Gen 9 National Dex 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 Alomomola22.1% usage · −2.0%Browse teams
#2 Landorus-Therian20.6% usage · +0.7%Browse teams
#3 Gholdengo19.1% usage · −0.3%Browse teams
#4 Zamazenta17.8% usage · −2.9%Browse teams
#5 Terapagos15.4% usage · −1.5%Browse teams
#6 Kingambit15.1% usage · −1.6%Browse teams
#7 Ogerpon-Wellspring15.1% usage · +1.7%Browse teams
#8 Great Tusk14.2% usage · −0.6%Browse teams
#9 Zapdos13.2% usage · −1.2%Browse teams
#10 Gliscor13.1% usage · −1.9%Browse teams
Movement
Only shown for adjacent source windows of equal length.
Rising
- Blissey+2.2%
- Sableye-Mega+2.0%
- Dondozo+1.8%
- Tapu Lele+1.7%
- Corviknight+1.7%
Falling
- Zamazenta−2.9%
- Alomomola−2.0%
- Gliscor−1.9%
- Scizor-Mega−1.9%
- Venusaur-Mega−1.8%
Directional teammate shares
Each percentage is conditional on the named anchor Pokémon in the source artifact.
- Pelipper + Swampert-Mega99.0% of source teams using Swampert-Mega also included PelipperFind teams
- Conkeldurr + Slowbro96.5% of source teams using Conkeldurr also included SlowbroFind teams
- Conkeldurr + Excadrill95.5% of source teams using Conkeldurr also included ExcadrillFind teams
- Porygon2 + Ursaluna94.5% of source teams using Porygon2 also included UrsalunaFind teams
- Gengar + Gliscor92.3% of source teams using Gengar also included GliscorFind teams
- Dragonite + Gengar92.1% of source teams using Gengar also included DragoniteFind teams
- Charizard-Mega-X + Gengar92.1% of source teams using Gengar also included Charizard-Mega-XFind teams
- Gengar + Melmetal91.8% of source teams using Gengar also included MelmetalFind teams
Observed matchup checks
Ranked by p minus four standard errors; this is not a win rate.
- Mawile-Mega into Alomomola95.9% target KO or switch rate · 3.5% standard error · 81.8% p − 4d score · 31.251 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Kyurem into Landorus-Therian87.0% target KO or switch rate · 2.5% standard error · 77.2% p − 4d score · 187.334 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Charizard-Mega-Y into Gholdengo83.0% target KO or switch rate · 3.0% standard error · 70.9% p − 4d score · 154.469 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Iron Valiant into Zamazenta62.0% target KO or switch rate · 3.7% standard error · 47.4% p − 4d score · 175.224 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Zamazenta into Terapagos71.2% target KO or switch rate · 3.2% standard error · 58.3% p − 4d score · 197.733 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Dondozo into Kingambit83.1% target KO or switch rate · 4.0% standard error · 66.9% p − 4d score · 85.606 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.