Shell Armor
Pokémon that run it
| Pokémon | Teams | Share of its teams | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
 Hisuian Goodra | 156 | 60.94% | 45.14% |
 Torterra | 63 | 68.48% | 43.20% |
 Slowbro | 4 | 2.00% | 43.75% |
 Samurott | 2 | 28.57% | 35.29% |
 Scolipede | 2 | 1.13% | 44.44% |
 Slowbro | 2 | 28.57% | 40.00% |
 Torkoal | 2 | 0.04% | 31.82% |
 Goodra | 1 | 1.43% | 0.00% |
 Scolipede-Mega | 1 | 50.00% | 0.00% |
All-time figures across every format. Method
Shell Armor FAQ
All-time, whole corpusIs Shell Armor good in Pokémon Champions VGC?
Shell Armor is ranked #108 of 189 abilitys by usage, carried by 228 teams (0.25% of teams). Those teams have won 46.18% of 2,172 games, below the 50% line. Usage says how many players trusted it; the win rate says how those games went.
Which Pokémon run Shell Armor the most?
Hisuian Goodra, Torterra and Slowbro are the top species carrying it, by teams. The win rate beside each one is that species' own record, not this ability's.
| Name | Share of its teams | Win rate | Games |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hisuian Goodra | 60.94% | 45.14% | 1,493 |
| Torterra | 68.48% | 43.20% | 618 |
| Slowbro | 2.00% | 43.75% | 32 |
| Samurott | 28.57% | 35.29% | 17 |
| Scolipede | 1.13% | 44.44% | 9 |
| Slowbro | 28.57% | 40.00% | 10 |
| Torkoal | 0.04% | 31.82% | 22 |
| Goodra | 1.43% | 0.00% | 5 |
| Scolipede-Mega | 50.00% | 0.00% | 1 |
Is Shell Armor spread across the metagame, or concentrated on a few Pokémon?
Concentrated: Hisuian Goodra alone carries 68.42% of the 228 teams running Shell Armor, and its top three species together account for 97.81%.
How reliable is Shell Armor's win rate?
The 46.18% figure is a posterior mean, not a raw average; the interval behind it is 44.76%–47.60%, from 2,172 games. That is a wide band, which means the true rate could sit anywhere in it. Treat the point figure as a rough read, not a precise one.
Where do these numbers come from?
Tournament decklists and real match records for Pokémon Champions, ingested from Limitless, Victory Road and the official circuit. These figures are all-time over the whole corpus, not scoped to a format or window the way the boards above the search bar are. Win rates are shrunk toward the field average rather than printed raw, so a thin sample cannot top a board.