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

> Vaporeon 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/vaporeon.md |
| Human page | https://suckerpunch.gg/pokemon/vaporeon/ |

## Summary

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Id | `vaporeon` |
| Types | Water |
| Usage rank | #213 |
| Usage | 0.0% |
| Teams | 4 |
| Win rate | 48.6% |
| Decided matches | 32 |

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 | n/a |
| Item | No item |
| Ability | No ability |
| Nature | Unknown |
| Share of lists | 25.0% |
| Win rate | 63.9% |
| Decided matches | 7 |

## Builds

### Moves

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ice Beam | 75.0% | 22.5% |
| Protect | 50.0% | 28.1% |
| Surf | 50.0% | 21.1% |
| Calm Mind | 25.0% | 30.4% |
| Hydro Pump | 25.0% | 28.6% |
| Liquidation | 25.0% | 28.6% |

### Items

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Leftovers | 25.0% | 30.4% |
| No item | 25.0% | 63.9% |
| Quick Claw | 25.0% | 28.6% |

### Abilities

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Water Absorb | 75.0% | 22.5% |
| No ability | 25.0% | 63.9% |

### Natures

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Modest | 50.0% | 28.1% |
| Serious | 25.0% | 28.6% |

## Teammates

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

| Teammate | Share | Teams | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Delphox | 50.0% | 2 | 21.1% |
| Sylveon | 50.0% | 2 | 27.1% |
| Altaria | 25.0% | 1 | 63.9% |
| Annihilape | 25.0% | 1 | 63.9% |
| Espeon | 25.0% | 1 | 35.7% |

## 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=vaporeon

## 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.