What it does
Hits three times. Power increases to 40 for the second hit and 60 for the third. This move checks accuracy for each hit, and the attack ends if the target avoids a hit. If one of the hits breaks the target's substitute, it will take damage for the remaining hits. If the user has the Skill Link Ability, this move will always hit three times.
At 20 base power it is the
42nd strongest of the 42 damaging physical
moves that appear in this format.
Who carrys it
6 of the 282 Pokémon measured on the
Regulation M-B ladder carry Triple Axel.
The one that matters most is Meowscarada,
which is on 2.8% of teams and carrys it on 46.7% of its sets.
The full list is above, ordered by how much of the format each one is.
What it hits
As a Ice move it is super effective against Dragon, Flying, Grass and Ground, resisted by Fire, Ice, Steel and Water.
9 other Ice moves appear in this format: Ice Punch, Blizzard, Freeze-Dry, Ice Fang, Aurora Veil, Icy Wind and others.
Who could and does not
14 Pokémon legal in this regulation can learn Triple Axel at all,
against the 6 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 Milotic, Ninetales-Alola, Primarina, Gardevoir, Mr. Rime and Empoleon — each of them measured on the ladder, each of them leaving this move on the shelf.
How concentrated it is
Across the ladder, Triple Axel accounts for an expected
0.04 of the six slots on an average team, which makes it the
97th most-brought of the 126 moves this format runs.
36% of that comes from Meowscarada alone, so it is spread across the field rather than propped up by one Pokémon.
Its carriers are mostly Fighting (3), Grass (2) and Dark (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.
Meowscarada
2.8%
46.7%
Gallade
2.4%
1.3%
Tsareena
2.0%
89.8%
Mega Lopunny
0.89%
15.9%
Weavile
0.60%
54%
Quaquaval
0.06%
15.9%