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

> Forretress 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/forretress.md |
| Human page | https://suckerpunch.gg/pokemon/forretress/ |

## Summary

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Id | `forretress` |
| Types | Bug / Steel |
| Usage rank | #190 |
| Usage | 0.1% |
| Teams | 6 |
| Win rate | 48.8% |
| Decided matches | 39 |

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 | Body Press, Curse, Gyro Ball, Power Trick |
| Item | Iron Ball |
| Ability | Overcoat |
| Nature | Brave |
| Share of lists | 33.3% |
| Win rate | 27.1% |
| Decided matches | 8 |

## Builds

### Moves

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Body Press | 66.7% | 32.0% |
| Gyro Ball | 66.7% | 23.5% |
| Power Trick | 66.7% | 23.5% |
| Curse | 50.0% | 25.6% |
| Protect | 33.3% | 52.6% |
| Counter | 16.7% | 47.0% |

### Items

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Iron Ball | 66.7% | 23.5% |
| Sitrus Berry | 33.3% | 52.6% |

### Abilities

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Overcoat | 66.7% | 23.5% |
| Sturdy | 33.3% | 52.6% |

### Natures

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brave | 33.3% | 27.1% |
| Careful | 33.3% | 52.6% |

## Teammates

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

| Teammate | Share | Teams | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Low Key Toxtricity | 50.0% | 3 | 25.6% |
| Aggron | 33.3% | 2 | 34.6% |
| Farigiraf | 33.3% | 2 | 27.1% |
| Glimmora | 33.3% | 2 | 52.6% |
| Mr. Mime | 33.3% | 2 | 27.1% |

## 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=forretress

## 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.