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