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Greninja

WaterDark Legal in M-C Mega Evolution

Mega Greninja is #164 on the ladder, on 0.1% of teams.

Stats at level 50

HP 72
Atk 125
Def 77
SpA 133
SpD 81
Spe 142

Base stat total 630

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66 / 66 Stat Points · 0 left

149
130
97
185
101
213

Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 2 HP / 32 SpA / 32 Spe · Timid Nature

Types and weaknesses

WaterDark
Weak ×2
ElectricGrassFightingBugFairy
Resists ×½
FireWaterIceGhostDarkSteel
Immune
Psychic

Abilities

Protean
This Pokemon's type changes to the type of the move it is using. Once per switch-in. · used by 100%

Mega Evolves from Greninja holding Greninjite .

Speed tier

Most common
213
Fastest
213 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
162 (0 SP)
Slowest
145 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 213, it outspeeds 46 of the 50 most used Pokémon, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Annihilape 234 (Scarf)
  2. Mega Lucario Z 223
  3. Basculegion 214 (Scarf)
  4. Mega Greninja (this) 213
  5. Mega Delphox 204
  6. Mega Garchomp Z 203
  7. Mega Gengar 200
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #164 · on 0.1% of teams · 16,744 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Dark Pulse 89.0%
  2. Protect 71.7%
  3. Ice Beam 66.0%
  4. Water Shuriken 35.0%
  5. Hydro Pump 32.4%
  6. Blizzard 17.8%
  7. Weather Ball 12.1%
  8. Extrasensory 12.1%
  9. Gunk Shot 11.1%
  10. Grass Knot 8.8%

Items

  1. Greninjite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Protean 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 213 41.5%
  2. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 194 9.7%
  3. Timid 0/0/3/32/0/31 · Spe 212 9.4%
  4. Hasty 0/2/0/32/0/32 · Spe 213 5.7%
  5. Timid 8/0/0/32/0/26 · Spe 206 4.9%
  6. Timid 0/0/2/32/0/32 · Spe 213 4.7%
  7. Timid 3/0/0/32/0/31 · Spe 212 3.9%
  8. Hasty 0/10/0/32/0/24 · Spe 204 3.1%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 24.8%
  2. Sneasler 24.1%
  3. Indeedee-F 20.4%
  4. Archaludon 19.0%
  5. Incineroar 18.9%
  6. Mega Golisopod 17.4%
  7. Pelipper 14.4%
  8. Annihilape 14.4%
  9. Armarouge 14.2%
  10. Ninetales-Alola 13.5%
  11. Farigiraf 13.1%
  12. Garchomp 12.2%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1760 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1760· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #143 · on 0.3% of teams · 16,744 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Dark Pulse 72.8%
  2. Protect 71.2%
  3. Ice Beam 53.7%
  4. Hydro Pump 33.7%
  5. Blizzard 26.9%
  6. Water Shuriken 24.1%
  7. Extrasensory 14.0%
  8. Sludge Wave 13.8%
  9. Gunk Shot 13.5%
  10. Weather Ball 13.3%

Items

  1. Greninjite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Protean 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 213 42.4%
  2. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 194 14.6%
  3. Hasty 0/2/0/32/0/32 · Spe 213 6.4%
  4. Timid 0/0/2/32/0/32 · Spe 213 4.1%
  5. Hasty 0/9/0/32/0/25 · Spe 205 3.3%
  6. Timid 8/0/0/32/0/26 · Spe 206 2.6%
  7. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 213 1.0%
  8. Timid 0/0/0/32/2/32 · Spe 213 1.0%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 24.7%
  2. Incineroar 23.1%
  3. Sneasler 18.2%
  4. Indeedee-F 17.1%
  5. Pelipper 16.4%
  6. Ninetales-Alola 15.9%
  7. Archaludon 15.4%
  8. Gholdengo 11.8%
  9. Garchomp 11.0%
  10. Farigiraf 10.0%
  11. Whimsicott 9.7%
  12. Kingambit 9.6%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1500 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1500· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #135 · on 0.4% of teams · 16,744 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Dark Pulse 70.6%
  2. Protect 69.1%
  3. Ice Beam 46.5%
  4. Hydro Pump 32.4%
  5. Blizzard 31.2%
  6. Water Shuriken 23.4%
  7. Extrasensory 14.8%
  8. Sludge Wave 14.7%
  9. Weather Ball 14.4%
  10. Surf 10.5%

Items

  1. Greninjite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Protean 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 213 43.0%
  2. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 194 14.3%
  3. Hasty 0/2/0/32/0/32 · Spe 213 5.8%
  4. Timid 0/0/2/32/0/32 · Spe 213 2.4%
  5. Timid 8/0/0/32/0/26 · Spe 206 2.3%
  6. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 213 1.6%
  7. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 194 1.5%
  8. Modest 0/0/2/32/0/32 · Spe 194 1.4%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 20.3%
  2. Ninetales-Alola 19.9%
  3. Incineroar 19.4%
  4. Sneasler 18.4%
  5. Pelipper 14.8%
  6. Garchomp 12.9%
  7. Indeedee-F 12.8%
  8. Whimsicott 12.5%
  9. Archaludon 11.5%
  10. Farigiraf 10.7%
  11. Kingambit 8.4%
  12. Gholdengo 8.0%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, all games (cutoff 0) · Sep 2026· all ratings· 1,631,943 battles

Tournaments (Last 30 days)

On 17 of 4,299 teams (0.4%) · win rate 38.0% (95% interval 28.1%–49.0%, n = 79 games) · 2 top-cut teams

Tournament data: Limitless (play.limitlesstcg.com); player names removed · 40 tournaments· player names removed

Checks and counters

Beats it in replays

Teams with these win more often against teams bringing it than their overall strength predicts. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No matchup in the replay sample passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Ladder checks

How often each one KOs or forces it out when they meet. Score = 100 × (p − 2 sd).

Smogon lists no checks with at least 20 encounters.

Matchups: public Pokémon Showdown Bo3 replays; player names removed · Last 30 days· 4,940 replays· gen9championsvgc2026regmcbo3

Good with

Wins together in replays

Brought together, these pairs win more often than expected. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No partner passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Common teammates

Score 50 = paired as often as the teammate's own popularity predicts; higher = paired more often.

  1. Annihilape +11.1 pp n = 2,413 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 14% of Mega Greninja teams; Annihilape is on 3% of all teams (4.39× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Ninetales-Alola +10.5 pp n = 2,265 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 14% of Mega Greninja teams; Ninetales-Alola is on 3% of all teams (4.53× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Armarouge +7.9 pp n = 2,384 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 14% of Mega Greninja teams; Armarouge is on 6% of all teams (2.26× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Garchomp +2.7 pp n = 2,034 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Mega Greninja teams; Garchomp is on 9% of all teams (1.28× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Archaludon +1.8 pp n = 3,178 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 19% of Mega Greninja teams; Archaludon is on 17% of all teams (1.10× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Mega Golisopod +1.7 pp n = 2,918 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 17% of Mega Greninja teams; Mega Golisopod is on 16% of all teams (1.11× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Indeedee-F +0.1 pp n = 3,416 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 20% of Mega Greninja teams; Indeedee-F is on 20% of all teams (1.01× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Pelipper -0.4 pp n = 2,414 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 14% of Mega Greninja teams; Pelipper is on 15% of all teams (0.97× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Farigiraf -2.6 pp n = 2,188 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Mega Greninja teams; Farigiraf is on 16% of all teams (0.83× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Sneasler -13.0 pp n = 4,027 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 24% of Mega Greninja teams; Sneasler is on 37% of all teams (0.65× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Incineroar -12.8 pp n = 3,156 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 19% of Mega Greninja teams; Incineroar is on 32% of all teams (0.60× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Rillaboom -21.8 pp n = 4,151 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 25% of Mega Greninja teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (0.53× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

Stats at level 50

HP 72
Atk 95
Def 67
SpA 103
SpD 71
Spe 122

Base stat total 530

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191

Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 2 HP / 32 SpA / 32 Spe · Timid Nature

Types and weaknesses

WaterDark
Weak ×2
ElectricGrassFightingBugFairy
Resists ×½
FireWaterIceGhostDarkSteel
Immune
Psychic

Abilities

Torrent
At 1/3 or less of its max HP, this Pokemon's offensive stat is 1.5× with Water attacks. · used by 16%
Protean
This Pokemon's type changes to the type of the move it is using. Once per switch-in. · used by 84%
Battle Bond
After KOing a Pokemon: raises Attack, Sp. Atk, Speed by 1 stage. Once per battle.

Speed tier

Most common
191
Fastest
191 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
142 (0 SP)
Slowest
127 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 191, it outspeeds 43 of the 50 most used Pokémon, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Mega Delphox 204
  2. Mega Garchomp Z 203
  3. Mega Gengar 200
  4. Greninja (this) 191
  5. Mega Raichu Y 190
  6. Mega Froslass 189
  7. Mega Salamence 189
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #189 · on 0.1% of teams · 9,668 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Ice Beam 68.8%
  2. Dark Pulse 68.1%
  3. Hydro Pump 43.2%
  4. Protect 42.5%
  5. Water Shuriken 30.0%
  6. Extrasensory 25.9%
  7. Icy Wind 18.0%
  8. Grass Knot 14.1%
  9. Blizzard 11.0%
  10. Sludge Wave 9.6%

Items

  1. Focus Sash 39.6%
  2. Life Orb 24.6%
  3. Choice Scarf 17.1%
  4. Expert Belt 11.2%
  5. Never-Melt Ice 3.1%
  6. Bright Powder 2.6%

Abilities

  1. Protean 84.1%
  2. Torrent 15.9%

Spreads

  1. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 191 50.1%
  2. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 174 11.1%
  3. Modest 13/0/0/32/0/21 · Spe 163 5.9%
  4. Timid 0/0/2/32/0/32 · Spe 191 4.6%
  5. Hasty 0/3/0/32/0/31 · Spe 190 3.8%
  6. Modest 0/0/0/32/2/32 · Spe 174 3.7%
  7. Timid 0/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 191 2.9%
  8. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 191 2.2%

Teammates

  1. Pelipper 20.8%
  2. Archaludon 20.2%
  3. Mega Salamence 20.1%
  4. Sneasler 19.2%
  5. Mega Charizard Y 17.1%
  6. Mega Golisopod 16.5%
  7. Rillaboom 15.8%
  8. Indeedee-F 15.4%
  9. Annihilape 11.9%
  10. Incineroar 11.3%
  11. Whimsicott 11.0%
  12. Gholdengo 9.3%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1760 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1760· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #197 · on 0.2% of teams · 9,668 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Dark Pulse 65.3%
  2. Ice Beam 64.7%
  3. Protect 48.2%
  4. Hydro Pump 40.2%
  5. Water Shuriken 29.6%
  6. Extrasensory 13.1%
  7. U-turn 10.1%
  8. Icy Wind 10.1%
  9. Blizzard 9.8%
  10. Sludge Wave 9.6%

Items

  1. Life Orb 37.0%
  2. Focus Sash 36.7%
  3. Choice Scarf 11.8%
  4. Expert Belt 7.5%
  5. Wide Lens 1.0%
  6. Never-Melt Ice 1.0%

Abilities

  1. Protean 83.6%
  2. Torrent 16.4%

Spreads

  1. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 191 53.8%
  2. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 174 9.4%
  3. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 191 5.0%
  4. Hasty 0/2/0/32/0/32 · Spe 191 3.0%
  5. Timid 0/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 191 2.8%
  6. Timid 0/0/2/32/0/32 · Spe 191 2.3%
  7. Hasty 0/3/0/32/0/31 · Spe 190 1.4%
  8. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 174 1.4%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 22.8%
  2. Sneasler 14.7%
  3. Incineroar 14.6%
  4. Indeedee-F 13.9%
  5. Archaludon 13.7%
  6. Mega Salamence 13.1%
  7. Whimsicott 12.6%
  8. Pelipper 10.7%
  9. Mega Golisopod 10.4%
  10. Sinistcha 10.0%
  11. Mega Charizard Y 9.7%
  12. Gholdengo 9.4%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1500 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1500· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #189 · on 0.3% of teams · 9,668 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Dark Pulse 68.8%
  2. Ice Beam 67.1%
  3. Protect 40.2%
  4. Hydro Pump 35.6%
  5. Water Shuriken 29.3%
  6. Extrasensory 19.3%
  7. Sludge Wave 13.1%
  8. U-turn 11.6%
  9. Surf 10.5%
  10. Blizzard 9.1%

Items

  1. Life Orb 35.8%
  2. Focus Sash 28.7%
  3. Choice Scarf 14.4%
  4. Expert Belt 8.8%
  5. King's Rock 2.6%
  6. Mystic Water 1.9%

Abilities

  1. Protean 89.1%
  2. Torrent 10.9%

Spreads

  1. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 191 48.7%
  2. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 174 10.7%
  3. Hasty 0/2/0/32/0/32 · Spe 191 4.1%
  4. Timid 3/0/0/32/0/31 · Spe 190 2.9%
  5. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 191 2.8%
  6. Timid 0/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 191 2.2%
  7. Timid 0/0/2/32/0/32 · Spe 191 1.7%
  8. Timid 0/2/0/32/0/32 · Spe 191 1.4%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 18.7%
  2. Sneasler 15.6%
  3. Whimsicott 13.0%
  4. Incineroar 11.6%
  5. Mega Salamence 10.3%
  6. Indeedee-F 9.8%
  7. Sinistcha 9.7%
  8. Mega Golisopod 7.9%
  9. Gholdengo 7.9%
  10. Archaludon 7.4%
  11. Mega Charizard Y 6.9%
  12. Pelipper 6.8%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, all games (cutoff 0) · Sep 2026· all ratings· 1,631,943 battles

Tournaments (Last 30 days)

On 3 of 4,299 teams (0.1%) · win rate 33.3% (95% interval 15.2%–58.3%, n = 15 games) · 0 top-cut teams

Tournament data: Limitless (play.limitlesstcg.com); player names removed · 40 tournaments· player names removed

Checks and counters

Beats it in replays

Teams with these win more often against teams bringing it than their overall strength predicts. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No matchup in the replay sample passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Ladder checks

How often each one KOs or forces it out when they meet. Score = 100 × (p − 2 sd).

Smogon lists no checks with at least 20 encounters.

Matchups: public Pokémon Showdown Bo3 replays; player names removed · Last 30 days· 4,940 replays· gen9championsvgc2026regmcbo3

Good with

Wins together in replays

Brought together, these pairs win more often than expected. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No partner passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Common teammates

Score 50 = paired as often as the teammate's own popularity predicts; higher = paired more often.

  1. Annihilape +8.6 pp n = 1,153 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Greninja teams; Annihilape is on 3% of all teams (3.64× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Whimsicott +3.4 pp n = 1,061 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 11% of Greninja teams; Whimsicott is on 8% of all teams (1.45× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Mega Charizard Y +4.9 pp n = 1,652 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 17% of Greninja teams; Mega Charizard Y is on 12% of all teams (1.40× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Pelipper +6.0 pp n = 2,011 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 21% of Greninja teams; Pelipper is on 15% of all teams (1.40× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Archaludon +3.0 pp n = 1,953 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 20% of Greninja teams; Archaludon is on 17% of all teams (1.17× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Mega Golisopod +0.8 pp n = 1,597 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 17% of Greninja teams; Mega Golisopod is on 16% of all teams (1.05× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Indeedee-F -4.9 pp n = 1,487 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 15% of Greninja teams; Indeedee-F is on 20% of all teams (0.76× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Mega Salamence -7.9 pp n = 1,946 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 20% of Greninja teams; Mega Salamence is on 28% of all teams (0.72× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Sneasler -17.9 pp n = 1,854 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 19% of Greninja teams; Sneasler is on 37% of all teams (0.52× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Gholdengo -9.7 pp n = 903 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 9% of Greninja teams; Gholdengo is on 19% of all teams (0.49× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Incineroar -20.4 pp n = 1,089 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 11% of Greninja teams; Incineroar is on 32% of all teams (0.36× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Rillaboom -30.8 pp n = 1,525 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 16% of Greninja teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (0.34× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

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