Gen 9 VGC 2026 Regulation F 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 Feb 2026 - Apr 2026 source artifact.
#1 Urshifu-Rapid-Strike45.8% usageBrowse teams
#2 Flutter Mane40.2% usageBrowse teams
#3 Incineroar35.0% usageBrowse teams
#4 Raging Bolt33.5% usageBrowse teams
#5 Tornadus32.3% usageBrowse teams
#6 Ogerpon-Hearthflame21.1% usageBrowse teams
#7 Chien-Pao20.4% usageBrowse teams
#8 Landorus20.3% usageBrowse teams
#9 Rillaboom20.3% usageBrowse teams
#10 Ogerpon-Wellspring19.0% usageBrowse teams
Movement
Only shown for adjacent source windows of equal length.
Rising
No comparable monthly history is available.
Falling
No comparable monthly history is available.
Directional teammate shares
Each percentage is conditional on the named anchor Pokémon in the source artifact.
- Dondozo + Tatsugiri99.8% of source teams using Tatsugiri also included DondozoFind teams
- Articuno + Ninetales-Alola99.6% of source teams using Articuno also included Ninetales-AlolaFind teams
- Indeedee-F + Iron Crown98.7% of source teams using Iron Crown also included Indeedee-FFind teams
- Terrakion + Whimsicott98.2% of source teams using Terrakion also included WhimsicottFind teams
- Lilligant-Hisui + Torkoal97.3% of source teams using Lilligant-Hisui also included TorkoalFind teams
- Hatterene + Indeedee-F97.1% of source teams using Hatterene also included Indeedee-FFind teams
- Incineroar + Porygon289.6% of source teams using Porygon2 also included IncineroarFind teams
- Porygon2 + Ursaluna88.6% of source teams using Porygon2 also included UrsalunaFind teams
Observed matchup checks
Ranked by p minus four standard errors; this is not a win rate.
- Urshifu-Rapid-Strike into Urshifu-Rapid-Strike43.2% target KO or switch rate · 7.3% standard error · 14.0% p − 4d score · 46.069 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Urshifu-Rapid-Strike into Flutter Mane55.7% target KO or switch rate · 10.0% standard error · 15.7% p − 4d score · 24.618 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Urshifu-Rapid-Strike into Incineroar51.5% target KO or switch rate · 8.6% standard error · 17.1% p − 4d score · 33.804 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Urshifu-Rapid-Strike into Tornadus74.8% target KO or switch rate · 9.1% standard error · 38.2% p − 4d score · 22.535 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.