Chandelure counters

Gen 9 NU · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Chandelure
#0609 Chandelure
GhostFire
USAGE 11.6% #18
ABILITYFlash Fire
BASE STATS
HP 60
ATK 55
DEF 90
SPA 145
SPD 90
SPE 80
BST520
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
WaterGroundRockGhostDark
½×
FireGrassIcePoisonSteelFairy
¼×
Bug
0×
NormalFighting
Moves
Shadow Ball 90.7% Fire Blast 52.7% Flamethrower 43.3% Trick 43.3% Energy Ball 40.6% Calm Mind 39.7% Pain Split 31.8% Overheat 30.7%
Items
Heavy-Duty Boots 46.6% Choice Scarf 24.5% Choice Specs 24.0% Grassy Seed 3.0% Eject Pack 0.4% Leftovers 0.4% Air Balloon 0.3% Adrenaline Orb 0.3%
Abilities
Flash Fire77.6%Infiltrator12.6%Flame Body9.8%
Tera Types
Grass 25.5% Dark 24.6% Fire 17.9% Ghost 12.2% Fairy 9.0% Fighting 5.5% Water 2.9% Ground 1.5%
Common Teammates
Flygon40.2%Tauros-Paldea-Aqua33.1%Reuniclus31.7%Klefki30.6%Flamigo28.5%Duraludon26.7%Wo-Chien21.7%Swampert19.9%
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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 #18 with 11.60% usage. Sorted by reliability score.