Pokémon Champions VGC meta trends

Usage of every Pokémon in recent tournaments compared with the previous ones, to spot what's entering the format before it's obvious.

Pokémon (max. 8)

Rillaboom×Sneasler×Incineroar×Gholdengo×Raichu (Mega Y)×Add Pokémon▾

Group byWeekDay

Usage over time

• Rillaboom
• Sneasler
• Incineroar
• Gholdengo
• Raichu (Mega Y)

Each line is the percentage of teams that ran that Pokémon each week. Over the filtered period: Rillaboom drops from 52.6% to 39.4%; Sneasler drops from 73.7% to 36.4%; Incineroar rises from 36.8% to 41.0%; Gholdengo rises from 10.5% to 18.4%; Raichu (Mega Y) rises from 0.0% to 19.9%.

In the last 14 days

Rising the mostGarchomp (Mega Z)+15.2 pp

Falling the mostSalamence (Mega)-14.9 pp

Best adjusted win rateSharpedo (Mega)64.7 %

Worst adjusted win rateMachamp28.0 %

Who is rising and who is falling

The twelve that move the most either way, measured in percentage points of team share.

The last 14 days are compared with the 14 before, measured in percentage points: how much its share of teams changed, not its relative growth. The biggest riser is Garchomp (Mega Z) (9.3% → 24.6%) and the biggest faller Salamence (Mega) (27.5% → 12.6%). A sustained rise usually means someone won a big tournament with it and everyone else is copying.

Rising

	Pokémon	Recent usage %	Previous usage %	Change
	Garchomp (Mega Z)	24.6	9.3	+15.2 pp
	Volcarona	16.3	8.3	+7.9 pp
	Incineroar	38.8	31.0	+7.8 pp
	Venusaur	7.6	3.0	+4.6 pp
	Charizard (Mega Y)	14.5	10.5	+4.0 pp
	Garchomp	10.5	6.7	+3.8 pp
	Delphox (Mega)	7.2	4.0	+3.2 pp
	Raichu (Mega Y)	26.4	23.3	+3.1 pp
	Primarina	6.5	3.4	+3.1 pp
	Pelipper	14.0	11.0	+3.1 pp
	Sinistcha	7.2	4.7	+2.5 pp
	Archaludon	16.6	14.2	+2.4 pp

Falling

	Pokémon	Recent usage %	Previous usage %	Change
	Salamence (Mega)	12.6	27.5	-14.9 pp
	Hisuian Arcanine	11.1	19.1	-8.0 pp
	Milotic	7.9	15.1	-7.1 pp
	Rillaboom	48.5	55.4	-6.9 pp
	Sneasler	35.0	39.7	-4.7 pp
	Indeedee ♀	13.0	17.5	-4.4 pp
	Gholdengo	24.4	28.1	-3.8 pp
	Golisopod (Mega)	9.6	13.1	-3.5 pp
	Staraptor (Mega)	8.7	12.0	-3.3 pp
	Gardevoir (Mega)	5.3	7.5	-2.2 pp
	Armarouge	3.6	5.6	-2.1 pp
	Basculegion	12.1	14.0	-2.0 pp