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Pokémon · #745

Lycanroc-Dusk

Rock Legal in M-C

Lycanroc-Dusk is #72 on the ladder, on 0.9% of teams.

Stats at level 50

HP 75
Atk 117
Def 65
SpA 55
SpD 65
Spe 110

Base stat total 487

Stat Point planner

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Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 1 HP / 32 Atk / 1 SpD / 32 Spe · Jolly Nature

Types and weaknesses

Rock
Weak ×2
WaterGrassFightingGroundSteel
Resists ×½
NormalFirePoisonFlying

Abilities

Tough Claws
This Pokemon's contact moves have their power multiplied by 1.3. · used by 100%

Speed tier

Most common
162 (Adamant, 32 Spe SP, 58% of spreads)
With Choice Scarf
243 (held by 0%)
Fastest
178 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
130 (0 SP)
Slowest
117 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 178, it outspeeds 35 of the 50 most used Pokémon, ties 2, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Tyranitar 186 (Scarf)
  2. Whimsicott 184
  3. Maushold 179
  4. Lycanroc-Dusk (this) 178
  5. Mega Metagross 178
  6. Mega Staraptor 178
  7. Ninetales-Alola 177
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #72 · on 0.9% of teams · 27,118 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Accelerock 98.6%
  2. Rock Slide 97.3%
  3. Protect 97.1%
  4. Close Combat 94.8%
  5. Psychic Fangs 5.2%
  6. Crunch 1.1%
  7. Drill Run 0.9%
  8. Howl 0.5%
  9. Rock Tomb 0.5%
  10. Play Rough 0.5%

Items

  1. Focus Sash 95.8%
  2. Life Orb 2.3%
  3. Hard Stone 0.6%
  4. Expert Belt 0.5%
  5. Wide Lens 0.3%
  6. Choice Scarf 0.3%

Abilities

  1. Tough Claws 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Jolly 1/32/0/0/1/32 · Spe 178 33.1%
  2. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 162 18.6%
  3. Adamant 1/32/1/0/0/32 · Spe 162 16.8%
  4. Adamant 0/32/2/0/0/32 · Spe 162 9.9%
  5. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 178 7.5%
  6. Adamant 1/32/0/0/1/32 · Spe 162 4.1%
  7. Adamant 0/32/0/0/2/32 · Spe 162 3.5%
  8. Adamant 0/32/1/0/1/32 · Spe 162 2.9%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 58.8%
  2. Sneasler 44.8%
  3. Mega Froslass 43.5%
  4. Kingambit 39.7%
  5. Incineroar 32.0%
  6. Basculegion 31.9%
  7. Mega Salamence 24.1%
  8. Mega Garchomp Z 21.1%
  9. Volcarona 20.9%
  10. Mega Scovillain 17.8%
  11. Mega Lucario Z 17.8%
  12. Mega Golisopod 13.4%

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

Rank #97 · on 0.7% of teams · 27,118 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Accelerock 97.8%
  2. Protect 91.9%
  3. Rock Slide 91.7%
  4. Close Combat 88.6%
  5. Psychic Fangs 8.4%
  6. Crunch 3.9%
  7. Drill Run 2.4%
  8. Iron Head 1.9%
  9. Play Rough 1.8%
  10. Sucker Punch 1.4%

Items

  1. Focus Sash 87.4%
  2. Life Orb 5.9%
  3. Hard Stone 1.9%
  4. Expert Belt 1.5%
  5. Air Balloon 0.7%
  6. Choice Scarf 0.6%

Abilities

  1. Tough Claws 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Jolly 1/32/0/0/1/32 · Spe 178 24.9%
  2. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 162 23.5%
  3. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 178 12.9%
  4. Adamant 0/32/2/0/0/32 · Spe 162 8.4%
  5. Adamant 1/32/1/0/0/32 · Spe 162 8.1%
  6. Adamant 1/32/0/0/1/32 · Spe 162 7.8%
  7. Adamant 0/32/0/0/2/32 · Spe 162 2.8%
  8. Adamant 0/32/1/0/1/32 · Spe 162 2.6%

Teammates

  1. Basculegion 39.2%
  2. Sneasler 39.2%
  3. Kingambit 37.9%
  4. Mega Froslass 37.8%
  5. Rillaboom 33.4%
  6. Mega Scovillain 27.4%
  7. Incineroar 22.0%
  8. Mega Golisopod 19.0%
  9. Mega Lucario Z 12.2%
  10. Mega Salamence 11.8%
  11. Farigiraf 8.9%
  12. Sinistcha 7.2%

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

Rank #97 · on 0.7% of teams · 27,118 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Accelerock 97.3%
  2. Protect 87.2%
  3. Rock Slide 85.2%
  4. Close Combat 83.0%
  5. Psychic Fangs 10.2%
  6. Crunch 5.1%
  7. Drill Run 4.0%
  8. Iron Head 3.4%
  9. Play Rough 3.3%
  10. Swords Dance 2.4%

Items

  1. Focus Sash 79.3%
  2. Life Orb 8.9%
  3. Hard Stone 3.4%
  4. Expert Belt 3.0%
  5. Choice Scarf 1.1%
  6. Air Balloon 0.9%

Abilities

  1. Tough Claws 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Jolly 1/32/0/0/1/32 · Spe 178 27.5%
  2. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 162 24.4%
  3. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 178 13.4%
  4. Adamant 1/32/0/0/1/32 · Spe 162 7.0%
  5. Adamant 0/32/2/0/0/32 · Spe 162 7.0%
  6. Adamant 1/32/1/0/0/32 · Spe 162 6.1%
  7. Adamant 0/32/0/0/2/32 · Spe 162 2.3%
  8. Adamant 0/32/1/0/1/32 · Spe 162 1.8%

Teammates

  1. Basculegion 34.2%
  2. Sneasler 33.8%
  3. Kingambit 32.5%
  4. Mega Froslass 32.4%
  5. Rillaboom 30.5%
  6. Mega Scovillain 24.3%
  7. Incineroar 19.2%
  8. Mega Golisopod 17.0%
  9. Mega Lucario Z 11.3%
  10. Mega Salamence 10.5%
  11. Farigiraf 8.6%
  12. Sinistcha 7.5%

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 26 of 4,641 teams (0.6%) · win rate 51.0% (95% interval 42.9%–59.1%, n = 143 games) · 4 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· 4,444 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. Mega Scovillain +16.7 pp n = 4,830 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 18% of Lycanroc-Dusk teams; Mega Scovillain is on 1% of all teams (16.69× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Mega Froslass +38.7 pp n = 11,788 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 43% of Lycanroc-Dusk teams; Mega Froslass is on 5% of all teams (9.03× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Mega Lucario Z +14.0 pp n = 4,827 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 18% of Lycanroc-Dusk teams; Mega Lucario Z is on 4% of all teams (4.64× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Volcarona +13.9 pp n = 5,681 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 21% of Lycanroc-Dusk teams; Volcarona is on 7% of all teams (2.99× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Mega Garchomp Z +13.2 pp n = 5,716 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 21% of Lycanroc-Dusk teams; Mega Garchomp Z is on 8% of all teams (2.68× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Basculegion +11.3 pp n = 8,640 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 32% of Lycanroc-Dusk teams; Basculegion is on 21% of all teams (1.55× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Kingambit +14.4 pp n = 10,760 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 40% of Lycanroc-Dusk teams; Kingambit is on 25% of all teams (1.57× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Rillaboom +12.2 pp n = 15,932 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 59% of Lycanroc-Dusk teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (1.26× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Sneasler +7.7 pp n = 12,149 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 45% of Lycanroc-Dusk teams; Sneasler is on 37% of all teams (1.21× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Incineroar +0.4 pp n = 8,686 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 32% of Lycanroc-Dusk teams; Incineroar is on 32% of all teams (1.01× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Mega Golisopod -2.3 pp n = 3,639 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Lycanroc-Dusk teams; Mega Golisopod is on 16% of all teams (0.85× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Mega Salamence -4.0 pp n = 6,525 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 24% of Lycanroc-Dusk teams; Mega Salamence is on 28% of all teams (0.86× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

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