Pokémon Champions · VGC Doubles
Regulation Set M-C meta
Which Pokémon people bring, how they build them and what beats them, refreshed daily from public ladder, replay and tournament data. Every number shows its source and sample size.
Current ruleset · VGC Doubles
Regulation Set M-C
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Season M-7 Ranked season M-7: 7 Oct 2026 to 4 Nov 2026 (dates estimated)
Adds Rillaboom and other new species, new Megas (including Garchomp Z, Lucario Z and Absol Z) and twelve new items.
Ends in Regulation Set M-C ends in 44 days and 11 hours. Closes
Most used on the ladder
Top 50 by usage, then the rest of the rosterUsage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1760 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1760· 1,631,943 battles
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Rillaboom #1 · 46.6% New: Legal from Regulation Set M-C -
Sneasler #2 · 37.1% -
Incineroar #3 · 31.7% -
Mega Salamence #4 · 28.1% New: Legal from Regulation Set M-C -
Kingambit #5 · 25.3% -
Basculegion #6 · 20.6% -
Indeedee-F #7 · 20.3% New: Legal from Regulation Set M-C -
Gholdengo #8 · 19.1% -
Archaludon #9 · 17.2% -
Mega Golisopod #10 · 15.7% New: Legal from Regulation Set M-C -
Farigiraf #11 · 15.7% -
Pelipper #12 · 14.8% - Mega Raichu Y #13 · 12.5%
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Mega Charizard Y #14 · 12.2% -
Milotic #15 · 11.9% -
Arcanine-Hisui #16 · 11.6% -
Mega Floette #17 · 10.8% -
Sylveon #18 · 10.5% -
Garchomp #19 · 9.5% -
Mega Gardevoir #20 · 9.4% -
Mega Garchomp Z #21 · 7.9% New: Legal from Regulation Set M-C -
Politoed #22 · 7.7% -
Whimsicott #23 · 7.6% -
Sinistcha #24 · 7.3% -
Volcarona #25 · 7.0% -
Mega Gengar #26 · 6.3% -
Armarouge #27 · 6.3% -
Mega Metagross #28 · 6.3% - Mega Staraptor #29 · 6.3%
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Indeedee #30 · 6.2% New: Legal from Regulation Set M-C -
Excadrill #31 · 5.7% -
Mega Tyranitar #32 · 5.7% -
Mega Swampert #33 · 5.3% -
Grimmsnarl #34 · 5.2% -
Torkoal #35 · 5.1% -
Mega Froslass #36 · 4.8% -
Kommo-o #37 · 4.2% -
Mega Lucario Z #38 · 3.8% New: Legal from Regulation Set M-C -
Primarina #39 · 3.7% -
Pawmot #40 · 3.4% New: Legal from Regulation Set M-C -
Mega Delphox #41 · 3.4% -
Annihilape #42 · 3.3% -
Mega Blastoise #43 · 3.0% -
Ninetales-Alola #44 · 3.0% -
Venusaur #45 · 2.9% -
Mega Baxcalibur #46 · 2.9% New: Legal from Regulation Set M-C -
Maushold #47 · 2.8% -
Mega Dragonite #48 · 2.7% -
Hatterene #49 · 2.5% -
Tyranitar #50 · 2.3% -
Ceruledge Fire / Ghost -
Mega Aerodactyl Rock / Flying -
Mega Glimmora Rock / Poison -
Corviknight Flying / Steel -
Mega Absol Z Dark / Ghost New: Legal from Regulation Set M-C -
Mega Camerupt Fire / Ground -
Talonflame Fire / Flying -
Espathra Psychic -
Dragapult Dragon / Ghost - Mega Raichu X Electric
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Glimmora Rock / Poison -
Basculegion-F Water / Ghost -
Sableye Dark / Ghost -
Hydreigon Dark / Dragon -
Aerodactyl Rock / Flying -
Mega Mawile Steel / Fairy -
Rotom-Wash Electric / Water -
Vivillon Bug / Flying -
Mega Blaziken Fire / Fighting -
Mega Scovillain Grass / Fire -
Staraptor Normal / Flying -
Lycanroc-Dusk Rock - Mega Pyroar Fire / Normal
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Toxapex Poison / Water -
Gallade Psychic / Fighting -
Dragonite Dragon / Flying -
Aegislash Steel / Ghost -
Tsareena Grass -
Mamoswine Ice / Ground -
Liepard Dark -
Typhlosion-Hisui Fire / Ghost -
Grapploct Fighting New: Legal from Regulation Set M-C -
Mega Meowstic F Psychic -
Mega Meganium Grass / Fairy -
Kleavor Bug / Rock -
Baxcalibur Dragon / Ice New: Legal from Regulation Set M-C -
Meowscarada Grass / Dark -
Rotom-Heat Electric / Fire -
Mega Alakazam Psychic -
Pincurchin Electric New: Legal from Regulation Set M-C -
Toxtricity Electric / Poison New: Legal from Regulation Set M-C -
Sirfetch’d Fighting New: Legal from Regulation Set M-C -
Vanilluxe Ice -
Mega Manectric Electric -
Empoleon Water / Steel -
Mega Lopunny Normal / Fighting -
Clefable Fairy -
Araquanid Water / Bug -
Mega Venusaur Grass / Poison -
Zoroark-Hisui Normal / Ghost -
Samurott-Hisui Water / Dark -
Palafin Water -
Weavile Dark / Ice -
Klefki Steel / Fairy -
Goodra-Hisui Steel / Dragon -
Swampert Water / Ground -
Mega Crabominable Fighting / Ice -
Mega Slowbro Water / Psychic -
Altaria Dragon / Flying -
Overqwil Dark / Poison -
Blaziken Fire / Fighting -
Salamence Dragon / Flying New: Legal from Regulation Set M-C -
Mega Garchomp Dragon / Ground -
Snorlax Normal -
Mimikyu Ghost / Fairy -
Mega Charizard X Fire / Dragon -
Tinkaton Fairy / Steel -
Mega Starmie Water / Psychic - Mega Scrafty Dark / Fighting
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Ninetales Fire -
Bellibolt Electric -
Mega Kangaskhan Normal -
Oranguru Normal / Psychic -
Inteleon Water New: Legal from Regulation Set M-C -
Chandelure Ghost / Fire -
Vileplume Grass / Poison -
Kangaskhan Normal -
Mega Ampharos Electric / Dragon -
Mega Gyarados Water / Dark -
Slowking-Galar Poison / Psychic -
Mega Drampa Normal / Dragon -
Hippowdon Ground -
Arcanine Fire -
Mega Abomasnow Grass / Ice -
Mega Sceptile Grass / Dragon -
Mudsdale Ground -
Raichu Electric -
Mega Chandelure Ghost / Fire -
Perrserker Steel New: Legal from Regulation Set M-C -
Mega Skarmory Steel / Flying -
Cinderace Fire New: Legal from Regulation Set M-C - Mega Dragalge Poison / Dragon
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Scizor Bug / Steel -
Mega Scizor Bug / Steel -
Audino Normal -
Gengar Ghost / Poison -
Squawkabilly Normal / Flying New: Legal from Regulation Set M-C -
Lycanroc Rock -
Delphox Fire / Psychic -
Spiritomb Ghost / Dark -
Mega Aggron Steel - Mega Malamar Dark / Psychic
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Mega Chesnaught Grass / Fighting -
Arboliva Grass / Normal New: Legal from Regulation Set M-C -
Malamar Dark / Psychic -
Persian-Alola Dark New: Legal from Regulation Set M-C -
Houndstone Ghost -
Mega Lucario Fighting / Steel -
Krookodile Ground / Dark -
Scrafty Dark / Fighting -
Mega Golurk Ground / Ghost -
Noivern Flying / Dragon -
Gliscor Ground / Flying -
Mega Greninja Water / Dark -
Ditto Normal -
Meowstic Psychic -
Reuniclus Psychic -
Conkeldurr Fighting -
Vaporeon Water -
Gyarados Water / Flying -
Raichu-Alola Electric / Psychic -
Umbreon Dark -
Metagross Steel / Psychic -
Cofagrigus Ghost -
Decidueye-Hisui Grass / Fighting -
Mega Altaria Dragon / Fairy -
Skeledirge Fire / Ghost -
Rhyperior Ground / Rock -
Alakazam Psychic -
Torterra Grass / Ground -
Mega Steelix Steel / Ground - Mega Eelektross Electric
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Drampa Normal / Dragon -
Heliolisk Electric / Normal -
Gardevoir Psychic / Fairy -
Tauros-Paldea-Aqua Fighting / Water -
Azumarill Water / Fairy -
Mega Excadrill Ground / Steel -
Greninja Water / Dark -
Hawlucha Fighting / Flying -
Wyrdeer Normal / Psychic -
Mega Feraligatr Water / Dragon -
Mega Hawlucha Fighting / Flying -
Salazzle Poison / Fire -
Wigglytuff Normal / Fairy New: Legal from Regulation Set M-C -
Golisopod Bug / Water New: Legal from Regulation Set M-C -
Mega Sableye Dark / Ghost -
Infernape Fire / Fighting -
Aurorus Rock / Ice -
Mega Glalie Ice -
Orthworm Steel -
Floette-Eternal Fairy -
Mr. Mime Psychic / Fairy New: Legal from Regulation Set M-C -
Blastoise Water -
Thievul Dark New: Legal from Regulation Set M-C -
Mega Audino Normal / Fairy -
Jolteon Electric -
Garganacl Rock -
Mega Houndoom Dark / Fire -
Slowbro-Galar Poison / Psychic -
Mega Gallade Psychic / Fighting -
Mega Clefable Fairy / Flying -
Runerigus Ground / Ghost -
Aromatisse Fairy -
Gogoat Grass New: Legal from Regulation Set M-C -
Alcremie Fairy -
Mr. Rime Ice / Psychic -
Lucario Fighting / Steel -
Mega Victreebel Grass / Poison -
Glaceon Ice -
Chesnaught Grass / Fighting -
Clawitzer Water -
Rotom-Mow Electric / Grass -
Luxray Electric - Mega Barbaracle Rock / Fighting
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Slurpuff Fairy -
Espeon Psychic -
Mega Chimecho Psychic / Steel -
Quaquaval Water / Fighting - Mega Scolipede Bug / Poison
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Mega Pidgeot Normal / Flying -
Hydrapple Grass / Dragon -
Mega Heracross Bug / Fighting -
Slowking Water / Psychic -
Sceptile Grass -
Serperior Grass -
Mega Beedrill Bug / Poison -
Pangoro Fighting / Dark -
Mega Banette Ghost -
Slowbro Water / Psychic -
Charizard Fire / Flying -
Medicham Fighting / Psychic -
Mega Emboar Fire / Fighting - Mega Falinks Fighting
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Tauros-Paldea-Blaze Fighting / Fire -
Florges Fairy -
Rampardos Rock -
Manectric Electric -
Beartic Ice -
Typhlosion Fire -
Abomasnow Grass / Ice -
Toxicroak Poison / Fighting -
Mega Sharpedo Water / Dark -
Rotom-Frost Electric / Ice -
Mabosstiff Dark New: Legal from Regulation Set M-C -
Crabominable Fighting / Ice -
Trevenant Ghost / Grass -
Farfetch’d Normal / Flying New: Legal from Regulation Set M-C -
Scovillain Grass / Fire -
Diggersby Normal / Ground -
Leafeon Grass -
Starmie Water / Psychic -
Mega Pinsir Bug / Flying -
Ariados Bug / Poison -
Victreebel Grass / Poison -
Pikachu Electric -
Mega Meowstic M Psychic -
Mega Medicham Fighting / Psychic -
Swalot Poison New: Legal from Regulation Set M-C -
Gourgeist-Super Ghost / Grass -
Musharna Psychic -
Feraligatr Water -
Scolipede Bug / Poison -
Zoroark Dark -
Morpeko Electric / Dark -
Sandaconda Ground -
Tyrantrum Rock / Dragon -
Absol Dark -
Aggron Steel / Rock -
Ampharos Electric -
Appletun Grass / Dragon -
Arbok Poison -
Avalugg Ice -
Avalugg-Hisui Ice / Rock -
Banette Ghost -
Barbaracle Rock / Water -
Bastiodon Rock / Steel -
Beedrill Bug / Poison -
Camerupt Fire / Ground -
Castform Normal -
Chimecho Psychic -
Decidueye Grass / Ghost -
Dedenne Electric / Fairy -
Dragalge Poison / Dragon -
Eelektross Electric -
Emboar Fire / Fighting -
Emolga Electric / Flying -
Falinks Fighting -
Flapple Grass / Dragon -
Flareon Fire -
Forretress Bug / Steel -
Froslass Ice / Ghost -
Furfrou Normal -
Garbodor Poison -
Glalie Ice -
Golurk Ground / Ghost -
Goodra Dragon -
Gourgeist Ghost / Grass -
Gourgeist-Large Ghost / Grass -
Gourgeist-Small Ghost / Grass -
Heracross Bug / Fighting -
Houndoom Dark / Fire -
Lopunny Normal -
Lycanroc-Midnight Rock -
Machamp Fighting -
Maushold-Four Normal -
Mawile Steel / Fairy -
Mega Absol Dark -
Meganium Grass -
Meowstic-F Psychic -
Passimian Fighting -
Persian Normal New: Legal from Regulation Set M-C -
Pidgeot Normal / Flying -
Pinsir Bug -
Polteageist Ghost -
Polteageist-Antique Ghost -
Pyroar Fire / Normal -
Qwilfish Water / Poison -
Roserade Grass / Poison -
Rotom Electric / Ghost -
Rotom-Fan Electric / Flying -
Samurott Water -
Sharpedo Water / Dark -
Simipour Water -
Simisage Grass -
Simisear Fire -
Sinistcha-Masterpiece Grass / Ghost -
Skarmory Steel / Flying -
Squawkabilly-Blue Normal / Flying New: Legal from Regulation Set M-C -
Squawkabilly-White Normal / Flying New: Legal from Regulation Set M-C -
Squawkabilly-Yellow Normal / Flying New: Legal from Regulation Set M-C -
Steelix Steel / Ground -
Stunfisk Ground / Electric -
Stunfisk-Galar Ground / Steel -
Tauros Normal -
Tauros-Paldea-Combat Fighting -
Toucannon Normal / Flying -
Toxtricity-Low-Key Electric / Poison New: Legal from Regulation Set M-C -
Vivillon-Fancy Bug / Flying -
Vivillon-Pokeball Bug / Flying -
Watchog Normal
Tournament snapshot
All tournament teams →Most registered
Archetypes
Tournament data: Limitless (play.limitlesstcg.com); player names removed · Last 30 days· 40 tournaments· 4,641 teams· player names removed
Tools
- Team builder
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- Damage calc
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- Team preview
Your six against theirs: which four to bring and which two to lead, with reasons.
- Speed tiers
Who outspeeds whom at level 50, with Scarf, Tailwind, paralysis and Trick Room.
- Tier list
Usage tiers from the ladder and from tournaments, adjusted only by credible win rates.
- Tournament teams
Top-cut teams and archetypes from Limitless events, without player names.
Data freshness
How the numbers work →- Pokémon Showdown fresh Updated
7332b60, data for M-C; M-B: 240 species + 76 Megas; M-C: 269 species + 82 Megas; 340/351 sprites
- Smogon usage stats fresh Updated
September 2026, M-C: 9 files (gen9championsbssregmc, gen9championsvgc2026regmc, gen9championsvgc2026regmcbo3; cutoffs 0/1500/1760)
- Limitless fresh Updated
40 M-C events (largest of the last 30 days with team lists), 4641 teams
- Pokémon Showdown replays fresh Updated
4444 gen9championsvgc2026regmcbo3 games from 2026-10-10 to 2026-10-18; 1358 counter and 455 synergy edges (n ≥ 15)
- @smogon/calc fresh Updated
@smogon/calc 0.12.0 (Champions = generation 0): 351 species match the dex
Ladder month Sep 2026 · Showdown data 7332b60 · 351 species in the dex