Gen 9 PU 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 Rhydon41.7% usage · +7.3%Browse teams
#2 Slowbro-Galar35.4% usage · +8.6%Browse teams
#3 Decidueye-Hisui34.3% usage · +19.4%Browse teams
#4 Florges28.4% usage · +3.7%Browse teams
#5 Milotic27.3% usage · +11.7%Browse teams
#6 Arcanine20.8% usageBrowse teams
#7 Kilowattrel20.3% usageBrowse teams
#8 Sneasel15.3% usage · +9.8%Browse teams
#9 Tentacruel14.9% usageBrowse teams
#10 Bombirdier14.3% usage · −2.8%Browse teams
Movement
Only shown for adjacent source windows of equal length.
Rising
- Decidueye-Hisui+19.4%
- Milotic+11.7%
- Sneasel+9.8%
- Slowbro-Galar+8.6%
- Rhydon+7.3%
Falling
- Sandslash-Alola−11.2%
- Cramorant−10.5%
- Salazzle−9.9%
- Galvantula−6.2%
- Whimsicott−6.0%
Directional teammate shares
Each percentage is conditional on the named anchor Pokémon in the source artifact.
- Crocalor + Sableye99.8% of source teams using Crocalor also included SableyeFind teams
- Torkoal + Venusaur99.2% of source teams using Torkoal also included VenusaurFind teams
- Chansey + Torkoal98.6% of source teams using Torkoal also included ChanseyFind teams
- Milotic + Torkoal98.5% of source teams using Torkoal also included MiloticFind teams
- Mismagius + Torkoal98.5% of source teams using Torkoal also included MismagiusFind teams
- Arcanine + Torkoal98.5% of source teams using Torkoal also included ArcanineFind teams
- Avalugg + Chansey98.2% of source teams using Avalugg also included ChanseyFind teams
- Chansey + Crocalor98.1% of source teams using Crocalor also included ChanseyFind teams
Observed matchup checks
Ranked by p minus four standard errors; this is not a win rate.
- No matchup data is available for this edition.
Selected tournament teams
Only matching catalog events with a published, copyable team are included.
- No tournament with published teams matches this format yet.