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Malamar

DarkPsychic Legal in M-C Mega Evolution

Mega Malamar is #152 on the ladder, on 0.2% of teams.

Stats at level 50

HP 86
Atk 102
Def 88
SpA 98
SpD 120
Spe 88

Base stat total 582

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66 / 66 Stat Points · 0 left

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122
110
118
189
97

Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 32 HP / 2 Def / 32 SpD · Sassy Nature

Types and weaknesses

DarkPsychic
Weak ×4
Bug
Weak ×2
Fairy
Immune
Psychic

Abilities

Contrary
If this Pokemon has a stat stage raised it is lowered instead, and vice versa. · used by 100%

Mega Evolves from Malamar holding Malamarite .

Speed tier

Most common
97
Fastest
154 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
108 (0 SP)
Slowest
97 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 97, it outspeeds 13 of the 50 most used Pokémon, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Volcarona 120
  2. Rillaboom 105
  3. Milotic 101
  4. Mega Malamar (this) 97
  5. Sylveon 95
  6. Indeedee-F 94
  7. Politoed 90
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #152 · on 0.2% of teams · 18,744 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Superpower 99.9%
  2. Protect 67.4%
  3. Trick Room 42.6%
  4. Knock Off 31.9%
  5. Stored Power 25.2%
  6. Rest 24.2%
  7. Psych Up 23.1%
  8. Throat Chop 20.9%
  9. Psycho Cut 19.3%
  10. Night Slash 15.1%

Items

  1. Malamarite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Contrary 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Sassy 32/0/2/0/32/0 · Spe 97 20.8%
  2. Relaxed 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 97 8.5%
  3. Sassy 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 97 5.9%
  4. Brave 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 97 5.5%
  5. Adamant 32/18/10/0/1/5 · Spe 113 5.0%
  6. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 140 4.6%
  7. Quiet 32/0/0/32/2/0 · Spe 97 4.1%
  8. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 154 2.9%

Teammates

  1. Indeedee-F 29.7%
  2. Audino 23.1%
  3. Overqwil 21.6%
  4. Maushold 21.3%
  5. Armarouge 21.2%
  6. Zoroark-Hisui 20.3%
  7. Sableye 20.0%
  8. Incineroar 16.4%
  9. Torkoal 16.2%
  10. Rillaboom 14.8%
  11. Hatterene 14.1%
  12. Whimsicott 14.1%

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

Rank #128 · on 0.3% of teams · 18,744 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Superpower 98.5%
  2. Protect 73.0%
  3. Knock Off 47.7%
  4. Trick Room 37.8%
  5. Psycho Cut 30.6%
  6. Throat Chop 23.1%
  7. Stored Power 16.4%
  8. Psych Up 9.3%
  9. Topsy-Turvy 9.0%
  10. Rest 8.7%

Items

  1. Malamarite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Contrary 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Sassy 32/0/2/0/32/0 · Spe 97 5.2%
  2. Brave 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 97 5.1%
  3. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 154 5.1%
  4. Adamant 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 108 4.5%
  5. Relaxed 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 97 4.4%
  6. Brave 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 97 4.3%
  7. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 140 3.9%
  8. Sassy 32/2/0/0/32/0 · Spe 97 3.0%

Teammates

  1. Indeedee-F 30.9%
  2. Armarouge 20.3%
  3. Whimsicott 19.6%
  4. Sinistcha 16.8%
  5. Torkoal 15.4%
  6. Incineroar 14.9%
  7. Grapploct 14.8%
  8. Rillaboom 13.8%
  9. Sneasler 12.4%
  10. Audino 11.6%
  11. Mega Gardevoir 11.1%
  12. Hatterene 10.5%

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

Rank #123 · on 0.5% of teams · 18,744 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Superpower 95.8%
  2. Protect 71.8%
  3. Knock Off 49.9%
  4. Psycho Cut 33.5%
  5. Trick Room 30.3%
  6. Throat Chop 22.1%
  7. Stored Power 15.8%
  8. Skill Swap 10.6%
  9. Topsy-Turvy 9.0%
  10. Night Slash 7.5%

Items

  1. Malamarite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Contrary 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 154 9.0%
  2. Brave 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 97 5.0%
  3. Brave 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 97 4.4%
  4. Adamant 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 108 3.3%
  5. Sassy 32/0/2/0/32/0 · Spe 97 3.2%
  6. Sassy 32/2/0/0/32/0 · Spe 97 3.2%
  7. Relaxed 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 97 2.9%
  8. Adamant 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 108 2.1%

Teammates

  1. Indeedee-F 24.5%
  2. Sinistcha 21.2%
  3. Grapploct 20.5%
  4. Whimsicott 17.3%
  5. Incineroar 14.2%
  6. Armarouge 13.8%
  7. Rillaboom 11.9%
  8. Torkoal 11.7%
  9. Grimmsnarl 11.5%
  10. Sneasler 9.7%
  11. Mega Staraptor 8.0%
  12. Mega Gardevoir 7.6%

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 4,641 teams (0.1%) · win rate 61.1% (95% interval 44.9%–75.2%, n = 36 games) · 1 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. Audino +22.9 pp n = 4,324 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 23% of Mega Malamar teams; Audino is on 0% of all teams (144.55× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Overqwil +21.3 pp n = 4,058 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 22% of Mega Malamar teams; Overqwil is on 0% of all teams (61.30× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Zoroark-Hisui +19.8 pp n = 3,801 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 20% of Mega Malamar teams; Zoroark-Hisui is on 0% of all teams (46.16× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Sableye +18.4 pp n = 3,754 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 20% of Mega Malamar teams; Sableye is on 2% of all teams (12.18× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Maushold +18.6 pp n = 4,002 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 21% of Mega Malamar teams; Maushold is on 3% of all teams (7.63× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Hatterene +11.6 pp n = 2,647 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 14% of Mega Malamar teams; Hatterene is on 3% of all teams (5.56× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Armarouge +14.9 pp n = 3,977 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 21% of Mega Malamar teams; Armarouge is on 6% of all teams (3.37× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Torkoal +11.1 pp n = 3,042 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 16% of Mega Malamar teams; Torkoal is on 5% of all teams (3.18× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Whimsicott +6.5 pp n = 2,635 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 14% of Mega Malamar teams; Whimsicott is on 8% of all teams (1.86× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Indeedee-F +9.5 pp n = 5,571 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 30% of Mega Malamar teams; Indeedee-F is on 20% of all teams (1.47× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Incineroar -15.3 pp n = 3,074 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 16% of Mega Malamar teams; Incineroar is on 32% of all teams (0.52× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Rillaboom -31.8 pp n = 2,767 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 15% of Mega Malamar teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (0.32× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

Stats at level 50

HP 86
Atk 92
Def 88
SpA 68
SpD 75
Spe 73

Base stat total 482

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Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 32 HP / 12 Def / 22 SpD · Relaxed Nature

Types and weaknesses

DarkPsychic
Weak ×4
Bug
Weak ×2
Fairy
Immune
Psychic

Abilities

Contrary
If this Pokemon has a stat stage raised it is lowered instead, and vice versa. · used by 100%
Suction Cups
This Pokemon cannot be forced to switch out by another Pokemon's attack or item. · used by 0%
Infiltrator
Moves ignore substitutes and foe's Reflect/Light Screen/Safeguard/Mist/Aurora Veil. · used by 0%

Speed tier

Most common
83
Fastest
137 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
93 (0 SP)
Slowest
83 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 83, it outspeeds 8 of the 50 most used Pokémon, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Politoed 90
  2. Sinistcha 90
  3. Armarouge 85
  4. Malamar (this) 83
  5. Farigiraf 80
  6. Grimmsnarl 80
  7. Incineroar 80
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #155 · on 0.1% of teams · 19,994 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Superpower 86.7%
  2. Knock Off 80.6%
  3. Skill Swap 54.4%
  4. Protect 42.4%
  5. Trick Room 41.8%
  6. Topsy-Turvy 24.9%
  7. Psycho Cut 18.5%
  8. Rock Slide 10.2%
  9. Trick 7.5%
  10. Destiny Bond 6.6%

Items

  1. Roseli Berry 26.8%
  2. Sitrus Berry 22.2%
  3. Choice Scarf 21.1%
  4. Leftovers 20.4%
  5. Focus Sash 2.7%
  6. Rocky Helmet 1.8%

Abilities

  1. Contrary 99.6%
  2. Suction Cups 0.3%
  3. Infiltrator 0.1%

Spreads

  1. Relaxed 32/0/12/0/22/0 · Spe 83 18.8%
  2. Adamant 32/8/2/0/9/15 · Spe 108 10.6%
  3. Jolly 32/2/0/0/0/32 · Spe 137 10.6%
  4. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 137 8.9%
  5. Relaxed 32/2/32/0/0/0 · Spe 83 4.0%
  6. Brave 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 83 3.6%
  7. Careful 32/0/2/0/32/0 · Spe 93 3.3%
  8. Jolly 0/32/2/0/0/32 · Spe 137 3.1%

Teammates

  1. Incineroar 44.4%
  2. Mega Garchomp Z 42.6%
  3. Mega Charizard Y 28.5%
  4. Rillaboom 27.2%
  5. Venusaur 26.2%
  6. Aegislash 19.4%
  7. Mega Salamence 15.3%
  8. Basculegion 14.2%
  9. Grimmsnarl 13.3%
  10. Indeedee-F 11.2%
  11. Sinistcha 10.3%
  12. Mega Gengar 10.2%

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

Rank #136 · on 0.3% of teams · 19,994 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Superpower 80.4%
  2. Skill Swap 63.4%
  3. Knock Off 60.3%
  4. Trick Room 41.4%
  5. Protect 34.5%
  6. Topsy-Turvy 29.1%
  7. Psycho Cut 12.8%
  8. Trick 10.6%
  9. Throat Chop 9.0%
  10. Destiny Bond 5.9%

Items

  1. Choice Scarf 25.7%
  2. Roseli Berry 23.1%
  3. Sitrus Berry 16.9%
  4. Leftovers 13.2%
  5. Focus Sash 9.0%
  6. Iron Ball 2.6%

Abilities

  1. Contrary 99.4%
  2. Infiltrator 0.3%
  3. Suction Cups 0.3%

Spreads

  1. Relaxed 32/0/12/0/22/0 · Spe 83 10.2%
  2. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 137 9.7%
  3. Brave 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 83 4.8%
  4. Adamant 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 93 4.4%
  5. Jolly 32/2/0/0/0/32 · Spe 137 4.3%
  6. Timid 32/0/0/0/2/32 · Spe 137 2.8%
  7. Impish 32/2/32/0/0/0 · Spe 93 2.6%
  8. Adamant 32/8/2/0/9/15 · Spe 108 2.2%

Teammates

  1. Mega Garchomp Z 44.1%
  2. Incineroar 29.5%
  3. Indeedee-F 20.3%
  4. Mega Charizard Y 17.7%
  5. Rillaboom 15.7%
  6. Sneasler 14.2%
  7. Sinistcha 14.0%
  8. Gholdengo 13.3%
  9. Venusaur 13.0%
  10. Aegislash 11.7%
  11. Mega Golisopod 10.1%
  12. Basculegion 9.2%

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

Rank #120 · on 0.5% of teams · 19,994 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Superpower 71.7%
  2. Skill Swap 68.5%
  3. Knock Off 54.0%
  4. Protect 37.3%
  5. Trick Room 34.2%
  6. Topsy-Turvy 25.2%
  7. Psycho Cut 15.4%
  8. Throat Chop 10.8%
  9. Trick 8.0%
  10. Destiny Bond 7.0%

Items

  1. Choice Scarf 25.7%
  2. Sitrus Berry 17.2%
  3. Roseli Berry 16.0%
  4. Focus Sash 12.5%
  5. Leftovers 9.6%
  6. Tanga Berry 3.1%

Abilities

  1. Contrary 99.3%
  2. Suction Cups 0.4%
  3. Infiltrator 0.3%

Spreads

  1. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 137 10.9%
  2. Relaxed 32/0/12/0/22/0 · Spe 83 6.0%
  3. Brave 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 83 4.5%
  4. Adamant 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 93 4.1%
  5. Impish 32/2/32/0/0/0 · Spe 93 4.1%
  6. Jolly 32/2/0/0/0/32 · Spe 137 3.6%
  7. Relaxed 32/2/32/0/0/0 · Spe 83 3.1%
  8. Jolly 32/0/0/0/2/32 · Spe 137 2.6%

Teammates

  1. Mega Garchomp Z 39.5%
  2. Incineroar 23.6%
  3. Sinistcha 17.1%
  4. Indeedee-F 15.9%
  5. Rillaboom 13.8%
  6. Sneasler 12.2%
  7. Mega Charizard Y 11.7%
  8. Whimsicott 10.5%
  9. Mega Golisopod 9.9%
  10. Gholdengo 9.6%
  11. Aegislash 8.9%
  12. Venusaur 8.2%

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 5 of 4,641 teams (0.1%) · win rate 39.3% (95% interval 23.6%–57.6%, 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. Aegislash +18.5 pp n = 3,879 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 19% of Malamar teams; Aegislash is on 1% of all teams (22.55× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Venusaur +23.3 pp n = 5,238 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 26% of Malamar teams; Venusaur is on 3% of all teams (8.89× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Mega Garchomp Z +34.7 pp n = 8,509 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 43% of Malamar teams; Mega Garchomp Z is on 8% of all teams (5.40× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Grimmsnarl +8.0 pp n = 2,649 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Malamar teams; Grimmsnarl is on 5% of all teams (2.54× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Mega Charizard Y +16.3 pp n = 5,690 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 28% of Malamar teams; Mega Charizard Y is on 12% of all teams (2.33× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Mega Gengar +3.9 pp n = 2,037 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 10% of Malamar teams; Mega Gengar is on 6% of all teams (1.61× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Incineroar +12.8 pp n = 8,883 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 44% of Malamar teams; Incineroar is on 32% of all teams (1.40× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Sinistcha +3.0 pp n = 2,063 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 10% of Malamar teams; Sinistcha is on 7% of all teams (1.41× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Basculegion -6.3 pp n = 2,845 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 14% of Malamar teams; Basculegion is on 21% of all teams (0.69× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Rillaboom -19.4 pp n = 5,428 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 27% of Malamar teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (0.58× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Indeedee-F -9.1 pp n = 2,241 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 11% of Malamar teams; Indeedee-F is on 20% of all teams (0.55× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Mega Salamence -12.8 pp n = 3,053 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 15% of Malamar teams; Mega Salamence is on 28% of all teams (0.54× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

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