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

> Orthworm 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/orthworm.md |
| Human page | https://suckerpunch.gg/pokemon/orthworm/ |

## Summary

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Id | `orthworm` |
| Types | Steel |
| Usage rank | #153 |
| Usage | 0.1% |
| Teams | 13 |
| Win rate | 48.1% |
| Decided matches | 104 |

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 | Body Press, Helping Hand, Protect, Shed Tail |
| Item | Sitrus Berry |
| Ability | Earth Eater |
| Nature | Impish |
| Share of lists | 15.4% |
| Win rate | 43.6% |
| Decided matches | 20 |

## Builds

### Moves

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Body Press | 76.9% | 42.7% |
| Shed Tail | 69.2% | 36.9% |
| Heavy Slam | 38.5% | 50.7% |
| Iron Defense | 38.5% | 46.4% |
| Protect | 38.5% | 50.0% |
| Helping Hand | 23.1% | 43.6% |

### Items

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sitrus Berry | 69.2% | 28.1% |
| Leftovers | 30.8% | 54.1% |

### Abilities

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Earth Eater | 84.6% | 42.3% |
| Sand Veil | 15.4% | 26.8% |

### Natures

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Impish | 53.9% | 46.4% |
| Relaxed | 23.1% | 39.3% |

## Teammates

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

| Teammate | Share | Teams | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Garchomp | 53.9% | 7 | 32.0% |
| Basculegion | 38.5% | 5 | 46.5% |
| Froslass | 30.8% | 4 | 40.9% |
| Incineroar | 30.8% | 4 | 39.0% |
| Sneasler | 30.8% | 4 | 51.3% |

## 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=orthworm

## 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.