The top OU pokemon juggled around a bit last month. Scizor dipped below 30% usage for the first time since August of last year. But it still remains the clear #1. Tyranitar jumped up and claimed the #2 spot from Salamence, even though Mence usage increased almost a full percentage point. Heatran also posted a big 2% increase in usage, claiming the fourth spot. Jirachi and Swampert were a couple other notable gainers that caught my eye. Rotom-A and Infernape are both dipping a bit.
The most interesting moves are over on the UU ladder, with Cresselia and Porygon-Z added to the tier on January 6th. If you prorate their usage across the entire month, Cresselia would have been 21.87% (1st place), and Pory-Z 19.66% (2nd place). Massive usage was forecasted from the outset, but those prorated numbers are considerably smaller than I expected. Based on feedback from battlers, I figured both pokemon would clock in higher than 25% each, and I thought Cresselia's prorated numbers would be higher than 30%. Considering that Scizor has had over 30% usage in OU on a regular basis, I thought Cressy would easily beat that. But, then again, this whole UU change has made me scratch my head quite a bit, so having strange stats is par for the course. At the very least, the numbers are interesting, and should spark a few discussions around here.
These stats were gathered from 500,442 individual battles that were fought during the month of January on the Smogon Shoddy Battle Server. Usage and Leads are listed in the posts directly below this one.
Happy stat hunting!
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The most interesting moves are over on the UU ladder, with Cresselia and Porygon-Z added to the tier on January 6th. If you prorate their usage across the entire month, Cresselia would have been 21.87% (1st place), and Pory-Z 19.66% (2nd place). Massive usage was forecasted from the outset, but those prorated numbers are considerably smaller than I expected. Based on feedback from battlers, I figured both pokemon would clock in higher than 25% each, and I thought Cresselia's prorated numbers would be higher than 30%. Considering that Scizor has had over 30% usage in OU on a regular basis, I thought Cressy would easily beat that. But, then again, this whole UU change has made me scratch my head quite a bit, so having strange stats is par for the course. At the very least, the numbers are interesting, and should spark a few discussions around here.
These stats were gathered from 500,442 individual battles that were fought during the month of January on the Smogon Shoddy Battle Server. Usage and Leads are listed in the posts directly below this one.
Happy stat hunting!
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