Hard Press
Pokémon that run it
| Pokémon | Teams | Share of its teams | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
 Metagross | 65 | 1.77% | 48.04% |
 Golurk | 7 | 0.98% | 33.96% |
 Metagross | 6 | 3.41% | 40.63% |
 Swampert | 5 | 0.10% | 39.13% |
 Archaludon | 3 | 0.02% | 42.31% |
 Palafin | 3 | 0.34% | 27.78% |
 Conkeldurr | 2 | 0.77% | 42.11% |
 Mamoswine | 2 | 0.21% | 26.67% |
 Tyranitar | 2 | 0.02% | 36.36% |
 Crabominable | 1 | 0.17% | 43.75% |
 Emboar | 1 | 1.11% | 14.29% |
 Scizor | 1 | 0.04% | 28.57% |
 Steelix | 1 | 0.38% | 50.00% |
All-time figures across every format. Method
Hard Press FAQ
All-time, whole corpusIs Hard Press good in Pokémon Champions VGC?
Hard Press is ranked #332 of 453 moves by usage, carried by 93 teams (0.10% of teams). Those teams have won 47.87% of 865 games, below the 50% line. Usage says how many players trusted it; the win rate says how those games went.
Which Pokémon run Hard Press the most?
Metagross, Golurk and Metagross 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metagross | 1.77% | 48.04% | 639 |
| Golurk | 0.98% | 33.96% | 53 |
| Metagross | 3.41% | 40.63% | 32 |
| Swampert | 0.10% | 39.13% | 46 |
| Archaludon | 0.02% | 42.31% | 26 |
| Palafin | 0.34% | 27.78% | 18 |
| Conkeldurr | 0.77% | 42.11% | 19 |
| Mamoswine | 0.21% | 26.67% | 15 |
| Tyranitar | 0.02% | 36.36% | 11 |
| Crabominable | 0.17% | 43.75% | 16 |
| Emboar | 1.11% | 14.29% | 7 |
| Scizor | 0.04% | 28.57% | 7 |
| Steelix | 0.38% | 50.00% | 8 |
Is Hard Press spread across the metagame, or concentrated on a few Pokémon?
Concentrated: Metagross alone carries 69.89% of the 93 teams running Hard Press, and its top three species together account for 83.87%.
How reliable is Hard Press's win rate?
The 47.87% figure is a posterior mean, not a raw average; the interval behind it is 46.17%–49.57%, from 865 games. That is a wide band, which means the true rate could sit anywhere in it. Treat the point figure as a rough read, not a precise one.
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.