Alakazam counters

Gen 9 Champions OU · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Alakazam
#0065 Alakazam
Psychic
USAGE 2.1% #59
ABILITYMagic Guard
BASE STATS
HP 55
ATK 50
DEF 45
SPA 135
SPD 95
SPE 120
BST500
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
BugGhostDark
½×
FightingPsychic
Moves
Psychic 86.9% Focus Blast 83.6% Shadow Ball 77.3% Nasty Plot 53.3% Dazzling Gleam 26.4% Encore 21.7% Psyshock 15.8% Grass Knot 13.6%
Items
Focus Sash 94.7% Twisted Spoon 2.1% Choice Scarf 1.6% Colbur Berry 0.6% Kasib Berry 0.6% Quick Claw 0.2% Mental Herb 0.1% King's Rock 0.1%
Abilities
Magic Guard99.0%Synchronize0.8%Inner Focus0.2%
Tera Types
Psychic 0.0%
Common Teammates
Garchomp30.9%Aegislash29.6%Excadrill24.9%Meganium-Mega22.1%Dragonite20.9%Kingambit18.4%Kleavor16.5%Meowscarada16.1%
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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 #59 with 2.08% usage. Sorted by reliability score.