Gen 8 VGC 2022 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 Apr 2026 - Jun 2026 source artifact.
#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 for adjacent source windows of equal length.
Rising
No comparable monthly history is available.
Falling
No comparable monthly history is available.
Directional teammate shares
Each percentage is conditional on the named anchor Pokémon in the source artifact.
- Tapu Lele + Zacian-Crowned100.0% of source teams using Tapu Lele also included Zacian-CrownedFind teams
- Goodra + Kingdra100.0% of source teams using Kingdra also included GoodraFind teams
- Goodra + Shiftry100.0% of source teams using Shiftry also included GoodraFind teams
- Goodra + Starmie100.0% of source teams using Starmie also included GoodraFind teams
- Kingdra + Shiftry100.0% of source teams using Kingdra also included ShiftryFind teams
- Kingdra + Starmie100.0% of source teams using Kingdra also included StarmieFind teams
- Kingdra + Whimsicott100.0% of source teams using Kingdra also included WhimsicottFind teams
- Shiftry + Starmie100.0% of source teams using Shiftry also included StarmieFind teams
Observed matchup checks
Ranked by p minus four standard errors; this is not a win rate.
- No matchup data is available for this edition.
Selected tournament teams
Only matching catalog events with a published, copyable team are included.
- No tournament with published teams matches this format yet.