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

> Vileplume 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/vileplume.md |
| Human page | https://suckerpunch.gg/pokemon/vileplume/ |

## Summary

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Id | `vileplume` |
| Types | Grass / Poison |
| Usage rank | #110 |
| Usage | 0.3% |
| Teams | 31 |
| Win rate | 47.4% |
| Decided matches | 252 |

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 | After You, Leaf Storm, Sleep Powder, Sludge Bomb |
| Item | Focus Sash |
| Ability | Chlorophyll |
| Nature | Timid |
| Share of lists | 32.3% |
| Win rate | 43.9% |
| Decided matches | 76 |

## Builds

### Moves

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| After You | 93.5% | 45.6% |
| Sleep Powder | 93.5% | 45.8% |
| Sludge Bomb | 87.1% | 44.8% |
| Leaf Storm | 58.1% | 46.7% |
| Protect | 22.6% | 48.1% |
| Solar Beam | 19.4% | 46.6% |

### Items

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Focus Sash | 90.3% | 42.0% |
| Heat Rock | 3.2% | 46.9% |
| Leftovers | 3.2% | 39.8% |

### Abilities

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chlorophyll | 100.0% | 44.0% |

### Natures

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Timid | 83.9% | 43.7% |
| Modest | 12.9% | 42.8% |

## Teammates

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

| Teammate | Share | Teams | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Torkoal | 96.8% | 30 | 43.8% |
| Indeedee ♀ | 51.6% | 16 | 45.8% |
| Farigiraf | 45.2% | 14 | 43.2% |
| Hatterene | 29.0% | 9 | 45.9% |
| Mawile | 22.6% | 7 | 46.4% |

## 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=vileplume

## 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.