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Pokémon Champions Tier List

Regulation M-B · 276 Pokémon · 1,269,250 battles
Usage-derived
S

8 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 47.2% Incineroar 530 33.6% Garchomp 600 32.2% Basculegion 530 31.5% Sneasler 510 31.4% Mega Charizard Y 634 26.5% Sinistcha 508 26.1% Whimsicott 480 23.5%
A

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

Farigiraf 520 18.5% Sylveon 525 18.4% Mega Floette 651 17.1% Mega Staraptor 585 16.5% Mega Delphox 634 12.8% Mega Raichu Y 585 11.0% Mega Blastoise 630 10.9% Archaludon 600 10.1%
B

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

Venusaur 525 8.6% Pelipper 440 8.3% Mega Froslass 580 7.6% Mega Aerodactyl 615 7.4% Gholdengo 550 7.4% Mega Swampert 635 7.2% Grimmsnarl 510 6.6% Ninetales-Alola 505 6.5% Mega Gengar 600 6.4% Milotic 540 6.0% Arcanine-Hisui 555 5.7% Maushold 470 5.5%
C

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

Mega Dragonite 700 4.9% Mega Scovillain 586 4.8% Torkoal 470 4.8% Excadrill 508 4.5% Kommo-o 600 4.3% Mega Tyranitar 700 4.2% Toxapex 495 4.0% Glimmora 525 4.0% Mega Metagross 700 3.7% Politoed 500 3.5% Rotom-Wash 520 3.5% Dragonite 600 3.4% Vivillon 411 3.3% Tyranitar 600 3.3% Mega Mawile 480 3.3% Primarina 530 3.1% Mega Venusaur 625 3.0% Mega Gardevoir 618 2.9% Lycanroc-Dusk 487 2.7% Aerodactyl 515 2.6% Annihilape 535 2.4% Ceruledge 525 2.4% Corviknight 495 2.3% Sableye 380 2.1% Meowscarada 530 2.1% Talonflame 499 2.1%
D

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

Hydreigon 600 1.9% Mega Garchomp 700 1.8% Mega Blaziken 630 1.5% Mega Camerupt 560 1.4% Staraptor 485 1.4% Mega Glimmora 625 1.4% Tsareena 510 1.3% Mega Pyroar 607 1.2% Swampert 535 1.2% Dragapult 600 1.2% Mamoswine 530 1.1% Mega Kangaskhan 590 1.1% Clefable 483 1.0%
E

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

Volcarona 550 1.00% Mega Scrafty 588 0.96% Scizor 500 0.95% Aegislash 500 0.94% Kangaskhan 490 0.89% Mega Scizor 600 0.89% Bellibolt 495 0.88% Chandelure 520 0.84% Mimikyu 476 0.84% Armarouge 525 0.81% Weavile 510 0.81% Zoroark-Hisui 510 0.81% Azumarill 420 0.77% Vanilluxe 535 0.74% Mega Raichu X 585 0.66% Mega Meganium 625 0.65% Rotom-Heat 520 0.61% Gallade 518 0.59% Samurott-Hisui 528 0.57% Typhlosion-Hisui 534 0.57% Ninetales 505 0.56% Tinkaton 506 0.56% Mega Gyarados 640 0.56% Snorlax 540 0.52% Umbreon 525 0.50% Mega Charizard X 634 0.49% Mega Lopunny 580 0.48% Mega Starmie 620 0.47% Hatterene 510 0.46% Palafin 457 0.45% Hippowdon 525 0.45% Slowking-Galar 490 0.45% Oranguru 490 0.44% Gliscor 510 0.43% Altaria 490 0.42% Mudsdale 500 0.42% Araquanid 454 0.42% Mega Altaria 590 0.40% Mega Eelektross 615 0.40% Mega Sceptile 630 0.40% Vileplume 490 0.40% Drampa 485 0.37% Mega Greninja 630 0.36% Kleavor 500 0.33% Heliolisk 481 0.33% Mega Dragalge 594 0.32% Espathra 481 0.32% Mega Banette 555 0.32% Mega Chandelure 620 0.31% Houndstone 488 0.31% Audino 445 0.31% Gengar 500 0.30% Mega Lucario 625 0.28% Glaceon 525 0.28% Blastoise 530 0.28% Ditto 288 0.28% Mega Drampa 585 0.27% Mega Steelix 610 0.26% Metagross 600 0.26% Decidueye-Hisui 530 0.25% Meowstic 466 0.25% Mega Abomasnow 594 0.25% Mega Falinks 570 0.24% Mega Aggron 630 0.24% Vaporeon 525 0.24% Mega Chesnaught 630 0.24% Mega Feraligatr 630 0.23% Cofagrigus 483 0.23% Conkeldurr 505 0.22% Mega Ampharos 610 0.22% Blaziken 530 0.21% Goodra-Hisui 600 0.20% Arcanine 555 0.20% Overqwil 510 0.20% Mega Golurk 583 0.20% Mega Malamar 582 0.19% Klefki 470 0.19% Lycanroc 487 0.19% Malamar 482 0.19% Tauros-Paldea-Aqua 490 0.19% Raichu 485 0.18% Toxicroak 490 0.18% Basculegion-F 530 0.18% Liepard 446 0.17% Krookodile 519 0.17% Mega Victreebel 590 0.17% Alakazam 500 0.17% Mega Audino 545 0.16% Mega Chimecho 555 0.16% Mega Crabominable 578 0.16% Wyrdeer 525 0.15% Scrafty 488 0.15% Orthworm 480 0.15% Mega Gallade 618 0.15% Mr. Rime 520 0.15% Mega Slowbro 590 0.15% Empoleon 530 0.15% Aurorus 521 0.14% Tyrantrum 521 0.14% Hydrapple 540 0.14% Skarmory 465 0.13% Mega Barbaracle 600 0.13% Rotom-Mow 520 0.13% Mega Clefable 583 0.13% Alcremie 495 0.13% Serperior 528 0.13% Mega Houndoom 600 0.13% Diggersby 423 0.13% Aromatisse 462 0.12% Gyarados 540 0.12% Gardevoir 518 0.12% Rhyperior 535 0.12% Mega Skarmory 565 0.11% Mega Excadrill 608 0.11% Tauros-Paldea-Blaze 490 0.11% Mega Heracross 600 0.10% Jolteon 525 0.10% Quaquaval 530 0.10% Rotom-Frost 520 0.10% Noivern 535 0.10% Mega Hawlucha 600 0.10% Mega Pidgeot 579 0.10% Mega Beedrill 495 0.10% Rampardos 495 0.09% Clawitzer 500 0.09% Mega Manectric 575 0.09% Greninja 530 0.09% Mega Pinsir 600 0.09% Mega Medicham 510 0.08% Spiritomb 485 0.08% Garganacl 500 0.08% Mega Scolipede 585 0.08% Ariados 400 0.07% Runerigus 483 0.07% Gourgeist-Super 494 0.07% Pikachu 320 0.07% Reuniclus 490 0.07% Simipour 498 0.06% Mega Alakazam 600 0.06% Lucario 525 0.06% Torterra 525 0.06% Medicham 410 0.06% Hawlucha 500 0.06% Mega Glalie 580 0.05% Machamp 505 0.05% Slowbro 490 0.05% Ampharos 510 0.05% Skeledirge 530 0.05% Espeon 525 0.05% Mega Meowstic F 566 0.05% Luxray 523 0.05% Goodra 600 0.05% Beartic 505 0.04% Roserade 515 0.04% Salazzle 480 0.04% Houndoom 500 0.04% Abomasnow 494 0.04% Decidueye 530 0.04% Avalugg-Hisui 514 0.04% Mega Sableye 480 0.04% Mega Emboar 628 0.04% Infernape 534 0.04% Slowking 490 0.04% Simisage 498 0.03% Pangoro 495 0.03% Mega Sharpedo 560 0.03% Toucannon 485 0.03% Slurpuff 480 0.03% Froslass 480 0.03% Crabominable 478 0.03% Starmie 520 0.03% Typhlosion 534 0.03% Leafeon 525 0.03% Castform 420 0.02% Sandaconda 510 0.02% Slowbro-Galar 490 0.02% Charizard 534 0.02% Lopunny 480 0.02% Flapple 485 0.02% Morpeko 436 0.02% Floette-Eternal 551 0.02% Sceptile 530 0.02% Dragalge 494 0.02% Feraligatr 530 0.02% Steelix 510 0.02% Chesnaught 530 0.02% Flareon 525 0.02% Mega Absol 565 0.02% Trevenant 474 0.02% Florges 552 0.02% Musharna 487 0.02% Zoroark 510 0.02% Scovillain 486 0.02% Bastiodon 495 0.02% Golurk 483 0.02% Avalugg 514 0.01% Victreebel 490 0.01% Rotom-Fan 520 0.01% Absol 465 0.01% Polteageist 508 0.01% Passimian 490 0.01% Barbaracle 500 0.01% Stunfisk-Galar 471 0.01% Raichu-Alola 485 0.01% Rotom 440 0.01% Chimecho 455 0.01% Emolga 428 0.01% Appletun 485 0.01% Tauros 490 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 1,269,250 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 8, A has 8, B has 12, C has 26, D has 13, E has 209. 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 closed 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.