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

> Staraptor 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/staraptor.md |
| Human page | https://suckerpunch.gg/pokemon/staraptor/ |

## Summary

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Id | `staraptor` |
| Types | Normal / Flying |
| Usage rank | #22 |
| Usage | 8.1% |
| Teams | 905 |
| Win rate | 50.5% |
| Decided matches | 8,948 |

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 | Brave Bird, Close Combat, Protect, Tailwind |
| Item | Staraptite |
| Ability | Intimidate |
| Nature | Jolly |
| Share of lists | 56.0% |
| Win rate | 53.8% |
| Decided matches | 5,329 |

## Builds

### Moves

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Close Combat | 98.8% | 50.6% |
| Protect | 89.2% | 51.3% |
| Brave Bird | 88.1% | 51.3% |
| Tailwind | 67.2% | 52.4% |
| Roost | 25.6% | 48.0% |
| Dual Wingbeat | 10.7% | 45.8% |

### Items

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Staraptite | 92.4% | 51.0% |
| Choice Scarf | 6.5% | 46.2% |
| No item | 0.9% | 48.8% |

### Abilities

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Intimidate | 94.3% | 51.0% |
| Reckless | 3.3% | 44.0% |

### Natures

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jolly | 84.6% | 51.3% |
| Adamant | 13.4% | 47.3% |

## Teammates

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

| Teammate | Share | Teams | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rillaboom | 57.5% | 520 | 52.5% |
| Gholdengo | 55.7% | 504 | 52.4% |
| Raichu | 55.3% | 500 | 53.0% |
| Hisuian Arcanine | 49.8% | 451 | 51.8% |
| Sylveon | 41.7% | 377 | 52.4% |

## 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lucario | 54.5% | 396 |
| Gardevoir | 53.5% | 753 |
| Whimsicott | 53.0% | 506 |

### Loses to

| Opponent | Win rate | Games |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Froslass | 45.7% | 557 |
| Kingambit | 47.1% | 2,337 |
| Sinistcha | 47.6% | 483 |

## 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=staraptor

## 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.