Gen 9 Monotype 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 Landorus19.0% usage · +8.3%Browse teams
#2 Archaludon18.2% usage · −3.4%Browse teams
#3 Skarmory16.4% usage · +3.2%Browse teams
#4 Greninja16.3% usage · −1.4%Browse teams
#5 Gliscor15.8% usage · +6.3%Browse teams
#6 Goodra-Hisui14.5% usage · −2.9%Browse teams
#7 Samurott-Hisui14.4% usage · −1.2%Browse teams
#8 Dragapult14.3% usage · −7.0%Browse teams
#9 Corviknight14.0% usage · +4.4%Browse teams
#10 Ting-Lu13.1% usage · +0.5%Browse teams
Movement
Only shown for adjacent source windows of equal length.
Rising
- Landorus+8.3%
- Gliscor+6.3%
- Corviknight+4.4%
- Tornadus-Therian+3.9%
- Articuno+3.6%
Falling
- Dragapult−7.0%
- Pecharunt−4.9%
- Ceruledge−4.9%
- Mimikyu−4.4%
- Flutter Mane−3.5%
Directional teammate shares
Each percentage is conditional on the named anchor Pokémon in the source artifact.
- Cinderace + Ninetales99.4% of source teams using Ninetales also included CinderaceFind teams
- Staraptor + Ursaluna99.0% of source teams using Staraptor also included UrsalunaFind teams
- Kingdra + Pelipper98.8% of source teams using Kingdra also included PelipperFind teams
- Blissey + Zoroark-Hisui98.6% of source teams using Blissey also included Zoroark-HisuiFind teams
- Ninetales + Ogerpon-Hearthflame98.6% of source teams using Ninetales also included Ogerpon-HearthflameFind teams
- Terapagos + Zoroark-Hisui98.3% of source teams using Terapagos also included Zoroark-HisuiFind teams
- Ceruledge + Ninetales98.2% of source teams using Ninetales also included CeruledgeFind teams
- Porygon2 + Zoroark-Hisui98.2% of source teams using Porygon2 also included Zoroark-HisuiFind teams
Observed matchup checks
Ranked by p minus four standard errors; this is not a win rate.
- Greninja into Landorus83.2% target KO or switch rate · 4.4% standard error · 65.5% p − 4d score · 71.595 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Gholdengo into Archaludon87.1% target KO or switch rate · 4.6% standard error · 68.6% p − 4d score · 52.458 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Gholdengo into Skarmory97.1% target KO or switch rate · 2.1% standard error · 88.6% p − 4d score · 61.749 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Goodra-Hisui into Greninja80.6% target KO or switch rate · 4.3% standard error · 63.4% p − 4d score · 84.81 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Samurott-Hisui into Gliscor85.8% target KO or switch rate · 7.0% standard error · 57.7% p − 4d score · 24.726 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Gliscor into Goodra-Hisui95.8% target KO or switch rate · 3.8% standard error · 80.7% p − 4d score · 28.533 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.