Gen 8 VGC 2022 Meta Pulse
Current usage leaders, recurring teammate cores, matchup checks, and published tournament teams, grounded in crob.at's available runtime data.
Usage leaders
The highest-ranked Pokémon in the Apr 2026 - Jun 2026 source dataset.
#1 Incineroar70.4% usageBrowse teams
#2 Zacian-Crowned53.9% usageBrowse teams
#3 Grimmsnarl33.1% usageBrowse teams
#4 Kyogre32.5% usageBrowse teams
#5 Groudon29.5% usageBrowse teams
#6 Rillaboom29.1% usageBrowse teams
#7 Gastrodon28.2% usageBrowse teams
#8 Thundurus27.9% usageBrowse teams
#9 Charizard24.7% usageBrowse teams
#10 Whimsicott23.1% usageBrowse teams
Movement
Only shown when a prior monthly dataset exists.
Rising
No comparable monthly history is available.
Falling
No comparable monthly history is available.
Popular cores
Strong teammate associations in the source usage data.
- Tapu Lele + Zacian-Crowned100.0% teammate shareFind teams
- Goodra + Kingdra100.0% teammate shareFind teams
- Goodra + Shiftry100.0% teammate shareFind teams
- Goodra + Starmie100.0% teammate shareFind teams
- Kingdra + Shiftry100.0% teammate shareFind teams
- Kingdra + Starmie100.0% teammate shareFind teams
- Kingdra + Whimsicott100.0% teammate shareFind teams
- Shiftry + Starmie100.0% teammate shareFind teams
Matchups to prepare for
The strongest available counter signal for leading threats.
- No matchup data is available for this edition.
Recent tournament teams
Only events with a published, copyable team are included.
- No tournament with published teams matches this format yet.