Competitive Information for Talonflame [X/Y]
Fire / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Talonflame? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in X/Y Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the X/Y generation metagame.
ExcadrillFerrothornHippowdonKeldeoAltaria-MegaStarmiePinsir-MegaAzelfDragoniteGardevoir-Mega
Talonflame is a pretty decent Fire and Flying-typed Pokemon. It's common to see Talonflame show up as a X/Y opponent. Talonflame can usually be found in the OU tier (Overused). Talonflame is weak to Electric, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Leftovers / Sharp Beak
Ability: Gale Wings
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 200 Hp / 248 Atk / 60 Spe
Moveset:
- Brave Bird
- Roost
- Swords Dance
- Will-O-Wisp / Flare Blitz
Physical Tank Talonflame (Popular/Trending)
Talonflame is a spectacular Physical Tank. It's primary goal is to take a mighty amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Talonflame last longer regaining it's life every turn. With Gale Wings, Talonflame's flying-type moves have their priority increased by 1.
♦ Roost is a status move (heals 50% hp. flying-type removed until turn ends).
♦ Swords Dance is a status move (raises your Talonflame's attack by 2 stages).
♦ Will-O-Wisp is a status move (burns the target).
♦ Flare Blitz is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fire-type move (has 33% recoil. 10% chance to burn. thaws Talonflame).
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Item: Focus Sash / Charti Berry
Ability: Gale Wings
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 220 Hp / 252 Atk / 36 Spe
Moveset:
- Brave Bird / Acrobatics
- Flare Blitz / Flame Charge
- Return / Secret Power
- U-turn
Physical Sweeper Talonflame (Gale Wings)
Talonflame is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Talonflame from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out (usually Flame Charge to boost Talonflame for the following turns). With Gale Wings, Talonflame's flying-type moves have their priority increased by 1.
♦ Acrobatics is a physical STAB-boosted 55-base power Flying-type move (power doubles if your Talonflame has no held item).
♦ Flare Blitz is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fire-type move (has 33% recoil. 10% chance to burn. thaws Talonflame).
♦ Flame Charge is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Fire-type move (100% chance to raise your Talonflame's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Secret Power is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (effect varies with terrain. (30% paralysis chance)).
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Talonflame switches out after damaging the target).
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Item: Focus Sash / Charti Berry
Ability: Gale Wings
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 220 Hp / 252 SpA / 36 Spe
Moveset:
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Hyper Beam / Round
- Solar Beam
- Roost
Special Sweeper Talonflame (Gale Wings)
Talonflame is a spectacular Special Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Talonflame from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Gale Wings, Talonflame's flying-type moves have their priority increased by 1.
♦ Flamethrower is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Talonflame cannot move next turn).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Solar Beam is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. hits turn 2. no charge in sunlight).
♦ Roost is a status move (heals 50% hp. flying-type removed until turn ends).
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Item: Lum Berry
Ability: Gale Wings
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Def
Moveset:
- Acrobatics
- Flare Blitz
- Return
- Swords Dance
Talonflame Physical Tank (Power)
Talonflame is an astounding Physical Tank. It's purpose is to take a good amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. With Gale Wings, Talonflame's flying-type moves have their priority increased by 1.
♦ Flare Blitz is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fire-type move (has 33% recoil. 10% chance to burn. thaws Talonflame).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Swords Dance is a status move (raises your Talonflame's attack by 2 stages).
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Item: Sharp Beak / Leftovers
Ability: Gale Wings
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Brave Bird
- Flare Blitz
- Roost
- Swords Dance
Talonflame Physical Sweeper (Gale Wing Fiarrow)**
Talonflame is an awesome Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Gale Wings, Talonflame's flying-type moves have their priority increased by 1. Pretty straigh forward strategy with Talonflame, using Gale wings for those Priority Flying moves.
♦ Flare Blitz is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fire-type move (has 33% recoil. 10% chance to burn. thaws Talonflame).
♦ Roost is a status move (heals 50% hp. flying-type removed until turn ends).
♦ Swords Dance is a status move (raises your Talonflame's attack by 2 stages).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Talonflame? These builds have been optimized for X/Y Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the X/Y generation metagame.
ExcadrillFerrothornHippowdonKeldeoAltaria-MegaStarmiePinsir-MegaAzelfDragoniteGardevoir-Mega
Item: Focus Sash / Charti Berry
Ability: Gale Wings
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 220 Hp / 252 Atk / 36 Spe
Moveset:
- Brave Bird / Acrobatics
- Flare Blitz / Flame Charge
- Return / Secret Power
- U-turn
Doubles Physical Sweeper Talonflame (Gale Wings)
Talonflame is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Talonflame from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out (usually Flame Charge to boost Talonflame for the following turns). With Gale Wings, Talonflame's flying-type moves have their priority increased by 1.
♦ Acrobatics is a physical STAB-boosted 55-base power Flying-type move (power doubles if your Talonflame has no held item).
♦ Flare Blitz is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fire-type move (has 33% recoil. 10% chance to burn. thaws Talonflame).
♦ Flame Charge is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Fire-type move (100% chance to raise your Talonflame's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Secret Power is a physical 70-base power Normal-type move (effect varies with terrain. (30% paralysis chance)).
♦ U-turn is a physical 70-base power Bug-type move (Talonflame switches out after damaging the target).
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Item: Focus Sash / Charti Berry
Ability: Gale Wings
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 220 Hp / 252 SpA / 36 Spe
Moveset:
- Heat Wave / Incinerate
- Razor Wind / Hyper Beam
- Solar Beam
- Roost
Doubles Special Sweeper Talonflame (Gale Wings)
Talonflame is a pretty decent Special Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Talonflame from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Gale Wings, Talonflame's flying-type moves have their priority increased by 1.
♦ Incinerate is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Fire-type move (destroys the foes berry/gem).
♦ Razor Wind is a special 80-base power Normal-type move (charges, then hits foes turn 2. high crit ratio).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Talonflame cannot move next turn).
♦ Solar Beam is a special 120-base power Grass-type move (charges turn 1. hits turn 2. no charge in sunlight).
♦ Roost is a status move (heals 50% hp. flying-type removed until turn ends).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Talonflame learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Talonflame can perform in X/Y. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive XY Move and Ability Combos for Talonflame
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Gale wings + Move: Roost
- Ability: Gale wings + Move: Brave bird
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Moves with Priority: Quick Attack, Protect, Snatch, Quick Guard
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic, Will-O-Wisp
Moves that boost Talonflame's stats
- Agility
- Bulk Up
- Flame Charge
- Hone Claws
- Steel Wing
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Talonflame
- Brave Bird
- Bulk Up
- Flare Blitz
- Protect
- Rest
- Roost
- Steel Wing
- Swords Dance
- Taunt
- Toxic
- U-turn
- Will-O-Wisp
Common Effort Values for Talonflame in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 200/248/0/0/0/60/ )
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252/ )
- Optimize Talonflame's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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