Alakazam counters

Gen 8 National Dex · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Apr 2026 - Jun 2026

Alakazam
#0065 Alakazam
Psychic
USAGE 1.8% #73
ABILITYMagic Guard
BASE STATS
HP 55
ATK 50
DEF 45
SPA 135
SPD 95
SPE 120
BST500
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
BugGhostDark
½×
FightingPsychic
Moves
Shadow Ball 97.3% Nasty Plot 95.5% Focus Blast 91.1% Psyshock 87.0% Psychic 9.7% Dazzling Gleam 7.1% Expanding Force 4.5% Energy Ball 1.4%
Items
Focus Sash 90.2% Life Orb 8.7% nothing 0.6% Choice Specs 0.4% Choice Scarf 0.1% Flame Orb 0.1% Light Clay 0.0% Toxic Orb 0.0%
Abilities
Magic Guard99.2%Synchronize0.6%Inner Focus0.2%
Common Teammates
Tapu Lele89.2%Blaziken85.9%Volcarona85.5%Polteageist85.1%Diancie-Mega85.1%Milotic5.7%Conkeldurr5.6%Absol-Mega5.3%

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 #73 with 1.77% usage. Sorted by reliability score.