Gen 9 National Dex UU 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 Excadrill39.9% usage · +17.3%Browse teams
#2 Aerodactyl-Mega28.3% usage · +2.8%Browse teams
#3 Blacephalon27.2% usage · +18.2%Browse teams
#4 Celesteela26.6% usage · +7.9%Browse teams
#5 Hippowdon22.1% usage · +14.5%Browse teams
#6 Hydreigon21.3% usage · −0.9%Browse teams
#7 Amoonguss21.2% usage · +6.2%Browse teams
#8 Skarmory20.6% usage · −3.7%Browse teams
#9 Aegislash20.6% usage · −0.2%Browse teams
#10 Scizor19.8% usage · −8.4%Browse teams
Movement
Only shown for adjacent source windows of equal length.
Rising
- Blacephalon+18.2%
- Excadrill+17.3%
- Hippowdon+14.5%
- Mew+10.8%
- Keldeo+8.6%
Falling
- Swampert−9.7%
- Scizor−8.4%
- Blissey−7.1%
- Gardevoir-Mega−6.5%
- Sableye-Mega−5.4%
Directional teammate shares
Each percentage is conditional on the named anchor Pokémon in the source artifact.
- Aerodactyl-Mega + Iron Leaves97.8% of source teams using Iron Leaves also included Aerodactyl-MegaFind teams
- Dracozolt + Excadrill97.7% of source teams using Dracozolt also included ExcadrillFind teams
- Porygon2 + Ursaluna95.9% of source teams using Porygon2 also included UrsalunaFind teams
- Quagsire + Skarmory93.2% of source teams using Quagsire also included SkarmoryFind teams
- Dracozolt + Hippowdon92.1% of source teams using Dracozolt also included HippowdonFind teams
- Amoonguss + Dracozolt90.2% of source teams using Dracozolt also included AmoongussFind teams
- Chansey + Skarmory89.3% of source teams using Chansey also included SkarmoryFind teams
- Dracozolt + Skarmory87.9% of source teams using Dracozolt also included SkarmoryFind teams
Observed matchup checks
Ranked by p minus four standard errors; this is not a win rate.
- Aegislash into Celesteela1.7% target KO or switch rate · 1.7% standard error · 5.2% p − 4d score · 56.656 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Amoonguss into Amoonguss12.2% target KO or switch rate · 2.9% standard error · 0.6% p − 4d score · 126.99 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Celesteela into Aegislash5.4% target KO or switch rate · 3.0% standard error · 6.6% p − 4d score · 56.656 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.