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

> Ceruledge 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/ceruledge.md |
| Human page | https://suckerpunch.gg/pokemon/ceruledge/ |

## Summary

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Id | `ceruledge` |
| Types | Fire / Ghost |
| Usage rank | #57 |
| Usage | 1.5% |
| Teams | 169 |
| Win rate | 50.7% |
| Decided matches | 1,623 |

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 | Bitter Blade, Bulk Up, Protect, Shadow Sneak |
| Item | Colbur Berry |
| Ability | Flash Fire |
| Nature | Adamant |
| Share of lists | 34.3% |
| Win rate | 53.9% |
| Decided matches | 610 |

## Builds

### Moves

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bitter Blade | 99.4% | 51.3% |
| Protect | 92.9% | 51.5% |
| Shadow Sneak | 88.8% | 51.8% |
| Bulk Up | 52.7% | 50.5% |
| Swords Dance | 37.9% | 53.7% |
| Poltergeist | 8.9% | 47.9% |

### Items

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Colbur Berry | 44.4% | 52.2% |
| Grassy Seed | 34.9% | 55.1% |
| Focus Sash | 10.1% | 45.7% |

### Abilities

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Flash Fire | 98.2% | 51.5% |
| Weak Armor | 1.8% | 47.3% |

### Natures

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adamant | 84.6% | 52.3% |
| Jolly | 11.2% | 47.5% |

## Teammates

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

| Teammate | Share | Teams | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rillaboom | 75.2% | 127 | 52.4% |
| Milotic | 50.9% | 86 | 53.4% |
| Raichu | 49.1% | 83 | 54.2% |
| Gholdengo | 40.8% | 69 | 53.4% |
| Salamence | 30.2% | 51 | 50.7% |

## 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Indeedee ♀ | 55.1% | 325 |
| Kingambit | 52.4% | 411 |
| Incineroar | 51.1% | 518 |

### Loses to

| Opponent | Win rate | Games |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Rillaboom | 48.2% | 849 |
| Salamence | 48.6% | 485 |
| Gholdengo | 49.4% | 440 |

## 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=ceruledge

## 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.