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

> Emolga 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 | every Champions format published here |
| Data published | 2026-09-28 |
| This document | https://suckerpunch.gg/ai/pokemon/emolga.md |
| Human page | https://suckerpunch.gg/pokemon/emolga/ |

## Summary

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Id | `emolga` |
| Types | Electric / Flying |
| Usage rank | #230 |
| Usage | 0.0% |
| Teams | 20 |
| Win rate | 47.1% |
| Decided matches | 162 |

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 | Air Slash, Discharge, Helping Hand, Light Screen |
| Item | Leftovers |
| Ability | Static |
| Nature | Modest |
| Share of lists | 10.0% |
| Win rate | 43.5% |
| Decided matches | 9 |

## Builds

### Moves

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nuzzle | 65.0% | 42.4% |
| Air Slash | 40.0% | 40.8% |
| Helping Hand | 35.0% | 42.2% |
| Taunt | 35.0% | 44.7% |
| Encore | 30.0% | 43.8% |
| Protect | 30.0% | 44.4% |

### Items

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Focus Sash | 35.0% | 44.9% |
| Leftovers | 15.0% | 41.3% |
| Choice Scarf | 10.0% | 45.1% |

### Abilities

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Motor Drive | 60.0% | 45.6% |
| Static | 40.0% | 46.5% |

### Natures

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Unknown | 30.0% | 44.9% |
| Jolly | 25.0% | 45.6% |

## Teammates

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

| Teammate | Share | Teams | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Incineroar | 25.0% | 5 | 41.8% |
| Whimsicott | 25.0% | 5 | 42.6% |
| Basculegion | 20.0% | 4 | 45.2% |
| Garchomp | 20.0% | 4 | 41.8% |
| Volcarona | 20.0% | 4 | 45.1% |

## 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=emolga

## 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.