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

> Kangaskhan 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/kangaskhan.md |
| Human page | https://suckerpunch.gg/pokemon/kangaskhan/ |

## Summary

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Id | `kangaskhan` |
| Types | Normal |
| Usage rank | #79 |
| Usage | 0.5% |
| Teams | 60 |
| Win rate | 47.4% |
| Decided matches | 488 |

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 | Fake Out, Last Resort |
| Item | Silk Scarf |
| Ability | Scrappy |
| Nature | Adamant |
| Share of lists | 18.3% |
| Win rate | 46.1% |
| Decided matches | 70 |

## Builds

### Moves

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fake Out | 100.0% | 45.3% |
| Double-Edge | 60.0% | 45.0% |
| Last Resort | 41.7% | 46.6% |
| Ice Punch | 36.7% | 45.0% |
| Hammer Arm | 30.0% | 45.7% |
| Low Kick | 20.0% | 45.7% |

### Items

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kangaskhanite | 53.3% | 43.2% |
| Silk Scarf | 26.7% | 47.8% |
| Life Orb | 15.0% | 35.6% |

### Abilities

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Scrappy | 95.0% | 44.7% |
| Early Bird | 1.7% | 47.1% |

### Natures

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adamant | 60.0% | 41.4% |
| Brave | 30.0% | 49.2% |

## Teammates

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

| Teammate | Share | Teams | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Farigiraf | 65.0% | 39 | 45.0% |
| Torkoal | 55.0% | 33 | 46.1% |
| Rillaboom | 20.0% | 12 | 45.8% |
| Basculegion | 16.7% | 10 | 36.9% |
| Indeedee ♀ | 16.7% | 10 | 42.4% |

## 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=kangaskhan

## 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.