Talonflame counters

Gen 9 Legends Z-A OU · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Talonflame
#0663 Talonflame
FireFlying
USAGE 2.2% #49
ABILITYFlame Body
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
Defog 83.9% Will-O-Wisp 71.4% Roost 68.8% U-turn 43.2% Flare Blitz 38.4% Flamethrower 37.9% Brave Bird 25.4% Tailwind 9.3%
Items
Heavy-Duty Boots 98.0% Choice Band 0.6% Mental Herb 0.3% Focus Sash 0.3% Sharp Beak 0.2% Choice Specs 0.2% Leftovers 0.1% nothing 0.1%
Abilities
Flame Body84.4%Gale Wings15.6%
Common Teammates
Garchomp31.0%Excadrill24.5%Greninja23.7%Krookodile23.5%Scizor-Mega19.2%Slowbro16.4%Magearna16.4%Tyranitar15.8%
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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 #49 with 2.20% usage. Sorted by reliability score.