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Talonflame

1,717 appearances (Regulation M-A)
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Unranked
195
Speed #14
Talonflame
Fire Flying
HP 78
Atk 81
Def 71
Sp.Atk 74
Sp.Def 69
Speed 126
Total 499
Weight 54 lbs.
Flame Body
When the Pokémon is hit by a contact move, the attacker has a 30% chance of being burned.
Gale Wings
Increases the priority of the Pokémon’s Flying-type moves by 1 stage while its HP is full.

Type effectiveness

Weakness · 4×
Rock
Weakness · 2×
Water Electric
Resistance · ½×
Fire Fighting Steel Fairy
Resistance · ¼×
Grass Bug
Immunity · 0×
Ground

Meta Builds

Meta Popular

Builds ranked by competitive performance — higher placement at larger events scores more.

#1
Gale Wings Sharp Beak
100.0 57.2% WR · 40 teams
Brave Bird Protect Tailwind Will-O-Wisp
Team
Talonflame
Talonflame
Gale Wings · Sharp Beak
100%
Garchomp
Garchomp
Rough Skin · Soft Sand
48%
Basculegion
Basculegion
Adaptability · Mystic Water
38%
Sinistcha
Sinistcha
Hospitality · Kasib Berry
32%
Kingambit
Kingambit
Defiant · Black Glasses
30%
Floette
Floette
Flower Veil · Floettite
28%
The Grand Champions Festival · Hq2009 (#11) · 14–3
Froslass
Froslass
Ability Cursed Body
Item Froslassite
Blizzard Shadow Ball Aurora Veil Protect
Sneasler
Sneasler
Ability Unburden
Item White Herb
Close Combat Dire Claw Fake Out Protect
Wash Rotom
Wash Rotom
Ability Levitate
Item Sitrus Berry
Thunderbolt Hydro Pump Nasty Plot Protect
Garchomp
Garchomp
Ability Rough Skin
Item Soft Sand
Earthquake Dragon Claw Rock Slide Protect
Talonflame
Talonflame
Ability Gale Wings
Item Sharp Beak
Brave Bird Will-O-Wisp Tailwind Protect
Kingambit
Kingambit
Ability Defiant
Item Black Glasses
Kowtow Cleave Sucker Punch Low Kick Protect
#2
Gale Wings Sharp Beak
96.2 53.1% WR · 129 teams
Brave Bird Flare Blitz Protect Tailwind
Team
Talonflame
Talonflame
Gale Wings · Sharp Beak
100%
Garchomp
Garchomp
Rough Skin · Soft Sand
78%
Sneasler
Sneasler
Unburden · White Herb
40%
Basculegion
Basculegion
Adaptability · Focus Sash
36%
Kingambit
Kingambit
Defiant · Chople Berry
33%
Floette
Floette
Flower Veil · Floettite
33%
The Grand Champions Festival · dinispereira (#48) · 12–3
Floette
Floette
Ability Flower Veil
Item Floettite
Moonblast Dazzling Gleam Calm Mind Protect
Garchomp
Garchomp
Ability Rough Skin
Item Soft Sand
Earthquake Stomping Tantrum Rock Slide Protect
Wash Rotom
Wash Rotom
Ability Levitate
Item Choice Scarf
Hydro Pump Electroweb Volt Switch Will-O-Wisp
Talonflame
Talonflame
Ability Gale Wings
Item Sharp Beak
Brave Bird Flare Blitz Tailwind Protect
Sinistcha
Sinistcha
Ability Hospitality
Item Sitrus Berry
Matcha Gotcha Trick Room Rage Powder Life Dew
Delphox
Delphox
Ability Blaze
Item Delphoxite
Heat Wave Psychic Encore Protect
#3
Gale Wings Sharp Beak
93.5 52.9% WR · 69 teams
Dual Wingbeat Protect Tailwind Will-O-Wisp
Team
Talonflame
Talonflame
Gale Wings · Sharp Beak
100%
Sneasler
Sneasler
Unburden · White Herb
57%
Garchomp
Garchomp
Rough Skin · Lum Berry
54%
Kingambit
Kingambit
Defiant · Black Glasses
38%
Incineroar
Incineroar
Intimidate · Sitrus Berry
36%
Floette
Floette
Flower Veil · Floettite
36%
The Grand Champions Festival · SuperstarPearl (#24) · 12–3
Gengar
Gengar
Ability Cursed Body
Item Gengarite
Shadow Ball Sludge Bomb Disable Protect
Dragonite
Dragonite
Ability Multiscale
Item Dragon Fang
Dragon Claw Low Kick Extreme Speed Protect
Talonflame
Talonflame
Ability Gale Wings
Item Sharp Beak
Dual Wingbeat Will-O-Wisp Tailwind Protect
Primarina
Primarina
Ability Liquid Voice
Item Mystic Water
Hyper Voice Moonblast Hydro Cannon Protect
Maushold
Maushold
Ability Friend Guard
Item Focus Sash
Follow Me Super Fang Encore Protect
Kingambit
Kingambit
Ability Defiant
Item Black Glasses
Kowtow Cleave Low Kick Sucker Punch Protect
#4
Gale Wings Sharp Beak
92.6 50.6% WR · 214 teams
Dual Wingbeat Flare Blitz Protect Tailwind
Stat Alignment: 100% Jolly
Team
Talonflame
Talonflame
Gale Wings · Sharp Beak
100%
Garchomp
Garchomp
Rough Skin · Sitrus Berry
77%
Sneasler
Sneasler
Unburden · White Herb
41%
Kingambit
Kingambit
Defiant · Black Glasses
39%
Wash Rotom
Wash Rotom
Levitate · Magnet
36%
Floette
Floette
Flower Veil · Floettite
28%
LIGA DA COMUNIDADE #2 (R$ 1.000 PRIZE POOL) · Z2R Feitosa (#1) · 15–0
Talonflame
Talonflame
Ability Gale Wings
Item Sharp Beak
Protect Dual Wingbeat Flare Blitz Tailwind
Garchomp
Garchomp
Ability Rough Skin
Item Roseli Berry
Protect Rock Slide Earthquake Dragon Claw
Basculegion
Basculegion
Ability Adaptability
Item Sitrus Berry
Protect Liquidation Last Respects Aqua Jet
Kingambit
Kingambit
Ability Defiant
Item Black Glasses
Protect Sucker Punch Iron Head Kowtow Cleave
Sneasler
Sneasler
Ability Unburden
Item White Herb
Protect Close Combat Gunk Shot Fake Out
Floette
Floette
Ability Flower Veil
Item Floettite
Protect Light of Ruin Dazzling Gleam Moonblast
#5
Gale Wings Lum Berry
89.1 55.3% WR · 14 teams
Brave Bird Protect Tailwind Will-O-Wisp
Team
Talonflame
Talonflame
Gale Wings · Lum Berry
100%
Floette
Floette
Flower Veil · Floettite
100%
Aegislash
Aegislash
Stance Change · Spell Tag
100%
Incineroar
Incineroar
Intimidate · Shuca Berry
100%
Garchomp
Garchomp
Rough Skin · White Herb
100%
Wash Rotom
Wash Rotom
Levitate · Sitrus Berry
100%
The Grand Champions Festival · UsagiFoo (#437) · 7–3
Aegislash
Aegislash
Ability Stance Change
Item Spell Tag
King's Shield Close Combat Poltergeist Shadow Sneak
Talonflame
Talonflame
Ability Gale Wings
Item Lum Berry
Protect Brave Bird Tailwind Will-O-Wisp
Incineroar
Incineroar
Ability Intimidate
Item Shuca Berry
Fake Out Parting Shot Flare Blitz Helping Hand
Garchomp
Garchomp
Ability Rough Skin
Item White Herb
Protect Dragon Claw Rock Slide Earthquake
Wash Rotom
Wash Rotom
Ability Levitate
Item Sitrus Berry
Thunderbolt Will-O-Wisp Hydro Pump Protect
Floette
Floette
Ability Flower Veil
Item Floettite
Dazzling Gleam Light of Ruin Moonblast Protect

Tournament Stats

Submissions that don't match in-game data (typos, renamed moves or abilities) are discarded during import, so the counts here can differ from the total appearance count above.

Most Common Teammates

Garchomp
Garchomp
Dragon Ground
64.6% usage · WR 51.8%
Kingambit
Kingambit
Dark Steel
36.8% usage · WR 54.4%
Sneasler
Sneasler
Fighting Poison
33.1% usage · WR 49.3%
Wash Rotom
Wash Rotom
Electric Water
30.2% usage · WR 50.1%
Floette
Floette
Fairy
28.1% usage · WR 52.8%
Basculegion
Basculegion
Water Ghost
27.7% usage · WR 53.9%
Maushold
Maushold
Normal
23.1% usage · WR 52.7%
Gardevoir
Gardevoir
Psychic Fairy
19.5% usage · WR 51.6%

Most Common Moves

Tailwind
1674 (97.5%)
Protect
1414 (82.4%)
Flare Blitz
1067 (62.1%)
Acrobatics
565 (32.9%)
Dual Wingbeat
563 (32.8%)
Brave Bird
544 (31.7%)
Will-O-Wisp
406 (23.6%)
Quick Guard
128 (7.5%)
Taunt
114 (6.6%)
Upper Hand
84 (4.9%)

Most Common Items

Sharp Beak Sharp Beak
703 (40.9%)
No item
535 (31.2%)
Focus Sash Focus Sash
274 (16.0%)
Charti Berry Charti Berry
46 (2.7%)
Lum Berry Lum Berry
35 (2.0%)
Leftovers Leftovers
21 (1.2%)
Sitrus Berry Sitrus Berry
21 (1.2%)
Charcoal Charcoal
20 (1.2%)
White Herb White Herb
17 (1.0%)
Mental Herb Mental Herb
13 (0.8%)

Most Common Abilities

Gale Wings
1669 (97.4%)
Flame Body
44 (2.6%)

Learnable Moves

Move Type Cat. Pow Acc PP
Acrobatics Flying Physical 55 100 16
Aerial Ace Flying Physical 60 101 20
Agility Psychic Status - 101 20
Air Cutter Flying Special 60 95 20
Air Slash Flying Special 75 95 16
Blaze Kick Fire Physical 85 90 12
Brave Bird Flying Physical 120 100 16
Bulk Up Fighting Status - 101 20
Defog Flying Status - 101 16
Double-Edge Normal Physical 120 100 16
Dual Wingbeat Flying Physical 40 90 12
Endure Normal Status - 101 12
Facade Normal Physical 70 100 20
Feather Dance Flying Status - 100 16
Feint Normal Physical 30 100 12
Fire Blast Fire Special 110 85 8
Fire Spin Fire Special 35 85 16
Flail Normal Physical 1 100 16
Flame Charge Fire Physical 50 100 20
Flamethrower Fire Special 90 100 16
Flare Blitz Fire Physical 120 100 16
Fly Flying Physical 90 95 16
Giga Impact Normal Physical 150 90 8
Heat Wave Fire Special 95 90 12
Hurricane Flying Special 110 70 12
Move Type Cat. Pow Acc PP
Hyper Beam Normal Special 150 90 8
Overheat Fire Special 130 90 8
Protect Normal Status - 101 8
Quick Attack Normal Physical 40 100 20
Quick Guard Fighting Status - 101 16
Rain Dance Water Status - 101 8
Rest Psychic Status - 101 8
Roost Flying Status - 101 8
Round Normal Special 60 100 16
Sky Attack Flying Physical 140 90 8
Sleep Talk Normal Status - 101 12
Snore Normal Special 50 100 16
Solar Beam Grass Special 120 100 12
Steel Wing Steel Physical 70 90 20
Substitute Normal Status - 101 12
Sunny Day Fire Status - 101 8
Swords Dance Normal Status - 101 20
Tailwind Flying Status - 101 16
Taunt Dark Status - 100 20
Temper Flare Fire Physical 75 100 12
Thief Dark Physical 60 100 20
U-turn Bug Physical 70 100 20
Upper Hand Fighting Physical 65 100 16
Whirlwind Normal Status - 101 20
Will-O-Wisp Fire Status - 85 16

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