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

> Krookodile 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/krookodile.md |
| Human page | https://suckerpunch.gg/pokemon/krookodile/ |

## Summary

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Id | `krookodile` |
| Types | Ground / Dark |
| Usage rank | #159 |
| Usage | 0.1% |
| Teams | 12 |
| Win rate | 48.6% |
| Decided matches | 90 |

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 | High Horsepower, Knock Off, Protect, Rock Slide |
| Item | Focus Sash |
| Ability | Moxie |
| Nature | Jolly |
| Share of lists | 16.7% |
| Win rate | 31.5% |
| Decided matches | 11 |

## Builds

### Moves

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Knock Off | 83.3% | 46.1% |
| Protect | 58.3% | 47.4% |
| Earthquake | 50.0% | 47.1% |
| High Horsepower | 50.0% | 47.3% |
| Rock Slide | 41.7% | 44.7% |
| Close Combat | 25.0% | 48.9% |

### Items

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Focus Sash | 41.7% | 37.0% |
| Choice Scarf | 33.3% | 46.7% |
| Chople Berry | 8.3% | 51.1% |

### Abilities

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Intimidate | 83.3% | 47.0% |
| Moxie | 16.7% | 23.1% |

### Natures

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adamant | 66.7% | 48.1% |
| Jolly | 33.3% | 48.0% |

## Teammates

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

| Teammate | Share | Teams | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rillaboom | 25.0% | 3 | 34.7% |
| Aerodactyl | 16.7% | 2 | 41.0% |
| Archaludon | 16.7% | 2 | 47.9% |
| Excadrill | 16.7% | 2 | 50.2% |
| Garchomp | 16.7% | 2 | 39.0% |

## 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=krookodile

## 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.