Talonflame VGC Build Guide — Regulation M-A 2026

Type: fire / flying · Tier B · 7.0% usage

Talonflame is a Fast Tailwind setter / Gale Wings priority in the Pokémon VGC Regulation M-A 2026 metagame, with 7.0% usage on the competitive ladder.

Top moves

• Acrobatics — 52.9% win rate
• Tailwind — 36.1% usage
• Brave Bird — 51% win rate

Best partners

• politoed — 55.8% win rate
• manectric — 55.4% win rate
• sylveon — 54.9% win rate
• basculegion — 53.6% win rate
• floette — 53.2% win rate

Main counters

• ceruledge
• hatterene
• mimikyu

Coach tip: Talonflame sets Tailwind before almost everything thanks to Gale Wings — the fastest setter in the meta

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