Talonflame counters

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

Talonflame
#0663 Talonflame
FireFlying
USAGE 18.3% #6
ABILITYFlame Body
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
Roost 98.0% Defog 86.0% Brave Bird 85.9% Will-O-Wisp 75.2% U-turn 38.8% Flamethrower 6.5% Flare Blitz 3.5% Taunt 2.8%
Items
Heavy-Duty Boots 97.8% Choice Band 1.8% Choice Specs 0.3% Life Orb 0.1% Chesto Berry 0.0% Sitrus Berry 0.0% Rocky Helmet 0.0% nothing 0.0%
Abilities
Flame Body90.4%Gale Wings9.6%
Tera Types
Ghost 35.2% Ground 19.2% Water 16.3% Fairy 12.6% Fire 6.5% Steel 5.3% Flying 2.6% Dragon 0.8%
Common Teammates
Krookodile40.5%Slowbro35.1%Jirachi33.9%Chesnaught30.9%Muk-Alola25.1%Gengar24.5%Breloom23.3%Goodra-Hisui19.7%
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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 #6 with 18.26% usage. Sorted by reliability score.