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

> Archaludon 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/archaludon.md |
| Human page | https://suckerpunch.gg/pokemon/archaludon/ |

## Summary

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Id | `archaludon` |
| Types | Steel / Dragon |
| Usage rank | #17 |
| Usage | 12.0% |
| Teams | 1,350 |
| Win rate | 52.0% |
| Decided matches | 13,855 |

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 | Dragon Pulse, Electro Shot, Flash Cannon, Protect |
| Item | Leftovers |
| Ability | Stamina |
| Nature | Modest |
| Share of lists | 28.7% |
| Win rate | 50.7% |
| Decided matches | 3,848 |

## Builds

### Moves

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Electro Shot | 97.6% | 52.3% |
| Protect | 97.0% | 52.3% |
| Dragon Pulse | 84.4% | 52.9% |
| Flash Cannon | 79.3% | 51.8% |
| Aura Sphere | 12.7% | 51.8% |
| Snarl | 12.3% | 53.2% |

### Items

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Leftovers | 90.1% | 52.8% |
| Chople Berry | 2.9% | 52.5% |
| Psychic Seed | 1.5% | 47.7% |

### Abilities

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Stamina | 96.4% | 52.3% |
| Sturdy | 1.3% | 50.3% |

### Natures

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Modest | 46.5% | 50.2% |
| Calm | 27.0% | 53.6% |

## Teammates

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

| Teammate | Share | Teams | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pelipper | 66.8% | 902 | 52.1% |
| Golisopod | 45.8% | 618 | 52.7% |
| Rillaboom | 43.9% | 592 | 52.0% |
| Incineroar | 29.0% | 391 | 53.0% |
| Grimmsnarl | 28.6% | 386 | 53.9% |

## 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Golisopod | 59.3% | 1,948 |
| Farigiraf | 58.6% | 2,049 |
| Hatterene | 58.6% | 342 |

### Loses to

| Opponent | Win rate | Games |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Raichu | 44.3% | 2,409 |
| Gholdengo | 46.7% | 3,398 |
| Gengar | 46.7% | 731 |

## 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=archaludon

## 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.