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Ladder Rating Cutoff

Tournament data covers 153 online events (25+ players) from the last 30 days: 14865 public team lists. Ladder data is the Showdown [Gen 9 Champions] VGC 2026 Reg M-B ladder for 2026-06. Click any Pokémon for its full stats.

Tournament data: Data from Limitless TCG. Ladder data: Smogon usage stats.

Tournament Conversion

Win rates from tournament records (a tie counts half), with Mega forms resolved from held stones — Charizard-Mega-Y and -X count separately. Only Pokémon with at least 100 games and 20 teams are ranked (191 qualify). The underperforming list is limited to Pokémon with at least 5% usage.

▲ Overperforming highest win rates

PokémonUsageWin %Games
Floette-Eternal 0.2% #155 58.0% 205
Floette-Mega 12.9% #13 55.0% 10943
Arcanine-Hisui 1.5% #59 54.1% 1250
Kommo-o 2.0% #53 53.9% 1632
Scovillain-Mega 2.9% #44 53.2% 2443
Kingambit 33.0% #3 52.7% 27382
Venusaur-Mega 6.0% #28 52.5% 4870
Charizard-Mega-Y 27.7% #5 52.3% 22934
Lycanroc-Dusk 2.6% #46 52.2% 2054
Ariados 0.2% #167 52.2% 159
Toxapex 5.0% #34 52.1% 4044
Blastoise-Mega 6.3% #25 52.0% 5223
Rotom-Mow 0.5% #100 51.9% 422
Basculegion 25.1% #6 51.5% 20259
Delphox-Mega 9.3% #19 51.5% 7377

▼ Underperforming popular picks, lowest win rates

PokémonUsageWin %Games
Torkoal 6.7% #24 43.6% 5016
Mawile-Mega 5.8% #29 44.6% 4180
Raichu-Mega-Y 7.7% #21 45.2% 5760
Maushold 5.5% #30 47.0% 4279
Farigiraf 20.9% #9 47.9% 16357
Metagross-Mega 7.8% #20 48.2% 6259
Sylveon 17.6% #10 48.4% 14051
Milotic 7.4% #23 48.5% 5785
Whimsicott 21.0% #8 48.6% 16624
Grimmsnarl 12.5% #14 48.9% 9861
Staraptor-Mega 9.4% #17 49.0% 7378
Pelipper 14.3% #12 49.3% 11435
Sinistcha 27.9% #4 49.3% 22151
Tyranitar-Mega 6.0% #26 49.4% 4780
Swampert-Mega 10.2% #16 49.4% 8201

Top Cut Conversion

Usage share among all 14865 public teams versus the 2449 that finished in their event's Top 16 — the biggest gains and drops in usage share, like the tournament overview's Biggest Movers. Only Pokémon with at least 2% usage on one side are ranked.

▲ Rising more common in the top cut

PokémonAllTop 16Δ
Kingambit 33.0% 38.7% +5.7
Basculegion 25.1% 29.4% +4.3
Charizard-Mega-Y 27.7% 31.7% +4.0
Floette-Mega 12.9% 15.9% +3.0
Archaludon 15.0% 17.2% +2.2
Venusaur 7.7% 9.3% +1.6
Venusaur-Mega 6.0% 7.3% +1.3
Pelipper 14.3% 15.5% +1.2
Scovillain-Mega 2.9% 4.0% +1.1
Tyranitar-Mega 6.0% 7.1% +1.0

▼ Falling less common in the top cut

PokémonAllTop 16Δ
Mawile-Mega 5.8% 4.3% -1.5
Torkoal 6.7% 5.3% -1.4
Maushold 5.5% 4.5% -1.0
Farigiraf 20.9% 19.8% -1.0
Raichu-Mega-Y 7.7% 6.7% -1.0
Whimsicott 21.0% 20.1% -0.9
Aerodactyl 4.3% 3.4% -0.9
Tsareena 2.2% 1.3% -0.9
Rotom-Wash 4.2% 3.4% -0.8
Sableye 4.2% 3.5% -0.7

Tournament Momentum

Share of tournament teams including each Pokémon in the last 15 days (6037 teams) versus the 15 days before (8828 teams).

▲ Rising

PokémonEarlierRecentChange
Venusaur 5.3% 11.1% +5.77%
Excadrill 3.2% 7.6% +4.46%
Tyranitar-Mega 4.3% 8.6% +4.28%
Staraptor-Mega 7.8% 11.8% +4.03%
Milotic 5.9% 9.7% +3.83%
Gholdengo 8.3% 11.0% +2.63%
Annihilape 2.9% 5.4% +2.50%
Toxapex 3.9% 6.4% +2.49%
Basculegion 24.3% 26.2% +1.91%
Charizard-Mega-Y 26.9% 28.8% +1.84%
Archaludon 14.3% 16.1% +1.78%
Vivillon 2.1% 3.7% +1.57%
Dragonite 1.5% 3.0% +1.54%
Kommo-o 1.4% 2.9% +1.52%
Gengar-Mega 3.9% 5.2% +1.29%

▼ Falling

PokémonEarlierRecentChange
Garchomp 35.7% 30.0% -5.69%
Farigiraf 23.1% 17.6% -5.44%
Incineroar 35.6% 31.5% -4.16%
Sinistcha 29.6% 25.5% -4.13%
Swampert-Mega 11.5% 8.2% -3.33%
Metagross-Mega 9.1% 5.9% -3.20%
Sneasler 22.9% 19.8% -3.06%
Sylveon 18.8% 15.9% -2.87%
Floette-Mega 14.0% 11.2% -2.81%
Whimsicott 22.1% 19.4% -2.68%
Torkoal 7.7% 5.2% -2.45%
Mawile-Mega 6.7% 4.5% -2.26%
Delphox-Mega 10.0% 8.2% -1.86%
Aerodactyl-Mega 11.1% 9.4% -1.67%
Scrafty-Mega 3.1% 1.4% -1.63%

Cores

Pokémon cores pooled across tournament teams (at least 100 games and 20 teams). Best win rate ranks established cores (at least 1% of teams); most common shows what to prepare for; best synergy surfaces cores whose combined win rate beats both members' overall win rates, however niche. Click a core to see the teams running it.

CoreUsageWin %GamesLift
Dragonite + Kingambit 1.1% 160 teams 58.3% 939 +5.6%
Floette-Mega + Kingambit 6.5% 969 teams 58.2% 5819 +3.2%
Charizard-Mega-Y + Floette-Mega 4.3% 634 teams 57.7% 3811 +2.7%
Swampert-Mega + Vivillon 1.2% 172 teams 57.5% 990 +6.2%
Grimmsnarl + Venusaur-Mega 1.9% 285 teams 57.3% 1713 +4.8%
Politoed + Vivillon 1.1% 171 teams 57.2% 965 +5.9%
Basculegion + Floette-Mega 5.9% 876 teams 56.9% 5151 +1.9%
Lycanroc-Dusk + Sneasler 1.3% 196 teams 56.9% 1136 +4.7%
Lycanroc-Dusk + Scovillain-Mega 1.2% 185 teams 56.9% 1072 +3.7%
Floette-Mega + Whimsicott 5.5% 812 teams 56.8% 4769 +1.8%
Archaludon + Vivillon 1.2% 178 teams 56.7% 1007 +5.4%
Gengar-Mega + Vivillon 1.2% 179 teams 56.6% 998 +5.3%
Froslass-Mega + Scovillain-Mega 1.2% 183 teams 56.5% 1055 +3.3%
Archaludon + Venusaur-Mega 2.5% 365 teams 56.3% 2118 +3.8%
Floette-Mega + Garchomp 5.6% 829 teams 56.2% 4879 +1.2%

Ladder vs Tournament

Share of teams including each Pokémon on the Showdown ladder (1760+ rated, 2026-06) versus in online tournaments. Big gaps show where ladder practice and tournament reality part ways.

Tournament staples the ladder underrates

PokémonLadderTournamentGap
Charizard-Mega-Y 17.9% 27.7% +9.76%
Kingambit 24.6% 33.0% +8.34%
Aerodactyl-Mega 5.3% 10.4% +5.11%
Venusaur 2.6% 7.7% +5.03%
Sylveon 12.6% 17.6% +5.01%
Tyranitar-Mega 2.5% 6.0% +3.60%
Sneasler 18.1% 21.6% +3.52%
Excadrill 1.6% 5.0% +3.33%
Blastoise-Mega 3.0% 6.3% +3.31%
Delphox-Mega 6.3% 9.3% +2.98%
Incineroar 31.1% 34.0% +2.84%
Toxapex 2.2% 5.0% +2.70%
Milotic 4.8% 7.4% +2.61%
Venusaur-Mega 3.3% 6.0% +2.61%
Blaziken-Mega 2.2% 3.8% +1.57%

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PokémonLadderTournamentGap
Basculegion 31.7% 25.1% -6.62%
Whimsicott 27.2% 21.0% -6.17%
Metagross-Mega 13.9% 7.8% -6.14%
Sinistcha 33.2% 27.9% -5.31%
Staraptor-Mega 14.7% 9.4% -5.20%
Floette-Mega 17.6% 12.9% -4.71%
Swampert-Mega 14.6% 10.2% -4.40%
Pelipper 18.6% 14.3% -4.30%
Mawile-Mega 10.0% 5.8% -4.22%
Torkoal 9.9% 6.7% -3.15%
Pyroar-Mega 4.7% 2.0% -2.69%
Grimmsnarl 14.7% 12.5% -2.23%
Gholdengo 11.6% 9.4% -2.21%
Raichu-Mega-Y 9.5% 7.7% -1.85%
Staraptor 3.1% 1.2% -1.82%