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 May 2026 - Jul 2026 source artifact.
#1 Archaludon21.7% usageBrowse teams
#2 Dragapult21.2% usageBrowse teams
#3 Greninja17.2% usageBrowse teams
#4 Goodra-Hisui17.0% usageBrowse teams
#5 Skarmory15.8% usageBrowse teams
#6 Samurott-Hisui15.1% usageBrowse teams
#7 Landorus14.2% usageBrowse teams
#8 Gliscor14.0% usageBrowse teams
#9 Flutter Mane12.8% usageBrowse teams
#10 Meowscarada12.6% 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.
- Ninetales + Ogerpon-Hearthflame99.7% of source teams using Ninetales also included Ogerpon-HearthflameFind teams
- Cinderace + Ninetales99.6% of source teams using Ninetales also included CinderaceFind teams
- Kingdra + Pelipper99.3% of source teams using Kingdra also included PelipperFind teams
- Blissey + Zoroark-Hisui99.2% of source teams using Blissey also included Zoroark-HisuiFind teams
- Barraskewda + Pelipper99.0% of source teams using Barraskewda also included PelipperFind teams
- Ceruledge + Ninetales99.0% of source teams using Ninetales also included CeruledgeFind teams
- Terapagos + Zoroark-Hisui99.0% of source teams using Terapagos also included Zoroark-HisuiFind teams
- Forretress + Volcarona99.0% of source teams using Forretress also included VolcaronaFind teams
Observed matchup checks
Ranked by p minus four standard errors; this is not a win rate.
- Gholdengo into Archaludon86.8% target KO or switch rate · 5.1% standard error · 66.2% p − 4d score · 128.484 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Samurott-Hisui into Dragapult71.1% target KO or switch rate · 7.4% standard error · 41.4% p − 4d score · 69.107 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Muk-Alola into Greninja83.3% target KO or switch rate · 7.3% standard error · 54.0% p − 4d score · 25.785 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Samurott-Hisui into Goodra-Hisui97.0% target KO or switch rate · 3.3% standard error · 83.8% p − 4d score · 52.269 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Gholdengo into Skarmory96.2% target KO or switch rate · 3.0% standard error · 84.2% p − 4d score · 123.532 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Dragonite into Samurott-Hisui81.7% target KO or switch rate · 8.6% standard error · 47.5% p − 4d score · 20.402 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.