Palafin

Palafin is ranked #118 by usage in Reg M-C, on 0.25% of teams (51 rosters). Those rosters have won 49.28% of 538 games, below the 50% line.

Palafin is Water, a single type Pokémon.

By typing, Palafin is 2x weak to Electric and Grass. It resists Fire, Ice, Steel and Water (0.5x). Abilities such as Levitate or a held item can change this; the chart does not.

100 HP, 70 Attack, 72 Defense, 53 Sp. Atk, 62 Sp. Def and 100 Speed, 457 in total. At level 50 its Speed is 167 with a +Speed nature and 32 SP, 152 neutral with 32 SP, 120 uninvested, and 108 at minimum for Trick Room.

Speed tiers lists every Pokémon on the same benchmarks.

The most-played build is Mystic Water with Zero to Hero and a Adamant nature, running Close Combat, Jet Punch, Protect and Wave Crash. It is on 11.76% of Palafin rosters and has won 49.23% of 63 games.

The full build table, every slot and every spread, is above on this page.

Mystic Water is the most-held, on 45.10% of Palafin rosters.

Zero to Hero leads, on 88.24% of rosters.

The four most-run moves are Jet Punch, Wave Crash, Protect and Close Combat.

Adamant on 90.20% of rosters and Jolly on 9.80%.

Spreads are a separate board: open the EV Spreads tab above for the ones published with a list.

Rillaboom is the most common, on 56.86% of Palafin rosters.

Name	Share of Palafin rosters	Win rate
Rillaboom	56.86%	50.33%
Incineroar	45.10%	48.72%
Eternal Flower Floette	25.49%	52.84%
Gholdengo	21.57%	45.14%
Salamence	21.57%	47.46%

Tournament team lists and match records for Pokémon Champions. These answers read Reg M-C. Figures as of 2026-10-12.

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