What it does
The user prevents all opposing Pokemon from using any moves that the user also knows as long as the user remains active.
Who carrys it
7 of the 282 Pokémon measured on the
Regulation M-B ladder carry Imprison.
The one that matters most is Sinistcha,
which is on 26.1% of teams and carrys it on 3.6% of its sets.
The full list is above, ordered by how much of the format each one is.
What it hits
As a Psychic move it is super effective against Fighting and Poison, resisted by Psychic and Steel, and does nothing at all to Dark.
11 other Psychic moves appear in this format: Trick Room, Psychic, Light Screen, Reflect, Calm Mind, Psychic Fangs and others.
Who could and does not
46 Pokémon legal in this regulation can learn Imprison at all,
against the 7 that actually bring it. The gap is the interesting number: it is
the set of Pokémon that have the option and decline it.
The most-played of those are Grimmsnarl, Milotic, Ninetales-Alola, Sableye, Gallade and Vanilluxe — each of them measured on the ladder, each of them leaving this move on the shelf.
How concentrated it is
Across the ladder, Imprison accounts for an expected
0.02 of the six slots on an average team, which makes it the
112th most-brought of the 126 moves this format runs.
49% of that comes from Sinistcha alone, so it is spread across the field rather than propped up by one Pokémon.
Its carriers are mostly Ghost (4), Psychic (3) and Grass (2).
Where these numbers come from
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.
Sinistcha
26.1%
3.6%
Farigiraf
20.2%
3.8%
Mega Gardevoir
2.3%
3%
Chandelure
1.2%
5.3%
Oranguru
0.43%
4.8%
Gourgeist-Large
0.07%
99.4%
Polteageist
0.03%
6%