Gen 9 VGC 2026 Regulation F Best of 3 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 Incineroar55.4% usageBrowse teams
#2 Urshifu-Rapid-Strike55.3% usageBrowse teams
#3 Flutter Mane45.7% usageBrowse teams
#4 Raging Bolt32.3% usageBrowse teams
#5 Landorus30.0% usageBrowse teams
#6 Tornadus28.2% usageBrowse teams
#7 Amoonguss25.3% usageBrowse teams
#8 Rillaboom23.7% usageBrowse teams
#9 Ogerpon-Hearthflame22.5% usageBrowse teams
#10 Chien-Pao22.2% 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 + Tatsugiri100.0% of source teams using Tatsugiri also included DondozoFind teams
- Articuno + Ninetales-Alola99.9% of source teams using Articuno also included Ninetales-AlolaFind teams
- Hatterene + Indeedee-F99.8% of source teams using Hatterene also included Indeedee-FFind teams
- Indeedee-F + Iron Crown99.7% of source teams using Iron Crown also included Indeedee-FFind teams
- Incineroar + Porygon299.2% of source teams using Porygon2 also included IncineroarFind teams
- Hatterene + Torkoal99.2% of source teams using Hatterene also included TorkoalFind teams
- Iron Valiant + Ogerpon-Wellspring96.6% of source teams using Iron Valiant also included Ogerpon-WellspringFind teams
- Incineroar + Iron Valiant95.3% of source teams using Iron Valiant also included IncineroarFind teams
Observed matchup checks
Ranked by p minus four standard errors; this is not a win rate.
- Tatsugiri into Incineroar76.6% target KO or switch rate · 7.2% standard error · 47.7% p − 4d score · 34.23 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Urshifu-Rapid-Strike into Urshifu-Rapid-Strike41.4% target KO or switch rate · 3.0% standard error · 29.4% p − 4d score · 265.397 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Urshifu-Rapid-Strike into Flutter Mane54.1% target KO or switch rate · 4.2% standard error · 37.5% p − 4d score · 143.465 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Urshifu-Rapid-Strike into Raging Bolt46.6% target KO or switch rate · 4.5% standard error · 28.6% p − 4d score · 123.075 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Urshifu-Rapid-Strike into Landorus55.2% target KO or switch rate · 4.3% standard error · 38.1% p − 4d score · 135.214 relevant encountersOpen matchup
- Urshifu-Rapid-Strike into Tornadus59.6% target KO or switch rate · 5.8% standard error · 36.3% p − 4d score · 71.203 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.