Talonflame counters

Gen 9 Pokébilities Almost Any Ability · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Apr 2026 - Jun 2026

Talonflame
#0663 Talonflame
FireFlying
USAGE 7.0% #30
ABILITYMagic Guard
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
Brave Bird 99.9% Flare Blitz 96.3% Roost 77.2% Swords Dance 73.2% U-turn 25.9% Defog 14.3% Double-Edge 3.7% Will-O-Wisp 2.9%
Items
Life Orb 89.7% Sky Plate 5.1% Choice Band 4.7% Heavy-Duty Boots 0.2% nothing 0.1% Heat Rock 0.0% Choice Specs 0.0% Rocky Helmet 0.0%
Abilities
Magic Guard99.4%Rock Head0.3%Flame Body0.1%Regenerator0.1%Volt Absorb0.0%Drought0.0%Primordial Sea0.0%Serene Grace0.0%
Common Teammates
Ting-Lu43.5%Corviknight40.3%Iron Crown22.5%Alomomola21.5%Ogerpon-Wellspring20.5%Reuniclus19.3%Vaporeon18.0%Pecharunt17.3%

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 #30 with 6.99% usage. Sorted by reliability score.