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talonflame
#663

Talonflame

Scorching Pokémon

FireFlying

In the fever of an exciting battle, it showers embers from the gaps between its feathers and takes to the air.

Base Stats

HP 78
Attack 81
Defense 71
Sp. Atk 74
Sp. Def 69
Speed 126
Total 499

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

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

talonflame Front Front
talonflame Back Back
talonflame Front Shiny Front Shiny
talonflame Back Shiny Back Shiny
talonflame Official Art Official Art
talonflame Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Offensive Support
Moves
Tailwind / Protect / Flare Blitz / Taunt / Will-O-Wisp
Item
Sharp Beak / Life Orb
Ability
Gale Wings
Nature
Jolly
EVs
HP 60
Atk 196
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Talonflame is a staple Pokemon in the Battle Spot Triples metagame that provides teams with a good offensive Pokemon with incredible support options. It has priority STAB Brave Bird that can hit any side of the field, no matter what position Talonflame is in; this means that unlike against most other Pokemon, your opponent can't position their Pokemon to avoid Talonflame's attacks. Talonflame is very useful for disrupting opposing strategies and providing your own team with speed control. It has support moves such as Tailwind, Quick Guard, and Snatch, all incredibly useful moves to have on a Triples team. Talonflame has a nice Fire / Flying typing as well, giving it some useful resistances to common types such as Fairy and Fire and an immunity to Ground. Furthermore, Talonflame can work on almost any kind of team: it's great on offensive teams because it can provide support without being dead weight offensively, and it provides great support for balanced teams or Trick Room teams as a fast backup attacker. However, Talonflame is very frail and has a crippling 4x weakness to the common Rock Slide, so it can often be hard to keep it in the fight for more than a few turns.

Most Used Moves

Snatch
68.6%
Tailwind
45.5%
Roost
25.6%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
40.9%
Nothing
8.6%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc