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

> Blastoise 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/blastoise.md |
| Human page | https://suckerpunch.gg/pokemon/blastoise/ |

## Summary

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Id | `blastoise` |
| Types | Water |
| Usage rank | #47 |
| Usage | 2.3% |
| Teams | 254 |
| Win rate | 46.7% |
| Decided matches | 2,384 |

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 | Dark Pulse, Protect, Shell Smash, Water Spout |
| Item | Blastoisinite |
| Ability | Rain Dish |
| Nature | Modest |
| Share of lists | 20.9% |
| Win rate | 46.1% |
| Decided matches | 502 |

## Builds

### Moves

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Water Spout | 92.1% | 46.2% |
| Protect | 73.6% | 47.0% |
| Shell Smash | 72.0% | 46.0% |
| Dark Pulse | 56.3% | 44.4% |
| Terrain Pulse | 33.5% | 48.3% |
| Aura Sphere | 24.0% | 45.9% |

### Items

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blastoisinite | 96.1% | 45.9% |
| No item | 1.6% | 47.0% |
| White Herb | 1.2% | 46.3% |

### Abilities

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Rain Dish | 70.1% | 48.6% |
| Torrent | 22.8% | 38.7% |

### Natures

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Modest | 76.0% | 45.9% |
| Quiet | 13.4% | 46.6% |

## Teammates

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

| Teammate | Share | Teams | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Indeedee ♀ | 58.3% | 148 | 47.6% |
| Sneasler | 42.5% | 108 | 46.3% |
| Incineroar | 39.8% | 101 | 48.0% |
| Rillaboom | 35.8% | 91 | 47.0% |
| Sinistcha | 29.9% | 76 | 46.6% |

## 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 | 49.8% | 359 |
| Raichu | 49.6% | 322 |
| Farigiraf | 49.5% | 371 |

### Loses to

| Opponent | Win rate | Games |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Eternal Flower Floette | 40.0% | 369 |
| Pelipper | 42.5% | 309 |
| Sneasler | 42.7% | 1,066 |

## 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=blastoise

## 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.