Tapu Lele counters

Gen 9 National Dex Monotype · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Tapu Lele
#0786 Tapu Lele
PsychicFairy
USAGE 7.8% #22
ABILITYTelepathy
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
Moonblast 99.8% Hidden Power Fire 77.2% Psyshock 70.0% Psychic 49.6% Focus Blast 46.3% Shadow Ball 37.9% Thunderbolt 9.8% Calm Mind 5.4%
Items
Choice Scarf 55.2% Choice Specs 38.4% Fightinium Z 4.5% Focus Sash 1.1% Heavy-Duty Boots 0.3% Life Orb 0.2% Assault Vest 0.2% Leftovers 0.1%
Abilities
Telepathy0.0%
Common Teammates
Iron Boulder45.8%Gallade-Mega40.9%Jirachi36.6%Latios36.2%Slowbro31.6%Iron Valiant28.9%Klefki27.2%Tapu Koko25.6%

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 #22 with 7.82% usage. Sorted by reliability score.