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Pokémon Champions Tier List

Regulation M-B · 281 Pokémon · 1,764,686 battles
Usage-derived
S

9 Pokémon at 20.0% usage or more. Brought by a fifth of the field or more. Building without an answer to these is a decision, not an oversight.

Kingambit 550 36.8% Incineroar 530 33.9% Garchomp 600 33.2% Mega Charizard Y 634 30.6% Basculegion 530 30.2% Sinistcha 508 26.1% Whimsicott 480 22.5% Sneasler 510 20.9% Farigiraf 520 20.2%
A

6 Pokémon at 10.0% usage or more. On one team in ten. Common enough that you will meet them across a tournament day.

Sylveon 525 17.5% Mega Floette 651 15.0% Archaludon 600 14.3% Pelipper 440 12.9% Mega Staraptor 585 11.3% Grimmsnarl 510 10.4%
B

14 Pokémon at 5.0% usage or more. A real presence. Not something to plan the team around, but not a surprise either.

Mega Aerodactyl 615 9.9% Gholdengo 550 9.2% Mega Delphox 634 8.6% Mega Blastoise 630 8.5% Mega Swampert 635 8.5% Venusaur 525 7.4% Milotic 540 7.1% Mega Metagross 700 7.0% Mega Raichu Y 585 7.0% Ninetales-Alola 505 6.5% Maushold 470 6.3% Torkoal 470 6.1% Mega Mawile 480 5.2% Toxapex 495 5.1%
C

28 Pokémon at 2.0% usage or more. Played, and by people who know why. This is where most of the format actually lives.

Mega Gengar 600 4.9% Mega Tyranitar 700 4.9% Annihilape 535 4.8% Mega Venusaur 625 4.8% Ceruledge 525 4.5% Hydreigon 600 4.5% Excadrill 508 4.1% Politoed 500 3.9% Rotom-Wash 520 3.8% Mega Froslass 580 3.7% Glimmora 525 3.7% Talonflame 499 3.5% Kommo-o 600 3.4% Sableye 380 3.4% Aerodactyl 515 3.2% Mega Scovillain 586 3.1% Vivillon 411 3.1% Mega Blaziken 630 3.1% Mamoswine 530 2.9% Meowscarada 530 2.8% Lycanroc-Dusk 487 2.7% Dragonite 600 2.5% Tyranitar 600 2.4% Gallade 518 2.4% Mega Dragonite 700 2.4% Mega Gardevoir 618 2.3% Mega Camerupt 560 2.1% Corviknight 495 2.0%
D

14 Pokémon at 1.0% usage or more. Uncommon. Bringing one is a choice you should be able to explain.

Tsareena 510 2.0% Mega Kangaskhan 590 2.0% Mega Scrafty 588 2.0% Mega Glimmora 625 1.8% Primarina 530 1.7% Staraptor 485 1.6% Mega Pyroar 607 1.6% Kangaskhan 490 1.5% Vileplume 490 1.4% Houndstone 488 1.4% Chandelure 520 1.2% Arcanine-Hisui 555 1.2% Volcarona 550 1.2% Mega Garchomp 700 1.1%
E

210 Pokémon below 1%. Measured, but rare. Everything the ladder saw and nobody committed to.

Mega Meganium 625 0.91% Mega Lopunny 580 0.86% Mega Sceptile 630 0.85% Vanilluxe 535 0.84% Aegislash 500 0.82% Rotom-Heat 520 0.80% Mega Charizard X 634 0.79% Tinkaton 506 0.79% Mega Raichu X 585 0.78% Meowstic 466 0.77% Mega Eelektross 615 0.77% Mega Scizor 600 0.74% Dragapult 600 0.73% Typhlosion-Hisui 534 0.73% Armarouge 525 0.70% Zoroark-Hisui 510 0.68% Hatterene 510 0.67% Altaria 490 0.65% Mega Abomasnow 594 0.64% Araquanid 454 0.63% Mudsdale 500 0.63% Overqwil 510 0.62% Weavile 510 0.60% Mimikyu 476 0.57% Clefable 483 0.56% Kleavor 500 0.51% Snorlax 540 0.50% Samurott-Hisui 528 0.48% Palafin 457 0.48% Mega Gyarados 640 0.48% Drampa 485 0.48% Mega Starmie 620 0.46% Scrafty 488 0.46% Scizor 500 0.45% Klefki 470 0.43% Oranguru 490 0.43% Mega Drampa 585 0.42% Mega Malamar 582 0.42% Mega Dragalge 594 0.42% Blaziken 530 0.41% Mega Chandelure 620 0.41% Espathra 481 0.38% Basculegion-F 530 0.36% Azumarill 420 0.35% Raichu 485 0.33% Decidueye-Hisui 530 0.32% Ninetales 505 0.32% Metagross 600 0.32% Slowking-Galar 490 0.32% Mega Lucario 625 0.31% Gyarados 540 0.30% Mega Golurk 583 0.30% Mega Sableye 480 0.29% Bellibolt 495 0.29% Gardevoir 518 0.28% Heliolisk 481 0.28% Ditto 288 0.28% Mega Chesnaught 630 0.27% Arcanine 555 0.27% Umbreon 525 0.26% Tauros-Paldea-Aqua 490 0.26% Mega Skarmory 565 0.26% Conkeldurr 505 0.25% Noivern 535 0.25% Krookodile 519 0.24% Goodra-Hisui 600 0.23% Mr. Rime 520 0.23% Jolteon 525 0.23% Mega Scolipede 585 0.23% Malamar 482 0.22% Reuniclus 490 0.22% Mega Crabominable 578 0.22% Mega Aggron 630 0.21% Mega Barbaracle 600 0.21% Mega Feraligatr 630 0.21% Cofagrigus 483 0.21% Mega Ampharos 610 0.20% Mega Banette 555 0.20% Mega Heracross 600 0.19% Rotom-Mow 520 0.19% Wyrdeer 525 0.18% Greninja 530 0.18% Empoleon 530 0.18% Mega Manectric 575 0.18% Audino 445 0.18% Hydrapple 540 0.17% Mega Hawlucha 600 0.17% Serperior 528 0.17% Glaceon 525 0.16% Mega Greninja 630 0.16% Mega Alakazam 600 0.16% Mega Excadrill 608 0.16% Mega Beedrill 495 0.16% Alcremie 495 0.15% Gengar 500 0.15% Blastoise 530 0.15% Liepard 446 0.15% Aromatisse 462 0.14% Mega Altaria 590 0.13% Avalugg-Hisui 514 0.13% Vaporeon 525 0.13% Mega Victreebel 590 0.13% Rotom-Frost 520 0.13% Salazzle 480 0.12% Rhyperior 535 0.12% Mega Pidgeot 579 0.12% Lucario 525 0.12% Mega Houndoom 600 0.12% Mega Steelix 610 0.12% Mega Falinks 570 0.12% Mega Gallade 618 0.11% Hippowdon 525 0.11% Feraligatr 530 0.11% Mega Clefable 583 0.11% Mega Pinsir 600 0.11% Skeledirge 530 0.11% Orthworm 480 0.11% Mega Slowbro 590 0.11% Mega Meowstic F 566 0.11% Houndoom 500 0.11% Slowking 490 0.11% Medicham 410 0.10% Espeon 525 0.10% Gliscor 510 0.10% Rampardos 495 0.10% Typhlosion 534 0.09% Mega Audino 545 0.09% Sceptile 530 0.08% Mega Chimecho 555 0.08% Charizard 534 0.08% Floette-Eternal 551 0.08% Clawitzer 500 0.08% Alakazam 500 0.08% Garganacl 500 0.07% Infernape 534 0.07% Gourgeist-Large 494 0.07% Runerigus 483 0.07% Mega Medicham 510 0.07% Victreebel 490 0.06% Quaquaval 530 0.06% Swampert 535 0.06% Spiritomb 485 0.06% Scovillain 486 0.06% Aurorus 521 0.06% Leafeon 525 0.06% Delphox 534 0.06% Musharna 487 0.06% Toxicroak 490 0.06% Dragalge 494 0.06% Dedenne 431 0.06% Diggersby 423 0.05% Mega Emboar 628 0.05% Slowbro-Galar 490 0.05% Trevenant 474 0.05% Ariados 400 0.05% Torterra 525 0.05% Scolipede 485 0.05% Slowbro 490 0.05% Tyrantrum 521 0.05% Machamp 505 0.04% Watchog 420 0.04% Tauros-Paldea-Blaze 490 0.04% Starmie 520 0.04% Lycanroc 487 0.04% Goodra 600 0.04% Chesnaught 530 0.04% Golurk 483 0.04% Pikachu 320 0.04% Roserade 515 0.04% Luxray 523 0.04% Passimian 490 0.03% Polteageist 508 0.03% Beartic 505 0.03% Sandaconda 510 0.03% Sharpedo 460 0.03% Mega Glalie 580 0.03% Zoroark 510 0.03% Garbodor 474 0.03% Abomasnow 494 0.03% Mega Sharpedo 560 0.03% Morpeko 436 0.03% Lopunny 480 0.03% Froslass 480 0.03% Florges 552 0.02% Pangoro 495 0.02% Gourgeist-Super 494 0.02% Toucannon 485 0.02% Mega Absol 565 0.02% Manectric 475 0.02% Flapple 485 0.02% Absol 465 0.02% Hawlucha 500 0.02% Flareon 525 0.02% Bastiodon 495 0.02% Simipour 498 0.02% Emolga 428 0.02% Skarmory 465 0.02% Aggron 530 0.01% Lycanroc-Midnight 487 0.01% Qwilfish 440 0.01% Raichu-Alola 485 0.01% Castform 420 0.01% Falinks 470 0.01% Crabominable 478 0.01% Glalie 480 0.01% Steelix 510 0.01% Tauros-Paldea-Combat 490 0.01% Eelektross 515 0.01% Tauros 490 0.01% Appletun 485 0.01%

This tier list is not an opinion

Most Pokémon tier lists are somebody's ranking. This one is not: every Pokémon here is placed by how often it was actually brought on the Regulation M-B VGC ladder across 1,764,686 battles, and the cut-offs are stated above each band. Nothing was moved up because it is strong in theory or down because it is unfashionable.

That makes it useful for one thing in particular — knowing what you will meet — and useless for another. Usage measures what people bring, which is a mix of strength, familiarity, availability and habit. A Pokémon can be excellent and rare because it is hard to build around, and it can be common and mediocre because it is easy. Read the bands as a map of the field, not a ranking of quality.

How the bands are drawn

The thresholds are round numbers chosen once and applied to the data: 20%, 10%, 5%, 2% and 1% of teams. They are not fitted to produce a pleasing distribution, which is why the bands are uneven — S has 9, A has 6, B has 14, C has 28, D has 14, E has 210. A format with a small number of near-mandatory Pokémon looks exactly like this, and flattening it would hide the finding.

When it changes

Regulation M-B closes on 9 September 2026. This page is regenerated from Smogon's published statistics on every build rather than edited by hand, so it moves with the ladder and will be rebuilt from the next regulation's data rather than rewritten. If you want the detail behind any row, each one links to its own page with the moves, item, ability and spread the ladder runs on it.