Gen 2 OU Meta Pulse
Usage leaders and directional teammate shares from the named source period, conservative matchup observations, and selected tournament teams.
Usage leaders
The highest-ranked Pokémon in the Jul 2026 - Sep 2026 source artifact.
#1 Snorlax98.9% usage · +0.2%Browse teams
#2 Cloyster67.3% usage · +5.2%Browse teams
#3 Zapdos59.1% usage · +2.0%Browse teams
#4 Raikou39.6% usage · −3.2%Browse teams
#5 Tyranitar33.6% usage · +5.5%Browse teams
#6 Gengar30.4% usage · +7.5%Browse teams
#7 Skarmory28.5% usage · +8.3%Browse teams
#8 Starmie25.4% usage · −1.5%Browse teams
#9 Forretress23.7% usage · −3.6%Browse teams
#10 Exeggutor21.6% usage · −4.7%Browse teams
Movement
Only shown for adjacent source windows of equal length.
Rising
- Skarmory+8.3%
- Gengar+7.5%
- Tyranitar+5.5%
- Cloyster+5.2%
- Miltank+4.3%
Falling
- Steelix−6.3%
- Rhydon−5.1%
- Machamp−5.0%
- Heracross−4.9%
- Exeggutor−4.7%
Directional teammate shares
Each percentage is conditional on the named anchor Pokémon in the source artifact.
- Arbok + Marowak100.0% of source teams using Arbok also included MarowakFind teams
- Arbok + Snorlax100.0% of source teams using Arbok also included SnorlaxFind teams
- Arbok + Tyranitar100.0% of source teams using Arbok also included TyranitarFind teams
- Arbok + Umbreon100.0% of source teams using Arbok also included UmbreonFind teams
- Arbok + Zapdos100.0% of source teams using Arbok also included ZapdosFind teams
- Magcargo + Skarmory100.0% of source teams using Magcargo also included SkarmoryFind teams
- Magcargo + Snorlax100.0% of source teams using Magcargo also included SnorlaxFind teams
- Articuno + Snorlax100.0% of source teams using Articuno also included SnorlaxFind teams
Observed matchup checks
Ranked by p minus four standard errors; this is not a win rate.
- Skarmory into Snorlax65.4% target KO or switch rate · 4.6% standard error · 46.9% p − 4d score · 106.134 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Zapdos into Cloyster75.4% target KO or switch rate · 8.7% standard error · 40.7% p − 4d score · 24.717 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Raikou into Zapdos93.6% target KO or switch rate · 4.2% standard error · 77.0% p − 4d score · 34.564 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Snorlax into Raikou72.3% target KO or switch rate · 3.6% standard error · 57.9% p − 4d score · 153.653 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Snorlax into Tyranitar32.3% target KO or switch rate · 5.1% standard error · 12.0% p − 4d score · 85.277 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Snorlax into Gengar53.2% target KO or switch rate · 11.1% standard error · 8.8% p − 4d score · 20.178 relevant encountersOpen matchup
Selected tournament teams
Only matching catalog events with a published, copyable team are included.
- No tournament with published teams matches this format yet.