Alakazam counters

Gen 2 OU · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Alakazam
#0065 Alakazam
Psychic
USAGE 2.6% #31
BASE STATS
HP 55
ATK 50
DEF 45
SPA 135
SPD 95
SPE 120
BST500
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
BugGhostDark
½×
FightingPsychic
Moves
Psychic 100.0% Recover 95.0% Encore 79.6% Toxic 76.7% Fire Punch 20.6% Thief 18.1% Hidden Power Grass 3.3% Thunder Punch 1.4%
Items
Leftovers 71.6% nothing 18.1% Miracle Berry 10.0% Twisted Spoon 0.2% Gold Berry 0.0% Scope Lens 0.0% King's Rock 0.0% Black Belt 0.0%
Common Teammates
Snorlax99.4%Cloyster97.9%Zapdos83.6%Gengar73.6%Exeggutor38.0%Golem29.5%Jolteon21.8%Steelix17.9%
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Checks & Counters

Ranked by reliability — blends KO rate with how often each Pokémon is matched up.

This Pokémon doesn't have enough usage for Smogon to compute meaningful Checks & Counters. Only the most-used Pokémon in a format receive this data.

Ranked #31 with 2.59% usage. Sorted by reliability score.