Gen 9 OU Meta Pulse
Usage leaders and directional teammate shares from the named source period, conservative matchup observations, and selected tournament teams.
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Usage leaders
The highest-ranked Pokémon in the Jul 2026 - Sep 2026 source artifact.
#1 Great Tusk32.4% usage · −0.1%Browse teams
#2 Kingambit27.6% usage · +2.0%Browse teams
#3 Gholdengo26.0% usage · −2.5%Browse teams
#4 Zamazenta24.6% usage · −4.4%Browse teams
#5 Dragonite21.1% usage · −5.0%Browse teams
#6 Ogerpon-Wellspring20.0% usage · +2.1%Browse teams
#7 Kyurem18.4% usage · +1.6%Browse teams
#8 Glimmora17.6% usage · +7.3%Browse teams
#9 Samurott-Hisui16.7% usage · +2.6%Browse teams
#10 Slowking-Galar15.5% usage · +3.5%Browse teams
Movement
Only shown for adjacent source windows of equal length.
Rising
- Glimmora+7.3%
- Cresselia+6.6%
- Ogerpon+4.6%
- Slowking-Galar+3.5%
- Moltres+3.1%
Falling
- Ting-Lu−6.8%
- Dragonite−5.0%
- Zamazenta−4.4%
- Blissey−2.8%
- Hatterene−2.5%
Directional teammate shares
Each percentage is conditional on the named anchor Pokémon in the source artifact.
- Jolteon + Moltres99.0% of source teams using Jolteon also included MoltresFind teams
- Jolteon + Slowking-Galar98.9% of source teams using Jolteon also included Slowking-GalarFind teams
- Great Tusk + Jolteon98.9% of source teams using Jolteon also included Great TuskFind teams
- Jolteon + Kingambit98.9% of source teams using Jolteon also included KingambitFind teams
- Hydrapple + Jolteon98.9% of source teams using Jolteon also included HydrappleFind teams
- Venusaur + Walking Wake97.5% of source teams using Venusaur also included Walking WakeFind teams
- Ninetales + Walking Wake95.7% of source teams using Ninetales also included Walking WakeFind teams
- Blissey + Gliscor95.3% of source teams using Blissey also included GliscorFind teams
Observed matchup checks
Ranked by p minus four standard errors; this is not a win rate.
- Cresselia into Great Tusk76.9% target KO or switch rate · 3.0% standard error · 64.8% p − 4d score · 195.587 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Dondozo into Kingambit83.8% target KO or switch rate · 2.8% standard error · 72.6% p − 4d score · 174.536 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Clodsire into Gholdengo73.9% target KO or switch rate · 2.8% standard error · 62.8% p − 4d score · 252.428 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Cresselia into Zamazenta65.3% target KO or switch rate · 4.2% standard error · 48.4% p − 4d score · 127.294 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Dondozo into Dragonite69.6% target KO or switch rate · 5.4% standard error · 48.0% p − 4d score · 72.786 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Zamazenta into Ogerpon-Wellspring71.6% target KO or switch rate · 2.8% standard error · 60.2% p − 4d score · 252.431 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.