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

> Weavile 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/weavile.md |
| Human page | https://suckerpunch.gg/pokemon/weavile/ |

## Summary

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Id | `weavile` |
| Types | Dark / Ice |
| Usage rank | #74 |
| Usage | 0.6% |
| Teams | 69 |
| Win rate | 47.6% |
| Decided matches | 650 |

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 | Fake Out, Ice Spinner, Knock Off, Protect |
| Item | Focus Sash |
| Ability | Pickpocket |
| Nature | Jolly |
| Share of lists | 7.3% |
| Win rate | 48.6% |
| Decided matches | 30 |

## Builds

### Moves

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Knock Off | 78.3% | 47.2% |
| Fake Out | 76.8% | 45.1% |
| Triple Axel | 49.3% | 45.3% |
| Ice Spinner | 46.4% | 48.5% |
| Protect | 42.0% | 47.4% |
| Low Kick | 30.4% | 45.8% |

### Items

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Focus Sash | 72.5% | 48.1% |
| Wide Lens | 13.0% | 44.5% |
| Life Orb | 8.7% | 43.8% |

### Abilities

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pickpocket | 52.2% | 47.8% |
| Pressure | 47.8% | 45.6% |

### Natures

| Option | Share | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jolly | 92.8% | 45.6% |
| Timid | 4.3% | 34.1% |

## Teammates

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

| Teammate | Share | Teams | Win rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rillaboom | 40.6% | 28 | 48.5% |
| Salamence | 27.5% | 19 | 49.0% |
| Sneasler | 26.1% | 18 | 49.2% |
| Charizard | 17.4% | 12 | 50.4% |
| Lucario | 15.9% | 11 | 46.2% |

## 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Rillaboom | 43.1% | 301 |

### Loses to

| Opponent | Win rate | Games |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Rillaboom | 43.1% | 301 |

## 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=weavile

## 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.