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Pokémon · #959

Tinkaton

FairySteel Legal in M-C

Tinkaton is #117 on the ladder, on 0.3% of teams.

Stats at level 50

HP 85
Atk 75
Def 77
SpA 70
SpD 105
Spe 94

Base stat total 506

Stat Point planner

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Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 3 HP / 26 Atk / 6 Def / 31 Spe · Jolly Nature

Types and weaknesses

FairySteel
Weak ×2
FireGround
Resists ×½
NormalGrassIceFlyingPsychicRockDarkFairy
Resists ×¼
Bug
Immune
PoisonDragon

Abilities

Mold Breaker
This Pokemon's moves and their effects ignore the Abilities of other Pokemon. · used by 79%
Own Tempo
This Pokemon cannot be confused. Immune to Intimidate. · used by 20%
Pickpocket
If this Pokemon has no item and is hit by a contact move, it steals the attacker's item. · used by 1%

Speed tier

Most common
159
Fastest
160 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
114 (0 SP)
Slowest
102 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 159, it outspeeds 28 of the 50 most used Pokémon, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Garchomp 169
  2. Mega Charizard Y 167
  3. Mega Gardevoir 167
  4. Tinkaton (this) 159
  5. Arcanine-Hisui 156
  6. Mega Baxcalibur 152
  7. Mega Dragonite 152
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #117 · on 0.3% of teams · 27,258 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Gigaton Hammer 97.9%
  2. Fake Out 87.9%
  3. Protect 71.3%
  4. Encore 43.2%
  5. Play Rough 34.5%
  6. Feint 19.4%
  7. Rock Tomb 12.4%
  8. Helping Hand 10.9%
  9. Brick Break 3.5%
  10. Thunder Wave 3.4%

Items

  1. Metal Coat 21.6%
  2. Occa Berry 14.7%
  3. Focus Sash 14.2%
  4. Eject Button 11.2%
  5. Psychic Seed 8.8%
  6. Leftovers 6.0%

Abilities

  1. Mold Breaker 79.1%
  2. Own Tempo 20.1%
  3. Pickpocket 0.9%

Spreads

  1. Jolly 3/26/6/0/0/31 · Spe 159 11.9%
  2. Brave 0/32/32/0/2/0 · Spe 102 8.8%
  3. Jolly 1/32/0/0/1/32 · Spe 160 8.4%
  4. Jolly 23/15/0/0/0/28 · Spe 156 6.0%
  5. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 160 5.7%
  6. Jolly 23/8/7/0/0/28 · Spe 156 5.5%
  7. Adamant 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 114 4.5%
  8. Jolly 27/14/0/0/0/25 · Spe 152 3.9%

Teammates

  1. Incineroar 43.9%
  2. Rillaboom 37.0%
  3. Mega Gengar 29.3%
  4. Pelipper 21.6%
  5. Archaludon 21.0%
  6. Ninetales-Alola 17.0%
  7. Indeedee-F 13.8%
  8. Kommo-o 13.4%
  9. Mega Salamence 12.2%
  10. Hydreigon 11.8%
  11. Politoed 10.6%
  12. Mega Swampert 10.4%

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

Rank #102 · on 0.5% of teams · 27,258 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Gigaton Hammer 96.8%
  2. Fake Out 94.5%
  3. Protect 59.5%
  4. Encore 52.2%
  5. Play Rough 36.1%
  6. Feint 12.0%
  7. Helping Hand 10.0%
  8. Rock Slide 6.5%
  9. Thunder Wave 5.7%
  10. Knock Off 5.3%

Items

  1. Eject Button 13.0%
  2. Air Balloon 12.7%
  3. Occa Berry 11.8%
  4. Metal Coat 10.4%
  5. Sitrus Berry 9.4%
  6. Shuca Berry 7.8%

Abilities

  1. Mold Breaker 78.4%
  2. Own Tempo 14.9%
  3. Pickpocket 6.7%

Spreads

  1. Jolly 1/32/0/0/1/32 · Spe 160 13.1%
  2. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 160 6.0%
  3. Jolly 23/15/0/0/0/28 · Spe 156 5.7%
  4. Adamant 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 114 4.7%
  5. Jolly 32/2/5/0/0/27 · Spe 155 3.4%
  6. Jolly 23/8/7/0/0/28 · Spe 156 3.3%
  7. Jolly 1/19/0/0/14/32 · Spe 160 3.2%
  8. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 146 3.2%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 38.1%
  2. Incineroar 30.8%
  3. Mega Gengar 24.9%
  4. Mega Salamence 15.0%
  5. Pelipper 14.3%
  6. Ninetales-Alola 10.3%
  7. Politoed 9.3%
  8. Milotic 9.0%
  9. Sinistcha 8.5%
  10. Sableye 8.2%
  11. Pawmot 8.1%
  12. Farigiraf 7.7%

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

Rank #98 · on 0.7% of teams · 27,258 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Gigaton Hammer 97.0%
  2. Fake Out 91.2%
  3. Protect 60.1%
  4. Play Rough 44.7%
  5. Encore 39.9%
  6. Feint 11.3%
  7. Helping Hand 9.5%
  8. Knock Off 7.5%
  9. Thunder Wave 6.1%
  10. Rock Slide 6.0%

Items

  1. Occa Berry 11.9%
  2. Air Balloon 11.6%
  3. Metal Coat 10.8%
  4. Sitrus Berry 10.2%
  5. Shuca Berry 8.1%
  6. Eject Button 7.7%

Abilities

  1. Mold Breaker 75.7%
  2. Own Tempo 19.1%
  3. Pickpocket 5.2%

Spreads

  1. Jolly 1/32/0/0/1/32 · Spe 160 18.7%
  2. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 160 5.7%
  3. Adamant 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 114 4.1%
  4. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 146 3.9%
  5. Jolly 32/2/5/0/0/27 · Spe 155 3.3%
  6. Jolly 23/15/0/0/0/28 · Spe 156 3.1%
  7. Jolly 23/8/7/0/0/28 · Spe 156 2.4%
  8. Adamant 32/32/0/0/0/2 · Spe 116 2.0%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 30.2%
  2. Incineroar 23.7%
  3. Mega Gengar 17.9%
  4. Mega Salamence 13.4%
  5. Pelipper 10.5%
  6. Sableye 8.8%
  7. Sinistcha 8.5%
  8. Whimsicott 8.1%
  9. Sneasler 8.1%
  10. Milotic 8.0%
  11. Indeedee-F 7.9%
  12. Farigiraf 7.4%

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 27 of 4,641 teams (0.6%) · win rate 42.4% (95% interval 34.8%–50.4%, n = 151 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. Hydreigon +10.3 pp n = 3,225 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Tinkaton teams; Hydreigon is on 2% of all teams (7.72× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Ninetales-Alola +14.0 pp n = 4,620 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 17% of Tinkaton teams; Ninetales-Alola is on 3% of all teams (5.67× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Mega Gengar +23.0 pp n = 7,989 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 29% of Tinkaton teams; Mega Gengar is on 6% of all teams (4.62× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Kommo-o +9.2 pp n = 3,650 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Tinkaton teams; Kommo-o is on 4% of all teams (3.18× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Mega Swampert +5.1 pp n = 2,840 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 10% of Tinkaton teams; Mega Swampert is on 5% of all teams (1.97× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Pelipper +6.8 pp n = 5,901 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 22% of Tinkaton teams; Pelipper is on 15% of all teams (1.46× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Incineroar +12.2 pp n = 11,961 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 44% of Tinkaton teams; Incineroar is on 32% of all teams (1.39× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Politoed +3.0 pp n = 2,898 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 11% of Tinkaton teams; Politoed is on 8% of all teams (1.39× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Archaludon +3.8 pp n = 5,713 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 21% of Tinkaton teams; Archaludon is on 17% of all teams (1.22× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Rillaboom -9.6 pp n = 10,072 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 37% of Tinkaton teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (0.79× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Indeedee-F -6.5 pp n = 3,764 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 14% of Tinkaton teams; Indeedee-F is on 20% of all teams (0.68× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Mega Salamence -15.9 pp n = 3,320 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Tinkaton teams; Mega Salamence is on 28% of all teams (0.43× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

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