# Annihilape: usage, win rate, builds, partners and matchups

> Annihilape in Pokemon Champions VGC, measured from tournament match records: usage, win rate under a fitted prior, the most played build, teammates and head to head.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Corpus | Reg M-C |
| Data published | 2026-09-28 |
| This document | https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/pokemon/annihilape.md |
| Human page | https://suckerpunch.gg/pokemon/annihilape/ |

## Summary

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Id | `annihilape` |
| Types | Fighting / Ghost |
| Usage rank | #49 |
| Usage | 2.0% |
| Teams | 226 |
| Win rate | 52.9% |
| Decided matches | 2,396 |

Win rate is a posterior mean under a prior fitted to the field, credited to every species on
the team rather than to this one alone. Build shares below are of the teams carrying this
species **that published a list**, which at most events is the cut and not the field.

## Most played build

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Moves | Bulk Up, Drain Punch, Protect, Rage Fist |
| Item | Leftovers |
| Ability | Defiant |
| Nature | Adamant |
| Share of lists | 8.4% |
| Win rate | 52.9% |
| Decided matches | 206 |

## Builds

### Moves

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Close Combat | 63.3% | 56.8% |
| Rage Fist | 46.5% | 49.7% |
| Ice Punch | 45.1% | 54.7% |
| Protect | 45.1% | 51.1% |
| Drain Punch | 38.0% | 47.7% |
| Shadow Claw | 32.7% | 58.5% |

### Items

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Choice Scarf | 49.1% | 57.4% |
| Leftovers | 19.0% | 48.3% |
| Focus Sash | 10.6% | 57.6% |

### Abilities

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Defiant | 98.2% | 53.9% |
| No ability | 0.9% | 54.4% |

### Natures

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adamant | 47.4% | 52.4% |
| Jolly | 39.8% | 57.3% |

## Teammates

Share is of this species' own rosters: how often, when someone runs this, they run that.

| Teammate | Share | Teams | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rillaboom | 42.5% | 96 | 53.3% |
| Indeedee ♀ | 28.8% | 65 | 52.9% |
| Salamence | 26.1% | 59 | 53.7% |
| Golisopod | 24.3% | 55 | 52.1% |
| Incineroar | 22.1% | 50 | 56.4% |

## Head to head

Teams carrying this species, against teams carrying the opponent, over decided matches.
A cell is a team record, not a one-on-one simulation.

### Beats

| Opponent | Win rate | Games |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Incineroar | 56.0% | 829 |
| Rillaboom | 55.4% | 1,371 |
| Archaludon | 55.4% | 336 |

### Loses to

| Opponent | Win rate | Games |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hisuian Arcanine | 50.1% | 429 |
| Raichu | 51.4% | 440 |
| Eternal Flower Floette | 51.6% | 364 |

## Related

- Every species: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/pokemon.md
- Archetypes this could belong to: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/teams.md
- The same species on the ladder: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/ladder.md
- Live JSON for this species: https://us-central1-sucker-punch-71328.cloudfunctions.net/api/pokemon/builds?name=annihilape

## Freshness and provenance

- Rendered at deploy time from the published snapshots. Snapshot stamp: 2026-09-28.
- The boards behind them republish daily, so a figure here can trail the live data by a deploy.
- The read that is never behind is the JSON API: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/api.md.
- Tournament data and ladder data are separate populations and are never blended.
- Estimator, denominators and floors: https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/method.md.
- Attribution: Sucker Punch, https://suckerpunch.gg.