Blacephalon counters

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

Blacephalon
#0806 Blacephalon
FireGhost
USAGE 2.6% #63
BASE STATS
HP 53
ATK 127
DEF 53
SPA 151
SPD 79
SPE 107
BST570
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
WaterGroundRockGhostDark
½×
FireGrassIcePoisonSteelFairy
¼×
Bug
0×
NormalFighting
Moves
Shadow Ball 98.7% Flamethrower 91.8% Calm Mind 69.1% Substitute 57.0% Trick 19.8% Overheat 11.9% Fire Blast 8.6% Solar Beam 8.4%
Items
Ghostium Z 59.5% Choice Scarf 15.9% Choice Specs 12.9% Grassium Z 8.4% Life Orb 1.1% Air Balloon 0.7% Focus Sash 0.5% Heavy-Duty Boots 0.4%
Common Teammates
Serperior55.3%Gyarados-Mega53.4%Excadrill52.0%Kommo-o48.3%Ribombee45.7%Landorus-Therian27.3%Ferrothorn22.9%Lopunny-Mega16.2%
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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 #63 with 2.59% usage. Sorted by reliability score.