#257
Blaziken
Blaze Pokémon
FireFighting
In battle, BLAZIKEN blows out intense flames from its wrists and attacks foes courageously. The stronger the foe, the more intensely this POKéMON’s wrists burn.
Base Stats
HP 80
Attack 120
Defense 70
Sp. Atk 110
Sp. Def 70
Speed 80
Total 530
Type Effectiveness
Abilities
Blaze Speed Boost (Hidden)
Forms
Evolution Chain
Moves
Details
Category Blaze Pokémon
Height 1.9 m
Weight 52.0 kg
Base Exp 239
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀
Habitat Grassland
Egg Groups Ground
Sprites
Front
Back
Front Shiny
Back Shiny
Front ♀
Back ♀
Front Shiny ♀
Back Shiny ♀
Official Art
Official Art (Shiny)Competitive
Swords Dance
Item
Blazikenite
Ability
Speed Boost
Nature
Adamant / Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
Def 4
Spe 252
Strategy Overview
- Mega Blaziken's great ability in Speed Boost makes it faster every turn, eventually letting it outspeed the entire metagame and making it a pretty good sweeper. This also makes it difficult to revenge kill, since it is usually faster than everything after one Speed boost.
- However, Mega Blaziken's mediocre bulk leaves it prone to getting revenge killed by priority attackers like Extreme Killer Arceus, Marshadow, and Rayquaza, making it hard to find opportunities to set up Swords Dance.
- Its lack of good coverage means Mega Blaziken is walled by defensive threats such as Zygarde and both Giratina formes.
- Mega Blaziken falls short of many OHKOs without entry hazards and proper support, which makes it a hard Pokemon to build around and not as easy to put on teams as other Mega Evolutions in the tier.
Most Used Moves
Common Teammates
Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc