Blaziken counters

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

Blaziken
#0257 Blaziken
FireFighting
USAGE 7.9% #27
ABILITYSpeed Boost
BASE STATS
HP 80
ATK 120
DEF 70
SPA 110
SPD 70
SPE 80
BST530
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
WaterGroundFlyingPsychic
½×
FireGrassIceDarkSteel
¼×
Bug
Moves
Flare Blitz 99.5% Swords Dance 98.5% Close Combat 97.5% Thunder Punch 55.7% Protect 23.3% Knock Off 12.5% Earthquake 10.5% U-turn 1.1%
Items
Life Orb 56.5% Leftovers 28.6% Air Balloon 8.4% Muscle Band 4.1% Choice Band 1.2% Focus Sash 0.3% Protective Pads 0.3% Shell Bell 0.1%
Abilities
Speed Boost100.0%Blaze0.0%
Common Teammates
Landorus-Therian57.2%Rillaboom53.5%Melmetal49.4%Tapu Lele39.9%Urshifu-Rapid-Strike37.5%Dragapult35.2%Heatran28.7%Garchomp27.3%

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 #27 with 7.86% usage. Sorted by reliability score.