Talonflame counters

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

Talonflame
#0663 Talonflame
FireFlying
USAGE 3.2% #52
ABILITYGale Wings
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 81.9% Flare Blitz 79.2% Upper Hand 42.1% Feint 40.5% U-turn 29.6% Swords Dance 27.8% Taunt 24.1% Defog 19.9%
Items
Heavy-Duty Boots 86.4% Choice Band 11.7% Protective Pads 1.8% Choice Specs 0.1% Scope Lens 0.0% Life Orb 0.0% nothing 0.0% Eject Button 0.0%
Abilities
Gale Wings90.1%Flame Body9.9%
Tera Types
Flying 66.1% Fairy 22.2% Fire 10.3% Ground 1.4% Dark 0.0% Ghost 0.0% Fighting 0.0% Rock 0.0%
Common Teammates
Arcanine-Hisui79.9%Staraptor59.9%Quaquaval46.0%Glastrier42.8%Basculegion41.1%Decidueye40.9%Lycanroc-Dusk25.1%Honchkrow20.4%
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Ranked #52 with 3.18% usage. Sorted by reliability score.