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

> Scovillain 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/scovillain.md |
| Human page | https://suckerpunch.gg/pokemon/scovillain/ |

## Summary

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Id | `scovillain` |
| Types | Grass / Fire |
| Usage rank | #64 |
| Usage | 1.0% |
| Teams | 113 |
| Win rate | 48.7% |
| Decided matches | 1,070 |

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 | Giga Drain, Overheat, Protect, Rage Powder |
| Item | Scovillainite |
| Ability | Moody |
| Nature | Bold |
| Share of lists | 51.3% |
| Win rate | 50.0% |
| Decided matches | 554 |

## Builds

### Moves

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Protect | 97.3% | 48.6% |
| Rage Powder | 94.7% | 49.0% |
| Overheat | 80.5% | 49.4% |
| Giga Drain | 77.0% | 48.6% |
| Leech Seed | 16.8% | 49.4% |
| Flamethrower | 14.2% | 46.3% |

### Items

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Scovillainite | 96.5% | 49.1% |
| Berry | 0.9% | 25.6% |
| Focus Sash | 0.9% | 27.1% |

### Abilities

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Moody | 84.1% | 48.5% |
| Insomnia | 6.2% | 43.7% |

### Natures

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bold | 74.3% | 50.2% |
| Calm | 15.9% | 46.1% |

## Teammates

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

| Teammate | Share | Teams | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sneasler | 63.7% | 72 | 50.8% |
| Kingambit | 59.3% | 67 | 50.1% |
| Basculegion | 53.1% | 60 | 51.5% |
| Froslass | 50.4% | 57 | 51.0% |
| Lycanroc Dusk | 43.4% | 49 | 50.5% |

## Head to head

Teams carrying this species, against teams carrying the opponent, over decided matches.
A cell is a team record, not a one-on-one simulation.

### Beats

| Opponent | Win rate | Games |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kingambit | 50.8% | 350 |
| Sneasler | 49.4% | 524 |
| Incineroar | 48.6% | 352 |

### Loses to

| Opponent | Win rate | Games |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Rillaboom | 44.9% | 586 |
| Salamence | 46.5% | 409 |
| Incineroar | 48.6% | 352 |

## 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=scovillain

## 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.