# Alolan Persian: usage, win rate, builds, partners and matchups

> Alolan Persian 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/persian-alola.md |
| Human page | https://suckerpunch.gg/pokemon/persian-alola/ |

## Summary

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Id | `persian-alola` |
| Types | Dark |
| Usage rank | #125 |
| Usage | 0.2% |
| Teams | 21 |
| Win rate | 47.7% |
| Decided matches | 182 |

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, Foul Play, Parting Shot, Snarl |
| Item | Focus Sash |
| Ability | Fur Coat |
| Nature | Timid |
| Share of lists | 14.3% |
| Win rate | 30.0% |
| Decided matches | 19 |

## Builds

### Moves

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fake Out | 100.0% | 43.7% |
| Parting Shot | 85.7% | 43.5% |
| Foul Play | 66.7% | 46.1% |
| Snarl | 33.3% | 42.4% |
| Icy Wind | 28.6% | 49.9% |
| Taunt | 28.6% | 43.6% |

### Items

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Focus Sash | 38.1% | 29.4% |
| Sitrus Berry | 28.6% | 50.4% |
| Black Glasses | 14.3% | 41.7% |

### Abilities

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fur Coat | 95.2% | 47.0% |
| Technician | 4.8% | 47.6% |

### Natures

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Timid | 52.4% | 46.1% |
| Jolly | 38.1% | 45.4% |

## Teammates

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

| Teammate | Share | Teams | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rillaboom | 47.6% | 10 | 37.1% |
| Indeedee ♀ | 42.9% | 9 | 32.6% |
| Salamence | 33.3% | 7 | 37.7% |
| Volcarona | 28.6% | 6 | 33.3% |
| Sylveon | 23.8% | 5 | 50.6% |

## 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=persian-alola

## 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.