Gen 9 LC 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 Mienfoo81.2% usage · −6.1%Browse teams
#2 Vullaby73.7% usage · +1.8%Browse teams
#3 Mudbray49.2% usage · +22.9%Browse teams
#4 Foongus44.1% usage · +8.2%Browse teams
#5 Sandshrew-Alola41.9% usage · +23.2%Browse teams
#6 Growlithe-Hisui27.6% usage · +15.5%Browse teams
#7 Glimmet22.9% usage · −1.1%Browse teams
#8 Mareanie20.8% usage · −9.5%Browse teams
#9 Tinkatink20.2% usage · −7.3%Browse teams
#10 Toedscool19.7% usage · −16.2%Browse teams
Movement
Only shown for adjacent source windows of equal length.
Rising
- Sandshrew-Alola+23.2%
- Mudbray+22.9%
- Growlithe-Hisui+15.5%
- Foongus+8.2%
- Snubbull+4.6%
Falling
- Toedscool−16.2%
- Mareanie−9.5%
- Tinkatink−7.3%
- Shellos−7.1%
- Diglett-Alola−6.4%
Directional teammate shares
Each percentage is conditional on the named anchor Pokémon in the source artifact.
- Mienfoo + Sandile98.2% of source teams using Sandile also included MienfooFind teams
- Sandshrew-Alola + Snover97.8% of source teams using Snover also included Sandshrew-AlolaFind teams
- Growlithe-Hisui + Mienfoo97.0% of source teams using Growlithe-Hisui also included MienfooFind teams
- Foongus + Mienfoo95.4% of source teams using Foongus also included MienfooFind teams
- Impidimp + Vullaby94.7% of source teams using Impidimp also included VullabyFind teams
- Aipom + Mienfoo93.6% of source teams using Aipom also included MienfooFind teams
- Growlithe-Hisui + Vullaby93.4% of source teams using Growlithe-Hisui also included VullabyFind teams
- Croagunk + Vullaby93.2% of source teams using Croagunk also included VullabyFind teams
Observed matchup checks
Ranked by p minus four standard errors; this is not a win rate.
- Vullaby into Mienfoo66.3% target KO or switch rate · 2.8% standard error · 54.9% p − 4d score · 277.574 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Glimmet into Vullaby67.0% target KO or switch rate · 5.3% standard error · 45.9% p − 4d score · 80.119 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Toedscool into Mudbray83.2% target KO or switch rate · 4.1% standard error · 66.9% p − 4d score · 84.007 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Vullaby into Foongus71.1% target KO or switch rate · 3.9% standard error · 55.4% p − 4d score · 133.92 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Mienfoo into Sandshrew-Alola50.1% target KO or switch rate · 3.6% standard error · 35.9% p − 4d score · 196.735 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Mudbray into Growlithe-Hisui62.9% target KO or switch rate · 8.1% standard error · 30.6% p − 4d score · 35.652 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.