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

> Heracross 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/heracross.md |
| Human page | https://suckerpunch.gg/pokemon/heracross/ |

## Summary

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Id | `heracross` |
| Types | Bug / Fighting |
| Usage rank | #169 |
| Usage | 0.1% |
| Teams | 10 |
| Win rate | 49.6% |
| Decided matches | 120 |

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 | Close Combat, Pin Missile, Protect, Rock Blast |
| Item | Heracronite |
| Ability | Moxie |
| Nature | Adamant |
| Share of lists | 50.0% |
| Win rate | 51.1% |
| Decided matches | 73 |

## Builds

### Moves

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Close Combat | 100.0% | 50.1% |
| Pin Missile | 100.0% | 50.1% |
| Rock Blast | 90.0% | 51.1% |
| Protect | 60.0% | 50.9% |
| Detect | 30.0% | 50.2% |
| Bullet Seed | 10.0% | 48.0% |

### Items

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Heracronite | 90.0% | 53.3% |
| White Herb | 10.0% | 33.1% |

### Abilities

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Moxie | 100.0% | 50.1% |

### Natures

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adamant | 70.0% | 48.8% |
| Brave | 20.0% | 50.8% |

## Teammates

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

| Teammate | Share | Teams | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kingambit | 70.0% | 7 | 57.5% |
| Incineroar | 40.0% | 4 | 51.8% |
| Sneasler | 40.0% | 4 | 56.8% |
| Delphox | 30.0% | 3 | 56.3% |
| Indeedee ♀ | 30.0% | 3 | 55.3% |

## 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=heracross

## 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.