# Alakazam: usage, win rate, builds, partners and matchups

> Alakazam in Pokemon Champions VGC, measured from tournament match records: usage, win rate under a fitted prior, the most played build, teammates and head to head.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Corpus | Reg M-C |
| Data published | 2026-09-28 |
| This document | https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/pokemon/alakazam.md |
| Human page | https://suckerpunch.gg/pokemon/alakazam/ |

## Summary

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Id | `alakazam` |
| Types | Psychic |
| Usage rank | #83 |
| Usage | 0.5% |
| Teams | 54 |
| Win rate | 46.2% |
| Decided matches | 461 |

Win rate is a posterior mean under a prior fitted to the field, credited to every species on
the team rather than to this one alone. Build shares below are of the teams carrying this
species **that published a list**, which at most events is the cut and not the field.

## Most played build

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Moves | Expanding Force, Focus Blast, Protect, Speed Swap |
| Item | Alakazite |
| Ability | Inner Focus |
| Nature | Timid |
| Share of lists | 7.4% |
| Win rate | 48.0% |
| Decided matches | 40 |

## Builds

### Moves

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Expanding Force | 100.0% | 42.7% |
| Protect | 83.3% | 44.0% |
| Focus Blast | 37.0% | 44.4% |
| Dazzling Gleam | 35.2% | 44.4% |
| Speed Swap | 29.6% | 44.1% |
| Shadow Ball | 25.9% | 45.2% |

### Items

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alakazite | 87.0% | 42.5% |
| Choice Scarf | 5.6% | 45.2% |
| Life Orb | 5.6% | 44.0% |

### Abilities

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Inner Focus | 64.8% | 45.2% |
| Magic Guard | 25.9% | 45.4% |

### Natures

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Timid | 61.1% | 45.6% |
| Modest | 38.9% | 45.9% |

## Teammates

Share is of this species' own rosters: how often, when someone runs this, they run that.

| Teammate | Share | Teams | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Indeedee ♀ | 75.9% | 41 | 42.5% |
| Sneasler | 42.6% | 23 | 45.5% |
| Torkoal | 31.5% | 17 | 43.4% |
| Kingambit | 27.8% | 15 | 45.1% |
| Basculegion | 25.9% | 14 | 43.2% |

## Related

- Every species: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/pokemon.md
- Archetypes this could belong to: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/teams.md
- The same species on the ladder: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/ladder.md
- Live JSON for this species: https://us-central1-sucker-punch-71328.cloudfunctions.net/api/pokemon/builds?name=alakazam

## Freshness and provenance

- Rendered at deploy time from the published snapshots. Snapshot stamp: 2026-09-28.
- The boards behind them republish daily, so a figure here can trail the live data by a deploy.
- The read that is never behind is the JSON API: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/api.md.
- Tournament data and ladder data are separate populations and are never blended.
- Estimator, denominators and floors: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/method.md.
- Attribution: Sucker Punch, https://suckerpunch.gg.