Palafin counters

Gen 9 Champions OU · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Palafin
#0964 Palafin
Water
USAGE 9.3% #19
BASE STATS
HP 100
ATK 70
DEF 72
SPA 53
SPD 62
SPE 100
BST457
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
ElectricGrass
½×
FireWaterIceSteel
Moves
Jet Punch 94.3% Bulk Up 65.5% Drain Punch 64.7% Flip Turn 38.7% Wave Crash 37.6% Taunt 33.6% Ice Punch 29.0% Close Combat 26.5%
Items
Mystic Water 41.6% Leftovers 38.8% Choice Scarf 9.5% Sitrus Berry 3.3% Lum Berry 3.0% Bright Powder 0.8% Chesto Berry 0.8% Shell Bell 0.7%
Tera Types
Water 0.0%
Common Teammates
Garchomp55.6%Kingambit41.4%Corviknight35.1%Sneasler27.1%Ceruledge21.0%Dragapult16.9%Meganium-Mega16.1%Alakazam-Mega14.9%

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 #19 with 9.32% usage. Sorted by reliability score.