Pokémon Champions Reg M-C tier list Mega Salamence was played on 34.9% of teams in the week to 22 September and 24.1% in the week to 30 September. It holds S tier on win rate, but Mega Raichu Y has passed it on usage. The rankings are based on 46 tournaments and 4839 teams played from 17 to 30 September 2026, including the Frankfurt and Brisbane Regionals.
Reg M-C S tier Pokémon Usage Win rate Last week Rillaboom 55.9% 51.6% S Gholdengo 29.1% 52.4% S Raichu-Mega-Y 25.2% 53.3% S Incineroar 29.5% 51.8% S Sneasler 39.6% 50.1% S Kingambit 22.7% 52.3% S Salamence-Mega 29.3% 50.1% S Arcanine-Hisui 21.4% 52.2% S
Listed by meta score. Usage is the share of teams that brought the Pokémon. S tier membership is unchanged from last week. Frankfurt Regionals results The Frankfurt Regional Championships ran on 27 September 2026 with 1128 Masters decklists, the largest Reg M-C event so far. Eric Rios won without dropping a game, finishing 17-0.
Place Player Record Team 1 Eric Rios 17-0 Gholdengo Volcarona Garchomp-Mega-Z Incineroar Rillaboom Raichu-Mega-Y 2 Sebastian Liu Li 14-3 Farigiraf Garchomp-Mega-Z Sneasler Torkoal Sylveon Incineroar 3 Yvar Vlieger 14-2 Charizard-Mega-Y Kingambit Meowstic-M-Mega Sneasler Indeedee Kommo-o 4 Eden Batchelor 13-3 Gholdengo Dragonite-Mega Incineroar Rillaboom Sneasler Floette-Mega 5 Anthony Liuzzo 12-3 Vivillon Politoed Gengar-Mega Incineroar Rillaboom Kommo-o 6 Juan Manuel Odriozola 12-3 Toxapex Sylveon Garchomp Incineroar Venusaur Charizard-Mega-Y 7 Valentijn Visser 12-3 Froslass-Mega Incineroar Basculegion Glimmora-Mega Rillaboom Volcarona 8 Giuseppe Musicco 12-3 Floette-Mega Rillaboom Incineroar Dragonite-Mega Gholdengo Sneasler
Top 8, Masters Division. Incineroar appeared on seven of the eight. Brisbane Regionals results The Brisbane Regional Championships also ran on 27 September 2026, with 326 Masters decklists. Kiran Singh won at 14-1 with a rain team.
Place Player Record Team 1 Kiran Singh 14-1 Archaludon Pelipper Grimmsnarl Charizard-Mega-Y Garchomp-Mega-Z Venusaur 2 Haruki Sato 12-3 Floette-Mega Kingambit Basculegion Rillaboom Salamence-Mega Sneasler 3 Jude Gerard Lee Wei Cong 11-3 Garchomp-Mega Sneasler Floette-Mega Incineroar Rillaboom Kingambit 4 Joshua Sutherland-Smith 11-3 Sneasler Basculegion Floette-Mega Archaludon Pelipper Incineroar 5 Matthew Henry 11-2 Rillaboom Gengar-Mega Incineroar Kingambit Sneasler Floette-Mega 6 Daniel Walker 10-3 Salamence-Mega Armarouge Sneasler Indeedee-F Politoed Archaludon 7 Keigo Tanizawa 10-3 Kingambit Sneasler Garchomp-Mega-Z Floette-Mega Rillaboom Volcarona 8 Daniel Quek 10-3 Archaludon Grimmsnarl Venusaur Pelipper Swampert-Mega Charizard-Mega-Y
Top 8, Masters Division. Mega Floette appeared on five of the eight. Highest usage Pokémon Pokémon Usage Tier Win rate Rillaboom 55.9% S 51.6% Sneasler 39.6% S 50.1% Incineroar 29.5% S 51.8% Salamence-Mega 29.3% S 50.1% Gholdengo 29.1% S 52.4% Raichu-Mega-Y 25.2% S 53.3% Kingambit 22.7% S 52.3% Arcanine-Hisui 21.4% S 52.2% Indeedee-F 17.9% A 47.7% Milotic 16.2% A 50.0%
Highest win rate Pokémon Pokémon Win rate Usage Tier Gengar-Mega 54.5% 6.1% A Charizard-Mega-Y 53.3% 11.5% A Raichu-Mega-Y 53.3% 25.2% S Garchomp 52.9% 7.2% A Volcarona 52.8% 8.6% A Garchomp-Mega-Z 52.6% 9.4% A Gholdengo 52.4% 29.1% S Floette-Mega 52.3% 6.9% A Kingambit 52.3% 22.7% S Archaludon 52.3% 14.5% A
Minimum 5% usage. Biggest usage changes Pokémon 17 to 22 Sep 23 to 30 Sep Salamence-Mega 34.9% 24.1% Raichu-Mega-Y 21.1% 29.0% Sneasler 42.7% 36.7% Volcarona 6.2% 10.8% Staraptor-Mega 10.7% 14.6% Basculegion 17.0% 13.1% Garchomp-Mega-Z 7.4% 11.3% Gardevoir-Mega 10.0% 6.2% Arcanine-Hisui 23.3% 19.7% Politoed 5.4% 8.0%
Earlier window: 2319 teams. Later window: 2520 teams, including both regionals. Tournament winners Event Players Winner Alpensee Tour #76 112 Sela133VII Tartan Takedown #40 112 IlRepe Open Champions League #5 97 shaikhvgc786 Alpensee Tour #77 93 angrybook
Winner Team Sela133VII Charizard-Mega-Y Aerodactyl-Mega Garchomp Farigiraf Sylveon Kingambit IlRepe Charizard-Mega-Y Garchomp-Mega-Z Archaludon Pelipper Grimmsnarl Venusaur shaikhvgc786 Garchomp-Mega-Z Raichu-Mega-Y Volcarona Gholdengo Incineroar Rillaboom angrybook Tyranitar-Mega Excadrill Gholdengo Rillaboom Incineroar Staraptor-Mega
Largest online tournaments, 23 to 30 September. IlRepe won with the same six Pokémon as the Brisbane winner. Best teams Team Teams Win rate Archaludon Charizard-Mega-Y Garchomp-Mega-Z Grimmsnarl Pelipper Venusaur 13 68.7% Archaludon Garchomp Glimmora-Mega Klefki Salamence-Mega Volcarona 9 62.3% Delphox-Mega Floette-Mega Incineroar Kingambit Sinistcha Sneasler 21 62.0% Archaludon Gengar-Mega Golisopod-Mega Incineroar Politoed Rillaboom 16 61.1% Arcanine-Hisui Gholdengo Primarina Raichu-Mega-Y Rillaboom Staraptor-Mega 19 60.2% Aerodactyl-Mega Charizard-Mega-Y Farigiraf Garchomp Kingambit Sylveon 56 56.9%
The most successful full teams on the board. Best Pokémon cores Core Teams Win rate Floette-Mega Kingambit Sinistcha 25 61.5% Delphox-Mega Incineroar Sneasler 68 58.5% Archaludon Pelipper Venusaur 73 58.4% Charizard-Mega-Y Grimmsnarl Venusaur 60 58.3% Basculegion Rillaboom Volcarona 82 57.2% Arcanine-Hisui Gholdengo Raichu-Mega-Y 483 54.3%
Best Pokémon pairs Pair Teams Win rate Floette-Mega Sinistcha 35 61.2% Gengar-Mega Sneasler 35 60.3% Delphox-Mega Incineroar 90 58.8% Basculegion Garchomp-Mega-Z 72 58.8% Grimmsnarl Venusaur 60 58.3% Pelipper Venusaur 74 58.1% Glimmora-Mega Volcarona 70 57.9% Raichu-Mega-Y Rillaboom 1092 53.8%
New Pokémon tier placements Pokémon Tier Usage Win rate Rillaboom S 55.9% 51.6% Salamence-Mega S 29.3% 50.1% Indeedee-F A 17.9% 47.7% Golisopod-Mega A 13.7% 47.5% Garchomp-Mega-Z A 9.4% 52.6% Indeedee A 6.7% 51.0% Lucario-Mega-Z A 3.1% 45.6% Pawmot B 1.9% 46.5% Baxcalibur-Mega B 1.5% 49.1% Absol-Mega-Z C 1.0% 42.8% Baxcalibur C 0.3% 48.4% Toxtricity D 0.3% 40.2%
Pokémon added in Regulation Set M-C. Tier changes Pokémon Last week This week Usage Win rate Dragapult B A 2.9% 54.3% Corviknight B A 2.6% 51.8% Ceruledge B A 2.6% 51.7% Camerupt-Mega B A 2.4% 49.6% Aerodactyl-Mega A B 2.1% 51.2%
S tier did not change. The board now reads 17 to 30 September, so the regulation's opening week has dropped out of the window and placements below A tier move easily on a small number of teams. AI Arena gauntlet The AI Arena gauntlet has been rebuilt from Reg M-C results up to 30 September.
Upcoming events Reg M-C runs until 1 December 2026. This report covers one week and is not updated after publication.
Rillaboom
Gholdengo
Raichu-Mega-Y
Incineroar
Sneasler
Kingambit
Salamence-Mega
Arcanine-Hisui
Volcarona
Garchomp-Mega-Z
Farigiraf
Torkoal
Sylveon
Charizard-Mega-Y
Meowstic-M-Mega
Indeedee
Kommo-o
Dragonite-Mega
Floette-Mega
Vivillon
Politoed
Gengar-Mega
Toxapex
Garchomp
Venusaur
Froslass-Mega
Basculegion
Glimmora-Mega
Archaludon
Pelipper
Grimmsnarl
Garchomp-Mega
Armarouge
Indeedee-F
Swampert-Mega
Milotic
Staraptor-Mega
Gardevoir-Mega
Aerodactyl-Mega
Tyranitar-Mega
Excadrill
Klefki
Delphox-Mega
Sinistcha
Golisopod-Mega
Primarina
Lucario-Mega-Z
Pawmot
Baxcalibur-Mega
Absol-Mega-Z
Baxcalibur
Toxtricity
Dragapult
Corviknight
Ceruledge
Camerupt-Mega