Talonflame counters

Gen 9 Championsvgc2026regmb · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Apr 2026 - Jun 2026

Talonflame
#0663 Talonflame
FireFlying
USAGE 3.5% #34
ABILITYGale Wings
BASE STATS
HP 78
ATK 81
DEF 71
SPA 74
SPD 69
SPE 126
BST499
TYPE MATCHUPS
4×
Rock
2×
WaterElectric
½×
FireFightingSteelFairy
¼×
GrassBug
0×
Ground
Moves
Tailwind 98.2% Protect 69.3% Flare Blitz 58.0% Brave Bird 41.3% Dual Wingbeat 37.0% Will-O-Wisp 18.2% Acrobatics 18.1% Quick Guard 15.4%
Items
Sharp Beak 41.1% Focus Sash 19.0% nothing 17.6% Life Orb 10.9% Expert Belt 3.1% Charcoal 2.3% Mental Herb 1.3% Charti Berry 1.1%
Abilities
Gale Wings98.0%Flame Body2.0%
Common Teammates
Garchomp49.2%Basculegion26.2%Sinistcha25.8%Kingambit24.7%Metagross-Mega20.4%Sneasler20.1%Raichu-Mega-Y19.9%Ninetales-Alola19.5%
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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 #34 with 3.50% usage. Sorted by reliability score.