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Torkoal

#20 Doubles (VGC) · 10.2% Fire

Usage, sets and teammates pulled from the Pokémon Showdown / Smogon Champions ladder, June 2026.

Doubles (VGC) set #20 · 10.2% usage

Moves

Eruption90.1%
Protect88.8%
Weather Ball62.2%
Heat Wave50%
Earth Power30.8%
Helping Hand26.6%

Held items

Charcoal78.8%
Life Orb7.2%
Heat Rock6.4%
Leftovers5.1%

Ability

Drought 99.7%White Smoke 0.2%Shell Armor 0%

Common EV spreads

Quiet 252 HP / 252 SpA / 16 SpD 50.6%
Quiet 252 HP / 16 Def / 252 SpA 9.1%
Quiet 252 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpA / 8 SpD 7.5%

Best teammates

Farigiraf Farigiraf 68.8% Mega Mawile Mega Mawile 35.6% Mega Pyroar Mega Pyroar 21% Incineroar Incineroar 19.8% Sylveon Sylveon 16.9% Vileplume Vileplume 16.9%

Counters & checks

Type-matchup math for Torkoal, cross-referenced with the live June 2026 meta. These flag likely threats and targets; confirm exact damage with the damage calculator.

Defensive profile

2× weakWaterGroundRock
resistsFireGrassIceBugSteelFairy

Threatens Torkoal

Meta Pokémon carrying STAB that hits Torkoal super-effectively.

Garchomp Garchomp 32.3% Basculegion Basculegion 30.3% Pelipper Pelipper 18% Mega Swampert Mega Swampert 14.1% Milotic Milotic 5.6% Mega Aerodactyl Mega Aerodactyl 5.5% Wash Rotom Wash Rotom 5.5% Mega Tyranitar Mega Tyranitar 3.2% Primarina Primarina 3.1%

Torkoal pressures

Common meta Pokémon weak to Torkoal's STAB.

Sinistcha Sinistcha 33% Whimsicott Whimsicott 26.7% Kingambit Kingambit 23.1% Mega Metagross Mega Metagross 13% Gholdengo Gholdengo 11.7% Mega Mawile Mega Mawile 10.3% Alolan Ninetales Alolan Ninetales 5.7% Mega Froslass Mega Froslass 4.3% Mega Venusaur Mega Venusaur 3.4%

Archetypes that run Torkoal

Sun Offense 74.5% WR

Keep going

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