Usage Rates

Usage rates of Pokémon and their builds, from community & official tournament teams

Format

42 tournaments · 360 teams entered

How to read “Usage” and “Synergy”

“Usage” = how many teams run it; “Synergy” = whether they're brought together on purpose.

Lift	Usage	Meaning
Low	High	Generic staple: pairs with everyone; high usage just reflects its own popularity, not a special bond.
2~3	High	Mainstream pairing: a common, strong combo.
High	Low	Niche locked combo: rarely used overall, but those who use it almost always run them together.

Details

Synergy (Lift) = actual co-occurrence ÷ co-occurrence expected from each Pokémon's solo usage. It tells you whether a combo is brought together on purpose, vs both just being popular.

< 1Anti-synergy: overlapping or competing roles — running one means skipping the other.

≈ 1Coincidence: both just popular, happen to share teams, no real link.

1~5Paired more than random — the higher it climbs, the more deliberate the pairing.

5+Tight core: see one and the other is usually there too (e.g. weather setter + abuser).

A very high synergy usually just means the members are individually rare (low solo usage), not that the pairing is strong; read it alongside usage %, and don't compare synergy across combos with different usage.

Most common Pokémon pairings (% of teams containing both). · only combos in ≥6 teams