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

> Sharpedo 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/sharpedo.md |
| Human page | https://suckerpunch.gg/pokemon/sharpedo/ |

## Summary

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Id | `sharpedo` |
| Types | Water / Dark |
| Usage rank | #211 |
| Usage | 0.0% |
| Teams | 4 |
| Win rate | 48.4% |
| Decided matches | 31 |

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 | Crunch, Protect, Psychic Fangs, Waterfall |
| Item | Sharpedonite |
| Ability | Speed Boost |
| Nature | Adamant |
| Share of lists | 25.0% |
| Win rate | 40.5% |
| Decided matches | 11 |

## Builds

### Moves

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Crunch | 100.0% | 44.4% |
| Protect | 100.0% | 44.4% |
| Ice Fang | 75.0% | 46.0% |
| Psychic Fangs | 50.0% | 46.1% |
| Aqua Jet | 25.0% | 48.2% |
| Liquidation | 25.0% | 46.5% |

### Items

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sharpedonite | 100.0% | 44.9% |

### Abilities

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Speed Boost | 75.0% | 29.1% |
| Strong Jaw | 25.0% | 46.7% |

### Natures

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adamant | 75.0% | 29.1% |
| Jolly | 25.0% | 46.7% |

## Teammates

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

| Teammate | Share | Teams | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Garchomp | 50.0% | 2 | 43.5% |
| Gholdengo | 50.0% | 2 | 43.5% |
| Milotic | 50.0% | 2 | 43.9% |
| Whimsicott | 50.0% | 2 | 43.5% |
| Corviknight | 25.0% | 1 | 44.0% |

## 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=sharpedo

## 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.