Tapu Lele counters

Gen 9 National Dex Doubles Ubers · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Tapu Lele
#0786 Tapu Lele
PsychicFairy
USAGE 2.3% #35
ABILITYPsychic Surge
BASE STATS
HP 70
ATK 85
DEF 75
SPA 130
SPD 115
SPE 95
BST570
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
PoisonGhostSteel
½×
Psychic
¼×
Fighting
0×
Dragon
Moves
Psychic 76.0% Moonblast 71.3% Dazzling Gleam 53.5% Psyshock 51.1% Protect 39.8% Thunder 15.3% Focus Blast 15.2% Shadow Ball 11.8%
Items
Choice Scarf 36.9% Psychium Z 29.4% Choice Specs 15.7% Assault Vest 3.1% Terrain Extender 2.9% Life Orb 2.5% Psychic Seed 1.7% Tapunium Z 1.4%
Abilities
Psychic Surge99.2%Telepathy0.8%
Tera Types
Psychic 35.5% Fairy 14.3% Grass 6.0% Water 4.4% Steel 2.8% Fighting 2.7% Fire 1.1%
Common Teammates
Groudon-Primal56.3%Lunala35.7%Calyrex-Shadow32.9%Diancie-Mega22.5%Ribombee22.1%Necrozma-Dusk-Mane17.3%Kyogre-Primal17.0%Incineroar16.4%
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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 #35 with 2.33% usage. Sorted by reliability score.