**To use Infernape effectively in the current VGC format, leverage its Fire/Fighting type typing and build around its top-performing movesets.** Infernape appears as a prominent choice in the current Pokémon Champions format, with usage data pulled from competitive teams, tournament results and Showdown-ready pastes tracked by MetaVGC. This page brings together its most common moveset, nature, ability, item, teammates and type weaknesses so you can judge where Infernape fits in a VGC team.

The most common build highlights Iron Fist, Focus Sash and Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32. Its frequent moves include Fake Out, Overheat, Close Combat, Protect, Coaching, and Fire Punch. Treat those choices as a data-backed starting point: they show what players are bringing, while EV spreads, Tera Type and the final move slot should still respond to your expected matchups.

Defensively, Infernape has important weaknesses to flying 2x, ground 2x, psychic 2x, water 2x. That matters during teambuilding because a strong composition needs ways to cover those attacks without giving up offensive pressure. Partners such as rotom-mow, basculegion-male, raichu-mega-y, starmie-mega, and mamoswine appear often because they can add positioning, type coverage, speed control or safer switches into common checks.

MetaVGC tracks recent teams using Infernape. Open the Infernape teams page to compare complete structures, copy Showdown pastes and see how players combine Infernape with other Pokémon in the active format.