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The thing is Meowstic-F (non-mega), even if not strictly cosmetic, does not have its own usage stats as it is combined into Meowstic. This has always been the case. Now that they have megas, there's an inconsistency.
Example from https://www.smogon.com/stats/2026-03/gen9legendszaou-0.txt
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I was referring to Pokémon with multiple forms having a mega, rather than Pokémon with a single form having multiple megas. The issue is specifically with "cosmetic" forms, whose usage stats have always been combined into one, but now their megas are separate.
I just realized a weird scenario for mons having multiple forms that got a Mega in Z-A. While base forms' usage stats are combined into the base form, Megas are counted individually. Legends Z-A OU stats show this for Meowstic-M-Mega/Meowstic-F-Mega and Tatsugiri-* (I guess Magearna-Original...
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I've been following the VGC scene from early in gen 6. Occasionally I used to upload metagame analysis to my Spanish YouTube channel.
Now I'm launching @VGCdata on Twitter to share relevant usage stats for official VGC events as well as ingame and Showdown ladders.
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