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#0655 · GENERATION 6

Delphox Build Guide

FirePsychic

Special setup attacker

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Starter moveset

Generation 9 · casual singles · base form

ITEMHeavy-Duty Boots

ABILITYBlaze

NATURETimid

Flamethrower

Psychic

Dazzling Gleam

Nasty Plot

How to play

Use Nasty Plot only when the matchup gives you room, then attack with Fire or Psychic moves. Dazzling Gleam offers coverage against Dark targets that ignore Psychic.

Watch out for

Key risk. Boots protect against entry hazards, not direct attacks. Water, Ground, Rock, Ghost and Dark attacks threaten it. Coverage does not guarantee it can safely stay in.

About this example

This editorial starting point is not a ranked-format recommendation or a legality check. It does not specify EVs or Tera type. Moves, items and abilities here do not change the builder score.

BATTLE PLAN

When to attack, set up or switch

Use Nasty Plot only when the matchup gives you room, then attack with Fire or Psychic moves. Dazzling Gleam offers coverage against Dark targets that ignore Psychic.

A Dark type comes in

Psychic cannot touch a Dark type, so switch to Dazzling Gleam, which hits Dark for 2×. Flamethrower is neutral into it, which is the better option only if the target is already weakened.

A Steel type wall is on the field

Steel resists both Psychic and Fairy, but Fire hits Steel for 2×, so Flamethrower is the move that breaks the wall. Account for Steel resisting Fire back down the line if the wall is the one attacking.

You have no safe turn to set up

Skip Nasty Plot and attack or pivot. Boots will not make a 2× Rock or Ground hit survivable, and a sacrificed +2 is cheaper than a lost Delphox.

What does a safe pivot mean?

A teammate uses a switching move to bring Delphox in. A slower pivot may take the opponent’s hit first. Turn order and the opponent’s move still matter.

ITEM & ABILITY

How this build works

Nasty Plot raises Special Attack by two stages, buying power with a turn that must be safe in advance. Heavy-Duty Boots remove entry-hazard damage only, and Delphox has no immunity, so Dark, Ghost, Ground, Rock and Water attacks all still connect for 2×.

Watch the tradeoff. Boots protect against entry hazards, not direct attacks. Water, Ground, Rock, Ghost and Dark attacks threaten it. Coverage does not guarantee it can safely stay in.

These battle mechanics do not change the builder’s type-and-base-stat score. The tool does not simulate moves, abilities, held items or damage.

COMPARE YOUR OPTIONS

Delphox or Chandelure?

Chandelure offers Ghost typing and a different special attacking role, with lower Speed.

Base stats · standard forms in the local Generation 9 dataset
Stat	Delphox	Chandelure
HP	75	60
Attack	69	55
Defense	72	90
Sp. Attack	114	145
Sp. Defense	100	90
Speed	104	80

Base stats are not final battle stats. Level, nature, IVs, EVs and battle effects affect the result. Check availability in your game before choosing an alternative.

Teammate ideas

A Dark teammate helps against Ghost and Dark attacks. A Flying partner covers Ground; account for Water and Rock attacks elsewhere.

Umbreon

Resists Ghost and Dark and provides delayed Wish support.

Read Umbreon guide →Compare teammates →

Gyarados

Immune to Ground and resists Water, but still needs Rock coverage.

Read Gyarados guide →Compare teammates →

These are typing-based starting pairs, not a complete competitive team. Check the remaining four slots and your game’s rules.

Compare computed teammate suggestions →

Alternative: Chandelure

Chandelure offers Ghost typing and a different special attacking role, with lower Speed.

Read Chandelure guide →

Try Chandelure →

Type matchups

Weak to

Water2×Ground2×Rock2×Ghost2×Dark2×

Resistances and immunities

Fire0.5×Grass0.5×Ice0.5×Fighting0.5×Psychic0.5×Steel0.5×Fairy0.5×

Typing only. Abilities, items and battle effects can change these matchups.

HP75

Attack69

Defense72

Sp. Attack114

Sp. Defense100

Speed104

Evolution chain

Fennekin#653
Level 16
Braixen#654
Level 36
Delphox#655

Standard main-series evolution conditions. Regional forms and games with special evolution systems can differ.

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Gen 9 · National Dex · Casual Settings & scope

GameFormat

Format scope · casual planning

Base species #001–1025, using Generation 9 data. A casual planning pool, not a VGC, ranked, or Showdown National Dex legality validator. Regional, Mega and alternate forms are not included yet.

SLOT 01#655

Delphox

FirePsychic

SLOT 02

SLOT 03

SLOT 04

SLOT 05

SLOT 06

Understand your team

Offense89

Defense64

Coverage33

Synergy18

Types & base stats only · Not a win probability.

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Key insights

Dark attacks threaten 1 of 1 teammates, with no teammate resisting them by type.
Ghost attacks threaten 1 of 1 teammates, with no teammate resisting them by type.
Your own types can hit 6 of 18 single-type targets super effectively. Actual move coverage can differ.

Detailed type analysis · all 18 types

Incoming damage assumes typing only. 0× = immune, ½× / ¼× = resistant, 2× / 4× = weak. Resistance counts include immunities.

Incoming damage by attacking type
Attack	Delphox	Weak	Resist
Normal	1×	0	0
Fire	½×	0	1
Water	2×	1	0
Electric	1×	0	0
Grass	½×	0	1
Ice	½×	0	1
Fighting	½×	0	1
Poison	1×	0	0
Ground	2×	1	0
Flying	1×	0	0
Psychic	½×	0	1
Bug	1×	0	0
Rock	2×	1	0
Ghost	2×	1	0
Dragon	1×	0	0
Dark	2×	1	0
Steel	½×	0	1
Fairy	½×	0	1

Offensive type coverage

Against single-type targets, using only same-type attacks. This is not coverage against every dual-type species.

NormalNeutral

FireNeutral

WaterNeutral

ElectricNeutral

Grass✓ Super effective

Ice✓ Super effective

Fighting✓ Super effective

Poison✓ Super effective

GroundNeutral

FlyingNeutral

PsychicNeutral

Bug✓ Super effective

RockNeutral

GhostNeutral

DragonNeutral

DarkNeutral

Steel✓ Super effective

FairyNeutral

How is the score calculated?

Offense (25%): neutral-or-better type coverage and strongest attacking base stats. Defense (30%): team resistances, unprotected and repeated weaknesses, and 4× vulnerabilities. Coverage (25%): fraction of 18 single-type targets hit super effectively by your own types. Synergy (20%): teammates resisting each other’s weaknesses, physical/special/bulk stat signals and base Speed ≥100. Scores are rounded to 0–100; the total uses the displayed subscores.

Rating bands: Excellent ≥80, Good ≥65, Fair ≥45, Poor below 45. An empty team has no rating.

Small teams are provisional and are not given a separate completion bonus. Adding a Pokémon can lower the score if it creates new weaknesses or lowers averages. These initial heuristics have not been calibrated against battle outcomes.