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

> Starmie 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/starmie.md |
| Human page | https://suckerpunch.gg/pokemon/starmie/ |

## Summary

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Id | `starmie` |
| Types | Water / Psychic |
| Usage rank | #133 |
| Usage | 0.2% |
| Teams | 19 |
| Win rate | 47.7% |
| Decided matches | 156 |

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 | Aqua Jet, Ice Spinner, Liquidation, Zen Headbutt |
| Item | Starminite |
| Ability | Natural Cure |
| Nature | Adamant |
| Share of lists | 10.5% |
| Win rate | 44.3% |
| Decided matches | 13 |

## Builds

### Moves

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Protect | 68.4% | 44.5% |
| Liquidation | 63.2% | 45.7% |
| Ice Spinner | 52.6% | 44.5% |
| Zen Headbutt | 36.8% | 45.0% |
| Aqua Jet | 26.3% | 44.8% |
| Bulk Up | 21.1% | 47.2% |

### Items

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Starminite | 84.2% | 43.5% |
| Choice Scarf | 10.5% | 47.4% |
| Leftovers | 5.3% | 47.5% |

### Abilities

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Natural Cure | 79.0% | 44.1% |
| Analytic | 15.8% | 46.6% |

### Natures

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adamant | 42.1% | 41.8% |
| Jolly | 15.8% | 49.3% |

## Teammates

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

| Teammate | Share | Teams | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sneasler | 31.6% | 6 | 46.1% |
| Gholdengo | 26.3% | 5 | 48.3% |
| Kingambit | 26.3% | 5 | 43.1% |
| Indeedee ♀ | 21.1% | 4 | 47.9% |
| Sableye | 21.1% | 4 | 42.6% |

## 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=starmie

## 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.