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alakazam
#065

Alakazam

Psi Pokémon

Psychic

It is said to have an IQ of approximately 5,000. Its overflowing psychokinetic powers cause headaches to anyone nearby.

Base Stats

HP 55
Attack 50
Defense 45
Sp. Atk 135
Sp. Def 95
Speed 120
Total 500

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Forms

Evolution Chain

kadabra Kadabra Lv. 16
alakazam Alakazam Trade

Moves

Details

Category Psi Pokémon
Height 1.5 m
Weight 48.0 kg
Base Exp 225
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 50
Base Happiness 70
Gender 75% ♂ / 25% ♀
Habitat Urban
Egg Groups Humanshape

Sprites

alakazam Front Front
alakazam Back Back
alakazam Front Shiny Front Shiny
alakazam Back Shiny Back Shiny
alakazam Front ♀ Front ♀
alakazam Back ♀ Back ♀
alakazam Front Shiny ♀ Front Shiny ♀
alakazam Back Shiny ♀ Back Shiny ♀
alakazam Official Art Official Art
alakazam Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Spoonmaster (Standard)
Moves
Knock Off / Shadow Ball / Calm Mind
Item
Alakazite
Ability
Magic Guard
Nature
Timid
EVs
SpA 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Mega Alakazam is one of the best special attackers in the tier thanks to its outstanding Speed stat that only leaves it outsped by Choice Scarf users. Additionally, it can take advantage of common Pokemon like Arghonaut, Heatran, and Mega Latios thanks to its typing, access to Recover, and ability; Trace allows Mega Alakazam to copy Heatran's Flash Fire and Mega Latios's Levitate, meaning that it can effectively wall Heatran lacking Corkscrew Crash and Mega Latios lacking Draco Meteor. Furthermore, Trace is an extremely useful tool against rain teams and also allows Mega Alakazam to copy a few other interesting abilities like Regenerator, Protean, and Soul-Heart. However, Mega Alakazam is extremely frail, leaving it susceptible to common Choice Scarf users like Kartana and Greninja.

Most Used Moves

Psyshock
98.5%
Counter
75.9%
Calm Mind
22.6%
Psychic
1.5%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
22.6%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc