Alakazam Guide: Best Fusions, Stats, and Evolution in Pokémon Infinite Fusion

Alakazam is one of the fastest and hardest-hitting special attackers you can add to your team in Alakazam Pokemon Infinite Fusion. With a base Special Attack of 135 and base Speed of 120, the Psi Pokemon turns into an even bigger threat once you start fusing it. This complete guide covers how to get Alakazam in Infinite Fusion, its stats and abilities, the best natures and movesets, the top Alakazam fusions in both head and body slots, and how to use Mega Alakazam effectively. If you came here wondering whether Alakazam deserves a spot on your fusion team, the short answer is yes — few Pokemon melt opponents as fast as a well-built Alakazam.

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Alakazam Pokemon Infinite Fusion: Base Stats, Abilities, and What Makes It Strong

Alakazam keeps its classic Gen 1 stat line in Infinite Fusion: a glass cannon built for one job — moving first and hitting harder than almost anything else with special moves. Here are the base stats:

• HP: 55
• Attack: 50
• Defense: 45
• Special Attack: 135
• Special Defense: 95
• Speed: 120
• Total: 500

That 135 Special Attack is the fourth-highest among non-legendary Psychic types, and 120 Speed means Alakazam outspeeds the vast majority of the Kanto and Johto rosters without any investment. The price is obvious: 45 Defense and 55 HP make Alakazam one of the frailest fully evolved Pokemon in the game. It will not survive a strong physical hit, so the whole playstyle revolves around striking first and ending fights before the opponent can respond.

Alakazam’s Abilities: Synchronize, Inner Focus, and Magic Guard

Alakazam has two standard abilities and one hidden ability, and your choice matters a lot for fusions:

• Synchronize: passes burn, poison, and paralysis back to the opponent. Useful when you expect status spam, but Alakazam is usually too frail to enjoy trading status.
• Inner Focus: prevents flinching. Solid in gym fights against Fake Out users, though it rarely changes games for a sweeper.
• Magic Guard (hidden): Alakazam only takes damage from direct attacks. No burn damage, no poison damage, no Stealth Rock, no Life Orb recoil. This is the best ability by a wide margin, because it lets you hold a Life Orb with zero downside and ignore hazard damage completely.

Remember the fusion rule: when you fuse two Pokemon, you get to pick which parent’s ability the fusion keeps. A Magic Guard Alakazam is premium fusion material — fusing it onto a physically bulky body lets you keep Life Orb damage boosts on a Pokemon that suddenly does not mind Life Orb recoil anymore. Plan your fusions with the Pokemon Fusion Tool before you commit, because the ability choice is permanent for that fusion.

How to Get Alakazam in Pokemon Infinite Fusion

Getting Alakazam in Infinite Fusion is easier than in the official games because trade evolutions were reworked. You do not need to trade with another player at all. Here is the full path:

Step 1: Catch an Abra on Route 24

Abra appears in the tall grass on Route 24, north of Cerulean City. Oak’s assistant is literally standing on that route asking for one, which makes it hard to miss. A word of warning: wild Abra know Teleport and will flee on the first turn if your Poke Ball fails. Bring a Pokemon with a trapping ability or move, or lead with a fast sleeper. A Quick Ball on turn one is the simplest answer.

Step 2: Evolve Abra into Kadabra at Level 16

Abra evolves into Kadabra at level 16, exactly like the official games. If you caught yours underleveled, a few trainer battles on Route 24 and 25 will get it there fast. Kadabra is already a respectable special attacker for the mid-game, so do not be in a rush to bench it.

Step 3: Evolve Kadabra into Alakazam — Level 40 or Linking Cord

This is where Infinite Fusion differs from the official games. Kadabra evolves into Alakazam at level 40, or instantly if you use a Linking Cord on it like an evolution stone. No trading required. The Linking Cord is sold in the Battle Factory and Battle Tower shops, and you can also get one after completing 15 hotel quests. If you would rather save the item, just keep Kadabra in your party until 40 — the level grind in Infinite Fusion is generous thanks to the shared EXP system.

Already have the game installed? If not, download Pokemon Infinite Fusion (version 6.7.2) and you can start this evolution line within the first hour of play.

Best Nature, EVs, and Moveset for Alakazam

Alakazam has exactly one job, so its build is straightforward. You want maximum Speed and maximum Special Attack, and you never touch its Attack stat.

Best Natures

• Timid (+Speed, -Attack): the standard choice. Timid Alakazam hits 372 Speed at level 100, outspeeding nearly everything that is not Choice Scarfed.
• Modest (+Special Attack, -Attack): a fine alternative if your team has speed control like Tailwind or Sticky Web support, pushing Special Attack to its 405 ceiling.
• Avoid anything that lowers Speed or Special Attack. Alakazam with a Speed-lowering nature loses its entire identity.

EV Spread

• 252 Special Attack / 252 Speed / 4 HP — the classic sweeper spread. Nothing fancy, because Alakazam’s defenses are not worth investing in. A few extra HP points never saved an Alakazam from a physical attack anyway.
• If you are running a bulkier fusion with Alakazam as the head, consider shifting some EVs into HP to take advantage of the body’s better defenses.

Want to check exact stat numbers for your build? Run them through the fusion calculator to see how EVs, IVs, and nature interact before you commit to training.

Recommended Movesets

Standard special sweeper:

• Psychic or Psyshock — Psychic hits harder; Psyshock targets Defense and breaks special walls like Blissey fusions.
• Shadow Ball — hits opposing Psychic and Ghost types super effectively, which matters because Alakazam’s biggest rivals are other fast Psychic types.
• Focus Blast — the classic coverage move for Dark and Steel types that wall your Psychic STAB. The accuracy is shaky, but the coverage is irreplaceable.
• Calm Mind or Recover — Calm Mind turns Alakazam into a late-game cleaner that boosts past special walls; Recover (learned via move tutor options in some builds) keeps it alive longer.

Magic Guard Life Orb set: the same moves, but with Magic Guard and a Life Orb. You get a free 30% damage boost with no recoil and no hazard damage. This is the set that makes Alakazam genuinely scary, and it is also why Magic Guard Alakazam is such valuable fusion material.

Best Held Items

• Life Orb (with Magic Guard) — free power, no downside.
• Choice Specs — maximum immediate damage for a hit-and-run playstyle. Switch out after one or two KOs.
• Focus Sash — guarantees Alakazam survives one hit at full HP, which is insurance against faster threats and priority moves like Sucker Punch.
• Alakazite — for Mega Evolution, covered below.

Mega Alakazam in Infinite Fusion

Mega Alakazam is a straight upgrade for a Pokemon that was already built around speed and power. Its base stat total jumps from 500 to 590, with Special Attack rising to 175 and Speed to a blistering 150. That makes Mega Alakazam one of the fastest Pokemon in the entire game — only a handful of Choice Scarf users and naturally faster threats like Mega Gengar can move before it.

The Mega’s ability is Trace, which copies the opponent’s ability on switch-in. Trace is situational but occasionally game-winning: copying Levitate, Swift Swim, or an opponent’s Speed Boost can flip a matchup on its head. The downside is the same as ever — Mega Alakazam’s defenses barely improve, so it remains a glass cannon. Use it as a late-game cleaner: bring it in after the opponent’s faster threats and priority users are gone, and let 175 base Special Attack do the rest.

One fusion-specific note: Mega Evolution applies to the unfused Alakazam, not to fusions made with it. If your plan is to fuse Alakazam with something else, the Mega form is a separate path — pick one strategy per Alakazam, because you cannot Mega Evolve a fusion.

Alakazam as Fusion Material: Head Slot vs Body Slot

Alakazam is one of the best fusion parents in Pokemon Infinite Fusion because its stats map perfectly onto the game’s fusion rules. Quick refresher on how stat inheritance works:

• The head contributes HP, Special Attack, and Special Defense at two-thirds weight.
• The body contributes Attack, Defense, and Speed at two-thirds weight.
• The fusion takes the head’s primary type and the body’s secondary type.
• You choose which parent’s ability the fusion keeps.

Alakazam as the Head

This is Alakazam’s best role. Its 135 Special Attack and 95 Special Defense feed the fusion’s special stats, its Psychic typing becomes the fusion’s primary type, and its low Defense and Attack are mostly discarded because the body supplies those. Pair a Timid Alakazam head with a fast, bulky physical body and you get a special sweeper with real defensive presence. This is the single most important fusion rule for Alakazam: special attacker on top, always.

Alakazam as the Body

Alakazam as the body is a niche pick. It donates its 120 Speed and its secondary Psychic typing (or primary Psychic if it is single-typed, depending on the head). The use case is specific: you have a special attacker with great Special Attack but poor Speed, and you want Alakazam’s 120 base Speed injected into it. It works, but most of the time a dedicated fast body like Jolteon or Aerodactyl does the job better. Alakazam’s real value is on top.

Best Alakazam Fusions in Pokemon Infinite Fusion

Here are the strongest Alakazam fusions, with the head listed first in each pair. Test any of these in the Pokemon Fusion Tool to preview the exact typing and stats before you build them.

1. Alakazam + Gengar (Gengkazam) — Psychic/Ghost

The classic. Alakazam’s head donates 135 Special Attack while Gengar’s body brings 110 Speed and excellent Ghost-type secondary coverage. The result is a Ghost/Psychic special monster with STAB on both Psychic and Shadow Ball, covering each other’s weaknesses beautifully. Gengar’s movepool depth — Thunderbolt, Sludge Bomb, Destiny Bond — combined with Alakazam’s raw power makes Gengkazam arguably the best special-attacking fusion in the game. If you only build one Alakazam fusion, build this one. Our Gengar guide covers the other half of this pairing in detail.

2. Alakazam + Metagross — Psychic/Steel

Alakazam’s head on Metagross’s body fixes Alakazam’s biggest problem: frailty. Metagross contributes huge Defense and solid HP while keeping respectable Speed, and the Steel secondary typing adds resistances to half the type chart. Keep Alakazam’s Magic Guard or take Metagross’s Clear Body to ignore stat drops — either choice produces a bulky special attacker that can actually switch into hits. This is the fusion for players who love Alakazam’s power but hate how fast it faints.

3. Alakazam + Gyarados — Psychic/Flying

Gyarados’s body brings serious physical bulk and HP, plus an immunity to Ground through Flying typing. Alakazam’s Psychic STAB on top of that bulk creates a special attacker that shrugs off Earthquakes aimed at its Electric-type teammates. Intimidate from Gyarados is also a fantastic inherited ability — dropping the opponent’s Attack on switch-in covers Alakazam’s paper-thin Defense beautifully.

4. Alakazam + Gardevoir — Psychic/Fairy

A same-type fusion that doubles down on special offense. Gardevoir’s body adds Fairy-type coverage for Dark types — Psychic’s worst enemy — while keeping strong special stats on both sides. The Fairy typing also grants a Dragon immunity, which is genuinely useful against late-game Dragon-type gyms. Keep Trace or Synchronize from Gardevoir, or Magic Guard from Alakazam depending on whether you value utility or raw survivability.

5. Mewtwo + Alakazam — Psychic (pure power)

When you want the absolute ceiling of Psychic-type special offense, fuse Mewtwo’s head onto Alakazam’s body — or reverse it. Mewtwo brings 154 Special Attack and 130 Speed; Alakazam’s body is honestly a downgrade stat-wise, but the fusion is available far earlier than a standalone Mewtwo build and the sprite combinations are fan favorites. Check our Mewtwo guide for the legendary’s own stats and locations, and the best fusion combinations list for more legendary pairings.

6. Alakazam + Jolteon — Psychic/Electric

Speed on top of speed. Jolteon’s body donates 130 base Speed, making the fusion one of the fastest special attackers possible. Electric secondary typing adds Thunderbolt STAB and answers Flying and Water types that trouble pure Psychic builds. The defenses stay shaky, so this is a pure glass-cannon pick for players who want to move first against literally everything.

Fusion Tips for Alakazam

• Always put Alakazam in the head slot unless you have a specific Speed-donation reason. Its Attack and Defense are dead weight as body stats.
• Pick the body based on what Alakazam lacks: bulk (Metagross, Gyarados), Speed (Jolteon), or coverage (Gengar, Gardevoir).
• Ability choice is the hidden power of fusion — Magic Guard on a bulky fusion is one of the strongest combinations in the game.
• Reverse fusions (body-first) are worth checking too; the sprite and secondary typing change, and sometimes the reverse order fixes a bad defensive typing.

Alakazam’s Role: The Special Sweeper

Whether fused or not, Alakazam plays one role: the special sweeper. It switches in on something it threatens — usually a Fighting or Poison type — and immediately starts removing opponents. It does not wall, it does not support, and it does not take hits. Building a team around Alakazam means building around that reality:

• Pivot support: Alakazam hates switching into attacks. Pair it with slow U-turn or Volt Switch users, or Baton Pass chains, so it enters the field for free.
• Hazard removal: without Magic Guard, Stealth Rock and Spikes wear Alakazam down fast since it switches often. A spinner or Defogger teammate helps a lot.
• Priority insurance: Sucker Punch, Bullet Punch, and Shadow Sneak ignore Alakazam’s Speed. Keep a teammate that punishes priority users, or run Focus Sash.
• Dark-type answers: Dark types are immune to Psychic. Every Alakazam team needs a Fighting, Bug, or Fairy teammate — or a fusion body that covers the weakness.

Use the Team Builder to slot Alakazam into a full six-Pokemon lineup and check your type coverage before challenging the tougher gyms.

Alakazam vs Other Psychic Types in Infinite Fusion

How does Alakazam stack up against the other Psychic options? It depends what you need.

• vs Gengar: the eternal debate. Alakazam has higher Special Attack (135 vs 130) and higher Speed (120 vs 110), so it wins a straight damage race. Gengar has better typing, immunities, and movepool depth, making it the more versatile team player. Fuse them together and stop choosing — that is what Gengkazam is for.
• vs Mewtwo: Mewtwo is better in every stat, but it is a legendary you get far later. Alakazam is the early-to-mid-game answer that stays relevant through fusion.
• vs Gardevoir: Gardevoir trades some Speed and power for Fairy typing and better bulk. Pick Gardevoir if Dark types terrify you; pick Alakazam if you want maximum damage output.
• vs Espeon: Espeon is faster than nothing Alakazam threatens and weaker across the board. Alakazam wins this comparison cleanly.
• vs Slowbro: Slowbro is a defensive wall, not a sweeper — a completely different job. Some players fuse Alakazam’s head onto Slowbro’s body for the best of both worlds.

The honest summary: Alakazam is the best non-legendary pure special sweeper among Kanto Psychic types. Gengar is more flexible, Mewtwo is stronger but later, and everything else fills different roles. For most playthroughs, Alakazam plus a good fusion body is all the Psychic offense you will ever need.

Alakazam Pokemon Infinite Fusion FAQ

How do you evolve Kadabra into Alakazam in Infinite Fusion?

Kadabra evolves into Alakazam at level 40, or instantly when you use a Linking Cord on it. Unlike the official games, no trading is required. The Linking Cord is sold in the Battle Factory and Battle Tower shops.

Where do you catch Abra in Infinite Fusion?

Abra appears in the tall grass on Route 24, north of Cerulean City. It knows Teleport and will flee if your first Poke Ball fails, so lead with a Quick Ball or a Pokemon that can trap it. Abra evolves into Kadabra at level 16.

What is the best Alakazam fusion?

Alakazam + Gengar (Gengkazam) is widely considered the best Alakazam fusion — Ghost/Psychic typing, elite Special Attack and Speed, and deep coverage. Alakazam + Metagross is the best choice if you want bulk, and Alakazam + Jolteon is the fastest option.

Should Alakazam be the head or the body in a fusion?

The head, almost always. Alakazam’s 135 Special Attack and Psychic typing feed the fusion’s special stats and primary type, while its weak Attack and Defense are discarded. Only use Alakazam as the body when you specifically want to donate its 120 Speed to a slower special attacker.

What is the best nature for Alakazam?

Timid (+Speed, -Attack) is the standard competitive nature, pushing Alakazam to 372 Speed at level 100. Modest (+Special Attack, -Attack) is a strong alternative that maximizes damage at the cost of some Speed.

Is Mega Alakazam worth using?

Yes, as a late-game cleaner. Mega Alakazam reaches 175 Special Attack and 150 Speed with the Trace ability, outspeeding almost the entire game. Keep in mind you cannot Mega Evolve a fusion — it is a separate path from fusing Alakazam.

Is Alakazam or Gengar better in Infinite Fusion?

Alakazam hits harder and moves faster (135 Special Attack, 120 Speed vs Gengar’s 130 and 110). Gengar has better defensive typing, immunities, and a deeper movepool. Most players consider Gengar the more versatile pick — but fusing the two together beats choosing.

Can Alakazam learn Shadow Ball and Focus Blast?

Yes. Shadow Ball covers opposing Psychic and Ghost types, and Focus Blast hits Dark and Steel types that resist or are immune to Psychic STAB. Both are staples on competitive Alakazam sets alongside Psychic or Psyshock and Calm Mind.

Conclusion: Is Alakazam Worth It in Pokemon Infinite Fusion?

Alakazam in Pokemon Infinite Fusion is exactly what it has always been: the fastest, hardest-hitting Psychic-type special sweeper you can get without a legendary. Catch an Abra on Route 24, evolve it through Kadabra with a Linking Cord or at level 40, and you have a 135-base-Special-Attack monster that stays relevant from the mid-game all the way through the Elite Four — especially once you fuse it. Put Alakazam in the head slot, pair it with Gengar, Metagross, or Gyarados, keep Magic Guard when you can, and let it do what it does best: move first and end fights fast. If you are hunting a shiny one for the collection, our shiny hunting guide covers the odds and methods.