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Pokémon · #392

Infernape

FireFighting Legal in M-C

Infernape is #198 on the ladder, on 0.1% of teams.

Stats at level 50

HP 76
Atk 104
Def 71
SpA 104
SpD 71
Spe 108

Base stat total 534

Stat Point planner

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176

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

Types and weaknesses

FireFighting
Weak ×2
WaterGroundFlyingPsychic
Resists ×½
FireGrassIceDarkSteel
Resists ×¼
Bug

Abilities

Blaze
At 1/3 or less of its max HP, this Pokemon's offensive stat is 1.5× with Fire attacks. · used by 79%
Iron Fist
This Pokemon's punch-based attacks have 1.2× power. Sucker Punch is not boosted. · used by 21%

Speed tier

Most common
176
Fastest
176 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
128 (0 SP)
Slowest
115 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 176, it outspeeds 34 of the 50 most used Pokémon, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Mega Metagross 178
  2. Mega Staraptor 178
  3. Ninetales-Alola 177
  4. Infernape (this) 176
  5. Pawmot 172
  6. Sneasler 172
  7. Mega Floette 169
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #198 · on 0.1% of teams · 7,857 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Fake Out 90.4%
  2. Protect 63.6%
  3. Heat Wave 41.6%
  4. Aura Sphere 36.6%
  5. Close Combat 29.1%
  6. Overheat 23.6%
  7. Focus Blast 23.6%
  8. Flare Blitz 16.2%
  9. Encore 9.0%
  10. U-turn 8.6%

Items

  1. Focus Sash 52.6%
  2. Life Orb 35.3%
  3. Wide Lens 6.4%
  4. Expert Belt 2.4%
  5. White Herb 1.1%
  6. King's Rock 0.8%

Abilities

  1. Blaze 78.8%
  2. Iron Fist 21.2%

Spreads

  1. Hasty 0/2/0/32/0/32 · Spe 176 22.1%
  2. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 176 15.5%
  3. Naive 0/7/0/32/0/27 · Spe 170 11.7%
  4. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 176 11.6%
  5. Modest 0/0/0/32/2/32 · Spe 160 6.8%
  6. Hasty 0/32/0/2/0/32 · Spe 176 5.3%
  7. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 160 4.5%
  8. Naive 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 176 3.6%

Teammates

  1. Whimsicott 38.9%
  2. Farigiraf 37.4%
  3. Mega Salamence 30.0%
  4. Kingambit 27.3%
  5. Mega Metagross 27.1%
  6. Rotom-Wash 22.4%
  7. Rillaboom 15.9%
  8. Basculegion 15.6%
  9. Garchomp 13.8%
  10. Maushold 12.2%
  11. Milotic 11.8%
  12. Aerodactyl 10.0%

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

Rank #212 · on 0.1% of teams · 7,857 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Fake Out 72.0%
  2. Protect 52.9%
  3. Close Combat 37.2%
  4. Aura Sphere 32.5%
  5. Heat Wave 25.9%
  6. Overheat 22.8%
  7. Flare Blitz 22.4%
  8. Fire Punch 18.6%
  9. Drain Punch 13.9%
  10. Coaching 13.7%

Items

  1. Focus Sash 47.4%
  2. Life Orb 23.3%
  3. Expert Belt 6.2%
  4. Black Belt 4.3%
  5. Charcoal 3.4%
  6. White Herb 3.4%

Abilities

  1. Blaze 66.0%
  2. Iron Fist 34.0%

Spreads

  1. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 176 29.0%
  2. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 176 28.8%
  3. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 160 5.7%
  4. Hasty 0/2/0/32/0/32 · Spe 176 5.0%
  5. Hasty 0/32/0/2/0/32 · Spe 176 4.7%
  6. Modest 0/0/0/32/2/32 · Spe 160 2.5%
  7. Hasty 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 176 1.5%
  8. Naive 0/7/0/32/0/27 · Spe 170 1.3%

Teammates

  1. Mega Salamence 25.3%
  2. Rillaboom 22.8%
  3. Indeedee-F 18.9%
  4. Whimsicott 18.9%
  5. Milotic 16.9%
  6. Kingambit 14.2%
  7. Gholdengo 10.0%
  8. Mega Metagross 9.8%
  9. Farigiraf 9.8%
  10. Mega Baxcalibur 8.8%
  11. Garchomp 7.8%
  12. Excadrill 7.6%

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

Rank #205 · on 0.2% of teams · 7,857 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Fake Out 63.7%
  2. Protect 45.3%
  3. Close Combat 35.0%
  4. Flare Blitz 25.7%
  5. Fire Punch 23.9%
  6. Aura Sphere 23.4%
  7. Heat Wave 22.0%
  8. Drain Punch 20.0%
  9. Mach Punch 16.5%
  10. Overheat 14.5%

Items

  1. Focus Sash 38.3%
  2. Life Orb 23.6%
  3. Expert Belt 8.7%
  4. Charcoal 4.8%
  5. Black Belt 4.5%
  6. Muscle Band 3.5%

Abilities

  1. Blaze 51.2%
  2. Iron Fist 48.8%

Spreads

  1. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 176 32.1%
  2. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 176 19.3%
  3. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 160 7.5%
  4. Hasty 0/2/0/32/0/32 · Spe 176 3.7%
  5. Hasty 0/32/0/2/0/32 · Spe 176 3.2%
  6. Hasty 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 176 1.7%
  7. Jolly 0/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 176 1.5%
  8. Modest 0/0/0/32/2/32 · Spe 160 1.4%

Teammates

  1. Whimsicott 16.4%
  2. Rillaboom 14.5%
  3. Mega Salamence 14.0%
  4. Indeedee-F 12.6%
  5. Milotic 11.5%
  6. Kingambit 10.6%
  7. Farigiraf 10.2%
  8. Sinistcha 7.0%
  9. Mega Absol Z 6.9%
  10. Gholdengo 6.6%
  11. Mega Baxcalibur 6.2%
  12. Mega Metagross 5.6%

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 8 of 4,641 teams (0.2%) · win rate 35.7% (95% interval 20.7%–54.2%, n = 28 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. Rotom-Wash +21.2 pp n = 1,764 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 22% of Infernape teams; Rotom-Wash is on 1% of all teams (18.32× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Aerodactyl +8.6 pp n = 786 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 10% of Infernape teams; Aerodactyl is on 1% of all teams (7.17× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Whimsicott +31.4 pp n = 3,060 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 39% of Infernape teams; Whimsicott is on 8% of all teams (5.14× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Maushold +9.4 pp n = 956 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Infernape teams; Maushold is on 3% of all teams (4.35× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Mega Metagross +20.8 pp n = 2,128 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 27% of Infernape teams; Mega Metagross is on 6% of all teams (4.32× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Farigiraf +21.7 pp n = 2,935 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 37% of Infernape teams; Farigiraf is on 16% of all teams (2.38× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Garchomp +4.3 pp n = 1,086 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 14% of Infernape teams; Garchomp is on 9% of all teams (1.46× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Kingambit +2.0 pp n = 2,145 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 27% of Infernape teams; Kingambit is on 25% of all teams (1.08× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Mega Salamence +1.9 pp n = 2,356 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 30% of Infernape teams; Mega Salamence is on 28% of all teams (1.07× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Milotic 0.0 pp n = 931 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Infernape teams; Milotic is on 12% of all teams (1.00× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Basculegion -5.0 pp n = 1,224 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 16% of Infernape teams; Basculegion is on 21% of all teams (0.76× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Rillaboom -30.7 pp n = 1,250 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 16% of Infernape teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (0.34× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

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