| Unburden | |
|---|---|
| Smogon rating | 3.5 |
| Pokémon running it in Reg M-B | 5 |
Sneasler
31.4%
69.1%
Liepard
0.17%
0.8%
Hawlucha
0.06%
90.3%
Slurpuff
0.03%
99.1%
Sceptile
0.02%
45.6%
If this Pokemon loses its held item for any reason, its Speed is doubled as long as it remains active, has this Ability, and is not holding an item.
Smogon rates it 3.5 on their competitive scale, where 5 is format-defining and 0 is actively unhelpful.
5 of the 277 Pokémon measured on the Regulation M-B ladder run Unburden. The one that matters most is Sneasler, which is on 31.4% of teams and runs it on 69.1% of its sets. The full list is above, ordered by how much of the format each one is.
5 of the Pokémon legal in Regulation M-B have Unburden in their ability list, and 5 of those are played often enough to measure. An ability is not a choice the way a move or an item is — most Pokémon that have it have no alternative worth taking — so the gap here is about what sees play, not about what is preferred.
Across the ladder, Unburden accounts for an expected 0.22 of the six slots on an average team, which makes it the 4th most-brought of the 18 abilities this format runs. 100% of that comes from Sneasler alone, so it is really one Pokémon’s ability rather than the format’s. Its users are mostly Fighting (2).
Usage is Smogon's published statistics for the Regulation M-B VGC ladder, and the description is the one shipped in the Pokémon Showdown data set. Both are regenerated on every build rather than written by hand, so this page follows the format instead of trailing it. Take any of it to the team builder or the damage calculator.