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Pokémon · #964

Palafin

Water Legal in M-C

Palafin is #102 on the ladder, on 0.4% of teams.

Stats at level 50

HP 100
Atk 70
Def 72
SpA 53
SpD 62
Spe 100

Base stat total 457

Stat Point planner

66 / 66 Stat Points · 0 left

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122
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167

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

Types and weaknesses

Water
Weak ×2
ElectricGrass
Resists ×½
FireWaterIceSteel

Abilities

Zero to Hero
If this Pokemon is a Palafin in Zero Form, switching out has it change to Hero Form. · used by 100%

Speed tier

Most common
167
Fastest
167 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
120 (0 SP)
Slowest
108 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 167, it outspeeds 28 of the 50 most used Pokémon, ties 2, each at its most common spread and item.

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

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #102 · on 0.4% of teams · 32,205 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Wave Crash 89.8%
  2. Jet Punch 84.9%
  3. Protect 74.7%
  4. Flip Turn 40.1%
  5. Close Combat 39.7%
  6. Ice Punch 21.4%
  7. Bulk Up 18.6%
  8. Drain Punch 17.1%
  9. Liquidation 2.1%
  10. Throat Chop 2.0%

Items

  1. Mystic Water 45.9%
  2. Life Orb 20.7%
  3. Choice Scarf 13.4%
  4. Leftovers 12.8%
  5. Eject Button 1.7%
  6. Air Balloon 1.6%

Abilities

  1. Zero to Hero 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 167 21.0%
  2. Adamant 32/32/0/0/0/2 · Spe 122 15.4%
  3. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 152 7.8%
  4. Adamant 26/10/0/0/0/30 · Spe 150 4.2%
  5. Brave 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 108 4.1%
  6. Adamant 18/32/0/0/0/16 · Spe 136 3.5%
  7. Adamant 32/30/4/0/0/0 · Spe 120 3.3%
  8. Adamant 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 120 2.8%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 55.9%
  2. Incineroar 52.1%
  3. Mega Salamence 20.9%
  4. Mega Froslass 19.9%
  5. Sneasler 17.7%
  6. Kingambit 15.6%
  7. Mega Golisopod 14.9%
  8. Gholdengo 14.4%
  9. Pelipper 13.2%
  10. Archaludon 12.7%
  11. Mega Floette 12.4%
  12. Farigiraf 10.8%

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

Rank #100 · on 0.6% of teams · 32,205 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Wave Crash 80.5%
  2. Jet Punch 77.8%
  3. Protect 57.4%
  4. Flip Turn 55.9%
  5. Close Combat 44.9%
  6. Ice Punch 25.7%
  7. Drain Punch 16.4%
  8. Bulk Up 11.8%
  9. Liquidation 4.4%
  10. Throat Chop 3.1%

Items

  1. Mystic Water 42.3%
  2. Choice Scarf 22.6%
  3. Life Orb 17.0%
  4. Leftovers 7.7%
  5. Eject Button 2.1%
  6. Sitrus Berry 1.9%

Abilities

  1. Zero to Hero 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 167 29.5%
  2. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 152 11.5%
  3. Adamant 32/32/0/0/0/2 · Spe 122 6.3%
  4. Adamant 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 120 4.3%
  5. Adamant 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 120 1.8%
  6. Adamant 0/32/0/0/2/32 · Spe 152 1.4%
  7. Adamant 20/32/0/0/14/0 · Spe 120 1.3%
  8. Adamant 25/20/1/0/1/19 · Spe 139 1.2%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 46.6%
  2. Incineroar 40.6%
  3. Mega Salamence 19.3%
  4. Gholdengo 15.9%
  5. Mega Golisopod 14.9%
  6. Sneasler 14.8%
  7. Pelipper 13.9%
  8. Farigiraf 12.5%
  9. Kingambit 11.1%
  10. Mega Floette 10.6%
  11. Sinistcha 9.8%
  12. Archaludon 9.4%

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

Rank #94 · on 0.9% of teams · 32,205 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Wave Crash 71.9%
  2. Jet Punch 70.0%
  3. Flip Turn 64.7%
  4. Protect 49.3%
  5. Close Combat 45.3%
  6. Ice Punch 28.0%
  7. Drain Punch 19.6%
  8. Bulk Up 10.8%
  9. Liquidation 6.4%
  10. Throat Chop 4.1%

Items

  1. Mystic Water 37.4%
  2. Choice Scarf 23.8%
  3. Life Orb 18.3%
  4. Leftovers 6.5%
  5. Sitrus Berry 2.3%
  6. Eject Button 2.1%

Abilities

  1. Zero to Hero 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 167 38.2%
  2. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 152 12.6%
  3. Adamant 32/32/0/0/0/2 · Spe 122 4.8%
  4. Adamant 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 120 3.0%
  5. Adamant 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 120 1.7%
  6. Adamant 0/32/0/0/2/32 · Spe 152 1.6%
  7. Adamant 0/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 152 1.0%
  8. Naive 0/32/0/2/0/32 · Spe 167 0.9%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 36.5%
  2. Incineroar 31.8%
  3. Mega Salamence 16.5%
  4. Pelipper 14.5%
  5. Sneasler 13.9%
  6. Mega Golisopod 13.7%
  7. Gholdengo 13.3%
  8. Farigiraf 10.4%
  9. Sinistcha 10.3%
  10. Whimsicott 10.2%
  11. Indeedee-F 10.1%
  12. Kingambit 9.8%

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 11 of 4,641 teams (0.2%) · win rate 52.5% (95% interval 40.0%–64.7%, n = 59 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. Mega Froslass +15.1 pp n = 6,422 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 20% of Palafin teams; Mega Froslass is on 5% of all teams (4.14× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Incineroar +20.4 pp n = 16,766 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 52% of Palafin teams; Incineroar is on 32% of all teams (1.64× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Rillaboom +9.3 pp n = 17,993 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 56% of Palafin teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (1.20× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Mega Floette +1.6 pp n = 4,006 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Palafin teams; Mega Floette is on 11% of all teams (1.15× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Mega Golisopod -0.8 pp n = 4,786 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 15% of Palafin teams; Mega Golisopod is on 16% of all teams (0.95× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Pelipper -1.6 pp n = 4,254 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Palafin teams; Pelipper is on 15% of all teams (0.89× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Gholdengo -4.7 pp n = 4,644 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 14% of Palafin teams; Gholdengo is on 19% of all teams (0.76× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Mega Salamence -7.1 pp n = 6,737 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 21% of Palafin teams; Mega Salamence is on 28% of all teams (0.75× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Archaludon -4.5 pp n = 4,077 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Palafin teams; Archaludon is on 17% of all teams (0.74× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Farigiraf -4.9 pp n = 3,478 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 11% of Palafin teams; Farigiraf is on 16% of all teams (0.69× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Kingambit -9.7 pp n = 5,027 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 16% of Palafin teams; Kingambit is on 25% of all teams (0.62× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Sneasler -19.4 pp n = 5,697 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 18% of Palafin teams; Sneasler is on 37% of all teams (0.48× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

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