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

> Mudsdale 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/mudsdale.md |
| Human page | https://suckerpunch.gg/pokemon/mudsdale/ |

## Summary

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Id | `mudsdale` |
| Types | Ground |
| Usage rank | #131 |
| Usage | 0.2% |
| Teams | 19 |
| Win rate | 48.4% |
| Decided matches | 202 |

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 | Heavy Slam, High Horsepower, Protect, Rock Slide |
| Item | Life Orb |
| Ability | Inner Focus |
| Nature | Brave |
| Share of lists | 10.5% |
| Win rate | 39.5% |
| Decided matches | 25 |

## Builds

### Moves

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Protect | 68.4% | 51.0% |
| High Horsepower | 63.2% | 43.7% |
| Earthquake | 42.1% | 46.4% |
| Heavy Slam | 42.1% | 45.4% |
| Rock Slide | 42.1% | 41.5% |
| Body Press | 31.6% | 46.9% |

### Items

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Leftovers | 47.4% | 47.9% |
| Life Orb | 21.1% | 44.8% |
| Sitrus Berry | 15.8% | 52.1% |

### Abilities

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Inner Focus | 57.9% | 48.3% |
| Stamina | 42.1% | 48.0% |

### Natures

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brave | 52.6% | 37.5% |
| Adamant | 26.3% | 53.2% |

## Teammates

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

| Teammate | Share | Teams | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Indeedee ♀ | 31.6% | 6 | 33.9% |
| Incineroar | 26.3% | 5 | 45.0% |
| Salamence | 26.3% | 5 | 49.7% |
| Gardevoir | 21.1% | 4 | 24.0% |
| Delphox | 15.8% | 3 | 32.4% |

## 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=mudsdale

## 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.