Meta Analysis — ChampDex

Explore usage data from ranked ladder and community tournaments. 20,602 battles analyzed (Smogon chaos, April 2026).

Usage Rankings

Top 50 Pokémon by usage rate across all analyzed teams

#	Pokémon	Types	Usage %	Win Rate
1	Incineroar	firedark	36.3%	49.5%
2	Farigiraf	normalpsychic	14.1%	50.0%
3	Torkoal	fire	12.1%	50.0%
4	Archaludon	steeldragon	9.3%	49.0%
5	Whimsicott	grassfairy	8.3%	49.0%
6	Dragonite	dragonflying	8.2%	50.5%
7	Pelipper	waterflying	8.2%	49.0%
8	Arcanine-Hisui	firerock	6.1%	49.5%
9	Ninetales-Alola	icefairy	5.5%	49.5%
10	Hatterene	psychicfairy	4.8%	50.5%
11	Kingambit	darksteel	4.4%	50.0%
12	Sinistcha	grassghost	4.0%	47.0%
13	Tyranitar	rockdark	3.8%	49.5%
14	Primarina	waterfairy	3.6%	49.5%
15	Sneasler	fightingpoison	2.6%	48.0%
16	Basculegion	waterghost	2.5%	47.0%
17	Armarouge	firepsychic	2.4%	50.0%
18	Glimmora	rockpoison	2.2%	55.0%
19	Maushold	normal	2.1%	47.0%
20	Garchomp	dragonground	2.0%	48.5%
21	Typhlosion-Hisui	fireghost	1.9%	49.0%
22	Excadrill	groundsteel	1.9%	48.5%
23	Corviknight	flyingsteel	1.6%	49.5%
24	Zoroark-Hisui	normalghost	1.6%	48.5%
25	Dragapult	dragonghost	1.6%	49.5%
26	Talonflame	fireflying	1.4%	46.0%
27	Goodra-Hisui	steeldragon	1.3%	50.0%
28	Ninetales	fire	1.3%	49.5%
29	Volcarona	bugfire	1.1%	47.5%
30	Oranguru	normalpsychic	1.1%	51.5%
31	Politoed	water	1.0%	46.0%
32	Orthworm	steel	1.0%	47.0%
33	Ceruledge	fireghost	1.0%	47.5%
34	Gallade	psychicfighting	0.9%	50.0%
35	Garganacl	rock	0.9%	50.5%
36	Sableye	darkghost	0.8%	49.5%
37	Gyarados	waterflying	0.8%	49.5%
38	Scizor	bugsteel	0.8%	46.0%
39	Venusaur	grasspoison	0.8%	49.0%
40	Rhyperior	groundrock	0.8%	46.0%
41	Araquanid	waterbug	0.8%	51.0%
42	Milotic	water	0.8%	46.0%
43	Blastoise	water	0.8%	46.0%
44	Palafin	water	0.8%	48.5%
45	Kommo-O	dragonfighting	0.7%	49.5%
46	Charizard	fireflying	0.7%	48.5%
47	Arcanine	fire	0.6%	52.5%
48	Sylveon	fairy	0.6%	47.5%
49	Chesnaught	grassfighting	0.6%	51.0%
50	Mimikyu	ghostfairy	0.6%	48.0%

Meta Type Distribution

How each type is represented across the metagame

Type	Count in Meta	Avg Win Rate
fire	11	49.0%
water	9	48.1%
ghost	8	48.3%
steel	7	48.6%
dragon	6	49.5%
fairy	6	49.0%
flying	6	48.8%
psychic	5	50.4%
rock	5	50.1%
dark	4	49.6%
normal	4	49.3%
grass	4	49.0%
fighting	4	49.6%
poison	3	50.7%
ground	3	47.7%
bug	3	48.2%
ice	1	49.5%

Rising in the Meta

Archaludon 9.31% usage 49% WR

Pelipper 8.17% usage 49% WR

Primarina 3.59% usage 49.5% WR

Torkoal 12.08% usage 50% WR

Hatterene 4.82% usage 50.5% WR

Falling in the Meta

No Pokémon falling — meta is stable

Tournament Winning Teams

Top performing teams from recent events

Striider 11W-2L

Pokemon Champions Challenge #1

203 participants

pokefey 10W-1L

TORNEO SALIDA POKEMON CHAMPIONS

173 participants

Magnetman 11W-1L

Talon's FIGHT CLUB #79 POKEMON CHAMPIONS

122 participants

PollitoA7 10W-1L

Unova Champions League / POKEMON CHAMPIONS / 30

100 participants

ShadowJeff 8W-2L

CHAMPIONS $50 USD | Guti x Trainers TCG

72 participants

OkayTokay369 8W-2L

Wolfey Patreon Tournament - Pokemon Champions #1

56 participants

LiebesleidVGC 9W-1L

POKEMON CHAMPAGNE - LO CAMBIA TODO N1

40 participants

CptAuroOG 7W-2L

VGCA Battle Hall #24 (CHAMPIONS)

36 participants

Curated Teams

Archetype-defining teams for the current format

Mega Floette HO

Hyper Offense

Fast-paced hyper offense centered around Mega Floette's setup potential.

Sand Bulky Offense

Sand

Sand-boosted Excadrill with bulky pivots and defensive coverage.

Sand Offense

Sand

Aggressive sand team with fast threats and priority moves.

Rain Rush

Rain

Drizzle rain team with Swift Swim sweepers and rain-boosted Electro Shot.

Hard Trick Room

Trick Room

Dedicated Trick Room with Armor Tail support and slow sweepers.

Full Pokémon Rankings

Detailed usage and performance statistics for the top 50 Pokémon

#	Pokémon	Types	Usage %	Win Rate	Tier
1	Incineroar	firedark	36.31%	49.5%	S
2	Farigiraf	normalpsychic	14.05%	50.0%	B
3	Torkoal	fire	12.08%	50.0%	B
4	Archaludon	steeldragon	9.31%	49.0%	B
5	Whimsicott	grassfairy	8.35%	49.0%	B
6	Dragonite	dragonflying	8.18%	50.5%	B
7	Pelipper	waterflying	8.17%	49.0%	B
8	Arcanine-Hisui	firerock	6.14%	49.5%	C
9	Ninetales-Alola	icefairy	5.49%	49.5%	C
10	Hatterene	psychicfairy	4.82%	50.5%	D
11	Kingambit	darksteel	4.43%	50.0%	D
12	Sinistcha	grassghost	4.05%	47.0%	D
13	Tyranitar	rockdark	3.83%	49.5%	D
14	Primarina	waterfairy	3.59%	49.5%	D
15	Sneasler	fightingpoison	2.56%	48.0%	D
16	Basculegion	waterghost	2.53%	47.0%	D
17	Armarouge	firepsychic	2.40%	50.0%	D
18	Glimmora	rockpoison	2.20%	55.0%	D
19	Maushold	normal	2.12%	47.0%	D
20	Garchomp	dragonground	2.04%	48.5%	D
21	Typhlosion-Hisui	fireghost	1.89%	49.0%	D
22	Excadrill	groundsteel	1.88%	48.5%	D
23	Corviknight	flyingsteel	1.63%	49.5%	D
24	Zoroark-Hisui	normalghost	1.60%	48.5%	D
25	Dragapult	dragonghost	1.56%	49.5%	D
26	Talonflame	fireflying	1.37%	46.0%	D
27	Goodra-Hisui	steeldragon	1.31%	50.0%	D
28	Ninetales	fire	1.27%	49.5%	D
29	Volcarona	bugfire	1.15%	47.5%	D
30	Oranguru	normalpsychic	1.10%	51.5%	D
31	Politoed	water	1.04%	46.0%	D
32	Orthworm	steel	1.00%	47.0%	D
33	Ceruledge	fireghost	0.99%	47.5%	D
34	Gallade	psychicfighting	0.94%	50.0%	D
35	Garganacl	rock	0.93%	50.5%	D
36	Sableye	darkghost	0.85%	49.5%	D
37	Gyarados	waterflying	0.84%	49.5%	D
38	Scizor	bugsteel	0.84%	46.0%	D
39	Venusaur	grasspoison	0.81%	49.0%	D
40	Rhyperior	groundrock	0.80%	46.0%	D
41	Araquanid	waterbug	0.80%	51.0%	D
42	Milotic	water	0.78%	46.0%	D
43	Blastoise	water	0.77%	46.0%	D
44	Palafin	water	0.75%	48.5%	D
45	Kommo-O	dragonfighting	0.74%	49.5%	D
46	Charizard	fireflying	0.74%	48.5%	D
47	Arcanine	fire	0.63%	52.5%	D
48	Sylveon	fairy	0.61%	47.5%	D
49	Chesnaught	grassfighting	0.61%	51.0%	D
50	Mimikyu	ghostfairy	0.60%	48.0%	D

Speed Tiers

Base speed comparison with common boosts (Level 50, 252 EVs, 31 IVs, +Speed nature)

Pokémon	Types	Base Speed	Max Speed	+Scarf	+Tailwind	+Both
Dragapult	dragonghost	142	213	319	426	638
Talonflame	fireflying	126	195	292	390	584
Sneasler	fightingpoison	120	189	283	378	566
Whimsicott	grassfairy	116	184	276	368	552
Maushold	normal	111	179	268	358	536
Zoroark-Hisui	normalghost	110	178	267	356	534
Ninetales-Alola	icefairy	109	177	265	354	530
Garchomp	dragonground	102	169	253	338	506
Ninetales	fire	100	167	250	334	500
Volcarona	bugfire	100	167	250	334	500
Palafin	water	100	167	250	334	500
Charizard	fireflying	100	167	250	334	500
Mimikyu	ghostfairy	96	162	243	324	486
Typhlosion-Hisui	fireghost	95	161	241	322	482
Arcanine	fire	95	161	241	322	482
Arcanine-Hisui	firerock	90	156	234	312	468
Excadrill	groundsteel	88	154	231	308	462
Glimmora	rockpoison	86	151	226	302	452
Archaludon	steeldragon	85	150	225	300	450
Ceruledge	fireghost	85	150	225	300	450
Kommo-O	dragonfighting	85	150	225	300	450
Gyarados	waterflying	81	146	219	292	438
Milotic	water	81	146	219	292	438
Dragonite	dragonflying	80	145	217	290	434
Gallade	psychicfighting	80	145	217	290	434
Venusaur	grasspoison	80	145	217	290	434
Basculegion	waterghost	78	143	214	286	428
Blastoise	water	78	143	214	286	428
Armarouge	firepsychic	75	139	208	278	416
Sinistcha	grassghost	70	134	201	268	402
Politoed	water	70	134	201	268	402
Corviknight	flyingsteel	67	130	195	260	390
Pelipper	waterflying	65	128	192	256	384
Orthworm	steel	65	128	192	256	384
Scizor	bugsteel	65	128	192	256	384
Chesnaught	grassfighting	64	127	190	254	380
Tyranitar	rockdark	61	124	186	248	372
Incineroar	firedark	60	123	184	246	368
Farigiraf	normalpsychic	60	123	184	246	368
Primarina	waterfairy	60	123	184	246	368
Goodra-Hisui	steeldragon	60	123	184	246	368
Oranguru	normalpsychic	60	123	184	246	368
Sylveon	fairy	60	123	184	246	368
Kingambit	darksteel	50	112	168	224	336
Sableye	darkghost	50	112	168	224	336
Araquanid	waterbug	42	103	154	206	308
Rhyperior	groundrock	40	101	151	202	302
Garganacl	rock	35	95	142	190	284
Hatterene	psychicfairy	29	89	133	178	266
Torkoal	fire	20	79	118	158	236

Core Pairs

Most commonly paired Pokémon and their competitive synergy

Incineroar

Farigiraf

Synergy 60%

Usage 14.1%

Incineroar + Farigiraf teammate synergy (Smogon stats)

Archaludon

Pelipper

Synergy 60%

Usage 8.2%

Rain-boosted Electro Shot guarantee

Farigiraf

Torkoal

Synergy 60%

Usage 12.1%

Trick Room + Eruption sun TR

Incineroar

Whimsicott

Synergy 60%

Usage 8.3%

Incineroar + Whimsicott teammate synergy (Smogon stats)

Incineroar

Torkoal

Synergy 60%

Usage 12.1%

Incineroar + Torkoal teammate synergy (Smogon stats)

Incineroar

Archaludon

Synergy 60%

Usage 9.3%

Incineroar + Archaludon teammate synergy (Smogon stats)

Archetype Rankings

Win rates and representation of major archetypes

Trick Room

50% WR 14.1% usage

Sun

50% WR 12.1% usage

Sand

49.5% WR 3.8% usage

Tailwind

49% WR 8.3% usage

Rain

49% WR 8.2% usage

Move Analysis

Top 30 moves by meta-slot frequency and associated win rates

#	Move	Type	Category	Usage %	Win Rate
1	Protect	Normal	Status	64.5%	49.8%
2	Fake Out	Normal	Physical	17.9%	49.6%
3	Close Combat	Fighting	Physical	14.3%	50.2%
4	Moonblast	Fairy	Special	12.6%	50.0%
5	Trick Room	Psychic	Status	12.5%	49.5%
6	Tailwind	Flying	Status	12.0%	49.3%
7	U-turn	Bug	Physical	11.5%	49.8%
8	Follow Me	Normal	Status	11.3%	49.9%
9	Knock Off	Dark	Physical	11.0%	49.4%
10	Dazzling Gleam	Fairy	Special	11.0%	50.2%
11	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	10.9%	49.9%
12	Flareblitz	Fire	Physical	9.7%	49.4%
13	Earthpower	Ground	Special	9.6%	50.2%
14	Helping Hand	Normal	Status	8.7%	49.6%
15	Spikyshield	Grass	Status	8.3%	50.4%
16	Taunt	Dark	Status	8.2%	49.8%
17	Icy Wind	Ice	Special	8.2%	50.2%
18	Surgingstrikes	Water	Physical	8.1%	50.0%
19	Ivycudgel	Grass	Physical	8.1%	50.2%
20	Draco Meteor	Dragon	Special	7.5%	50.2%
21	Partingshot	Dark	Status	7.5%	49.5%
22	Aquajet	Water	Physical	7.4%	49.7%
23	Woodhammer	Grass	Physical	7.4%	50.0%
24	Sludgebomb	Poison	Special	7.4%	50.1%
25	Grassyglide	Grass	Physical	6.9%	50.0%
26	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	6.4%	49.6%
27	Sucker Punch	Dark	Physical	6.1%	50.9%
28	Hypervoice	Normal	Special	6.0%	49.9%
29	Terablast	Normal	Special	5.8%	49.4%
30	Ragepowder	Bug	Status	5.7%	49.0%