#663
Talonflame
Scorching Pokémon
FireFlying
Its favorite foods are Wingull and Pikipek. It attacks with a powerful kick and grasps them firmly in its talons.
Base Stats
HP 78
Attack 81
Defense 71
Sp. Atk 74
Sp. Def 69
Speed 126
Total 499
Type Effectiveness
Weak to
Immune to
Abilities
Flame Body Gale Wings (Hidden)
Evolution Chain
Moves
Locations
Details
Category Scorching Pokémon
Height 1.2 m
Weight 24.5 kg
Base Exp 175
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat —
Egg Groups Flying
Sprites
Front
Back
Front Shiny
Back Shiny
Official Art
Official Art (Shiny)Competitive
Tailwind Support
Item
Flyinium Z
Ability
Gale Wings
Nature
Adamant
EVs
HP 4
Atk 252
Spe 252
Strategy Overview
- Gale Wings grants priority to all of Talonflame's Flying-type moves at full HP, giving it access to priority Tailwind, thus almost guaranteeing that it will set up said move.
- Talonflame also gets priority on Flying-type Z-Moves, giving it a very powerful move to use for revenge killing.
- Thanks to its Fire typing, it also functions as an effective check to Steel-types like Kartana and Celesteela.
- Gale Wings only working at full HP is especially problematic given that Talonflame's best STAB moves cause recoil damage, thus ensuring that it only gets two or three turns out of Gale Wings at most.
- Talonflame's frailty in combination with the recoil of its attacks severely limits how long it can survive in a battle.
- It also has a below-average Attack stat, although the high Base Power of its attacks somewhat remedies this.
Most Used Moves
Common Teammates
Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc