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

> Luxray 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/luxray.md |
| Human page | https://suckerpunch.gg/pokemon/luxray/ |

## Summary

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Id | `luxray` |
| Types | Electric |
| Usage rank | #183 |
| Usage | 0.1% |
| Teams | 7 |
| Win rate | 48.4% |
| Decided matches | 67 |

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 | Protect, Psychic Fangs, Supercell Slam, Superpower |
| Item | Wide Lens |
| Ability | Intimidate |
| Nature | Relaxed |
| Share of lists | 28.6% |
| Win rate | 47.4% |
| Decided matches | 17 |

## Builds

### Moves

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Protect | 71.4% | 46.2% |
| Psychic Fangs | 57.1% | 47.6% |
| Superpower | 57.1% | 47.6% |
| Electroweb | 42.9% | 46.5% |
| Snarl | 42.9% | 46.5% |
| Volt Switch | 42.9% | 46.5% |

### Items

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Magnet | 42.9% | 45.8% |
| Expert Belt | 28.6% | 47.9% |
| Wide Lens | 28.6% | 47.8% |

### Abilities

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Intimidate | 85.7% | 42.2% |
| Rivalry | 14.3% | 27.8% |

### Natures

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jolly | 28.6% | 47.8% |
| Modest | 28.6% | 45.9% |

## Teammates

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

| Teammate | Share | Teams | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Houndoom | 57.1% | 4 | 47.3% |
| Golisopod | 42.9% | 3 | 45.5% |
| Salamence | 42.9% | 3 | 45.5% |
| Absol | 28.6% | 2 | 47.7% |
| Basculegion ♀ | 28.6% | 2 | 47.5% |

## 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=luxray

## 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.