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Heliolisk

ElectricNormal Legal in M-C

Heliolisk is #184 on the ladder, on 0.1% of teams.

Stats at level 50

HP 62
Atk 55
Def 52
SpA 109
SpD 94
Spe 109

Base stat total 481

Stat Point planner

66 / 66 Stat Points · 0 left

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177

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

Types and weaknesses

ElectricNormal
Weak ×2
FightingGround
Resists ×½
ElectricFlyingSteel
Immune
Ghost

With Dry Skin: Fire ×1.25, Water ×0

Abilities

Dry Skin
This Pokemon is healed 1/4 by Water, 1/8 by Rain; is hurt 1.25× by Fire, 1/8 by Sun. · used by 61%
Sand Veil
If Sandstorm is active, this Pokemon's evasiveness is 1.25×; immunity to Sandstorm. · used by 4%
Solar Power
If Sun is active, this Pokemon's Sp. Atk is 1.5×; loses 1/8 max HP per turn. · used by 35%

Speed tier

Most common
177
Fastest
177 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
129 (0 SP)
Slowest
116 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 177, it outspeeds 34 of the 50 most used Pokémon, ties 1, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Maushold 179
  2. Mega Metagross 178
  3. Mega Staraptor 178
  4. Heliolisk (this) 177
  5. Ninetales-Alola 177
  6. Pawmot 172
  7. Sneasler 172
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #184 · on 0.1% of teams · 18,755 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Hyper Voice 55.5%
  2. Protect 51.2%
  3. Thunderbolt 50.6%
  4. Weather Ball 42.2%
  5. Volt Switch 35.9%
  6. Thunder 22.1%
  7. Shed Tail 17.3%
  8. Ally Switch 14.7%
  9. Rising Voltage 14.2%
  10. Electroweb 14.0%

Items

  1. Life Orb 27.6%
  2. Choice Scarf 27.0%
  3. Focus Sash 21.1%
  4. Magnet 9.4%
  5. Iron Ball 4.7%
  6. Sitrus Berry 3.3%

Abilities

  1. Dry Skin 61.1%
  2. Solar Power 34.6%
  3. Sand Veil 4.3%

Spreads

  1. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 177 69.1%
  2. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 161 9.7%
  3. Quiet 32/0/0/32/2/0 · Spe 116 4.7%
  4. Modest 7/0/0/32/0/27 · Spe 156 1.8%
  5. Modest 0/0/0/32/2/32 · Spe 161 1.5%
  6. Timid 11/0/0/31/0/24 · Spe 168 1.3%
  7. Timid 32/0/0/2/0/32 · Spe 177 1.2%
  8. Timid 0/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 177 0.9%

Teammates

  1. Pelipper 38.3%
  2. Mega Golisopod 27.4%
  3. Farigiraf 24.6%
  4. Sneasler 19.4%
  5. Archaludon 19.1%
  6. Torkoal 16.6%
  7. Basculegion 15.5%
  8. Incineroar 12.2%
  9. Mega Raichu X 12.1%
  10. Mega Salamence 10.4%
  11. Whimsicott 9.9%
  12. Mega Dragonite 8.8%

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

Rank #131 · on 0.3% of teams · 18,755 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Hyper Voice 58.5%
  2. Shed Tail 42.6%
  3. Thunderbolt 42.3%
  4. Protect 35.0%
  5. Electroweb 32.6%
  6. Volt Switch 32.6%
  7. Weather Ball 27.0%
  8. Dragon Pulse 16.7%
  9. Discharge 14.2%
  10. Dark Pulse 14.0%

Items

  1. Choice Scarf 53.4%
  2. Life Orb 17.2%
  3. Sitrus Berry 6.0%
  4. Focus Sash 5.9%
  5. Magnet 3.8%
  6. Air Balloon 3.3%

Abilities

  1. Solar Power 51.0%
  2. Dry Skin 44.6%
  3. Sand Veil 4.4%

Spreads

  1. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 177 39.8%
  2. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 161 29.5%
  3. Timid 32/0/0/2/0/32 · Spe 177 3.4%
  4. Modest 6/0/1/32/1/26 · Spe 155 2.0%
  5. Timid 0/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 177 1.7%
  6. Timid 0/0/0/32/2/32 · Spe 177 1.7%
  7. Modest 0/0/2/32/0/32 · Spe 161 1.1%
  8. Timid 8/0/0/32/0/26 · Spe 170 1.1%

Teammates

  1. Sneasler 33.0%
  2. Mega Charizard Y 28.8%
  3. Indeedee-F 26.6%
  4. Whimsicott 17.5%
  5. Rhyperior 16.0%
  6. Pelipper 11.9%
  7. Rillaboom 11.4%
  8. Incineroar 11.3%
  9. Farigiraf 10.8%
  10. Venusaur 9.9%
  11. Mega Golisopod 9.4%
  12. Garchomp 9.3%

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

Rank #122 · on 0.5% of teams · 18,755 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Hyper Voice 51.4%
  2. Thunderbolt 45.9%
  3. Protect 40.7%
  4. Shed Tail 38.2%
  5. Volt Switch 35.6%
  6. Weather Ball 25.3%
  7. Electroweb 19.9%
  8. Discharge 17.1%
  9. Dragon Pulse 16.1%
  10. Grass Knot 14.5%

Items

  1. Choice Scarf 41.7%
  2. Life Orb 17.1%
  3. Sitrus Berry 8.4%
  4. Focus Sash 8.1%
  5. Air Balloon 6.4%
  6. Magnet 4.7%

Abilities

  1. Dry Skin 55.9%
  2. Solar Power 38.3%
  3. Sand Veil 5.9%

Spreads

  1. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 177 47.2%
  2. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 161 18.3%
  3. Timid 32/0/0/2/0/32 · Spe 177 3.7%
  4. Timid 0/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 177 2.5%
  5. Timid 0/0/0/32/2/32 · Spe 177 2.2%
  6. Modest 0/0/0/32/2/32 · Spe 161 1.3%
  7. Hasty 32/2/0/0/0/32 · Spe 177 1.3%
  8. Timid 0/0/2/32/0/32 · Spe 177 1.0%

Teammates

  1. Sneasler 19.5%
  2. Whimsicott 17.5%
  3. Indeedee-F 16.9%
  4. Mega Charizard Y 16.8%
  5. Pelipper 13.4%
  6. Rillaboom 10.9%
  7. Mega Golisopod 10.6%
  8. Farigiraf 9.9%
  9. Incineroar 8.4%
  10. Torkoal 7.9%
  11. Garchomp 7.6%
  12. Mega Sceptile 7.2%

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 8 of 4,641 teams (0.2%) · win rate 35.9% (95% interval 22.7%–51.6%, n = 39 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. Mega Raichu X +10.3 pp n = 2,266 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Heliolisk teams; Mega Raichu X is on 2% of all teams (6.80× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Mega Dragonite +6.1 pp n = 1,656 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 9% of Heliolisk teams; Mega Dragonite is on 3% of all teams (3.27× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Torkoal +11.5 pp n = 3,115 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 17% of Heliolisk teams; Torkoal is on 5% of all teams (3.26× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Pelipper +23.5 pp n = 7,187 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 38% of Heliolisk teams; Pelipper is on 15% of all teams (2.58× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Mega Golisopod +11.7 pp n = 5,133 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 27% of Heliolisk teams; Mega Golisopod is on 16% of all teams (1.74× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Farigiraf +9.0 pp n = 4,623 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 25% of Heliolisk teams; Farigiraf is on 16% of all teams (1.57× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Whimsicott +2.3 pp n = 1,851 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 10% of Heliolisk teams; Whimsicott is on 8% of all teams (1.30× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Archaludon +1.9 pp n = 3,588 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 19% of Heliolisk teams; Archaludon is on 17% of all teams (1.11× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Basculegion -5.0 pp n = 2,913 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 16% of Heliolisk teams; Basculegion is on 21% of all teams (0.75× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Sneasler -17.6 pp n = 3,646 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 19% of Heliolisk teams; Sneasler is on 37% of all teams (0.52× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Incineroar -19.5 pp n = 2,290 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Heliolisk teams; Incineroar is on 32% of all teams (0.39× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Mega Salamence -17.7 pp n = 1,945 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 10% of Heliolisk teams; Mega Salamence is on 28% of all teams (0.37× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

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