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

> Torterra 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/torterra.md |
| Human page | https://suckerpunch.gg/pokemon/torterra/ |

## Summary

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Id | `torterra` |
| Types | Grass / Ground |
| Usage rank | #166 |
| Usage | 0.1% |
| Teams | 11 |
| Win rate | 47.8% |
| Decided matches | 84 |

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, Headlong Rush, Wide Guard, Wood Hammer |
| Item | Life Orb |
| Ability | Overgrow |
| Nature | Adamant |
| Share of lists | 36.4% |
| Win rate | 37.6% |
| Decided matches | 25 |

## Builds

### Moves

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Wood Hammer | 81.8% | 42.2% |
| Wide Guard | 72.7% | 43.9% |
| Earthquake | 63.6% | 33.9% |
| Headlong Rush | 63.6% | 43.2% |
| Protect | 36.4% | 36.5% |
| Rock Slide | 18.2% | 45.8% |

### Items

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Life Orb | 45.5% | 45.5% |
| Leftovers | 18.2% | 43.2% |
| White Herb | 18.2% | 41.5% |

### Abilities

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Shell Armor | 54.5% | 46.5% |
| Overgrow | 45.5% | 46.7% |

### Natures

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adamant | 63.6% | 41.5% |
| Brave | 18.2% | 39.3% |

## Teammates

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

| Teammate | Share | Teams | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Garchomp | 45.5% | 5 | 41.2% |
| Sneasler | 45.5% | 5 | 37.2% |
| Heat Rotom | 36.4% | 4 | 39.9% |
| Kingambit | 36.4% | 4 | 39.9% |
| Eternal Flower Floette | 27.3% | 3 | 40.3% |

## 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=torterra

## 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.