Gen 9 Champions 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 Samurott-Hisui50.5% usage · +21.8%Browse teams
#2 Garchomp48.4% usage · −3.1%Browse teams
#3 Corviknight45.1% usage · +3.5%Browse teams
#4 Slowking-Galar22.0% usage · +3.6%Browse teams
#5 Dragapult18.7% usage · −1.1%Browse teams
#6 Glimmora17.9% usage · +0.6%Browse teams
#7 Golisopod-Mega17.9% usageBrowse teams
#8 Kingambit17.9% usage · −11.3%Browse teams
#9 Excadrill16.6% usage · +1.7%Browse teams
#10 Rillaboom16.2% usageBrowse teams
Movement
Only shown for adjacent source windows of equal length.
Rising
- Samurott-Hisui+21.8%
- Clefable+6.5%
- Blaziken+6.4%
- Rotom-Wash+4.7%
- Slowking-Galar+3.6%
Falling
- Gholdengo−18.4%
- Kingambit−11.3%
- Meganium-Mega−5.9%
- Ceruledge−4.9%
- Sneasler−4.2%
Directional teammate shares
Each percentage is conditional on the named anchor Pokémon in the source artifact.
- Pelipper + Swampert-Mega99.3% of source teams using Swampert-Mega also included PelipperFind teams
- Clefable + Sableye-Mega99.1% of source teams using Sableye-Mega also included ClefableFind teams
- Corviknight + Sableye-Mega98.5% of source teams using Sableye-Mega also included CorviknightFind teams
- Corviknight + Talonflame96.7% of source teams using Talonflame also included CorviknightFind teams
- Clefable + Talonflame95.9% of source teams using Talonflame also included ClefableFind teams
- Excadrill + Talonflame95.8% of source teams using Talonflame also included ExcadrillFind teams
- Talonflame + Toxapex95.7% of source teams using Talonflame also included ToxapexFind teams
- Sableye-Mega + Talonflame95.7% of source teams using Talonflame also included Sableye-MegaFind teams
Observed matchup checks
Ranked by p minus four standard errors; this is not a win rate.
- Quaquaval into Samurott-Hisui88.0% target KO or switch rate · 6.1% standard error · 63.6% p − 4d score · 28.497 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Dragapult into Garchomp78.3% target KO or switch rate · 7.6% standard error · 47.8% p − 4d score · 29.186 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Raichu-Mega-Y into Corviknight94.7% target KO or switch rate · 4.8% standard error · 75.7% p − 4d score · 22.021 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Samurott-Hisui into Slowking-Galar88.2% target KO or switch rate · 5.4% standard error · 66.6% p − 4d score · 35.46 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Samurott-Hisui into Dragapult81.0% target KO or switch rate · 6.8% standard error · 53.6% p − 4d score · 32.9 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Excadrill into Glimmora87.1% target KO or switch rate · 5.9% standard error · 63.6% p − 4d score · 32.308 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.