Poltergeist
Pokémon that run it
| Pokémon | Teams | Share of its teams | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
 Aegislash | 2,037 | 77.13% | 51.31% |
 Golurk | 642 | 89.66% | 43.25% |
 Ceruledge | 212 | 11.01% | 45.65% |
 Banette | 49 | 64.47% | 43.25% |
 Golurk | 48 | 92.31% | 39.64% |
 Runerigus | 45 | 44.12% | 44.36% |
 Trevenant | 28 | 43.75% | 34.84% |
 Gourgeist | 23 | 65.71% | 46.19% |
 Houndstone | 19 | 6.55% | 47.66% |
 Spiritomb | 15 | 12.10% | 43.22% |
 Sableye | 14 | 0.46% | 23.81% |
 Sinistcha | 10 | 0.05% | 25.00% |
 Gholdengo | 6 | 0.07% | 23.08% |
 Typhlosion-Hisui | 3 | 0.31% | 46.43% |
 Aegislash Blade Forme | 2 | 18.18% | 45.71% |
 Banette-Mega | 2 | 100.00% | 37.50% |
 Froslass | 2 | 0.03% | 42.86% |
 Zoroark-Hisui | 2 | 0.23% | 28.57% |
 Chandelure | 1 | 0.16% | 0.00% |
 Decidueye | 1 | 2.86% | 0.00% |
 Frost Rotom | 1 | 0.49% | 36.84% |
 Gengar | 1 | 0.02% | 14.29% |
 Heat Rotom | 1 | 0.08% | 57.14% |
 Partinus (Aegislash) | 1 | 100.00% | 50.00% |
 Skeledirge | 1 | 0.60% | 16.67% |
 Typhlosion | 1 | 1.16% | 20.00% |
 Wash Rotom | 1 | 0.02% | 20.00% |
All-time figures across every format. Method
Poltergeist FAQ
All-time, whole corpusIs Poltergeist good in Pokémon Champions VGC?
Poltergeist is ranked #117 of 453 moves by usage, carried by 3,092 teams (3.43% of teams). Those teams have won 48.96% of 34,743 games, below the 50% line. Usage says how many players trusted it; the win rate says how those games went.
Which Pokémon run Poltergeist the most?
Aegislash, Golurk and Ceruledge 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aegislash | 77.13% | 51.31% | 24,336 |
| Golurk | 89.66% | 43.25% | 6,469 |
| Ceruledge | 11.01% | 45.65% | 2,138 |
| Banette | 64.47% | 43.25% | 437 |
| Golurk | 92.31% | 39.64% | 280 |
| Runerigus | 44.12% | 44.36% | 408 |
| Trevenant | 43.75% | 34.84% | 244 |
| Gourgeist | 65.71% | 46.19% | 223 |
| Houndstone | 6.55% | 47.66% | 235 |
| Spiritomb | 12.10% | 43.22% | 118 |
| Sableye | 0.46% | 23.81% | 84 |
| Sinistcha | 0.05% | 25.00% | 84 |
| Gholdengo | 0.07% | 23.08% | 39 |
| Typhlosion-Hisui | 0.31% | 46.43% | 28 |
| Aegislash Blade Forme | 18.18% | 45.71% | 35 |
| Banette-Mega | 100.00% | 37.50% | 8 |
| Froslass | 0.03% | 42.86% | 21 |
| Zoroark-Hisui | 0.23% | 28.57% | 14 |
| Chandelure | 0.16% | 0.00% | 4 |
| Decidueye | 2.86% | 0.00% | 2 |
Is Poltergeist spread across the metagame, or concentrated on a few Pokémon?
Concentrated: Aegislash alone carries 65.88% of the 3,092 teams running Poltergeist, and its top three species together account for 93.50%.
How reliable is Poltergeist's win rate?
The 48.96% figure is a posterior mean, not a raw average; the interval behind it is 48.53%–49.39%, from 34,743 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.