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

> Hydreigon 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/hydreigon.md |
| Human page | https://suckerpunch.gg/pokemon/hydreigon/ |

## Summary

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Id | `hydreigon` |
| Types | Dark / Dragon |
| Usage rank | #59 |
| Usage | 1.4% |
| Teams | 162 |
| Win rate | 48.0% |
| Decided matches | 1,558 |

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 | Dark Pulse, Draco Meteor, Earth Power, Snarl |
| Item | Choice Scarf |
| Ability | Levitate |
| Nature | Modest |
| Share of lists | 25.9% |
| Win rate | 50.0% |
| Decided matches | 465 |

## Builds

### Moves

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dark Pulse | 93.8% | 47.7% |
| Draco Meteor | 88.9% | 47.2% |
| Snarl | 58.6% | 48.5% |
| Earth Power | 57.4% | 48.6% |
| Protect | 29.6% | 47.1% |
| Flamethrower | 24.7% | 45.8% |

### Items

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Choice Scarf | 58.0% | 48.7% |
| Life Orb | 18.5% | 45.8% |
| Expert Belt | 4.3% | 43.0% |

### Abilities

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Levitate | 100.0% | 47.3% |

### Natures

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Modest | 77.8% | 47.7% |
| Timid | 20.4% | 46.1% |

## Teammates

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

| Teammate | Share | Teams | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sneasler | 38.3% | 62 | 48.3% |
| Rillaboom | 32.1% | 52 | 46.7% |
| Charizard | 20.4% | 33 | 51.1% |
| Indeedee ♀ | 20.4% | 33 | 46.1% |
| Gholdengo | 18.5% | 30 | 46.8% |

## 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Incineroar | 48.5% | 529 |
| Salamence | 48.1% | 532 |
| Kingambit | 47.4% | 406 |

### Loses to

| Opponent | Win rate | Games |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gholdengo | 43.4% | 326 |
| Sneasler | 46.6% | 655 |
| Rillaboom | 47.4% | 845 |

## 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=hydreigon

## 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.