Sylveon counters

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

Sylveon
#0700 Sylveon
Fairy
USAGE 8.0% #28
ABILITYPixilate
BASE STATS
HP 95
ATK 65
DEF 65
SPA 110
SPD 130
SPE 60
BST525
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
PoisonSteel
½×
FightingBugDark
0×
Dragon
Moves
Hyper Voice 94.9% Shadow Ball 66.4% Draining Kiss 51.8% Psychic 50.7% Wish 30.8% Calm Mind 29.0% Protect 28.8% Psyshock 14.1%
Items
Choice Specs 66.3% Leftovers 25.1% Heavy-Duty Boots 5.5% Grassy Seed 1.6% Pixie Plate 0.7% Assault Vest 0.3% Throat Spray 0.3% Fairy Feather 0.1%
Abilities
Pixilate95.6%Cute Charm4.4%
Tera Types
Fairy 58.5% Steel 27.7% Ghost 5.7% Water 2.3% Ground 1.9% Psychic 1.6% Poison 1.6% Fire 0.5%
Common Teammates
Munkidori51.8%Duraludon51.2%Swampert50.9%Incineroar44.9%Scyther42.1%Tsareena20.0%Copperajah16.1%Flygon13.9%
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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 #28 with 7.97% usage. Sorted by reliability score.