Palafin counters

Gen 9 Champions BSS Regulation MA · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Palafin
#0964 Palafin
Water
USAGE 2.1% #62
BASE STATS
HP 100
ATK 70
DEF 72
SPA 53
SPD 62
SPE 100
BST457
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
ElectricGrass
½×
FireWaterIceSteel
Moves
Jet Punch 82.8% Flip Turn 58.2% Wave Crash 55.4% Drain Punch 43.9% Bulk Up 41.0% Close Combat 37.8% Ice Punch 27.7% Encore 24.4%
Items
Mystic Water 43.6% Leftovers 25.2% Choice Scarf 16.3% Sitrus Berry 9.2% Lum Berry 3.3% Focus Sash 0.6% Mental Herb 0.5% White Herb 0.5%
Tera Types
Water 0.0%
Common Teammates
Archaludon22.1%Garchomp17.6%Scizor15.8%Hydreigon15.0%Ceruledge14.9%Sylveon14.1%Lopunny-Mega14.0%Scizor-Mega13.2%
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Checks & Counters

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Ranked #62 with 2.12% usage. Sorted by reliability score.