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

> Golisopod 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/golisopod.md |
| Human page | https://suckerpunch.gg/pokemon/golisopod/ |

## Summary

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Id | `golisopod` |
| Types | Bug / Water |
| Usage rank | #11 |
| Usage | 15.1% |
| Teams | 1,702 |
| Win rate | 47.2% |
| Decided matches | 16,089 |

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 | Iron Head, Leech Life, Protect, Swords Dance |
| Item | Golisopite |
| Ability | Emergency Exit |
| Nature | Adamant |
| Share of lists | 17.0% |
| Win rate | 45.6% |
| Decided matches | 2,668 |

## Builds

### Moves

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Leech Life | 93.0% | 47.3% |
| Iron Head | 87.3% | 47.2% |
| Protect | 76.6% | 47.3% |
| Swords Dance | 41.7% | 47.2% |
| Sucker Punch | 22.0% | 49.3% |
| Liquidation | 20.8% | 45.1% |

### Items

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Golisopite | 98.5% | 47.2% |
| No item | 0.8% | 47.7% |
| Leftovers | 0.3% | 47.7% |

### Abilities

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Emergency Exit | 96.1% | 47.3% |
| Tough Claws | 3.0% | 44.2% |

### Natures

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adamant | 65.2% | 48.1% |
| Brave | 30.2% | 45.8% |

## Teammates

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

| Teammate | Share | Teams | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pelipper | 46.7% | 795 | 48.7% |
| Farigiraf | 36.9% | 628 | 47.7% |
| Archaludon | 36.3% | 618 | 52.4% |
| Rillaboom | 35.1% | 597 | 46.9% |
| Indeedee ♀ | 31.1% | 530 | 44.2% |

## 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Camerupt | 55.3% | 353 |
| Hatterene | 54.0% | 446 |
| Torkoal | 51.6% | 780 |

### Loses to

| Opponent | Win rate | Games |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Archaludon | 39.4% | 1,948 |
| Swampert | 41.2% | 681 |
| Grimmsnarl | 41.4% | 796 |

## 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=golisopod

## 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.