Close Combat
Pokémon that run it
| Pokémon | Teams | Share of its teams | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
 Sneasler | 29,723 | 98.84% | 50.28% |
 Staraptor | 7,169 | 97.44% | 49.51% |
 Lycanroc Dusk | 1,457 | 92.33% | 53.59% |
 Blaziken | 1,456 | 90.04% | 48.81% |
 Incineroar | 1,121 | 3.82% | 48.08% |
 Annihilape | 965 | 55.78% | 52.13% |
 Lopunny | 763 | 93.85% | 47.40% |
 Scizor | 578 | 22.53% | 50.79% |
 Aegislash | 514 | 19.46% | 52.62% |
 Pawmot | 449 | 91.26% | 48.14% |
 Scrafty | 437 | 41.94% | 50.26% |
 Paldean Tauros Aqua Breed | 426 | 97.71% | 46.60% |
 Palafin | 404 | 45.24% | 49.54% |
 Staraptor | 403 | 99.75% | 49.43% |
 Kleavor | 392 | 50.13% | 45.66% |
 Lucario | 365 | 26.74% | 43.54% |
 Golisopod | 254 | 9.82% | 44.89% |
 Absol | 201 | 54.77% | 41.09% |
 Hawlucha | 200 | 48.66% | 46.07% |
 Heracross | 163 | 87.63% | 44.71% |
 Hisuian Arcanine | 149 | 2.94% | 45.07% |
 Quaquaval | 133 | 94.33% | 41.87% |
 Ceruledge | 128 | 6.65% | 41.95% |
 Medicham | 119 | 80.41% | 48.20% |
 Crabominable | 101 | 17.53% | 46.93% |
 Toxicroak | 85 | 77.98% | 44.87% |
 Lycanroc | 78 | 66.10% | 47.52% |
 Blaziken | 73 | 100.00% | 45.12% |
 Lopunny | 68 | 97.14% | 45.50% |
 Barbaracle | 67 | 73.63% | 47.89% |
 Sirfetch'd | 65 | 57.52% | 45.55% |
 Infernape | 61 | 42.96% | 45.17% |
 Paldean Tauros Blaze Breed | 57 | 83.82% | 44.92% |
 Emboar | 53 | 58.89% | 45.61% |
 Falinks | 50 | 79.37% | 38.06% |
 Conkeldurr | 35 | 13.46% | 45.48% |
 Golurk | 35 | 4.89% | 44.54% |
 Scizor | 33 | 17.65% | 53.47% |
 Gallade | 32 | 3.26% | 47.38% |
 Arcanine | 29 | 7.97% | 35.38% |
 Hisuian Decidueye | 28 | 9.21% | 47.59% |
 Lucario | 26 | 76.47% | 48.45% |
 Beartic | 25 | 59.52% | 46.46% |
 Krookodile | 25 | 13.74% | 42.80% |
 Kommo-o | 21 | 0.64% | 29.82% |
 Tyrantrum | 17 | 25.76% | 38.36% |
 Pangoro | 14 | 26.92% | 52.35% |
 Passimian | 14 | 73.68% | 46.90% |
 Eelektross | 13 | 3.25% | 40.95% |
 Crabominable | 12 | 24.00% | 35.85% |
 Pinsir | 12 | 22.22% | 46.67% |
 Tauros [Paldean Form - Combat Breed] | 12 | 75.00% | 30.26% |
 Chesnaught | 11 | 3.82% | 32.71% |
 Mudsdale | 11 | 5.39% | 37.23% |
 Scrafty | 11 | 45.83% | 44.07% |
 Sharpedo | 9 | 9.78% | 35.37% |
 Tauros | 9 | 60.00% | 25.76% |
 Farfetch'd | 8 | 61.54% | 26.79% |
 Hawlucha-Mega | 8 | 50.00% | 46.51% |
 Machamp | 7 | 5.26% | 30.19% |
Showing the 60 species that run it most, of 98.
All-time figures across every format. Method
Close Combat FAQ
All-time, whole corpusIs Close Combat good in Pokémon Champions VGC?
Close Combat is ranked #5 of 453 moves by usage, carried by 44,872 teams (49.77% of teams). Those teams have won 49.76% of 477,115 games, below the 50% line. Usage says how many players trusted it; the win rate says how those games went.
Which Pokémon run Close Combat the most?
Sneasler, Staraptor and Lycanroc Dusk are the top species carrying it, by teams. The win rate beside each one is that species' own record, not this move's.
| Name | Share of its teams | Win rate | Games |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sneasler | 98.84% | 50.28% | 320,830 |
| Staraptor | 97.44% | 49.51% | 73,615 |
| Lycanroc Dusk | 92.33% | 53.59% | 15,892 |
| Blaziken | 90.04% | 48.81% | 14,988 |
| Incineroar | 3.82% | 48.08% | 11,746 |
| Annihilape | 55.78% | 52.13% | 10,293 |
| Lopunny | 93.85% | 47.40% | 8,031 |
| Scizor | 22.53% | 50.79% | 6,468 |
| Aegislash | 19.46% | 52.62% | 5,823 |
| Pawmot | 91.26% | 48.14% | 4,425 |
| Scrafty | 41.94% | 50.26% | 4,700 |
| Paldean Tauros Aqua Breed | 97.71% | 46.60% | 4,560 |
| Palafin | 45.24% | 49.54% | 4,548 |
| Staraptor | 99.75% | 49.43% | 2,359 |
| Kleavor | 50.13% | 45.66% | 3,747 |
| Lucario | 26.74% | 43.54% | 3,718 |
| Golisopod | 9.82% | 44.89% | 2,221 |
| Absol | 54.77% | 41.09% | 1,796 |
| Hawlucha | 48.66% | 46.07% | 1,858 |
| Heracross | 87.63% | 44.71% | 1,503 |
Is Close Combat spread across the metagame, or concentrated on a few Pokémon?
Concentrated: Sneasler alone carries 66.24% of the 44,872 teams running Close Combat, and its top three species together account for 85.46%.
How reliable is Close Combat's win rate?
The 49.76% figure is a posterior mean, not a raw average; the interval behind it is 49.64%–49.88%, from 477,115 games. That is a narrow band for a figure with this many games behind it.
Where do these numbers come from?
Tournament decklists and real match records for Pokémon Champions, ingested from Limitless, Victory Road and the official circuit. These figures are all-time over the whole corpus, not scoped to a format or window the way the boards above the search bar are. Win rates are shrunk toward the field average rather than printed raw, so a thin sample cannot top a board.