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Blaziken

FireFighting Legal in M-C Mega Evolution

Mega Blaziken is #69 on the ladder, on 1.1% of teams.

Stats at level 50

HP 80
Atk 160
Def 80
SpA 130
SpD 80
Spe 100

Base stat total 630

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66 / 66 Stat Points · 0 left

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233
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Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 2 HP / 32 Atk / 32 Spe · Adamant Nature

Types and weaknesses

FireFighting
Weak ×2
WaterGroundFlyingPsychic
Resists ×½
FireGrassIceDarkSteel
Resists ×¼
Bug

Abilities

Speed Boost
This Pokemon's Speed is raised 1 stage at the end of each full turn on the field. · used by 100%

Mega Evolves from Blaziken holding Blazikenite .

Speed tier

Most common
152 (Adamant, 32 Spe SP, 72% of spreads)
Fastest
167 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
120 (0 SP)
Slowest
108 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 152, it outspeeds 25 of the 50 most used Pokémon, ties 2, each at its most common spread and item.

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

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #69 · on 1.1% of teams · 54,107 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Close Combat 97.3%
  2. Flare Blitz 96.0%
  3. Rock Slide 81.2%
  4. Detect 58.9%
  5. Protect 40.7%
  6. Swords Dance 8.4%
  7. Thunder Punch 3.4%
  8. Aura Sphere 2.0%
  9. Heat Wave 1.6%
  10. Knock Off 1.2%

Items

  1. Blazikenite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Speed Boost 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 152 46.7%
  2. Adamant 12/20/0/0/4/30 · Spe 150 8.8%
  3. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 167 8.0%
  4. Adamant 14/20/0/0/0/32 · Spe 152 5.8%
  5. Adamant 12/20/2/0/2/30 · Spe 150 3.6%
  6. Adamant 5/25/2/0/2/32 · Spe 152 2.8%
  7. Adamant 4/30/0/0/0/32 · Spe 152 2.5%
  8. Adamant 12/20/4/0/0/30 · Spe 150 2.2%

Teammates

  1. Kingambit 53.7%
  2. Rillaboom 41.3%
  3. Torkoal 30.8%
  4. Farigiraf 25.3%
  5. Indeedee-F 24.3%
  6. Primarina 20.4%
  7. Gholdengo 19.9%
  8. Basculegion 18.9%
  9. Sneasler 15.6%
  10. Mega Salamence 15.4%
  11. Mega Meowstic F 13.1%
  12. Garchomp 12.0%

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

Rank #66 · on 1.4% of teams · 54,107 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Close Combat 94.0%
  2. Flare Blitz 91.3%
  3. Rock Slide 71.7%
  4. Detect 51.8%
  5. Protect 47.1%
  6. Swords Dance 10.1%
  7. Blaze Kick 3.0%
  8. Aura Sphere 2.9%
  9. Heat Wave 2.8%
  10. Thunder Punch 2.5%

Items

  1. Blazikenite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Speed Boost 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 152 54.6%
  2. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 167 5.6%
  3. Adamant 12/20/0/0/4/30 · Spe 150 4.4%
  4. Adamant 4/30/0/0/0/32 · Spe 152 1.5%
  5. Adamant 10/32/0/0/0/24 · Spe 144 1.4%
  6. Adamant 4/32/0/0/0/30 · Spe 150 1.4%
  7. Adamant 12/30/0/0/0/24 · Spe 144 1.0%
  8. Adamant 32/32/0/0/0/2 · Spe 122 0.9%

Teammates

  1. Kingambit 39.6%
  2. Rillaboom 37.1%
  3. Indeedee-F 23.1%
  4. Farigiraf 21.9%
  5. Torkoal 21.4%
  6. Milotic 15.4%
  7. Basculegion 15.3%
  8. Gholdengo 14.6%
  9. Mega Salamence 13.7%
  10. Sneasler 12.7%
  11. Primarina 12.2%
  12. Incineroar 11.2%

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

Rank #67 · on 1.5% of teams · 54,107 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Close Combat 87.8%
  2. Flare Blitz 84.8%
  3. Rock Slide 60.5%
  4. Protect 52.2%
  5. Detect 44.8%
  6. Swords Dance 12.9%
  7. Blaze Kick 6.5%
  8. Aura Sphere 4.8%
  9. Heat Wave 4.4%
  10. Brave Bird 3.6%

Items

  1. Blazikenite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Speed Boost 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 152 52.5%
  2. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 167 6.0%
  3. Adamant 12/20/0/0/4/30 · Spe 150 3.7%
  4. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 152 1.8%
  5. Adamant 32/32/0/0/0/2 · Spe 122 1.4%
  6. Adamant 4/32/0/0/0/30 · Spe 150 1.3%
  7. Adamant 10/32/0/0/0/24 · Spe 144 1.0%
  8. Adamant 4/30/0/0/0/32 · Spe 152 0.9%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 32.0%
  2. Kingambit 31.9%
  3. Indeedee-F 20.2%
  4. Farigiraf 18.9%
  5. Torkoal 17.6%
  6. Basculegion 13.8%
  7. Milotic 13.7%
  8. Sneasler 13.2%
  9. Gholdengo 13.0%
  10. Mega Salamence 11.4%
  11. Primarina 10.5%
  12. Incineroar 10.2%

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 47 of 4,299 teams (1.1%) · win rate 47.8% (95% interval 41.7%–54.0%, n = 250 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. Mega Meowstic F +12.4 pp n = 7,083 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Mega Blaziken teams; Mega Meowstic F is on 1% of all teams (19.08× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Primarina +16.7 pp n = 11,032 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 20% of Mega Blaziken teams; Primarina is on 4% of all teams (5.57× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Torkoal +25.7 pp n = 16,681 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 31% of Mega Blaziken teams; Torkoal is on 5% of all teams (6.05× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Kingambit +28.5 pp n = 29,072 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 54% of Mega Blaziken teams; Kingambit is on 25% of all teams (2.13× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Farigiraf +9.6 pp n = 13,667 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 25% of Mega Blaziken teams; Farigiraf is on 16% of all teams (1.61× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Garchomp +2.6 pp n = 6,520 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Mega Blaziken teams; Garchomp is on 9% of all teams (1.27× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Indeedee-F +4.1 pp n = 13,170 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 24% of Mega Blaziken teams; Indeedee-F is on 20% of all teams (1.20× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Gholdengo +0.8 pp n = 10,762 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 20% of Mega Blaziken teams; Gholdengo is on 19% of all teams (1.04× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Basculegion -1.7 pp n = 10,226 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 19% of Mega Blaziken teams; Basculegion is on 21% of all teams (0.92× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Rillaboom -5.3 pp n = 22,357 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 41% of Mega Blaziken teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (0.89× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Mega Salamence -12.7 pp n = 8,311 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 15% of Mega Blaziken teams; Mega Salamence is on 28% of all teams (0.55× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Sneasler -21.4 pp n = 8,462 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 16% of Mega Blaziken teams; Sneasler is on 37% of all teams (0.42× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

Stats at level 50

HP 80
Atk 120
Def 70
SpA 110
SpD 70
Spe 80

Base stat total 530

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

Types and weaknesses

FireFighting
Weak ×2
WaterGroundFlyingPsychic
Resists ×½
FireGrassIceDarkSteel
Resists ×¼
Bug

Abilities

Blaze
At 1/3 or less of its max HP, this Pokemon's offensive stat is 1.5× with Fire attacks. · used by 0%
Speed Boost
This Pokemon's Speed is raised 1 stage at the end of each full turn on the field. · used by 100%

Speed tier

Most common
132
Fastest
145 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
100 (0 SP)
Slowest
90 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 132, it outspeeds 19 of the 50 most used Pokémon, ties 1, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Excadrill 140
  2. Kommo-o 137
  3. Mega Tyranitar 135
  4. Blaziken (this) 132
  5. Venusaur 132
  6. Mega Blastoise 130
  7. Pelipper 128
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #111 · on 0.4% of teams · 29,231 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Protect 58.8%
  2. Aura Sphere 57.9%
  3. Heat Wave 56.8%
  4. Coaching 50.0%
  5. Detect 39.8%
  6. Close Combat 37.1%
  7. Flare Blitz 30.2%
  8. Rock Slide 22.5%
  9. Overheat 13.4%
  10. Swords Dance 5.9%

Items

  1. Focus Sash 59.9%
  2. Life Orb 32.7%
  3. Expert Belt 1.9%
  4. Muscle Band 1.2%
  5. Psychic Seed 0.6%
  6. Leftovers 0.5%

Abilities

  1. Speed Boost 99.5%
  2. Blaze 0.5%

Spreads

  1. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 132 35.6%
  2. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 132 15.0%
  3. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 145 9.3%
  4. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 145 5.6%
  5. Timid 0/0/1/32/1/32 · Spe 145 5.4%
  6. Jolly 4/30/0/0/0/32 · Spe 145 4.6%
  7. Modest 24/0/0/10/0/32 · Spe 132 2.6%
  8. Hardy 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 132 2.2%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 56.8%
  2. Kingambit 29.7%
  3. Mega Metagross 23.6%
  4. Mega Salamence 23.5%
  5. Indeedee-F 23.3%
  6. Mega Raichu Y 15.5%
  7. Mega Baxcalibur 14.7%
  8. Basculegion 13.5%
  9. Primarina 13.2%
  10. Dragonite 12.2%
  11. Milotic 11.3%
  12. Farigiraf 10.0%

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

Rank #91 · on 0.8% of teams · 29,231 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Aura Sphere 53.8%
  2. Protect 50.1%
  3. Coaching 48.0%
  4. Heat Wave 47.1%
  5. Detect 46.0%
  6. Close Combat 34.9%
  7. Flare Blitz 29.1%
  8. Rock Slide 19.9%
  9. Overheat 12.6%
  10. Baton Pass 6.9%

Items

  1. Focus Sash 59.3%
  2. Life Orb 25.6%
  3. Expert Belt 3.6%
  4. Wide Lens 2.6%
  5. White Herb 1.1%
  6. Air Balloon 1.0%

Abilities

  1. Speed Boost 99.2%
  2. Blaze 0.8%

Spreads

  1. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 132 31.7%
  2. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 132 19.5%
  3. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 145 12.3%
  4. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 145 5.5%
  5. Modest 0/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 132 2.7%
  6. Lonely 0/32/0/2/0/32 · Spe 132 1.8%
  7. Modest 0/0/0/32/2/32 · Spe 132 1.2%
  8. Rash 0/2/0/32/0/32 · Spe 132 1.1%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 44.3%
  2. Indeedee-F 29.9%
  3. Mega Metagross 27.0%
  4. Mega Salamence 21.5%
  5. Mega Raichu Y 16.7%
  6. Milotic 13.5%
  7. Kingambit 13.3%
  8. Gholdengo 13.3%
  9. Mega Baxcalibur 13.2%
  10. Basculegion 12.8%
  11. Dragonite 11.1%
  12. Mega Golisopod 9.5%

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

Rank #96 · on 0.8% of teams · 29,231 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Protect 52.4%
  2. Aura Sphere 44.5%
  3. Detect 40.9%
  4. Coaching 40.8%
  5. Heat Wave 39.5%
  6. Close Combat 38.5%
  7. Flare Blitz 32.2%
  8. Rock Slide 18.5%
  9. Baton Pass 11.7%
  10. Overheat 10.6%

Items

  1. Focus Sash 51.4%
  2. Life Orb 24.6%
  3. Expert Belt 4.9%
  4. Wide Lens 2.3%
  5. White Herb 2.2%
  6. Air Balloon 1.7%

Abilities

  1. Speed Boost 98.3%
  2. Blaze 1.7%

Spreads

  1. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 132 27.1%
  2. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 132 22.7%
  3. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 145 9.0%
  4. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 145 5.9%
  5. Lonely 0/32/0/2/0/32 · Spe 132 1.8%
  6. Modest 0/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 132 1.7%
  7. Jolly 32/2/0/0/0/32 · Spe 145 1.2%
  8. Adamant 0/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 132 1.0%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 35.2%
  2. Indeedee-F 27.2%
  3. Mega Metagross 23.1%
  4. Mega Salamence 18.7%
  5. Mega Raichu Y 14.1%
  6. Milotic 11.3%
  7. Kingambit 11.2%
  8. Mega Baxcalibur 11.0%
  9. Basculegion 10.8%
  10. Gholdengo 10.0%
  11. Dragonite 9.6%
  12. Mega Golisopod 9.3%

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 14 of 4,299 teams (0.3%) · win rate 52.2% (95% interval 40.6%–63.5%, n = 69 games) · 2 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. Dragonite +11.3 pp n = 3,552 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Blaziken teams; Dragonite is on 1% of all teams (13.96× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Mega Baxcalibur +11.8 pp n = 4,294 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 15% of Blaziken teams; Mega Baxcalibur is on 3% of all teams (5.05× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Mega Metagross +17.3 pp n = 6,893 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 24% of Blaziken teams; Mega Metagross is on 6% of all teams (3.76× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Primarina +9.5 pp n = 3,844 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Blaziken teams; Primarina is on 4% of all teams (3.59× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Mega Raichu Y +2.9 pp n = 4,519 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 15% of Blaziken teams; Mega Raichu Y is on 13% of all teams (1.23× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Rillaboom +10.2 pp n = 16,594 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 57% of Blaziken teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (1.22× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Kingambit +4.4 pp n = 8,676 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 30% of Blaziken teams; Kingambit is on 25% of all teams (1.17× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Indeedee-F +3.0 pp n = 6,796 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 23% of Blaziken teams; Indeedee-F is on 20% of all teams (1.15× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Milotic -0.5 pp n = 3,309 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 11% of Blaziken teams; Milotic is on 12% of all teams (0.95× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Mega Salamence -4.5 pp n = 6,881 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 24% of Blaziken teams; Mega Salamence is on 28% of all teams (0.84× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Basculegion -7.1 pp n = 3,932 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Blaziken teams; Basculegion is on 21% of all teams (0.65× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Farigiraf -5.7 pp n = 2,917 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 10% of Blaziken teams; Farigiraf is on 16% of all teams (0.64× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

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