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Pokémon · #663

Talonflame

FireFlying Legal in M-C

Talonflame is #57 on the ladder, on 1.9% of teams.

Stats at level 50

HP 78
Atk 81
Def 71
SpA 74
SpD 69
Spe 126

Base stat total 499

Stat Point planner

66 / 66 Stat Points · 0 left

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133
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195

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

Types and weaknesses

FireFlying
Weak ×4
Rock
Weak ×2
WaterElectric
Resists ×½
FireFightingSteelFairy
Resists ×¼
GrassBug
Immune
Ground

Abilities

Flame Body
30% chance a Pokemon making contact with this Pokemon will be burned. · used by 1%
Gale Wings
If this Pokemon is at full HP, its Flying-type moves have their priority increased by 1. · used by 99%

Speed tier

Most common
195 (Jolly, 32 Spe SP, 83% of spreads)
Fastest
195 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
146 (0 SP)
Slowest
131 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 195, it outspeeds 43 of the 50 most used Pokémon, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Mega Delphox 204
  2. Mega Garchomp Z 203
  3. Mega Gengar 200
  4. Talonflame (this) 195
  5. Mega Raichu Y 190
  6. Mega Froslass 189
  7. Mega Salamence 189
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #57 · on 1.9% of teams · 114,745 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Tailwind 98.6%
  2. Protect 72.2%
  3. Flare Blitz 56.8%
  4. Brave Bird 43.4%
  5. Overheat 28.2%
  6. Air Slash 23.0%
  7. Dual Wingbeat 19.6%
  8. Quick Guard 16.0%
  9. Taunt 9.7%
  10. Will-O-Wisp 9.5%

Items

  1. Sharp Beak 26.7%
  2. Charcoal 25.7%
  3. Life Orb 17.0%
  4. Focus Sash 11.8%
  5. Expert Belt 4.1%
  6. Leftovers 1.5%

Abilities

  1. Gale Wings 98.6%
  2. Flame Body 1.4%

Spreads

  1. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 195 39.4%
  2. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 195 24.0%
  3. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 178 5.2%
  4. Jolly 6/32/0/0/0/28 · Spe 191 2.4%
  5. Jolly 4/26/6/0/0/30 · Spe 193 2.3%
  6. Jolly 7/32/0/0/0/27 · Spe 190 1.8%
  7. Adamant 7/32/0/0/0/27 · Spe 173 1.4%
  8. Jolly 32/2/0/0/0/32 · Spe 195 1.3%

Teammates

  1. Sneasler 49.2%
  2. Indeedee-F 45.9%
  3. Mega Gardevoir 43.8%
  4. Kommo-o 21.9%
  5. Armarouge 21.2%
  6. Basculegion 18.0%
  7. Rillaboom 15.7%
  8. Kingambit 13.8%
  9. Incineroar 12.5%
  10. Mega Blastoise 11.8%
  11. Garchomp 10.8%
  12. Gholdengo 7.5%

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

Rank #53 · on 2.4% of teams · 114,745 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Tailwind 97.6%
  2. Flare Blitz 63.6%
  3. Protect 56.8%
  4. Brave Bird 44.9%
  5. Dual Wingbeat 28.7%
  6. Quick Guard 24.7%
  7. Taunt 14.2%
  8. Will-O-Wisp 12.4%
  9. Acrobatics 12.0%
  10. Overheat 11.4%

Items

  1. Sharp Beak 33.8%
  2. Focus Sash 23.2%
  3. Life Orb 11.0%
  4. Charcoal 8.2%
  5. Expert Belt 3.4%
  6. Leftovers 1.3%

Abilities

  1. Gale Wings 96.3%
  2. Flame Body 3.7%

Spreads

  1. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 195 42.1%
  2. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 178 8.8%
  3. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 195 6.9%
  4. Jolly 4/26/6/0/0/30 · Spe 193 3.5%
  5. Jolly 7/32/0/0/0/27 · Spe 190 2.6%
  6. Jolly 32/2/0/0/0/32 · Spe 195 2.5%
  7. Adamant 7/32/0/0/0/27 · Spe 173 1.8%
  8. Jolly 0/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 195 1.4%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 25.5%
  2. Sneasler 24.6%
  3. Indeedee-F 18.6%
  4. Kingambit 17.1%
  5. Basculegion 17.0%
  6. Mega Gardevoir 15.0%
  7. Garchomp 11.8%
  8. Milotic 11.2%
  9. Gholdengo 10.1%
  10. Mega Salamence 9.4%
  11. Mega Froslass 8.5%
  12. Sinistcha 8.3%

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

Rank #47 · on 3.1% of teams · 114,745 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Tailwind 96.6%
  2. Flare Blitz 61.6%
  3. Protect 53.8%
  4. Brave Bird 45.3%
  5. Dual Wingbeat 28.1%
  6. Quick Guard 22.8%
  7. Taunt 14.8%
  8. Will-O-Wisp 13.2%
  9. Acrobatics 12.4%
  10. Overheat 8.6%

Items

  1. Sharp Beak 29.8%
  2. Focus Sash 28.0%
  3. Life Orb 9.3%
  4. Charcoal 5.7%
  5. Expert Belt 3.0%
  6. Charti Berry 2.8%

Abilities

  1. Gale Wings 95.1%
  2. Flame Body 4.9%

Spreads

  1. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 195 43.3%
  2. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 178 9.8%
  3. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 195 4.9%
  4. Jolly 32/2/0/0/0/32 · Spe 195 3.7%
  5. Jolly 4/26/6/0/0/30 · Spe 193 2.4%
  6. Jolly 7/32/0/0/0/27 · Spe 190 2.0%
  7. Jolly 0/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 195 1.5%
  8. Jolly 0/32/0/0/2/32 · Spe 195 1.4%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 23.4%
  2. Sneasler 21.9%
  3. Indeedee-F 15.6%
  4. Basculegion 14.3%
  5. Kingambit 13.8%
  6. Mega Gardevoir 11.0%
  7. Garchomp 10.7%
  8. Milotic 10.5%
  9. Sinistcha 9.8%
  10. Gholdengo 9.3%
  11. Mega Salamence 8.8%
  12. Farigiraf 8.3%

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 61 of 4,299 teams (1.4%) · win rate 41.2% (95% interval 35.5%–47.0%, n = 277 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· 4,940 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 Gardevoir +34.4 pp n = 50,258 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 44% of Talonflame teams; Mega Gardevoir is on 9% of all teams (4.64× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Kommo-o +17.7 pp n = 25,175 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 22% of Talonflame teams; Kommo-o is on 4% of all teams (5.20× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Mega Blastoise +8.8 pp n = 13,597 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Talonflame teams; Mega Blastoise is on 3% of all teams (3.95× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Armarouge +14.9 pp n = 24,314 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 21% of Talonflame teams; Armarouge is on 6% of all teams (3.37× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Indeedee-F +25.6 pp n = 52,634 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 46% of Talonflame teams; Indeedee-F is on 20% of all teams (2.26× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Sneasler +12.1 pp n = 56,420 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 49% of Talonflame teams; Sneasler is on 37% of all teams (1.33× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Garchomp +1.3 pp n = 12,392 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 11% of Talonflame teams; Garchomp is on 9% of all teams (1.14× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Basculegion -2.6 pp n = 20,677 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 18% of Talonflame teams; Basculegion is on 21% of all teams (0.88× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Kingambit -11.4 pp n = 15,881 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 14% of Talonflame teams; Kingambit is on 25% of all teams (0.55× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Incineroar -19.2 pp n = 14,366 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Talonflame teams; Incineroar is on 32% of all teams (0.40× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Gholdengo -11.6 pp n = 8,594 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 7% of Talonflame teams; Gholdengo is on 19% of all teams (0.39× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Rillaboom -30.9 pp n = 17,981 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 16% of Talonflame teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (0.34× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

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