Talonflame

#663 (Kalos)

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Pokémon type

Fire

Flying

Talonflame weaknesses

Talonflame is weak to Water and Electric-type moves, and doubly weak to Rock-type moves.

256%

160%

Resistances

Talonflame is resistant to Fighting, Ground, Steel, Fire and Fairy-type moves, and doubly resistant to Bug and Grass-type moves.

63%

39%

Best moveset for Talonflame

The best moves for Talonflame are Fire Spin and Fly when attacking Pokémon in Gyms. This move combination has the highest total DPS. In Trainer Battles, Incinerate and Brave Bird deal the most damage per turn.

Attacking

Fire Spin

15.6DPS

Fly

54DPS

Defending

Incinerate Elite TM

15.4DPS

Fly

54DPS

Trainer Battles

Incinerate Elite TM

4EPT

Brave Bird

2.84DPE

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Evolution

There are 3 Pokémon in the Fletchling family. Talonflame evolves from Fletchinder for 100 Candy.

Game images

Talonflame, with the shiny version on the right. There is a very low chance of getting a shiny one.

Summary

Talonflame is a Fire & Flying Pokémon which evolves from Fletchinder. It is weak to Rock, Water and Electric moves. Talonflame's best moveset is Fire Spin & Fly and it has a Max CP of 2,493.

About

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

Moves & Movesets

All moves

Raids

Trainer Battles

Quick move	Damage	EPS	DPS
Fire Spin	13	9	15.6
Incinerate Elite TM	32	8.8	15.4
Steel Wing	14	8	14
Peck	10	10	12

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Flame Charge	70	3	2.55
Fly	90	2	2.16
Fire Blast	140	1	1.68
Brave Bird	130	1	1.56
Hurricane	105	1	1.26
Return Purified	25	3	0.76
Frustration Shadow	10	3	0.3

Quick move	Damage	Turns	DPT	EPT
Incinerate Elite TM	20	5	4.8	4
Peck	6	2	3.6	4
Fire Spin	11	3	4.4	3.3
Steel Wing	7	2	3.5	2.5

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Brave Bird ▼▼▼ def	130	55	2.84
Hurricane	110	60	2.2
Fly	80	45	2.13
Fire Blast	140	80	2.1
Return Purified	130	70	1.86
Flame Charge ▲ att	65	50	1.56
Frustration Shadow	10	70	0.14

The moves highlighted in green benefit from the Same Type Attack Bonus, and deal 20% more damage.

All movesets

Attacking

Defending

Trainer Battles

Quick move	Main move	DPS	Relative
Fire Spin 15.6 DPS	Fly 54 DPS	11.2	100%
Incinerate Elite TM 15.4 DPS	Fly 54 DPS	10.9	97%
Fire Spin 15.6 DPS	Brave Bird 78 DPS	10.9	97%
Peck 12 DPS	Fly 54 DPS	10.5	93%
Steel Wing 14 DPS	Fly 54 DPS	10.4	92%
Incinerate Elite TM 15.4 DPS	Brave Bird 78 DPS	10.2	91%
Peck 12 DPS	Brave Bird 78 DPS	9.9	88%
Steel Wing 14 DPS	Brave Bird 78 DPS	9.9	88%
Fire Spin 15.6 DPS	Fire Blast 42 DPS	9.8	87%
Fire Spin 15.6 DPS	Hurricane 50.4 DPS	9.6	85%
Incinerate Elite TM 15.4 DPS	Fire Blast 42 DPS	9.3	83%
Incinerate Elite TM 15.4 DPS	Hurricane 50.4 DPS	9.1	81%
Steel Wing 14 DPS	Fire Blast 42 DPS	9	80%
Peck 12 DPS	Fire Blast 42 DPS	8.9	79%
Fire Spin 15.6 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	8.8	79%
Steel Wing 14 DPS	Hurricane 50.4 DPS	8.8	78%
Peck 12 DPS	Hurricane 50.4 DPS	8.6	76%
Incinerate Elite TM 15.4 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	8.4	75%
Steel Wing 14 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	8.1	72%
Fire Spin 15.6 DPS	Flame Charge 21 DPS	8	71%
Incinerate Elite TM 15.4 DPS	Flame Charge 21 DPS	7.8	70%
Peck 12 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	7.7	68%
Steel Wing 14 DPS	Flame Charge 21 DPS	7.6	68%
Peck 12 DPS	Flame Charge 21 DPS	7.4	66%
Fire Spin 15.6 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	7	63%
Incinerate Elite TM 15.4 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	6.6	59%
Steel Wing 14 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	6.4	57%
Peck 12 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	5.5	49%

Quick move	Main move	DPS	Relative
Incinerate Elite TM 15.4 DPS	Fly 54 DPS	5.7	139%
Incinerate Elite TM 15.4 DPS	Brave Bird 78 DPS	5.3	130%
Incinerate Elite TM 15.4 DPS	Fire Blast 42 DPS	5.2	126%
Incinerate Elite TM 15.4 DPS	Hurricane 50.4 DPS	4.9	119%
Incinerate Elite TM 15.4 DPS	Flame Charge 21 DPS	4.7	114%
Fire Spin 15.6 DPS	Fly 54 DPS	4.1	100%
Peck 12 DPS	Fly 54 DPS	3.9	94%
Incinerate Elite TM 15.4 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	3.9	94%
Steel Wing 14 DPS	Fly 54 DPS	3.8	92%
Fire Spin 15.6 DPS	Brave Bird 78 DPS	3.7	89%
Fire Spin 15.6 DPS	Flame Charge 21 DPS	3.6	88%
Fire Spin 15.6 DPS	Fire Blast 42 DPS	3.6	88%
Peck 12 DPS	Brave Bird 78 DPS	3.4	84%
Peck 12 DPS	Flame Charge 21 DPS	3.4	83%
Peck 12 DPS	Fire Blast 42 DPS	3.4	82%
Steel Wing 14 DPS	Flame Charge 21 DPS	3.4	82%
Steel Wing 14 DPS	Brave Bird 78 DPS	3.4	82%
Steel Wing 14 DPS	Fire Blast 42 DPS	3.3	81%
Fire Spin 15.6 DPS	Hurricane 50.4 DPS	3.3	81%
Steel Wing 14 DPS	Hurricane 50.4 DPS	3.1	75%
Peck 12 DPS	Hurricane 50.4 DPS	3	74%
Incinerate Elite TM 15.4 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	2.8	69%
Fire Spin 15.6 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	2.7	67%
Steel Wing 14 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	2.5	61%
Peck 12 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	2.4	58%
Fire Spin 15.6 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	2	50%
Steel Wing 14 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	1.9	46%
Peck 12 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	1.7	40%

Quick move	Main move	Turns	DPT	Relative
Incinerate Elite TM 4 EPT	Brave Bird 2.84 DPE	15	16.2	108%
Peck 4 EPT	Brave Bird 2.84 DPE	14	15	100%
Fire Spin 3.3 EPT	Brave Bird 2.84 DPE	18	13.9	93%
Incinerate Elite TM 4 EPT	Hurricane 2.2 DPE	15	13.6	91%
Incinerate Elite TM 4 EPT	Fly 2.13 DPE	15	13.3	89%
Incinerate Elite TM 4 EPT	Fire Blast 2.1 DPE	20	13.2	88%
Peck 4 EPT	Hurricane 2.2 DPE	16	12.4	83%
Incinerate Elite TM 4 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	20	12.2	82%
Peck 4 EPT	Fly 2.13 DPE	12	12.1	81%
Peck 4 EPT	Fire Blast 2.1 DPE	20	12	80%
Fire Spin 3.3 EPT	Hurricane 2.2 DPE	18	11.7	78%
Fire Spin 3.3 EPT	Fly 2.13 DPE	15	11.5	77%
Fire Spin 3.3 EPT	Fire Blast 2.1 DPE	24	11.4	76%
Incinerate Elite TM 4 EPT	Flame Charge 1.56 DPE	15	11	74%
Peck 4 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	18	11	74%
Steel Wing 2.5 EPT	Brave Bird 2.84 DPE	22	10.6	71%
Fire Spin 3.3 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	21	10.6	71%
Peck 4 EPT	Flame Charge 1.56 DPE	14	9.8	66%
Fire Spin 3.3 EPT	Flame Charge 1.56 DPE	15	9.6	64%
Steel Wing 2.5 EPT	Hurricane 2.2 DPE	24	9	60%
Steel Wing 2.5 EPT	Fly 2.13 DPE	18	8.8	59%
Steel Wing 2.5 EPT	Fire Blast 2.1 DPE	32	8.8	59%
Steel Wing 2.5 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	28	8.1	54%
Steel Wing 2.5 EPT	Flame Charge 1.56 DPE	20	7.4	49%
Incinerate Elite TM 4 EPT	Frustration Shadow 0.14 DPE	20	5.4	36%
Fire Spin 3.3 EPT	Frustration Shadow 0.14 DPE	21	4.9	33%
Peck 4 EPT	Frustration Shadow 0.14 DPE	18	4.2	28%
Steel Wing 2.5 EPT	Frustration Shadow 0.14 DPE	28	3.9	26%

A rough guide only. Turns is how many turns of Fast Attacks it takes to reach the Charged Attack; DPT is the damage per turn over repeated Fast and Charged Attacks, from move power and STAB. It leaves out shields, stat changes and matchups.

Counters & Raids

What counters Talonflame?

Talonflame is weak to Water and Electric moves, and doubly weak to Rock moves.

The best counter to Talonflame is Mega Diancie with Rock Throw and Rock Slide, followed by Mega Tyranitar, Mega Aerodactyl and Rampardos.

The top Talonflame counters, ranked by the damage each Pokémon and moveset does to it. Filter the list to see how your own Pokémon compare.

Pokémon	Moveset	Effective damage
Mega Diancie	Rock Throw Rock Slide	100%
Mega Diancie	Rock Throw Power Gem	98%
Mega Tyranitar	Smack Down Stone Edge	88%
Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw Rock Slide	86%
Rampardos	Smack Down Rock Slide	85%
Glimmora	Rock Throw Meteor Beam	85%
Glimmora	Smack Down Meteor Beam	81%
Tyrantrum	Rock Throw Meteor Beam	79%
Mega Aerodactyl	Rock Throw Ancient Power	78%
Gigalith	Lock-On Meteor Beam	78%

These moves are calculated using type advantages / disadvantages, and including STAB. Click here for more info »

Stats & IVs

Base stats

Attack		176
Defense		155
Stamina		186

Max HP

Level 40

158

Size

Height	1.2 m
Weight	24.5 kg

Other

Base capture rate	0%
Base flee rate	0%
Buddy walk distance	1 km

Max CP

Level 15 Research encounters	945
Level 20 Max hatched / raids	1,260
Level 30 Max wild	1,890
Level 40	2,205
Level 50	2,493

Max CP with weather boost

Level 25 (raids)	1,575
Level 35 (wild)	2,047