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

> Swampert 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/swampert.md |
| Human page | https://suckerpunch.gg/pokemon/swampert/ |

## Summary

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Id | `swampert` |
| Types | Water / Ground |
| Usage rank | #36 |
| Usage | 4.1% |
| Teams | 459 |
| Win rate | 52.0% |
| Decided matches | 4,827 |

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 | Earthquake, Ice Punch, Protect, Wave Crash |
| Item | Swampertite |
| Ability | Torrent |
| Nature | Adamant |
| Share of lists | 29.0% |
| Win rate | 54.6% |
| Decided matches | 1,449 |

## Builds

### Moves

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Protect | 94.3% | 52.7% |
| Wave Crash | 92.4% | 52.8% |
| Ice Punch | 85.6% | 52.4% |
| Earthquake | 54.0% | 53.0% |
| High Horsepower | 41.4% | 52.1% |
| Rock Slide | 3.7% | 52.0% |

### Items

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Swampertite | 91.7% | 52.7% |
| Sitrus Berry | 2.4% | 53.0% |
| Leftovers | 1.5% | 51.3% |

### Abilities

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Torrent | 68.8% | 52.0% |
| Damp | 27.2% | 52.2% |

### Natures

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adamant | 90.4% | 53.0% |
| Jolly | 4.4% | 47.5% |

## Teammates

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

| Teammate | Share | Teams | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pelipper | 81.5% | 374 | 52.8% |
| Archaludon | 76.5% | 351 | 53.3% |
| Grimmsnarl | 38.8% | 178 | 53.6% |
| Golisopod | 37.5% | 172 | 52.7% |
| Rillaboom | 30.7% | 141 | 51.5% |

## 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Golisopod | 58.7% | 681 |
| Indeedee ♀ | 58.7% | 813 |
| Excadrill | 58.0% | 343 |

### Loses to

| Opponent | Win rate | Games |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Raichu | 44.5% | 848 |
| Froslass | 45.6% | 302 |
| Eternal Flower Floette | 46.4% | 679 |

## 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=swampert

## 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.