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Play Rough

Fairy · Physical · 16 Pokémon in Reg M-B
Fairy
Play Rough
TypeFairy
CategoryPhysical
Base power90
Accuracy90%
PP10
Priority0
PokémonTypes Its usageCarries it
Grimmsnarl 10.4% 1.1% Mega Mawile 5.2% 99% Meowscarada 2.8% 1.5% Lycanroc-Dusk 2.7% 0.8% Houndstone 1.4% 4.1% Tinkaton 0.79% 25.1% Mega Raichu X 0.78% 15.6% Mimikyu 0.57% 94.5% Azumarill 0.35% 97.6% Arcanine 0.27% 8.9% Tyrantrum 0.05% 5.3% Pikachu 0.04% 21.7% Luxray 0.04% 6.6% Beartic 0.03% 9% Mega Absol 0.02% 23.6% Lycanroc-Midnight 0.01% 43.2%

What it does

Has a 10% chance to lower the target's Attack by 1 stage.

At 90 base power it is the 14th strongest of the 42 damaging physical moves that appear in this format.

Who carrys it

16 of the 282 Pokémon measured on the Regulation M-B ladder carry Play Rough. The one that matters most is Grimmsnarl, which is on 10.4% of teams and carrys it on 1.1% of its sets. The full list is above, ordered by how much of the format each one is.

What it hits

As a Fairy move it is super effective against Dark, Dragon and Fighting, resisted by Fire, Poison and Steel. 4 other Fairy moves appear in this format: Moonblast, Dazzling Gleam, Draining Kiss, Charm.

Who could and does not

38 Pokémon legal in this regulation can learn Play Rough at all, against the 16 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 Whimsicott, Sylveon, Ninetales-Alola, Maushold, Tsareena and Primarina — each of them measured on the ladder, each of them leaving this move on the shelf.

How concentrated it is

Across the ladder, Play Rough accounts for an expected 0.07 of the six slots on an average team, which makes it the 64th most-brought of the 126 moves this format runs. 2% of that comes from Grimmsnarl alone, so it is spread across the field rather than propped up by one Pokémon. Its carriers are mostly Fairy (5), Dark (3) and Rock (3).

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.