Reg M-B Week 2 Meta Report: the data-driven tier list
By ChampTeams Editorial
Two weeks and ~2,400 tournament entries into Reg M-B, the data is clear enough to trust over the hype. Here’s the data-driven tier list from the first 43 events: what’s defining the meta, what’s overrated, and the sleeper almost nobody is using.
Computed from every 30+ player Champions tournament on Limitless (win rate + usage, log-scaled), and refreshed as more results land.
The tier list
| Pokémon | Tier | Usage | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basculegion | S | 30.3% | 55.0% |
| Pelipper | S | 22.8% | 54.7% |
| Garchomp | S | 35.9% | 51.1% |
| Archaludon | S | 19.9% | 54.9% |
| Kingambit | S | 22.1% | 54.0% |
| Charizard-Mega-Y | A | 18.1% | 55.0% |
| Swampert-Mega | A | 18.7% | 54.8% |
| Metagross-Mega | A | 18.1% | 54.6% |
| Sinistcha | A | 33.4% | 50.3% |
| Incineroar | A | 28.7% | 50.6% |
Mega Floette posts the highest win rate in the format — 62.9% — on just 1.9% usage, and it was on the major-winning team. Fairy Aura + Light of Ruin is quietly the most efficient Mega in M-B.
Popular at 17.5% usage, but posting just a 48.1% win rate — below the waterline. Splashy, but it loses more than it wins. Sitting in A, not S.
The rule of thumb: most-used ≠ best. The format’s most-used Pokémon (Garchomp, Sinistcha, Incineroar — all ~50-51%) are glue, while the real win-rate leaders are the rain pieces (Pelipper, Archaludon, Basculegion, ~55%) and the efficient sun and Mega picks. Mega Pyroar sun even took the first major — Snorlaxpikachu1 won the r/VGC Kickoff Cup 9-1 with it.
S Tier — meta defining
S · 55% WRBasculegion
AdaptabilityWater/Ghost is elite both ways — immune to Fake Out, and Adaptability Last Respects snowballs into a one-mon sweep as teammates faint. The top win rate and usage in M-B.
S · 55% WRPelipper
DrizzleThe rain button. Drizzle instantly powers Swift Swim and rain-boosted Water, and it brings Tailwind and Wide Guard — the backbone of the format’s best win-rate archetype.
S · 51% WRGarchomp
Rough SkinThe most-used Pokémon in M-B: fast, hits hard, splashes onto anything. Its standard Earthquake / Rock Slide set is predictable, though — glue more than a win condition.
S · 55% WRArchaludon
StaminaTen resistances and Stamina make it a brick, and Electro Shot fires instantly under rain for huge special damage. A rain staple.
S · 54% WRKingambit
DefiantDefiant punishes Intimidate, and with nine resistances plus two immunities it sets up Swords Dance into Sucker Punch sweeps late.
A Tier — strong
A · 55% WRCharizard-Mega-Y
DroughtSun on tap. Drought plus Flying typing dodges the Ground moves that plague other setters; Heat Wave and Solar Beam blast the whole field.
A · 55% WRMetagross-Mega
Tough ClawsTough Claws Meteor Mash and Bullet Punch is brutal, priority-backed offense off 110 Speed — a returning VGC monster.
A · 53% WRFarigiraf
Armor TailThe premier Trick Room setter — Armor Tail shuts off the opponent’s Fake Out and priority while it flips the speed war.
A · 51% WRIncineroar
IntimidateThe support glue: Fake Out, Intimidate, Parting Shot. On half the teams in the format — even if its own win rate is only average.
A · 52% WRWhimsicott
PranksterPrankster Tailwind, Encore and Helping Hand is premium speed control and disruption from a Focus Sash lead.
A · 50% WRSinistcha
HospitalityTrick Room support that heals its partner on switch-in (Hospitality) and itself via Matcha Gotcha. One of the most-used picks in M-B.
A · 54% WRTorkoal
DroughtThe slowest sun setter, which is the point — under Trick Room it moves first and a full-HP Eruption flattens the field.
Cores worth stealing
- Farigiraf + Mega Pyroar + Torkoal — the Trick Room sun core behind the Kickoff Cup win.
- Farigiraf + Torkoal + Vileplume — the top-scoring core in the data, another TR-sun shell.
- Froslass-Mega + Scovillain-Mega + Sneasler — low-usage hyper-offense punching above its popularity.