Alakazam counters

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

Alakazam
#0065 Alakazam
Psychic
USAGE 2.0% #69
ABILITYMagic Guard
BASE STATS
HP 55
ATK 50
DEF 45
SPA 135
SPD 95
SPE 120
BST500
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
BugGhostDark
½×
FightingPsychic
Moves
Nasty Plot 97.9% Shadow Ball 97.7% Focus Blast 94.3% Psyshock 90.8% Psychic 9.8% Dazzling Gleam 4.8% Energy Ball 1.9% Hidden Power Fire 0.8%
Items
Focus Sash 94.7% Life Orb 4.1% Choice Specs 0.8% nothing 0.3% Choice Scarf 0.0% Fairium Z 0.0% Toxic Orb 0.0% Leftovers 0.0%
Abilities
Magic Guard99.6%Synchronize0.2%Inner Focus0.1%
Common Teammates
Blaziken93.3%Tapu Lele92.5%Volcarona92.4%Diancie-Mega92.1%Polteageist92.1%Milotic3.5%Conkeldurr3.4%Serperior3.2%

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 #69 with 2.00% usage. Sorted by reliability score.