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Pokémon speed tiers

Speed Tiers are how competitive players decide EV investments. Knowing 'I need to outspeed Modest Heatran' translates to '85 Spe + 1 = invest 12 Spe EVs from 0'. This is the current chart for Gen 9 OU and VGC.

Spe statPokémonNotes
200 Regieleki (Lv50 Jolly 252 EV) Fastest non-boosted, non-Scarf in OU/Ubers.
188 Dragapult (Timid 252 EV) Specs nuke.
184 Iron Bundle (Timid 252) Booster Spe untaken = 184; +50% Booster = 276.
180 Deoxys-Speed Banned but reference benchmark.
172 Iron Valiant (Naive 252 EV) Booster Spe = 258.
169 Chien-Pao (Jolly 252) Faster than max-Speed Garchomp.
162 Flutter Mane / Roaring Moon (Booster Spe = 243) VGC speed kings.
156 Garchomp (Jolly 252) / Iron Treads (Booster Spe = 234) Standard Garchomp speed creep target.
152 Iron Valiant (Modest) Mixed sets.
138 Kingambit (Adamant 252 EV at +1 Spe... actually max Adamant 252 = 110) Kingambit cleans late game, doesn't need to outspeed.
128 Choice Scarf Walking Wake (Modest) ScarfedSun sweeper.
112 Tinkaton (Jolly 252) Slow but Encore is the trick.
85 Heatran (Timid 252) Slow special tank.
70 Slowking-Galar (Bold 0 Spe) Future Sight pivot, slowed for momentum.
30 Glastrier (Brave 0 Spe IV) Trick Room dependent.

How to use a speed tier chart

Find your Pokémon and the threat you want to outspeed. Take the threat's Spe stat at level 50, add 1, then use our EV calculator to find the minimum Speed EV investment needed to hit that benchmark.

Common Speed creeps

  • Outspeed max-Spe Garchomp (157): 156 Spe stat → invest enough EVs to hit 157. On a base-100 Speed Pokémon, ~140 EVs Jolly.
  • Outspeed Choice Scarf Heatran (180): Need 181+ Spe. Most non-Scarf Pokémon can't hit this without speed-boosting moves or items.
  • Outspeed +1 Garchomp (after Dragon Dance): 235 Spe. Only Scarf or +2 Speed boosts reach this.

Booster Energy Speed math

Booster Energy gives +50% Speed (instead of +30% for other stats) when Quark Drive / Protosynthesis activates on a Pokémon with Speed as its highest base stat. So a Booster Speed Iron Bundle (base 136 → 220 Spe at 252 EV Timid level 100) becomes 330 Speed. That's faster than every Scarf user in the game except Scarf Regieleki.