Gen 9 RU 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 Noivern31.9% usage · +5.0%Browse teams
#2 Krookodile22.4% usage · +5.0%Browse teams
#3 Entei21.3% usage · +0.4%Browse teams
#4 Mimikyu18.1% usage · −1.8%Browse teams
#5 Bisharp17.2% usage · −3.4%Browse teams
#6 Slowbro16.0% usage · +0.9%Browse teams
#7 Chesnaught15.7% usage · −4.8%Browse teams
#8 Volcanion14.9% usageBrowse teams
#9 Cyclizar14.9% usage · −0.2%Browse teams
#10 Maushold14.7% usage · +0.8%Browse teams
Movement
Only shown for adjacent source windows of equal length.
Rising
- Venusaur+5.8%
- Ninetales+5.5%
- Noivern+5.0%
- Krookodile+5.0%
- Swampert+4.8%
Falling
- Kleavor−7.2%
- Torterra−5.9%
- Yanmega−5.1%
- Ribombee−5.1%
- Chesnaught−4.8%
Directional teammate shares
Each percentage is conditional on the named anchor Pokémon in the source artifact.
- Ludicolo + Politoed99.9% of source teams using Ludicolo also included PolitoedFind teams
- Kingdra + Politoed99.9% of source teams using Kingdra also included PolitoedFind teams
- Forretress + Ludicolo98.9% of source teams using Ludicolo also included ForretressFind teams
- Ninetales + Scovillain98.6% of source teams using Scovillain also included NinetalesFind teams
- Malamar + Smeargle98.6% of source teams using Malamar also included SmeargleFind teams
- Politoed + Toxicroak98.2% of source teams using Toxicroak also included PolitoedFind teams
- Empoleon + Malamar98.1% of source teams using Malamar also included EmpoleonFind teams
- Barraskewda + Toxicroak97.9% of source teams using Toxicroak also included BarraskewdaFind teams
Observed matchup checks
Ranked by p minus four standard errors; this is not a win rate.
- Entei into Noivern57.9% target KO or switch rate · 10.0% standard error · 18.1% p − 4d score · 24.626 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Krookodile into Krookodile49.4% target KO or switch rate · 10.7% standard error · 6.7% p − 4d score · 21.884 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Slowbro into Entei73.7% target KO or switch rate · 8.8% standard error · 38.7% p − 4d score · 25.304 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Entei into Slowbro17.8% target KO or switch rate · 7.6% standard error · 12.6% p − 4d score · 25.304 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.