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Pokémon · #815

Cinderace

Fire Legal in M-C New in M-C

Cinderace is #141 on the ladder, on 0.2% of teams.

Stats at level 50

HP 80
Atk 116
Def 75
SpA 65
SpD 75
Spe 119

Base stat total 530

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188

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

Types and weaknesses

Fire
Weak ×2
WaterGroundRock
Resists ×½
FireGrassIceBugSteelFairy

Abilities

Blaze
At 1/3 or less of its max HP, this Pokemon's offensive stat is 1.5× with Fire attacks. · used by 29%
Libero
This Pokemon's type changes to the type of the move it is using. Once per switch-in. · used by 71%

Speed tier

Most common
188
Fastest
188 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
139 (0 SP)
Slowest
125 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 188, it outspeeds 40 of the 50 most used Pokémon, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Mega Raichu Y 190
  2. Mega Froslass 189
  3. Mega Salamence 189
  4. Cinderace (this) 188
  5. Tyranitar 186 (Scarf)
  6. Whimsicott 184
  7. Maushold 179
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #141 · on 0.2% of teams · 19,301 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Pyro Ball 96.3%
  2. Protect 51.7%
  3. High Jump Kick 39.6%
  4. U-turn 36.8%
  5. Coaching 29.6%
  6. Gunk Shot 26.9%
  7. Helping Hand 26.3%
  8. Sucker Punch 24.8%
  9. Low Kick 13.1%
  10. Iron Head 9.1%

Items

  1. Focus Sash 35.9%
  2. Life Orb 16.6%
  3. Choice Scarf 16.6%
  4. Wide Lens 9.7%
  5. White Herb 7.2%
  6. Air Balloon 3.7%

Abilities

  1. Libero 70.7%
  2. Blaze 29.3%

Spreads

  1. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 188 50.5%
  2. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 171 32.1%
  3. Adamant 2/32/0/0/9/23 · Spe 162 2.9%
  4. Adamant 3/32/0/0/0/31 · Spe 170 2.7%
  5. Jolly 32/0/1/0/1/32 · Spe 188 1.7%
  6. Adamant 0/32/0/0/2/32 · Spe 171 0.9%
  7. Adamant 23/32/0/0/0/11 · Spe 150 0.9%
  8. Jolly 6/28/0/0/0/32 · Spe 188 0.8%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 40.6%
  2. Mega Salamence 39.4%
  3. Sneasler 23.0%
  4. Kingambit 19.5%
  5. Gholdengo 16.5%
  6. Archaludon 14.1%
  7. Pelipper 13.6%
  8. Indeedee-F 13.5%
  9. Sylveon 13.2%
  10. Mega Raichu Y 12.6%
  11. Mega Swampert 12.3%
  12. Grimmsnarl 12.0%

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

Rank #132 · on 0.3% of teams · 19,301 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Pyro Ball 94.4%
  2. U-turn 45.5%
  3. High Jump Kick 45.2%
  4. Protect 43.7%
  5. Sucker Punch 26.6%
  6. Gunk Shot 26.3%
  7. Iron Head 21.3%
  8. Low Kick 13.6%
  9. Coaching 11.3%
  10. Court Change 11.2%

Items

  1. Choice Scarf 20.0%
  2. Life Orb 19.9%
  3. Focus Sash 19.6%
  4. Wide Lens 14.1%
  5. Expert Belt 8.4%
  6. White Herb 6.6%

Abilities

  1. Libero 90.3%
  2. Blaze 9.7%

Spreads

  1. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 188 49.4%
  2. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 171 25.6%
  3. Jolly 0/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 188 1.9%
  4. Adamant 23/32/0/0/0/11 · Spe 150 1.5%
  5. Jolly 5/32/0/0/0/29 · Spe 184 1.5%
  6. Jolly 0/32/2/0/0/32 · Spe 188 1.3%
  7. Jolly 4/32/0/0/0/30 · Spe 185 0.9%
  8. Jolly 0/32/0/0/2/32 · Spe 188 0.8%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 29.3%
  2. Mega Salamence 23.4%
  3. Sneasler 23.3%
  4. Indeedee-F 21.7%
  5. Gholdengo 12.8%
  6. Mega Golisopod 12.2%
  7. Farigiraf 11.9%
  8. Whimsicott 11.6%
  9. Kingambit 11.2%
  10. Milotic 9.2%
  11. Mega Raichu Y 8.8%
  12. Basculegion 8.5%

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

Rank #119 · on 0.5% of teams · 19,301 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Pyro Ball 90.8%
  2. U-turn 44.5%
  3. Protect 43.0%
  4. High Jump Kick 42.4%
  5. Sucker Punch 26.5%
  6. Gunk Shot 25.9%
  7. Iron Head 20.6%
  8. Court Change 14.3%
  9. Coaching 12.9%
  10. Low Kick 11.4%

Items

  1. Life Orb 21.4%
  2. Focus Sash 17.3%
  3. Choice Scarf 17.2%
  4. Wide Lens 12.3%
  5. Expert Belt 9.5%
  6. White Herb 4.4%

Abilities

  1. Libero 89.7%
  2. Blaze 10.3%

Spreads

  1. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 188 52.0%
  2. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 171 19.3%
  3. Jolly 0/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 188 1.9%
  4. Jolly 32/2/0/0/0/32 · Spe 188 1.8%
  5. Hasty 0/32/0/2/0/32 · Spe 188 1.4%
  6. Jolly 0/32/2/0/0/32 · Spe 188 1.3%
  7. Jolly 0/32/0/0/2/32 · Spe 188 1.3%
  8. Jolly 0/0/17/0/17/32 · Spe 188 1.1%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 25.9%
  2. Indeedee-F 20.8%
  3. Mega Salamence 17.9%
  4. Sneasler 17.1%
  5. Whimsicott 12.3%
  6. Mega Golisopod 11.0%
  7. Farigiraf 9.5%
  8. Gholdengo 9.4%
  9. Kingambit 9.1%
  10. Mega Baxcalibur 8.7%
  11. Mega Absol Z 7.8%
  12. Mega Gardevoir 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 13 of 4,641 teams (0.3%) · win rate 28.6% (95% interval 17.8%–42.4%, n = 49 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· 4,444 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. Grimmsnarl +6.8 pp n = 2,310 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Cinderace teams; Grimmsnarl is on 5% of all teams (2.30× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Mega Swampert +7.0 pp n = 2,378 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Cinderace teams; Mega Swampert is on 5% of all teams (2.33× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Mega Salamence +11.4 pp n = 7,610 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 39% of Cinderace teams; Mega Salamence is on 28% of all teams (1.40× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Sylveon +2.7 pp n = 2,544 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Cinderace teams; Sylveon is on 10% of all teams (1.26× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Mega Raichu Y +0.1 pp n = 2,438 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Cinderace teams; Mega Raichu Y is on 13% of all teams (1.01× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Pelipper -1.2 pp n = 2,627 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 14% of Cinderace teams; Pelipper is on 15% of all teams (0.92× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Gholdengo -2.5 pp n = 3,190 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 17% of Cinderace teams; Gholdengo is on 19% of all teams (0.87× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Rillaboom -6.0 pp n = 7,832 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 41% of Cinderace teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (0.87× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Archaludon -3.1 pp n = 2,718 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 14% of Cinderace teams; Archaludon is on 17% of all teams (0.82× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Kingambit -5.8 pp n = 3,762 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 19% of Cinderace teams; Kingambit is on 25% of all teams (0.77× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Indeedee-F -6.8 pp n = 2,604 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Cinderace teams; Indeedee-F is on 20% of all teams (0.67× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Sneasler -14.1 pp n = 4,437 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 23% of Cinderace teams; Sneasler is on 37% of all teams (0.62× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

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