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Tournament Size

Tournament data covers 16 online events (25+ players) from the last 30 days: 1335 public team lists. Click any Pokémon for its full stats.

Tournament data: Data from Limitless TCG. Ladder data: Smogon usage stats.

Tournament Conversion

Win rates from tournament records (a tie counts half), with Mega forms resolved from held stones — Charizard-Mega-Y and -X count separately. Only Pokémon with at least 100 games and 20 teams are ranked (57 qualify). The underperforming list is limited to Pokémon with at least 5% usage.

▲ Overperforming highest win rates

PokémonUsageWin %Games
Arcanine-Hisui 10.7% #13 56.0% 711
Swampert-Mega 3.4% #40 55.6% 239
Gholdengo 11.9% #12 55.5% 807
Scovillain-Mega 1.5% #57 55.5% 119
Floette-Mega 19.1% #7 54.7% 1266
Froslass-Mega 5.5% #28 54.3% 398
Toxapex 2.9% #44 54.0% 200
Dragonite-Mega 3.1% #42 52.6% 215
Archaludon 9.0% #17 52.4% 620
Raichu-Mega-Y 6.4% #25 52.2% 408
Salamence-Mega 36.7% #3 52.0% 2459
Glimmora-Mega 1.6% #56 52.0% 100
Indeedee 5.3% #29 51.6% 368
Aerodactyl-Mega 3.4% #41 51.6% 221
Rillaboom 51.8% #1 50.9% 3398

▼ Underperforming popular picks, lowest win rates

PokémonUsageWin %Games
Whimsicott 8.1% #19 39.7% 476
Torkoal 6.5% #24 41.8% 416
Gardevoir-Mega 8.0% #20 43.9% 487
Indeedee-F 18.9% #8 44.3% 1197
Lucario-Mega-Z 7.9% #21 44.5% 530
Tyranitar-Mega 6.6% #23 44.7% 416
Baxcalibur-Mega 6.1% #26 45.3% 360
Garchomp 10.1% #16 45.6% 700
Sinistcha 8.1% #18 45.8% 502
Milotic 7.3% #22 46.2% 474
Farigiraf 16.2% #9 46.9% 1078
Golisopod-Mega 16.0% #10 48.0% 1098
Excadrill 5.7% #27 48.2% 369
Kingambit 33.7% #5 48.2% 2133
Basculegion 28.4% #6 48.9% 1866

Top Cut Conversion

Usage share among all 1335 public teams versus the 256 that finished in their event's Top 16 — the biggest gains and drops in usage share, like the tournament overview's Biggest Movers. Only Pokémon with at least 2% usage on one side are ranked.

▲ Rising more common in the top cut

PokémonAllTop 16Δ
Gholdengo 11.9% 16.8% +4.9
Arcanine-Hisui 10.7% 15.2% +4.5
Sylveon 10.1% 14.1% +4.0
Salamence-Mega 36.7% 40.6% +3.9
Archaludon 9.0% 12.9% +3.9
Froslass-Mega 5.5% 9.4% +3.8
Floette-Mega 19.1% 22.7% +3.6
Rillaboom 51.8% 55.1% +3.2
Sneasler 49.4% 52.3% +3.0
Charizard-Mega-Y 10.6% 13.3% +2.7

▼ Falling less common in the top cut

PokémonAllTop 16Δ
Indeedee-F 18.9% 13.7% -5.3
Gardevoir-Mega 8.0% 4.7% -3.3
Kingambit 33.7% 30.9% -2.9
Milotic 7.3% 4.7% -2.6
Tyranitar-Mega 6.6% 4.3% -2.3
Baxcalibur-Mega 6.1% 3.9% -2.2
Torkoal 6.5% 4.3% -2.2
Whimsicott 8.1% 6.2% -1.8
Delphox-Mega 4.1% 2.3% -1.8
Hatterene 4.4% 2.7% -1.7

Cores

Pokémon cores pooled across tournament teams (at least 100 games and 20 teams). Best win rate ranks established cores (at least 1% of teams); most common shows what to prepare for; best synergy surfaces cores whose combined win rate beats both members' overall win rates, however niche. Click a core to see the teams running it.

CoreUsageWin %GamesLift
Gholdengo + Raichu-Mega-Y 2.2% 30 teams 65.9% 176 +10.4%
Floette-Mega + Gholdengo 3.8% 50 teams 64.0% 278 +8.5%
Arcanine-Hisui + Gholdengo 2.4% 32 teams 63.9% 183 +7.9%
Froslass-Mega + Salamence-Mega 1.6% 22 teams 62.5% 120 +8.2%
Raichu-Mega-Y + Salamence-Mega 2.5% 33 teams 61.3% 155 +9.1%
Incineroar + Toxapex 1.6% 22 teams 60.7% 112 +6.7%
Arcanine-Hisui + Raichu-Mega-Y 2.2% 30 teams 59.8% 132 +3.8%
Arcanine-Hisui + Floette-Mega 1.6% 22 teams 59.2% 103 +3.2%
Basculegion + Sylveon 1.6% 22 teams 59.1% 110 +9.2%
Pawmot + Rillaboom 1.6% 22 teams 58.7% 104 +7.8%
Gholdengo + Sneasler 6.7% 89 teams 58.1% 472 +2.6%
Gholdengo + Rillaboom 8.8% 118 teams 57.9% 615 +2.4%
Froslass-Mega + Rillaboom 3.1% 41 teams 57.6% 198 +3.3%
Charizard-Mega-Y + Toxapex 1.6% 21 teams 57.4% 115 +3.4%
Froslass-Mega + Kingambit 3.6% 48 teams 57.3% 255 +3.0%