Gen 9 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 Latios30.1% usage · +2.7%Browse teams
#2 Excadrill26.5% usage · +1.4%Browse teams
#3 Mandibuzz24.6% usage · −0.3%Browse teams
#4 Lokix21.6% usage · +2.2%Browse teams
#5 Keldeo20.1% usage · +4.2%Browse teams
#6 Skarmory18.5% usage · −0.4%Browse teams
#7 Heatran16.7% usageBrowse teams
#8 Donphan15.6% usage · −1.8%Browse teams
#9 Manaphy15.1% usage · +5.2%Browse teams
#10 Slither Wing14.8% usage · −0.3%Browse teams
Movement
Only shown for adjacent source windows of equal length.
Rising
- Manaphy+5.2%
- Keldeo+4.2%
- Hippowdon+3.7%
- Serperior+2.9%
- Latios+2.7%
Falling
- Arcanine-Hisui−6.9%
- Clodsire−5.5%
- Tinkaton−4.9%
- Hydreigon−4.3%
- Weavile−4.2%
Directional teammate shares
Each percentage is conditional on the named anchor Pokémon in the source artifact.
- Barraskewda + Politoed98.3% of source teams using Barraskewda also included PolitoedFind teams
- Latios + Staraptor97.3% of source teams using Staraptor also included LatiosFind teams
- Infernape + Sinistcha96.1% of source teams using Infernape also included SinistchaFind teams
- Infernape + Latios94.6% of source teams using Infernape also included LatiosFind teams
- Infernape + Lokix94.4% of source teams using Infernape also included LokixFind teams
- Lokix + Staraptor94.3% of source teams using Staraptor also included LokixFind teams
- Hydrapple + Pawmot94.2% of source teams using Pawmot also included HydrappleFind teams
- Infernape + Staraptor93.9% of source teams using Infernape also included StaraptorFind teams
Observed matchup checks
Ranked by p minus four standard errors; this is not a win rate.
- Weavile into Latios76.1% target KO or switch rate · 6.1% standard error · 51.8% p − 4d score · 49.732 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Skarmory into Excadrill76.7% target KO or switch rate · 4.2% standard error · 59.9% p − 4d score · 101.687 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Skarmory into Mandibuzz70.3% target KO or switch rate · 5.0% standard error · 50.3% p − 4d score · 83.617 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Skarmory into Lokix78.7% target KO or switch rate · 8.1% standard error · 46.3% p − 4d score · 25.531 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Latios into Keldeo62.1% target KO or switch rate · 4.1% standard error · 45.7% p − 4d score · 140.93 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Skeledirge into Skarmory90.5% target KO or switch rate · 5.9% standard error · 67.0% p − 4d score · 24.827 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.