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Pokémon · #956

Espathra

Psychic Legal in M-C

Espathra is #58 on the ladder, on 1.9% of teams.

Stats at level 50

HP 95
Atk 60
Def 60
SpA 101
SpD 60
Spe 105

Base stat total 481

Stat Point planner

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157

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

Types and weaknesses

Psychic
Weak ×2
BugGhostDark
Resists ×½
FightingPsychic

Abilities

Opportunist
When an opposing Pokemon has a stat stage raised, this Pokemon copies the effect. · used by 0%
Frisk
On switch-in, this Pokemon identifies the held items of all opposing Pokemon.
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
157 (Modest, 32 Spe SP, 36% of spreads)
Fastest
172 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
125 (0 SP)
Slowest
112 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 157, it outspeeds 28 of the 50 most used Pokémon, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Garchomp 169
  2. Mega Charizard Y 167
  3. Mega Gardevoir 167
  4. Espathra (this) 157
  5. Arcanine-Hisui 156
  6. Mega Baxcalibur 152
  7. Mega Dragonite 152
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #58 · on 1.9% of teams · 44,757 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Protect 98.9%
  2. Lumina Crash 93.6%
  3. Calm Mind 76.1%
  4. Baton Pass 75.9%
  5. Expanding Force 21.0%
  6. Sunny Day 11.9%
  7. Energy Ball 5.4%
  8. Dazzling Gleam 3.8%
  9. Stored Power 3.2%
  10. Skill Swap 2.3%

Items

  1. Electric Seed 39.5%
  2. Focus Sash 25.2%
  3. Grassy Seed 22.0%
  4. Psychic Seed 3.7%
  5. Sitrus Berry 1.8%
  6. Life Orb 1.8%

Abilities

  1. Speed Boost 99.8%
  2. Opportunist 0.2%

Spreads

  1. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 157 14.0%
  2. Bold 32/0/20/0/14/0 · Spe 125 7.8%
  3. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 172 7.8%
  4. Timid 32/0/7/0/14/13 · Spe 151 5.1%
  5. Timid 29/0/12/0/12/13 · Spe 151 4.1%
  6. Bold 32/0/31/1/0/2 · Spe 127 4.0%
  7. Timid 32/0/14/0/2/18 · Spe 157 3.6%
  8. Timid 32/0/4/0/0/30 · Spe 170 3.0%

Teammates

  1. Archaludon 50.7%
  2. Mega Raichu X 36.4%
  3. Politoed 28.6%
  4. Rillaboom 28.4%
  5. Incineroar 28.0%
  6. Indeedee-F 20.1%
  7. Pelipper 18.5%
  8. Mega Charizard Y 17.6%
  9. Mega Salamence 14.9%
  10. Gholdengo 14.7%
  11. Mega Lucario Z 14.0%
  12. Garchomp 12.7%

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

Rank #67 · on 1.3% of teams · 44,757 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Protect 97.7%
  2. Calm Mind 88.1%
  3. Baton Pass 87.2%
  4. Lumina Crash 84.7%
  5. Expanding Force 11.8%
  6. Dazzling Gleam 6.3%
  7. Stored Power 5.1%
  8. Skill Swap 2.6%
  9. Hypnosis 2.0%
  10. Substitute 1.8%

Items

  1. Electric Seed 31.6%
  2. Grassy Seed 23.8%
  3. Focus Sash 16.2%
  4. Colbur Berry 8.3%
  5. Sitrus Berry 5.5%
  6. Psychic Seed 4.8%

Abilities

  1. Speed Boost 99.3%
  2. Opportunist 0.6%
  3. Frisk 0.0%

Spreads

  1. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 157 7.4%
  2. Timid 32/0/14/0/2/18 · Spe 157 4.4%
  3. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 172 4.2%
  4. Timid 32/0/9/0/6/19 · Spe 158 3.7%
  5. Timid 32/0/0/2/0/32 · Spe 172 3.6%
  6. Timid 32/0/2/0/0/32 · Spe 172 3.4%
  7. Timid 32/0/7/0/14/13 · Spe 151 3.0%
  8. Bold 32/0/32/0/0/2 · Spe 127 1.9%

Teammates

  1. Archaludon 49.5%
  2. Rillaboom 32.8%
  3. Politoed 31.2%
  4. Mega Raichu X 30.1%
  5. Incineroar 26.4%
  6. Indeedee-F 17.3%
  7. Pelipper 16.1%
  8. Mega Charizard Y 15.6%
  9. Mega Salamence 14.1%
  10. Sneasler 12.6%
  11. Mega Floette 12.3%
  12. Mega Lucario Z 8.0%

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

Rank #80 · on 1.2% of teams · 44,757 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Protect 95.6%
  2. Calm Mind 84.5%
  3. Baton Pass 83.1%
  4. Lumina Crash 80.5%
  5. Expanding Force 12.5%
  6. Dazzling Gleam 9.1%
  7. Stored Power 7.5%
  8. Hypnosis 2.6%
  9. Skill Swap 2.4%
  10. Psychic Terrain 2.2%

Items

  1. Electric Seed 23.7%
  2. Focus Sash 21.8%
  3. Grassy Seed 19.3%
  4. Colbur Berry 8.7%
  5. Sitrus Berry 6.7%
  6. Psychic Seed 4.8%

Abilities

  1. Speed Boost 98.2%
  2. Opportunist 1.6%
  3. Frisk 0.1%

Spreads

  1. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 157 12.3%
  2. Timid 32/0/0/2/0/32 · Spe 172 5.4%
  3. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 172 4.6%
  4. Timid 32/0/2/0/0/32 · Spe 172 3.2%
  5. Timid 32/0/14/0/2/18 · Spe 157 3.1%
  6. Timid 32/0/9/0/6/19 · Spe 158 3.0%
  7. Timid 32/0/7/0/14/13 · Spe 151 2.3%
  8. Bold 32/0/32/0/0/2 · Spe 127 2.0%

Teammates

  1. Archaludon 38.1%
  2. Rillaboom 28.2%
  3. Incineroar 23.3%
  4. Politoed 23.3%
  5. Mega Raichu X 22.4%
  6. Indeedee-F 17.5%
  7. Sneasler 14.4%
  8. Pelipper 14.1%
  9. Mega Salamence 13.3%
  10. Mega Charizard Y 12.4%
  11. Mega Floette 11.0%
  12. Mega Lucario Z 9.4%

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 46 of 4,641 teams (1.0%) · win rate 53.4% (95% interval 47.4%–59.3%, n = 264 games) · 7 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. Mega Raichu X +34.6 pp n = 16,292 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 36% of Espathra teams; Mega Raichu X is on 2% of all teams (20.49× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Mega Lucario Z +10.1 pp n = 6,262 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 14% of Espathra teams; Mega Lucario Z is on 4% of all teams (3.64× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Politoed +20.9 pp n = 12,805 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 29% of Espathra teams; Politoed is on 8% of all teams (3.73× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Archaludon +33.5 pp n = 22,701 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 51% of Espathra teams; Archaludon is on 17% of all teams (2.95× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Mega Charizard Y +5.4 pp n = 7,886 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 18% of Espathra teams; Mega Charizard Y is on 12% of all teams (1.44× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Garchomp +3.3 pp n = 5,702 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Espathra teams; Garchomp is on 9% of all teams (1.34× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Pelipper +3.7 pp n = 8,285 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 19% of Espathra teams; Pelipper is on 15% of all teams (1.25× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Indeedee-F -0.1 pp n = 9,010 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 20% of Espathra teams; Indeedee-F is on 20% of all teams (0.99× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Incineroar -3.7 pp n = 12,527 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 28% of Espathra teams; Incineroar is on 32% of all teams (0.88× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Gholdengo -4.4 pp n = 6,579 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 15% of Espathra teams; Gholdengo is on 19% of all teams (0.77× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Rillaboom -18.2 pp n = 12,720 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 28% of Espathra teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (0.61× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Mega Salamence -13.2 pp n = 6,673 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 15% of Espathra teams; Mega Salamence is on 28% of all teams (0.53× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

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