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

> Vivillon 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/vivillon.md |
| Human page | https://suckerpunch.gg/pokemon/vivillon/ |

## Summary

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Id | `vivillon` |
| Types | Bug / Flying |
| Usage rank | #60 |
| Usage | 1.4% |
| Teams | 160 |
| Win rate | 49.1% |
| Decided matches | 1,522 |

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 | Hurricane, Protect, Rage Powder, Sleep Powder |
| Item | Focus Sash |
| Ability | Compound Eyes |
| Nature | Timid |
| Share of lists | 60.0% |
| Win rate | 52.4% |
| Decided matches | 971 |

## Builds

### Moves

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sleep Powder | 97.5% | 49.1% |
| Hurricane | 90.6% | 49.5% |
| Rage Powder | 77.5% | 50.0% |
| Protect | 73.8% | 51.0% |
| Tailwind | 18.8% | 45.4% |
| Pollen Puff | 10.6% | 46.7% |

### Items

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Focus Sash | 83.1% | 50.5% |
| Choice Scarf | 13.8% | 42.5% |
| No item | 1.3% | 49.3% |

### Abilities

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Compound Eyes | 97.5% | 49.1% |
| Friend Guard | 1.3% | 36.8% |

### Natures

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Timid | 95.0% | 49.1% |
| Modest | 2.5% | 48.0% |

## Teammates

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

| Teammate | Share | Teams | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Incineroar | 65.6% | 105 | 50.5% |
| Rillaboom | 63.8% | 102 | 51.2% |
| Gengar | 55.6% | 89 | 51.6% |
| Politoed | 52.5% | 84 | 52.1% |
| Archaludon | 49.4% | 79 | 51.7% |

## 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Incineroar | 50.8% | 428 |
| Sneasler | 49.2% | 557 |
| Gholdengo | 48.4% | 357 |

### Loses to

| Opponent | Win rate | Games |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kingambit | 45.9% | 304 |
| Salamence | 47.0% | 388 |
| Rillaboom | 47.8% | 742 |

## 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=vivillon

## 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.