Sylveon counters

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

Sylveon
#0700 Sylveon
Fairy
USAGE 15.5% #10
ABILITYPixilate
BASE STATS
HP 95
ATK 65
DEF 65
SPA 110
SPD 130
SPE 60
BST525
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
PoisonSteel
½×
FightingBugDark
0×
Dragon
Moves
Hyper Voice 99.8% Quick Attack 75.7% Protect 51.8% Detect 45.2% Hyper Beam 42.1% Moonblast 30.8% Calm Mind 16.4% Yawn 12.4%
Items
Fairy Feather 93.2% Leftovers 3.9% Sitrus Berry 1.8% Choice Scarf 0.4% Focus Sash 0.2% Kebia Berry 0.2% Babiri Berry 0.1% Quick Claw 0.1%
Abilities
Pixilate99.8%Cute Charm0.2%
Tera Types
Fairy 0.0%
Common Teammates
Basculegion57.2%Garchomp47.6%Kingambit47.4%Charizard-Mega-Y44.9%Aerodactyl-Mega33.5%Farigiraf23.3%Incineroar17.4%Sneasler16.4%
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Checks & Counters

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Ranked #10 with 15.54% usage. Sorted by reliability score.