I wasn’t sure if anyone would be interested in this or not, but I found Breloom’s usage and moveset stats on the top of the ladder (1760+ according to the archived data) and what I specifically want to focus on here are Breloom’s most common moves and teammates during December 2025, which would have been the last full month before the Sleep suspect took place (this resulting in January’s usage stats being altered somewhat).
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Again, this is is for the top of the OU ladder, so I understand that tournament results may vary from these numbers. Still interesting to see, though. As expected, Spore was Breloom’s most common move with over 90% usage and Seed Bomb just below that. Mach Punch being at around 69% isn’t too surprising either but it’s around the 50% mark where things start to open up a little bit. You may notice, at least not last month, top Breloom players generally weren’t opting for Stun Spore very much, and that Force Palm made it onto that list seemingly in its place. I personally think Stun Spore Breloom has been underrated for a while now but I can see the thought process here. Force Palm still offers a 30% paralysis rate in addition to being a viable STAB option, albeit weaker than most of Breloom’s other options power-wise and lacking Mach Punch’s priority.
When you look at Breloom’s common teammates, too, you notice a lot of them can also spread paralysis themselves, somewhat limiting the need for Breloom to run a 75% accurate option off of its just okay Speed stat- the paralysis spreaders that commonly pair with Breloom are either faster, have the more accurate option of Thunder Wave, or both. Stun Spore being able to hit Ground-Types unlike Thunder Wave doesn’t mean much when you’re more than likely clicking Seed Bomb or a different Grass move in those matchups anyway.
I don’t know if this changes your guys’ ongoing discussion's in any meaningful ways so I apologize in advance if this post doesn’t serve much of a purpose.
