Gen 8 National Dex 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 Greninja36.7% usage · +13.1%Browse teams
#2 Landorus-Therian30.2% usage · −7.4%Browse teams
#3 Tapu Fini24.4% usage · −0.4%Browse teams
#4 Ferrothorn24.1% usage · +5.2%Browse teams
#5 Zapdos21.6% usage · −0.5%Browse teams
#6 Clefable19.6% usage · +5.7%Browse teams
#7 Pelipper19.5% usage · +9.3%Browse teams
#8 Corviknight17.8% usage · +4.3%Browse teams
#9 Tapu Koko16.8% usage · −4.6%Browse teams
#10 Hippowdon16.5% usage · +6.3%Browse teams
Movement
Only shown for adjacent source windows of equal length.
Rising
- Greninja+13.1%
- Pelipper+9.3%
- Breloom+7.3%
- Mamoswine+6.4%
- Hippowdon+6.3%
Falling
- Kartana−9.4%
- Volcarona−8.7%
- Landorus-Therian−7.4%
- Tapu Lele−5.2%
- Gliscor−4.9%
Directional teammate shares
Each percentage is conditional on the named anchor Pokémon in the source artifact.
- Ferrothorn + Sigilyph100.0% of source teams using Sigilyph also included FerrothornFind teams
- Pelipper + Swampert-Mega99.9% of source teams using Swampert-Mega also included PelipperFind teams
- Breloom + Staraptor99.9% of source teams using Staraptor also included BreloomFind teams
- Greninja + Staraptor99.5% of source teams using Staraptor also included GreninjaFind teams
- Mamoswine + Staraptor99.4% of source teams using Staraptor also included MamoswineFind teams
- Mawile-Mega + Staraptor99.4% of source teams using Staraptor also included Mawile-MegaFind teams
- Dusclops + Gardevoir-Mega98.8% of source teams using Dusclops also included Gardevoir-MegaFind teams
- Dusclops + Ribombee98.8% of source teams using Dusclops also included RibombeeFind teams
Observed matchup checks
Ranked by p minus four standard errors; this is not a win rate.
- Tapu Fini into Greninja74.7% target KO or switch rate · 4.6% standard error · 56.2% p − 4d score · 88.605 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Greninja into Landorus-Therian93.0% target KO or switch rate · 4.5% standard error · 75.0% p − 4d score · 32.198 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Ferrothorn into Tapu Fini65.1% target KO or switch rate · 9.6% standard error · 26.7% p − 4d score · 24.647 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Zapdos into Ferrothorn72.5% target KO or switch rate · 6.5% standard error · 46.5% p − 4d score · 47.191 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Greninja into Zapdos73.9% target KO or switch rate · 6.0% standard error · 49.9% p − 4d score · 53.504 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Heatran into Clefable56.0% target KO or switch rate · 9.0% standard error · 19.9% p − 4d score · 30.316 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.