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

> Skarmory 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/skarmory.md |
| Human page | https://suckerpunch.gg/pokemon/skarmory/ |

## Summary

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Id | `skarmory` |
| Types | Steel / Flying |
| Usage rank | #106 |
| Usage | 0.3% |
| Teams | 33 |
| Win rate | 48.6% |
| Decided matches | 299 |

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 | Drill Peck, Drill Run, Iron Head, X-Scissor |
| Item | Skarmorite |
| Ability | Weak Armor |
| Nature | Adamant |
| Share of lists | 12.1% |
| Win rate | 42.8% |
| Decided matches | 28 |

## Builds

### Moves

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Iron Head | 93.9% | 47.8% |
| Brave Bird | 84.8% | 48.1% |
| Protect | 72.7% | 48.5% |
| Drill Run | 21.2% | 48.6% |
| Tailwind | 21.2% | 48.6% |
| Rock Slide | 18.2% | 50.4% |

### Items

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Skarmorite | 93.9% | 47.4% |
| Psychic Seed | 3.0% | 46.9% |
| Sitrus Berry | 3.0% | 46.0% |

### Abilities

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sturdy | 60.6% | 46.4% |
| Weak Armor | 36.4% | 48.5% |

### Natures

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adamant | 51.5% | 48.5% |
| Jolly | 48.5% | 48.4% |

## Teammates

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

| Teammate | Share | Teams | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rillaboom | 33.3% | 11 | 48.3% |
| Sneasler | 30.3% | 10 | 51.0% |
| Garchomp | 21.2% | 7 | 44.4% |
| Volcarona | 21.2% | 7 | 42.7% |
| Whimsicott | 21.2% | 7 | 42.5% |

## 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=skarmory

## 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.