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Chandelure

GhostFire Legal in M-C Mega Evolution

Chandelure is #125 on the ladder, on 0.2% of teams.

Stats at level 50

HP 60
Atk 55
Def 90
SpA 145
SpD 90
Spe 80

Base stat total 520

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66 / 66 Stat Points · 0 left

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Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 32 HP / 1 Def / 32 SpA / 1 SpD · Quiet Nature

Types and weaknesses

GhostFire
Weak ×2
WaterGroundRockGhostDark
Resists ×½
FireGrassIcePoisonSteelFairy
Resists ×¼
Bug
Immune
NormalFighting

With Flash Fire: Fire ×0

Abilities

Flash Fire
This Pokemon's Fire attacks do 1.5× damage if hit by one Fire move; Fire immunity. · used by 85%
Flame Body
30% chance a Pokemon making contact with this Pokemon will be burned. · used by 14%
Infiltrator
Moves ignore substitutes and foe's Reflect/Light Screen/Safeguard/Mist/Aurora Veil. · used by 2%

Speed tier

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

At Speed 90, it outspeeds 9 of the 50 most used Pokémon, ties 2, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Milotic 101
  2. Sylveon 95
  3. Indeedee-F 94
  4. Chandelure (this) 90
  5. Politoed 90
  6. Sinistcha 90
  7. Armarouge 85
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #125 · on 0.2% of teams · 17,158 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Shadow Ball 92.8%
  2. Heat Wave 87.2%
  3. Trick Room 78.7%
  4. Protect 62.5%
  5. Overheat 19.3%
  6. Flamethrower 13.7%
  7. Energy Ball 8.2%
  8. Trick 7.0%
  9. Imprison 6.1%
  10. Will-O-Wisp 6.0%

Items

  1. Focus Sash 66.7%
  2. Choice Scarf 9.5%
  3. Colbur Berry 7.4%
  4. Charcoal 3.1%
  5. Life Orb 3.0%
  6. Iron Ball 3.0%

Abilities

  1. Flash Fire 84.5%
  2. Flame Body 14.0%
  3. Infiltrator 1.5%

Spreads

  1. Quiet 32/0/1/32/1/0 · Spe 90 21.2%
  2. Quiet 32/0/0/32/2/0 · Spe 90 15.5%
  3. Quiet 32/0/2/32/0/0 · Spe 90 10.5%
  4. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 132 9.0%
  5. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 145 6.2%
  6. Modest 21/0/0/32/0/13 · Spe 113 4.4%
  7. Quiet 32/0/0/32/0/0 · Spe 90 4.3%
  8. Bold 32/0/32/2/0/0 · Spe 100 3.4%

Teammates

  1. Kingambit 30.4%
  2. Kommo-o 28.9%
  3. Rillaboom 28.8%
  4. Mega Kangaskhan 23.9%
  5. Mega Golisopod 22.9%
  6. Basculegion 17.9%
  7. Gallade 17.6%
  8. Whimsicott 17.4%
  9. Mega Salamence 16.2%
  10. Milotic 13.7%
  11. Indeedee-F 12.9%
  12. Mega Mawile 12.8%

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

Rank #119 · on 0.4% of teams · 17,158 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Shadow Ball 93.9%
  2. Heat Wave 86.0%
  3. Protect 59.8%
  4. Trick Room 46.4%
  5. Overheat 26.8%
  6. Flamethrower 18.0%
  7. Energy Ball 15.3%
  8. Trick 9.3%
  9. Psychic 6.4%
  10. Taunt 5.4%

Items

  1. Focus Sash 54.1%
  2. Choice Scarf 16.6%
  3. Life Orb 7.9%
  4. Colbur Berry 6.3%
  5. Charcoal 4.6%
  6. Sitrus Berry 1.9%

Abilities

  1. Flash Fire 89.6%
  2. Infiltrator 6.0%
  3. Flame Body 4.4%

Spreads

  1. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 145 12.9%
  2. Modest 0/0/1/32/1/32 · Spe 132 12.4%
  3. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 132 11.6%
  4. Quiet 32/0/2/32/0/0 · Spe 90 6.5%
  5. Quiet 32/0/0/32/2/0 · Spe 90 6.4%
  6. Quiet 32/0/1/32/1/0 · Spe 90 5.3%
  7. Quiet 17/0/17/32/0/0 · Spe 90 5.3%
  8. Modest 21/0/0/32/0/13 · Spe 113 2.9%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 35.3%
  2. Indeedee-F 19.6%
  3. Kingambit 18.8%
  4. Sneasler 16.5%
  5. Ninetales-Alola 14.5%
  6. Mega Golisopod 13.9%
  7. Whimsicott 13.8%
  8. Mega Lucario Z 12.4%
  9. Farigiraf 12.0%
  10. Milotic 10.9%
  11. Mega Gyarados 10.3%
  12. Mega Salamence 8.8%

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

Rank #128 · on 0.5% of teams · 17,158 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Shadow Ball 91.8%
  2. Heat Wave 80.0%
  3. Protect 51.2%
  4. Trick Room 43.2%
  5. Energy Ball 24.5%
  6. Flamethrower 22.2%
  7. Overheat 19.4%
  8. Trick 9.7%
  9. Psychic 7.9%
  10. Will-O-Wisp 7.1%

Items

  1. Focus Sash 39.4%
  2. Choice Scarf 22.3%
  3. Life Orb 9.2%
  4. Colbur Berry 7.9%
  5. Charcoal 6.4%
  6. Air Balloon 2.6%

Abilities

  1. Flash Fire 84.9%
  2. Infiltrator 10.6%
  3. Flame Body 4.5%

Spreads

  1. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 145 20.4%
  2. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 132 12.3%
  3. Quiet 32/0/0/32/2/0 · Spe 90 7.2%
  4. Modest 0/0/1/32/1/32 · Spe 132 6.6%
  5. Quiet 32/0/2/32/0/0 · Spe 90 5.2%
  6. Quiet 32/0/1/32/1/0 · Spe 90 4.0%
  7. Sassy 32/0/0/2/32/0 · Spe 90 3.8%
  8. Quiet 17/0/17/32/0/0 · Spe 90 2.8%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 26.4%
  2. Indeedee-F 16.3%
  3. Sneasler 15.1%
  4. Mega Golisopod 14.8%
  5. Kingambit 14.1%
  6. Whimsicott 13.0%
  7. Farigiraf 13.0%
  8. Milotic 12.2%
  9. Ninetales-Alola 10.2%
  10. Mega Salamence 8.8%
  11. Mega Lucario Z 8.6%
  12. Incineroar 7.1%

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 5 of 4,299 teams (0.1%) · win rate 50.0% (95% interval 33.2%–66.8%, n = 30 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. Gallade +16.7 pp n = 3,022 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 18% of Chandelure teams; Gallade is on 1% of all teams (19.66× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Mega Kangaskhan +23.6 pp n = 4,096 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 24% of Chandelure teams; Mega Kangaskhan is on 0% of all teams (92.99× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Mega Mawile +11.5 pp n = 2,196 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Chandelure teams; Mega Mawile is on 1% of all teams (10.10× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Kommo-o +24.6 pp n = 4,952 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 29% of Chandelure teams; Kommo-o is on 4% of all teams (6.85× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Whimsicott +9.8 pp n = 2,989 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 17% of Chandelure teams; Whimsicott is on 8% of all teams (2.30× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Mega Golisopod +7.2 pp n = 3,938 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 23% of Chandelure teams; Mega Golisopod is on 16% of all teams (1.46× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Kingambit +5.2 pp n = 5,219 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 30% of Chandelure teams; Kingambit is on 25% of all teams (1.20× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Milotic +1.8 pp n = 2,344 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 14% of Chandelure teams; Milotic is on 12% of all teams (1.15× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Basculegion -2.7 pp n = 3,064 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 18% of Chandelure teams; Basculegion is on 21% of all teams (0.87× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Indeedee-F -7.4 pp n = 2,207 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Chandelure teams; Indeedee-F is on 20% of all teams (0.63× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Rillaboom -17.8 pp n = 4,948 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 29% of Chandelure teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (0.62× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Mega Salamence -11.9 pp n = 2,773 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 16% of Chandelure teams; Mega Salamence is on 28% of all teams (0.58× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

Stats at level 50

HP 60
Atk 75
Def 110
SpA 175
SpD 110
Spe 90

Base stat total 620

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Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 31 HP / 5 Def / 25 SpA / 5 SpD · Modest Nature

Types and weaknesses

GhostFire
Weak ×2
WaterGroundRockGhostDark
Resists ×½
FireGrassIcePoisonSteelFairy
Resists ×¼
Bug
Immune
NormalFighting

Abilities

Infiltrator
Moves ignore substitutes and foe's Reflect/Light Screen/Safeguard/Mist/Aurora Veil. · used by 100%

Mega Evolves from Chandelure holding Chandelurite .

Speed tier

Most common
110
Fastest
156 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
110 (0 SP)
Slowest
99 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 110, 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 Chandelure (this) 110
  5. Rillaboom 105
  6. Milotic 101
  7. Sylveon 95
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #138 · on 0.2% of teams · 17,187 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Heat Wave 98.3%
  2. Shadow Ball 96.1%
  3. Protect 93.0%
  4. Trick Room 44.4%
  5. Calm Mind 17.2%
  6. Energy Ball 11.7%
  7. Will-O-Wisp 5.8%
  8. Taunt 5.7%
  9. Substitute 4.0%
  10. Overheat 3.9%

Items

  1. Chandelurite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Infiltrator 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Modest 31/0/5/25/5/0 · Spe 110 16.1%
  2. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 142 5.1%
  3. Modest 32/0/2/32/0/0 · Spe 110 4.7%
  4. Bold 32/0/20/14/0/0 · Spe 110 4.2%
  5. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 156 3.8%
  6. Quiet 32/0/2/32/0/0 · Spe 99 3.5%
  7. Timid 30/0/0/0/15/21 · Spe 144 3.5%
  8. Modest 32/0/0/31/0/3 · Spe 113 3.5%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 46.3%
  2. Kingambit 35.9%
  3. Indeedee-F 35.0%
  4. Sneasler 33.7%
  5. Whimsicott 21.6%
  6. Mega Gardevoir 21.1%
  7. Milotic 18.3%
  8. Grapploct 17.3%
  9. Basculegion 17.1%
  10. Farigiraf 12.6%
  11. Torkoal 10.8%
  12. Incineroar 9.0%

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

Rank #135 · on 0.3% of teams · 17,187 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Shadow Ball 97.1%
  2. Heat Wave 93.4%
  3. Protect 89.9%
  4. Trick Room 34.5%
  5. Calm Mind 23.1%
  6. Energy Ball 19.6%
  7. Flamethrower 8.9%
  8. Overheat 6.1%
  9. Substitute 3.7%
  10. Will-O-Wisp 3.3%

Items

  1. Chandelurite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Infiltrator 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 156 9.0%
  2. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 142 7.0%
  3. Modest 32/0/0/32/0/2 · Spe 112 5.1%
  4. Quiet 32/0/2/32/0/0 · Spe 99 4.8%
  5. Modest 32/0/2/32/0/0 · Spe 110 4.6%
  6. Quiet 32/0/0/32/2/0 · Spe 99 3.7%
  7. Modest 32/0/0/31/0/3 · Spe 113 2.9%
  8. Modest 32/0/0/32/2/0 · Spe 110 2.5%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 34.5%
  2. Sneasler 27.4%
  3. Whimsicott 22.2%
  4. Indeedee-F 21.4%
  5. Farigiraf 17.3%
  6. Kingambit 17.1%
  7. Milotic 15.2%
  8. Torkoal 15.0%
  9. Incineroar 11.7%
  10. Basculegion 10.2%
  11. Mega Golisopod 8.1%
  12. Hydreigon 7.2%

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

Rank #132 · on 0.5% of teams · 17,187 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Shadow Ball 94.3%
  2. Heat Wave 90.2%
  3. Protect 87.4%
  4. Trick Room 28.0%
  5. Energy Ball 26.1%
  6. Calm Mind 22.1%
  7. Flamethrower 11.1%
  8. Overheat 8.0%
  9. Will-O-Wisp 4.4%
  10. Dark Pulse 3.8%

Items

  1. Chandelurite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Infiltrator 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 156 14.4%
  2. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 142 7.8%
  3. Modest 32/0/2/32/0/0 · Spe 110 4.4%
  4. Quiet 32/0/0/32/2/0 · Spe 99 4.3%
  5. Modest 32/0/0/32/0/2 · Spe 112 4.2%
  6. Quiet 32/0/2/32/0/0 · Spe 99 4.1%
  7. Modest 32/0/0/32/2/0 · Spe 110 2.6%
  8. Modest 32/0/0/31/0/3 · Spe 113 1.7%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 25.3%
  2. Whimsicott 24.6%
  3. Sneasler 22.7%
  4. Indeedee-F 20.2%
  5. Farigiraf 15.9%
  6. Torkoal 14.3%
  7. Kingambit 11.5%
  8. Incineroar 10.0%
  9. Milotic 9.9%
  10. Basculegion 8.5%
  11. Mega Golisopod 7.5%
  12. Sinistcha 6.9%

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 9 of 4,299 teams (0.2%) · win rate 15.8% (95% interval 7.4%–30.4%, n = 38 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. Grapploct +16.7 pp n = 2,982 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 17% of Mega Chandelure teams; Grapploct is on 1% of all teams (25.13× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Whimsicott +14.0 pp n = 3,712 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 22% of Mega Chandelure teams; Whimsicott is on 8% of all teams (2.85× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Mega Gardevoir +11.7 pp n = 3,632 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 21% of Mega Chandelure teams; Mega Gardevoir is on 9% of all teams (2.24× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Torkoal +5.7 pp n = 1,863 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 11% of Mega Chandelure teams; Torkoal is on 5% of all teams (2.13× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Indeedee-F +14.8 pp n = 6,024 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 35% of Mega Chandelure teams; Indeedee-F is on 20% of all teams (1.73× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Milotic +6.5 pp n = 3,152 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 18% of Mega Chandelure teams; Milotic is on 12% of all teams (1.55× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Kingambit +10.6 pp n = 6,167 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 36% of Mega Chandelure teams; Kingambit is on 25% of all teams (1.42× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Rillaboom -0.3 pp n = 7,954 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 46% of Mega Chandelure teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (0.99× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Sneasler -3.3 pp n = 5,797 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 34% of Mega Chandelure teams; Sneasler is on 37% of all teams (0.91× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Basculegion -3.5 pp n = 2,936 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 17% of Mega Chandelure teams; Basculegion is on 21% of all teams (0.83× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Farigiraf -3.1 pp n = 2,162 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Mega Chandelure teams; Farigiraf is on 16% of all teams (0.80× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Incineroar -22.7 pp n = 1,543 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 9% of Mega Chandelure teams; Incineroar is on 32% of all teams (0.28× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

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