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Delphox

FirePsychic Legal in M-C Mega Evolution

Mega Delphox is #41 on the ladder, on 3.4% of teams.

Stats at level 50

HP 75
Atk 69
Def 72
SpA 159
SpD 125
Spe 134

Base stat total 634

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Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 9 HP / 14 Def / 11 SpA / 32 Spe · Timid Nature

Types and weaknesses

FirePsychic
Weak ×2
WaterGroundRockGhostDark
Resists ×½
FireGrassIceFightingPsychicSteelFairy

With Levitate: Ground ×0

Abilities

Levitate
This Pokemon is immune to Ground; Gravity/Ingrain/Smack Down/Iron Ball nullify it. · used by 100%

Mega Evolves from Delphox holding Delphoxite .

Speed tier

Most common
204 (Timid, 32 Spe SP, 100% of spreads)
Fastest
204 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
154 (0 SP)
Slowest
138 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 204, it outspeeds 45 of the other 49 Pokémon in the top 50, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Annihilape 234 (Scarf)
  2. Mega Lucario Z 223
  3. Basculegion 214 (Scarf)
  4. Mega Delphox (this) 204
  5. Mega Garchomp Z 203
  6. Mega Gengar 200
  7. Mega Raichu Y 190
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #41 · on 3.4% of teams · 113,972 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Protect 99.1%
  2. Heat Wave 98.7%
  3. Nasty Plot 76.4%
  4. Psychic 72.5%
  5. Psyshock 15.2%
  6. Expanding Force 11.5%
  7. Encore 6.5%
  8. Substitute 4.5%
  9. Calm Mind 2.7%
  10. Scorching Sands 1.6%

Items

  1. Delphoxite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Levitate 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Timid 9/0/14/11/0/32 · Spe 204 15.2%
  2. Timid 1/0/0/32/1/32 · Spe 204 14.5%
  3. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 204 7.4%
  4. Timid 1/0/1/32/0/32 · Spe 204 2.8%
  5. Timid 25/0/8/1/0/32 · Spe 204 2.6%
  6. Timid 11/0/4/19/0/32 · Spe 204 2.3%
  7. Timid 4/0/0/30/0/32 · Spe 204 2.2%
  8. Timid 25/0/2/7/0/32 · Spe 204 2.1%

Teammates

  1. Sneasler 53.9%
  2. Incineroar 48.3%
  3. Kingambit 44.8%
  4. Sinistcha 36.8%
  5. Rillaboom 33.5%
  6. Mega Floette 15.7%
  7. Mega Blastoise 14.5%
  8. Indeedee-F 13.8%
  9. Whimsicott 12.8%
  10. Basculegion 12.7%
  11. Garchomp 12.6%
  12. Gholdengo 11.0%

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

Rank #45 · on 3.0% of teams · 113,972 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Protect 96.4%
  2. Heat Wave 96.3%
  3. Psychic 64.8%
  4. Nasty Plot 61.1%
  5. Expanding Force 19.1%
  6. Psyshock 14.2%
  7. Substitute 7.5%
  8. Encore 7.4%
  9. Calm Mind 5.7%
  10. Dazzling Gleam 4.9%

Items

  1. Delphoxite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Levitate 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Timid 1/0/0/32/1/32 · Spe 204 21.1%
  2. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 204 11.9%
  3. Timid 9/0/14/11/0/32 · Spe 204 6.4%
  4. Timid 5/0/0/32/0/29 · Spe 201 5.2%
  5. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 186 2.3%
  6. Timid 11/0/4/19/0/32 · Spe 204 2.2%
  7. Timid 4/0/0/30/0/32 · Spe 204 1.7%
  8. Timid 1/0/1/32/0/32 · Spe 204 1.6%

Teammates

  1. Sneasler 47.0%
  2. Kingambit 33.8%
  3. Rillaboom 31.8%
  4. Incineroar 31.4%
  5. Sinistcha 26.3%
  6. Indeedee-F 19.1%
  7. Garchomp 14.9%
  8. Whimsicott 13.5%
  9. Mega Floette 11.9%
  10. Mega Blastoise 11.2%
  11. Basculegion 11.1%
  12. Mega Salamence 9.9%

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

Rank #45 · on 3.1% of teams · 113,972 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Heat Wave 94.3%
  2. Protect 93.5%
  3. Psychic 59.2%
  4. Nasty Plot 54.7%
  5. Expanding Force 24.6%
  6. Psyshock 13.0%
  7. Dazzling Gleam 7.8%
  8. Calm Mind 7.6%
  9. Encore 7.1%
  10. Substitute 6.6%

Items

  1. Delphoxite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Levitate 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Timid 1/0/0/32/1/32 · Spe 204 25.5%
  2. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 204 13.3%
  3. Timid 9/0/14/11/0/32 · Spe 204 4.2%
  4. Timid 5/0/0/32/0/29 · Spe 201 4.0%
  5. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 186 3.9%
  6. Timid 0/0/0/32/2/32 · Spe 204 2.1%
  7. Timid 11/0/4/19/0/32 · Spe 204 1.8%
  8. Timid 0/0/2/32/0/32 · Spe 204 1.8%

Teammates

  1. Sneasler 41.4%
  2. Rillaboom 27.8%
  3. Kingambit 27.0%
  4. Incineroar 24.3%
  5. Sinistcha 22.1%
  6. Indeedee-F 20.2%
  7. Garchomp 15.8%
  8. Whimsicott 14.6%
  9. Basculegion 10.5%
  10. Milotic 9.4%
  11. Mega Salamence 9.3%
  12. Mega Floette 8.9%

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 269 of 4,299 teams (6.3%) · win rate 52.6% (95% interval 50.1%–55.2%, n = 1,495 games) · 30 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. Basculegion +4.7 pp n = 113 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatTeams with Basculegion beat teams bringing Mega Delphox more often than expected+4.7 pp · n = 113 · Showdown replays
  2. Sneasler +3.9 pp n = 246 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatTeams with Sneasler beat teams bringing Mega Delphox more often than expected+3.9 pp · n = 246 · Showdown replays
  3. Volcarona +2.8 pp n = 99 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatTeams with Volcarona beat teams bringing Mega Delphox more often than expected+2.8 pp · n = 99 · 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. Rillaboom +3.1 pp n = 128 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatBeats teams bringing Rillaboom more often than expected+3.1 pp · n = 128 · Showdown replays
  2. Gholdengo +2.7 pp n = 83 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatBeats teams bringing Gholdengo more often than expected+2.7 pp · n = 83 · Showdown replays
  3. Indeedee-F +2.5 pp n = 64 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatBeats teams bringing Indeedee-F more often than expected+2.5 pp · n = 64 · Showdown replays
  4. Mega Garchomp Z +1.6 pp n = 69 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatBeats teams bringing Mega Garchomp Z more often than expected+1.6 pp · n = 69 · Showdown replays

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.

  1. Garchomp +3.2 pp n = 88 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatWins more often when brought together with Garchomp+3.2 pp · n = 88 · Showdown replays

Common teammates

Score 50 = paired as often as the teammate's own popularity predicts; higher = paired more often.

  1. Mega Blastoise +11.5 pp n = 16,549 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 15% of Mega Delphox teams; Mega Blastoise is on 3% of all teams (4.84× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Sinistcha +29.5 pp n = 41,953 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 37% of Mega Delphox teams; Sinistcha is on 7% of all teams (5.02× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Kingambit +19.6 pp n = 51,105 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 45% of Mega Delphox teams; Kingambit is on 25% of all teams (1.77× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Whimsicott +5.2 pp n = 14,611 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Mega Delphox teams; Whimsicott is on 8% of all teams (1.69× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Incineroar +16.6 pp n = 54,991 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 48% of Mega Delphox teams; Incineroar is on 32% of all teams (1.52× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Mega Floette +4.9 pp n = 17,882 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 16% of Mega Delphox teams; Mega Floette is on 11% of all teams (1.45× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Sneasler +16.8 pp n = 61,408 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 54% of Mega Delphox teams; Sneasler is on 37% of all teams (1.45× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Garchomp +3.1 pp n = 14,395 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Mega Delphox teams; Garchomp is on 9% of all teams (1.33× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Rillaboom -13.1 pp n = 38,203 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 34% of Mega Delphox teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (0.72× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Indeedee-F -6.5 pp n = 15,717 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 14% of Mega Delphox teams; Indeedee-F is on 20% of all teams (0.68× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Basculegion -7.9 pp n = 14,429 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Mega Delphox teams; Basculegion is on 21% of all teams (0.62× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Gholdengo -8.1 pp n = 12,560 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 11% of Mega Delphox teams; Gholdengo is on 19% of all teams (0.58× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

Stats at level 50

HP 75
Atk 69
Def 72
SpA 114
SpD 100
Spe 104

Base stat total 534

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166
121
171

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

Types and weaknesses

FirePsychic
Weak ×2
WaterGroundRockGhostDark
Resists ×½
FireGrassIceFightingPsychicSteelFairy

Abilities

Blaze
At 1/3 or less of its max HP, this Pokemon's offensive stat is 1.5× with Fire attacks. · used by 73%
Magician
If this Pokemon has no item, it steals the item off a Pokemon it hits with an attack. · used by 27%

Speed tier

Most common
171
Fastest
171 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
124 (0 SP)
Slowest
111 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 171, it outspeeds 32 of the 50 most used Pokémon, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Ninetales-Alola 177
  2. Pawmot 172
  3. Sneasler 172
  4. Delphox (this) 171
  5. Mega Floette 169
  6. Garchomp 169
  7. Mega Charizard Y 167
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #149 · on 0.2% of teams · 8,367 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Expanding Force 97.7%
  2. Protect 92.8%
  3. Heat Wave 86.4%
  4. Nasty Plot 22.4%
  5. Encore 16.3%
  6. Overheat 15.1%
  7. Substitute 14.8%
  8. Flamethrower 8.7%
  9. Focus Blast 7.5%
  10. Copycat 5.5%

Items

  1. Life Orb 57.8%
  2. Psychic Seed 17.8%
  3. Focus Sash 6.2%
  4. Charti Berry 5.5%
  5. Choice Scarf 3.5%
  6. Twisted Spoon 2.3%

Abilities

  1. Blaze 72.7%
  2. Magician 27.3%

Spreads

  1. Timid 1/0/0/32/1/32 · Spe 171 28.9%
  2. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 171 19.7%
  3. Timid 1/0/1/32/0/32 · Spe 171 15.9%
  4. Timid 1/0/2/30/1/32 · Spe 171 8.3%
  5. Timid 32/0/0/16/0/18 · Spe 156 3.3%
  6. Timid 0/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 171 2.8%
  7. Timid 7/0/7/20/0/32 · Spe 171 2.6%
  8. Timid 9/0/0/26/0/31 · Spe 170 2.4%

Teammates

  1. Indeedee-F 69.4%
  2. Sneasler 49.8%
  3. Basculegion 23.2%
  4. Mega Salamence 21.8%
  5. Mega Staraptor 19.1%
  6. Indeedee 18.6%
  7. Mega Garchomp Z 17.5%
  8. Rillaboom 16.8%
  9. Kingambit 16.1%
  10. Mega Gardevoir 11.0%
  11. Torkoal 10.6%
  12. Mega Blastoise 10.5%

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

Rank #158 · on 0.2% of teams · 8,367 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Expanding Force 98.0%
  2. Heat Wave 86.3%
  3. Protect 86.1%
  4. Nasty Plot 21.3%
  5. Overheat 20.1%
  6. Flamethrower 14.5%
  7. Substitute 10.3%
  8. Focus Blast 9.6%
  9. Encore 9.0%
  10. Dazzling Gleam 6.1%

Items

  1. Life Orb 37.9%
  2. Psychic Seed 32.3%
  3. Focus Sash 10.8%
  4. Choice Scarf 7.6%
  5. Twisted Spoon 2.7%
  6. Charcoal 2.7%

Abilities

  1. Blaze 60.1%
  2. Magician 39.9%

Spreads

  1. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 171 29.5%
  2. Timid 1/0/0/32/1/32 · Spe 171 20.9%
  3. Timid 1/0/1/32/0/32 · Spe 171 9.2%
  4. Timid 18/0/0/11/0/32 · Spe 171 6.4%
  5. Timid 0/0/2/32/0/32 · Spe 171 4.4%
  6. Timid 9/0/0/25/0/32 · Spe 171 2.2%
  7. Modest 1/0/0/32/1/32 · Spe 156 1.9%
  8. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 156 1.6%

Teammates

  1. Indeedee-F 75.5%
  2. Sneasler 50.7%
  3. Rillaboom 22.7%
  4. Mega Salamence 21.9%
  5. Basculegion 19.0%
  6. Mega Blastoise 17.2%
  7. Mega Garchomp Z 17.1%
  8. Kingambit 12.7%
  9. Indeedee 9.8%
  10. Mega Gardevoir 9.7%
  11. Mega Golisopod 9.1%
  12. Sinistcha 8.7%

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

Rank #203 · on 0.2% of teams · 8,367 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Expanding Force 88.4%
  2. Heat Wave 75.4%
  3. Protect 75.4%
  4. Nasty Plot 19.4%
  5. Flamethrower 16.8%
  6. Overheat 16.4%
  7. Dazzling Gleam 9.6%
  8. Encore 8.2%
  9. Focus Blast 7.3%
  10. Substitute 7.3%

Items

  1. Life Orb 31.1%
  2. Psychic Seed 26.7%
  3. Focus Sash 11.6%
  4. Choice Scarf 8.4%
  5. Light Clay 6.3%
  6. Charcoal 3.1%

Abilities

  1. Blaze 61.0%
  2. Magician 39.0%

Spreads

  1. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 171 23.7%
  2. Timid 1/0/0/32/1/32 · Spe 171 22.9%
  3. Timid 1/0/1/32/0/32 · Spe 171 6.4%
  4. Timid 0/0/2/32/0/32 · Spe 171 4.2%
  5. Timid 13/0/0/0/21/32 · Spe 171 4.1%
  6. Timid 18/0/0/11/0/32 · Spe 171 3.9%
  7. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 156 2.9%
  8. Timid 0/0/21/0/13/32 · Spe 171 2.1%

Teammates

  1. Indeedee-F 62.1%
  2. Sneasler 39.1%
  3. Rillaboom 17.2%
  4. Mega Salamence 16.7%
  5. Basculegion 14.4%
  6. Mega Garchomp Z 13.4%
  7. Mega Blastoise 12.4%
  8. Kingambit 10.7%
  9. Whimsicott 10.4%
  10. Indeedee 10.2%
  11. Mega Gardevoir 9.4%
  12. Mega Golisopod 8.6%

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 43.5% (95% interval 25.6%–63.2%, n = 23 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 Blastoise +7.5 pp n = 878 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 10% of Delphox teams; Mega Blastoise is on 3% of all teams (3.50× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Indeedee-F +49.1 pp n = 5,808 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 69% of Delphox teams; Indeedee-F is on 20% of all teams (3.42× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Indeedee +12.4 pp n = 1,556 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 19% of Delphox teams; Indeedee is on 6% of all teams (3.00× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Mega Staraptor +12.8 pp n = 1,598 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 19% of Delphox teams; Mega Staraptor is on 6% of all teams (3.05× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Mega Garchomp Z +9.7 pp n = 1,468 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 18% of Delphox teams; Mega Garchomp Z is on 8% of all teams (2.23× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Torkoal +5.5 pp n = 885 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 11% of Delphox teams; Torkoal is on 5% of all teams (2.08× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Sneasler +12.7 pp n = 4,168 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 50% of Delphox teams; Sneasler is on 37% of all teams (1.34× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Mega Gardevoir +1.5 pp n = 919 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 11% of Delphox teams; Mega Gardevoir is on 9% of all teams (1.16× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Basculegion +2.6 pp n = 1,942 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 23% of Delphox teams; Basculegion is on 21% of all teams (1.13× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Mega Salamence -6.3 pp n = 1,821 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 22% of Delphox teams; Mega Salamence is on 28% of all teams (0.78× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Kingambit -9.2 pp n = 1,344 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 16% of Delphox teams; Kingambit is on 25% of all teams (0.64× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Rillaboom -29.8 pp n = 1,404 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 17% of Delphox teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (0.36× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

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