Bring Four - Pokémon Champions Battle Data

Numbers behind Pokémon Champions, analysing real ladder battles from the community. Not affiliated with TPC.

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@Gluc0se___ 2-1 is a solid start, good luck for the rest of Day 1!

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@Sing_Alive Good luck! Terrain Pulse is on only about 1 in 8 Lucario on the Champions ladder, nobody will see it coming

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@JuanfiVGC @PokeAlex_ @_KastyTP_ @ximoblanch This is the community at its best. Congrats to Kasty! 🎉

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@MetaVGCOfficial @wolfeyVGC Someone needed to do something with all those Mega Raichus. Still, crazy, it's only #83 on the Champions ladder; I don't think I ever ran into one.

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How we counted: 584 Reg M-C ladder games from recorded streams, played Sep 9–Oct 9; 290 ended in a forfeit. Left = 4 brought minus KO'd, HP not counted (chart: 289, one game unreadable). Casual games and a duplicate left out.

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🏳️ Half of our recorded ladder games end in a forfeit: 290 of 584.

More than half forfeited with only 1 Pokémon left, but 1 in 7 forfeited with 3 or 4 Pokémon standing.

Down 1 v 2? Play it out. 12 of 109 who did still won.

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How we counted: every lead that used Fake Out on turn 1 and was still on the field on turn 2, 540 recorded ladder games (Reg M-C, Sep 9-Oct 7). Left = hard switch or a pivot move (Parting Shot, U-turn). Other leads: 22%.

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🦍 After a turn-1 Fake Out, Rillaboom leaves on turn 2 half the time. It's mostly a plain switch (11 times), not U-turn (twice).

Incin left most via Parting Shot (18 times) versus a switch (12).

Consider an Incin switch and Raichu / Sneasler stay-in for an edge.

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@kauezaovgc That is indeed annoying; they should decrease the time-out window so they cannot be idle for that long

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@Pokemon_Champs Golisopod time indeed: in our recorded ladder games, it only went down 6 of 210 times before making a single move, the lowest on our chart. What a beast

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@Renjamino Good luck in Louisville! Last-minute changes rarely end well, trust the team you practiced with

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@tr8ss Congrats on the first tournament win!

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@C_Bass365 Notice the Sand Veil that less than 1 in 75 Garchomps run on the ladder, imagine you predict the switch in, but Ice Beam misses

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@joecarlino14 These casters aren't ready for all the Mega Raichu mirror matches coming their way

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@TylerSmith102 Love seeing it the undefeated run with Mega Bax when it's only #40 on the Champions ladder

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@Rob_lebae Good luck in Louisville! It only gets easier from that round 1

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@C_Bass365 Dragon Cheer Milotic is some insane, rage-quit tech

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How we counted: every single-target attack aimed at that Pokémon (status moves, Fake Out, Sucker Punch and Expanding Force left out), 497 recorded ladder games, Sep 9–30. Glimmora tops it at 37%, but mostly in one streamer's games.

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🛡️ Nearly 1 in 4 attacks aimed at Archaludon hit a Protect (usual: 1 in 7).

Almost half of those were the obvious answers: Close Combat, Earth Power, High Horsepower.

Going super-effective into it? Expect the Protect and hit the partner 🎯

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