola 8.0%

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 11 of 4,299 teams (0.3%) · win rate 44.6% (95% interval 32.4%–57.6%, n = 56 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· 4,940 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. Mega Froslass +25.3 pp n = 9,551 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 30% of Baxcalibur teams; Mega Froslass is on 5% of all teams (6.25× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Mega Glimmora +10.2 pp n = 3,911 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Baxcalibur teams; Mega Glimmora is on 2% of all teams (5.73× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Volcarona +11.8 pp n = 5,964 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 19% of Baxcalibur teams; Volcarona is on 7% of all teams (2.68× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Mega Raichu Y +5.2 pp n = 5,647 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 18% of Baxcalibur teams; Mega Raichu Y is on 13% of all teams (1.42× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Rillaboom +6.9 pp n = 16,972 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 53% of Baxcalibur teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (1.15× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Basculegion -3.7 pp n = 5,368 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 17% of Baxcalibur teams; Basculegion is on 21% of all teams (0.82× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Mega Golisopod -3.0 pp n = 4,022 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Baxcalibur teams; Mega Golisopod is on 16% of all teams (0.81× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Incineroar -8.0 pp n = 7,513 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 24% of Baxcalibur teams; Incineroar is on 32% of all teams (0.75× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Sneasler -10.2 pp n = 8,516 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 27% of Baxcalibur teams; Sneasler is on 37% of all teams (0.72× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Gholdengo -7.2 pp n = 3,758 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Baxcalibur teams; Gholdengo is on 19% of all teams (0.62× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Kingambit -9.8 pp n = 4,923 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 16% of Baxcalibur teams; Kingambit is on 25% of all teams (0.61× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Mega Salamence -14.3 pp n = 4,361 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 14% of Baxcalibur teams; Mega Salamence is on 28% of all teams (0.49× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

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