Reg M-CTier ListMeta ReportOctober 14, 2026

Reg M-C Week 6 Meta Report: Mega Charizard Y and Archaludon Enter S Tier

By ChampTeams Editorial

Pokémon Champions Reg M-C week 6 tier list

Mega Charizard Y and Archaludon have moved into S tier in Pokémon Champions Regulation Set M-C. Gholdengo and Volcarona drop to A. The rankings are built from 37 tournaments and 2695 teams played from 1 to 14 October 2026, including the Louisville Regional.

Pokémon Champions Reg M-C week 6 tier list, 37 tournaments and 2695 teams

Reg M-C S tier

S tier

Sneasler

Rillaboom

Kingambit

Incineroar

Charizard-Mega-Y

Raichu-Mega-Y

Archaludon

Garchomp-Mega-Z

Pokémon	Usage	Win rate	Last week
Sneasler	33.8%	53.0%	S
Rillaboom	47.6%	50.7%	S
Kingambit	20.7%	54.9%	S
Incineroar	36.3%	51.0%	S
Charizard-Mega-Y	16.7%	55.6%	A
Raichu-Mega-Y	28.6%	51.3%	S
Archaludon	18.7%	52.6%	A
Garchomp-Mega-Z	24.4%	50.1%	S

Listed by meta score. Usage is the share of teams that brought the Pokémon.

Sun offense won the Louisville Regional

Joseph Ugarte won the Louisville Regional at 15-2 with Mega Charizard Y, Venusaur and Garchomp. It is his second Reg M-C regional title. He won the Baltimore Regional on 20 September at the same 15-2 record with a sand team that shared no Pokémon with this one.

Place	Player	Record	Team
1	Joseph Ugarte	15-2	Charizard-Mega-YVenusaurGarchompFarigirafIncineroarSylveon
2	Andrew Figueras	14-3	Charizard-Mega-YVenusaurGarchompArchaludonPelipperGrimmsnarl
3	Dorian Kang	13-3	Charizard-Mega-YVenusaurArchaludonPolitoedGrimmsnarlRaichu-Mega-X
4	JJ Miller	13-3	ArchaludonPelipperGholdengoSwampert-MegaStaraptor-MegaSinistcha
5	Ryan Loseto	12-3	RillaboomKingambitSneaslerFloette-MegaSalamence-MegaBasculegion
6	Toler Webb	12-3	Golisopod-MegaGarchomp-Mega-ZPelipperArchaludonFarigirafSneasler
7	Keanu Inosanto	12-3	BasculegionRillaboomFloette-MegaSneaslerSalamence-MegaKingambit
8	Brian Hough	12-3	GholdengoDragonite-MegaIncineroarSneaslerRillaboomGarchomp

1010 Masters decklists. The top three all brought Mega Charizard Y and Venusaur. Across the full top 16, Mega Charizard Y and Venusaur each appear 6 times, Garchomp 6, Archaludon 5 and Sneasler 8.

Mega Charizard Y was already rising before Louisville

Louisville is 1010 of the 2695 teams on this board, so a result driven only by that one event would look the same as a real trend. Splitting online play either side of the regional separates the two.

Pokémon	Online, 23 Sep to 6 Oct	Online, 1 to 10 Oct	Louisville, 11 Oct	Online, 12 to 14 Oct
Charizard-Mega-Y	10.7%	13.5%	17.5%	25.9%
Venusaur	4.7%	6.3%	10.2%	16.5%
Garchomp	6.3%	7.7%	13.6%	20.7%
Archaludon	15.6%	17.1%	20.4%	21.3%
Gholdengo	29.4%	27.8%	21.0%	18.5%
Rillaboom	54.8%	52.2%	45.5%	40.3%
Salamence-Mega	18.5%	13.6%	13.0%	7.1%

All four risers were already climbing in online play in the ten days before the regional, and all four climbed again in the three days after it. The last column covers 352 teams, a smaller sample than the others, so read it as direction rather than a settled figure.

Louisville Regional usage

Pokémon	Usage	Win rate
Rillaboom	45.5%	48.4%
Incineroar	37.8%	50.5%
Sneasler	35.9%	50.8%
Garchomp-Mega-Z	26.1%	48.0%
Raichu-Mega-Y	25.2%	49.2%
Kingambit	22.8%	53.3%
Gholdengo	21.0%	47.3%
Archaludon	20.4%	52.6%
Pelipper	18.4%	50.7%
Charizard-Mega-Y	17.5%	53.6%

Within the Louisville field only. The four most used Pokémon at the event all finished under 51%.

Highest usage Pokémon

Pokémon	Usage	Win rate	Tier
Rillaboom	47.6%	50.7%	S
Incineroar	36.3%	51.0%	S
Sneasler	33.8%	53.0%	S
Raichu-Mega-Y	28.6%	51.3%	S
Garchomp-Mega-Z	24.4%	50.1%	S
Gholdengo	23.7%	49.5%	A
Kingambit	20.7%	54.9%	S
Archaludon	18.7%	52.6%	S
Charizard-Mega-Y	16.7%	55.6%	S
Volcarona	16.6%	49.6%	A

Highest win rate Pokémon

Pokémon	Win rate	Usage	Teams
Annihilape	59.8%	3.6%	97
Raichu-Mega-X	58.0%	1.6%	43
Basculegion-F	57.2%	2.2%	60
Blastoise-Mega	56.9%	1.6%	43
Venusaur	56.3%	9.2%	247
Charizard-Mega-Y	55.6%	16.7%	451
Dragonite-Mega	55.6%	4.5%	121
Delphox-Mega	55.4%	6.8%	182
Kingambit	54.9%	20.7%	557
Garchomp	54.3%	11.8%	319

Pokémon on at least 40 teams. Annihilape leads the board at 59.8%, but it was on 2.3% of Louisville teams and won 51.8% there, so its figure comes almost entirely from online play.

Biggest usage changes

Pokémon	Week 5	Week 6	Change	Win rate
Garchomp-Mega-Z	15.5%	24.4%	up 8.9	50.1%
Venusaur	3.8%	9.2%	up 5.4	56.3%
Incineroar	31.0%	36.3%	up 5.3	51.0%
Charizard-Mega-Y	11.4%	16.7%	up 5.3	55.6%
Garchomp	7.0%	11.8%	up 4.8	54.3%
Pelipper	11.2%	15.6%	up 4.4	51.1%
Salamence-Mega	21.6%	12.4%	down 9.2	50.3%
Rillaboom	54.8%	47.6%	down 7.2	50.7%
Arcanine-Hisui	19.0%	12.4%	down 6.6	52.5%
Milotic	13.8%	8.1%	down 5.7	48.6%
Gholdengo	29.2%	23.7%	down 5.5	49.5%

Pokémon on at least 60 teams this week. Week 5 board: 23 September to 6 October. Week 6 board: 1 to 14 October.

Why the lower tiers moved so much this week

The board holds 2695 teams, down from 3449 last week. The Baltimore, Frankfurt and Brisbane Regionals all passed out of the 14 day window and only Louisville came in, so the sample is smaller and fewer Pokémon clear the ranking thresholds.

Tier	Week 5	Week 6
S	8	8
A	39	32
B	18	16
C	30	31
D	21	26
Ranked in total	116	113

A tier lost seven places and D tier gained five on a board that is 754 teams smaller. Most single tier moves below A this week are that change in sample, not a change in play, so the tier change table below lists only the moves with a real number of teams behind them.

The sets behind the risers

Pokémon	Item	Most used moves
Charizard-Mega-Y	Charizardite Y	Protect 100%, Heat Wave 99.8%, Weather Ball 96.9%, Hurricane 35.9%, Ancient Power 32.8%
Venusaur	Focus Sash 75%, Life Orb 22%	Sludge Bomb 99.6%, Protect 95.1%, Sleep Powder 80.2%, Leaf Storm 79.4%, Earth Power 34.4%
Garchomp	Choice Scarf 68%, Life Orb 23%	Dragon Claw 94.4%, Stomping Tantrum 86.2%, Rock Slide 85.9%, Earthquake 71.2%, Protect 29.5%
Archaludon	Leftovers 96.8%	Protect 99.8%, Electro Shot 99.2%, Dragon Pulse 90.1%, Flash Cannon 61.6%, Snarl 27.0%

Move usage from October tournament sets. Venusaur runs Chlorophyll on every recorded set, so it is being played for the sun rather than as a Trick Room attacker. Garchomp is the exception to the rule that everything carries Protect, at 29.5%, because 68% of them hold a Choice Scarf.

Tournament winners

Event	Players	Winner	Record
Louisville Regional	1010	Joseph Ugarte	15-2
Amyverse VGC Champions Arena #14	113	Evan M	10-0
Alpensee Tour #79	89	Spindaa	11-1
Tenki's Cart Weekly #121	67	FinnzVGC	11-0
Pado's Dojo Reg M-C Practice #4	59	xbro1441	9-2
ValkrixVGC Pokemon Champions League #05	58	Aneth	10-0

Winner	Team
Evan M	Staraptor-MegaRaichu-Mega-YRillaboomArcanine-HisuiPrimarinaGholdengo
Spindaa	Charizard-Mega-YSneaslerGarchompWhimsicottBasculegionKingambit
FinnzVGC	Delphox-MegaSneaslerIncineroarSinistchaKingambitBlastoise-Mega
xbro1441	Indeedee-FWhimsicottBasculegionKommo-oPyroar-MegaGardevoir-Mega
Aneth	RillaboomKingambitSneaslerArcanine-HisuiFroslass-MegaRaichu-Mega-Y

Evan M, FinnzVGC and Aneth all won without dropping a game. Online events from 8 to 14 October.

Best teams

Team	Teams	Win rate
BasculegionFloette-MegaKingambitRillaboomSalamence-MegaSneasler	14	64.2%
Charizard-Mega-YGarchompIncineroarSylveonToxapexVenusaur	29	63.6%
AnnihilapeArcanine-HisuiDragonite-MegaGholdengoRaichu-Mega-YRillaboom	14	63.5%
ArchaludonBasculegion-FGolisopod-MegaPelipperRaichu-Mega-YSneasler	11	62.8%
ArchaludonCharizard-Mega-YFarigirafGolisopod-MegaGrimmsnarlPolitoed	12	60.0%
BasculegionGarchomp-Mega-ZIncineroarRaichu-Mega-YRillaboomVolcarona	34	56.1%

The most successful full teams on the board. The sun team on 29 teams is the best supported of these, and it is the shell that won Louisville.

Best Pokémon cores

Core	Teams	Win rate
Charizard-Mega-YIncineroarSylveon	76	60.7%
BasculegionKingambitSalamence-Mega	41	60.6%
Basculegion-FGolisopod-MegaSneasler	35	59.3%
Charizard-Mega-YGarchompVenusaur	81	58.8%
BasculegionFloette-MegaRillaboom	31	58.7%
ArchaludonBasculegion-FPelipper	51	58.5%
Dragonite-MegaGholdengoRillaboom	44	58.5%
KingambitRillaboomSneasler	130	57.5%

Best Pokémon pairs

Pair	Teams	Win rate
AnnihilapeRillaboom	54	61.7%
BasculegionKingambit	122	60.4%
Charizard-Mega-YSylveon	112	59.6%
BasculegionFloette-Mega	39	59.5%
GarchompVenusaur	82	58.8%
Basculegion-FPelipper	51	58.5%
Charizard-Mega-YFarigiraf	109	58.5%
KingambitSneasler	292	57.3%

New Pokémon tier placements

Pokémon	Tier	Usage	Win rate
Rillaboom	S	47.6%	50.7%
Garchomp-Mega-Z	S	24.4%	50.1%
Indeedee-F	A	12.9%	49.9%
Salamence-Mega	A	12.4%	50.3%
Golisopod-Mega	A	10.2%	51.1%
Indeedee	A	7.1%	49.8%
Lucario-Mega-Z	B	2.2%	52.1%
Pawmot	C	1.1%	50.3%
Absol-Mega-Z	C	1.0%	44.8%
Baxcalibur-Mega	D	0.8%	40.7%
Baxcalibur	D	0.3%	49.1%

Pokémon added in Regulation Set M-C.

Tier changes

Pokémon	Week 5	Week 6	Usage	Win rate
Charizard-Mega-Y	A	S	16.7%	55.6%
Archaludon	A	S	18.7%	52.6%
Gholdengo	S	A	23.7%	49.5%
Volcarona	S	A	16.6%	49.6%
Basculegion-F	D	B	2.2%	57.2%
Raichu-Mega-X	C	B	1.6%	58.0%
Ceruledge	A	C	1.5%	41.0%

Volcarona keeps the usage it had last week, 16.6% against 12.9%, and falls out of S on win rate alone, from 52.4% to 49.6%. Gholdengo falls on both counts.

AI Arena gauntlet

The AI Arena gauntlet has been rebuilt from Reg M-C results up to 14 October, including the Louisville teams.

Test your team against the Reg M-C gauntletUpdated 14 October 2026

Upcoming events

Reg M-C runs until 1 December 2026. A new report is published every Wednesday.

View the full Reg M-C tier listUpdated 14 October 2026