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Here's another resource: usage stats from the PS ladder for November 1st through the 10th. Good luck to those competing!

Nothing hypothetical about it, already happened last gen with BDSP: https://www.smogon.com/forums/posts/9293429/ I'm not generally monitoring battle count, but when an extreme number of shifts pop up and it isn't the third month of a cycle it's probably a sign the format is toast.

Stats for October are now up! NEW: Known bots have no effect on usage stats; teams used by bots count for nothing and battles featuring two bots are dropped from the total battle count entirely. Correct, this is just a consequence of heading into a fifth year of SV. Thanks for the report, I've...

Combined usage for DOU (1695 stats) + ---- + ------------------ + ------- + | Rank | Pokemon | Percent | + ---- + ------------------ + ------- + | 1 | Incineroar | 32.469% | | 2 | Landorus | 20.723% | | 3 | Rillaboom | 20.507% | | 4 | Chien-Pao...

Stats for this shift are based on October usage with a 1.53% quick drop cutoff. Full stats will be up shortly: smogon.com/stats NEW: Known bots have no effect on usage stats; teams used by bots count for nothing and battles featuring two bots are dropped from the total battle count entirely...

Stats for September are now up!

Combined usage for DOU (1695 stats) + ---- + ------------------ + ------- + | Rank | Pokemon | Percent | + ---- + ------------------ + ------- + | 1 | Incineroar | 33.416% | | 2 | Rillaboom | 20.026% | | 3 | Chien-Pao | 18.619% | | 4 | Landorus...

Stats for this shift are based on July, August, and September usage weighted equally, with a 4.52% drop cutoff. Full stats will be up shortly: smogon.com/stats Combined usage for OU (1695 stats) + ---- + ------------------ + ------- + | Rank | Pokemon | Percent | + ---- +...

Stats for August are now up! If you're wondering why everything is gzipped now, it's to save space; you can still visit .txt/.json links directly and the server will present them to you in-browser.

Stats for July are now up!

Combined usage for DOU (1695 stats) + ---- + ------------------ + ------- + | Rank | Pokemon | Percent | + ---- + ------------------ + ------- + | 1 | Incineroar | 33.223% | | 2 | Landorus | 19.363% | | 3 | Rillaboom | 19.135% | | 4 | Torkoal...

Stats for this shift are based on July usage with a 1.53% quick drop cutoff. Full stats will be up shortly: smogon.com/stats Combined usage for OU (1695 stats) + ---- + ------------------ + ------- + | Rank | Pokemon | Percent | + ---- + ------------------ + ------- + | 1 | Great...

Stats for June are now up! Here's the mid-year OU by technicality report: January through June 2026 usage stats for past gen OU tiers, averaged equally with a 2.28% "drop" cutoff, except Gen 8 which has it set at 3.41%. Rising back to OU from "OU by technicality" requires usage above the...

Combined usage for DOU (1695 stats) + ---- + ------------------ + ------- + | Rank | Pokemon | Percent | + ---- + ------------------ + ------- + | 1 | Incineroar | 33.668% | | 2 | Gholdengo | 19.551% | | 3 | Landorus | 19.228% | | 4 | Rillaboom...