Gen 8 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 Landorus-Therian46.7% usage · +3.0%Browse teams
#2 Heatran30.6% usage · +5.5%Browse teams
#3 Clefable26.3% usage · −1.1%Browse teams
#4 Weavile24.2% usage · +0.1%Browse teams
#5 Tornadus-Therian24.0% usage · −0.1%Browse teams
#6 Ferrothorn23.0% usage · +1.2%Browse teams
#7 Toxapex22.9% usage · +2.1%Browse teams
#8 Corviknight21.6% usage · −2.3%Browse teams
#9 Melmetal20.8% usage · +3.3%Browse teams
#10 Urshifu-Rapid-Strike20.5% usage · +0.6%Browse teams
Movement
Only shown for adjacent source windows of equal length.
Rising
- Heatran+5.5%
- Melmetal+3.3%
- Landorus-Therian+3.0%
- Zapdos+2.4%
- Hatterene+2.3%
Falling
- Tyranitar−4.8%
- Tapu Koko−4.5%
- Kartana−3.9%
- Corviknight−2.3%
- Blaziken−2.0%
Directional teammate shares
Each percentage is conditional on the named anchor Pokémon in the source artifact.
- Indeedee + Landorus-Therian100.0% of source teams using Indeedee also included Landorus-TherianFind teams
- Heatran + Vileplume100.0% of source teams using Vileplume also included HeatranFind teams
- Landorus-Therian + Vileplume100.0% of source teams using Vileplume also included Landorus-TherianFind teams
- Primarina + Vileplume100.0% of source teams using Vileplume also included PrimarinaFind teams
- Scizor + Vileplume100.0% of source teams using Vileplume also included ScizorFind teams
- Arctozolt + Aurorus100.0% of source teams using Aurorus also included ArctozoltFind teams
- Aurorus + Landorus-Therian100.0% of source teams using Aurorus also included Landorus-TherianFind teams
- Aurorus + Buzzwole100.0% of source teams using Aurorus also included BuzzwoleFind teams
Observed matchup checks
Ranked by p minus four standard errors; this is not a win rate.
- Weavile into Landorus-Therian90.7% target KO or switch rate · 5.9% standard error · 67.1% p − 4d score · 24.179 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Garchomp into Heatran82.7% target KO or switch rate · 5.9% standard error · 59.2% p − 4d score · 41.689 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Heatran into Clefable77.7% target KO or switch rate · 8.5% standard error · 43.8% p − 4d score · 24.077 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Clefable into Weavile50.8% target KO or switch rate · 10.5% standard error · 8.8% p − 4d score · 22.68 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Clefable into Tornadus-Therian80.8% target KO or switch rate · 8.3% standard error · 47.5% p − 4d score · 22.323 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Heatran into Ferrothorn83.0% target KO or switch rate · 8.0% standard error · 51.2% p − 4d score · 22.305 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.