Pokedex · Champions · #964
Palafin
Water type · strong stats (BST 457, top 90% of the Champions roster) · builds into a fast support.
Palafin
water · BST 457 · fast support
Base stats
| HP | 100 | |
| Attack | 70 | |
| Defense | 72 | |
| Sp. Atk | 53 | |
| Sp. Def | 62 | |
| Speed | 100 |
Defensive profile
How incoming damage multiplies for this form.
Abilities
Selectable in Champions (400 VP to change).
- Zero to Hero
How to use Palafin in Champions
Palafin fills a fast support niche on Champions ranked teams. With a 66-stat-point budget (max 32 per stat), most builds pour 32 into Attack and HP, then fine-tune Speed in steps of 2 to sit just above or below the metagame's common numbers.
Defensively it is hurt hardest by Electric, Grass, while resisting Fire, Water, Ice, Steel. Check the Water page for the full matchup math behind those numbers.
Movepool highlights
Palafin can learn 52 moves in Champions. Coverage by type: dark dragon fairy fighting ice normal psychic steel water. Pick four that patch your team's coverage gaps — the team builder flags what's missing automatically.
Full move list
| Move | Type | Class | Power | Acc |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acrobatics | Physical | 55 | 100 | |
| Agility | psychic | Status | — | 101 |
| Aqua Jet | water | Physical | 40 | 100 |
| Aqua Tail | water | Physical | 90 | 90 |
| Aura Sphere | fighting | Special | 80 | 101 |
| Blizzard | ice | Special | 110 | 70 |
| Body Slam | normal | Physical | 85 | 100 |
| Boomburst | normal | Special | 140 | 100 |
| Bounce | Physical | 85 | 85 | |
| Bulk Up | fighting | Status | — | 101 |
| Charm | fairy | Status | — | 100 |
| Chilling Water | water | Special | 50 | 100 |
| Close Combat | fighting | Physical | 120 | 100 |
| Dive | water | Physical | 80 | 100 |
| Double Hit | normal | Physical | 35 | 90 |
| Drain Punch | fighting | Physical | 75 | 100 |
| Draining Kiss | fairy | Special | 50 | 100 |
| Encore | normal | Status | — | 100 |
| Endure | normal | Status | — | 101 |
| Facade | normal | Physical | 70 | 100 |
| Flip Turn | water | Physical | 60 | 100 |
| Focus Blast | fighting | Special | 120 | 70 |
| Focus Energy | normal | Status | — | 101 |
| Focus Punch | fighting | Physical | 150 | 100 |
| Giga Impact | normal | Physical | 150 | 90 |
| Haze | ice | Status | — | 101 |
| Helping Hand | normal | Status | — | 101 |
| Hydro Pump | water | Special | 110 | 80 |
| Hyper Beam | normal | Special | 150 | 90 |
| Hyper Voice | normal | Special | 90 | 100 |
| Ice Beam | ice | Special | 90 | 100 |
| Ice Punch | ice | Physical | 75 | 100 |
| Icy Wind | ice | Special | 55 | 95 |
| Iron Head | steel | Physical | 80 | 100 |
| Jet Punch | water | Physical | 60 | 100 |
| Liquidation | water | Physical | 85 | 100 |
| Outrage | dragon | Physical | 120 | 100 |
| Protect | normal | Status | — | 101 |
| Psych Up | normal | Status | — | 101 |
| Rain Dance | water | Status | — | 101 |
| Rest | psychic | Status | — | 101 |
| Sleep Talk | normal | Status | — | 101 |
| Substitute | normal | Status | — | 101 |
| Surf | water | Special | 90 | 100 |
| Taunt | dark | Status | — | 100 |
| Throat Chop | dark | Physical | 80 | 100 |
| Tickle | normal | Status | — | 100 |
| Water Pulse | water | Special | 60 | 100 |
| Waterfall | water | Physical | 80 | 100 |
| Wave Crash | water | Physical | 120 | 100 |
| Whirlpool | water | Special | 35 | 85 |
| Zen Headbutt | psychic | Physical | 80 | 90 |