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

> Aurorus 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/aurorus.md |
| Human page | https://suckerpunch.gg/pokemon/aurorus/ |

## Summary

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Id | `aurorus` |
| Types | Rock / Ice |
| Usage rank | #128 |
| Usage | 0.2% |
| Teams | 20 |
| Win rate | 47.7% |
| Decided matches | 161 |

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 | Ancient Power, Aurora Veil, Blizzard, Protect |
| Item | Grassy Seed |
| Ability | Snow Warning |
| Nature | Sassy |
| Share of lists | 15.0% |
| Win rate | 37.4% |
| Decided matches | 20 |

## Builds

### Moves

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blizzard | 85.0% | 45.1% |
| Aurora Veil | 70.0% | 45.7% |
| Ancient Power | 60.0% | 42.5% |
| Freeze-Dry | 55.0% | 45.0% |
| Protect | 50.0% | 42.1% |
| Earth Power | 25.0% | 47.7% |

### Items

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Light Clay | 20.0% | 40.8% |
| Never-Melt Ice | 20.0% | 44.7% |
| Grassy Seed | 15.0% | 36.5% |

### Abilities

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Snow Warning | 80.0% | 44.1% |
| Refrigerate | 20.0% | 37.8% |

### Natures

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Modest | 45.0% | 45.6% |
| Quiet | 20.0% | 36.5% |

## Teammates

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

| Teammate | Share | Teams | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Garchomp | 30.0% | 6 | 36.7% |
| Farigiraf | 25.0% | 5 | 46.5% |
| Incineroar | 25.0% | 5 | 43.1% |
| Golisopod | 15.0% | 3 | 43.3% |
| Indeedee ♀ | 15.0% | 3 | 46.1% |

## 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=aurorus

## 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.