Gen 9 Balanced Hackmons 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 Groudon-Primal57.5% usage · −9.2%Browse teams
#2 Arceus-Ghost48.1% usage · +9.2%Browse teams
#3 Chansey31.9% usage · −10.0%Browse teams
#4 Eternatus30.0% usage · −3.0%Browse teams
#5 Registeel27.5% usage · +11.9%Browse teams
#6 Celesteela24.8% usage · −1.5%Browse teams
#7 Diancie-Mega22.2% usage · −2.9%Browse teams
#8 Blissey20.1% usage · −0.4%Browse teams
#9 Alakazam-Mega19.3% usage · +5.3%Browse teams
#10 Kyogre-Primal19.0% usage · −0.6%Browse teams
Movement
Only shown for adjacent source windows of equal length.
Rising
- Registeel+11.9%
- Arceus-Ghost+9.2%
- Koraidon+8.8%
- Zamazenta+6.0%
- Alakazam-Mega+5.3%
Falling
- Chansey−10.0%
- Groudon-Primal−9.2%
- Swampert-Mega−4.8%
- Ting-Lu−3.7%
- Arceus-Steel−3.2%
Directional teammate shares
Each percentage is conditional on the named anchor Pokémon in the source artifact.
- Arceus-Psychic + Groudon-Primal98.9% of source teams using Arceus-Psychic also included Groudon-PrimalFind teams
- Dusclops + Groudon-Primal97.1% of source teams using Dusclops also included Groudon-PrimalFind teams
- Groudon-Primal + Reshiram97.1% of source teams using Reshiram also included Groudon-PrimalFind teams
- Reshiram + Yveltal95.7% of source teams using Reshiram also included YveltalFind teams
- Arceus-Ghost + Dusclops95.4% of source teams using Dusclops also included Arceus-GhostFind teams
- Dusclops + Eternatus95.1% of source teams using Dusclops also included EternatusFind teams
- Diancie-Mega + Dusclops95.1% of source teams using Dusclops also included Diancie-MegaFind teams
- Arceus-Ghost + Metagross-Mega85.8% of source teams using Metagross-Mega also included Arceus-GhostFind teams
Observed matchup checks
Ranked by p minus four standard errors; this is not a win rate.
- Arceus-Ghost into Groudon-Primal68.0% target KO or switch rate · 3.5% standard error · 54.1% p − 4d score · 182.163 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Greninja into Arceus-Ghost72.3% target KO or switch rate · 5.1% standard error · 51.7% p − 4d score · 75.721 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Arceus-Ghost into Chansey66.2% target KO or switch rate · 3.9% standard error · 50.7% p − 4d score · 149.255 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Groudon-Primal into Eternatus54.3% target KO or switch rate · 5.0% standard error · 34.4% p − 4d score · 99.787 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Groudon-Primal into Registeel80.5% target KO or switch rate · 3.0% standard error · 68.5% p − 4d score · 175.343 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Arceus-Ghost into Celesteela76.9% target KO or switch rate · 4.0% standard error · 60.9% p − 4d score · 112.489 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.