Solar Beam
Pokémon that run it
| Pokémon | Teams | Share of its teams | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
 Charizard | 15,049 | 73.82% | 51.36% |
 Meganium | 1,955 | 98.84% | 47.64% |
 Charizard | 1,610 | 80.70% | 51.34% |
 Torkoal | 869 | 18.71% | 44.16% |
 Venusaur | 641 | 7.08% | 47.48% |
 Pyroar | 449 | 52.89% | 49.23% |
 Ninetales | 209 | 60.76% | 46.86% |
 Meganium | 177 | 98.88% | 49.80% |
 Vileplume | 142 | 28.46% | 45.80% |
 Typhlosion-Hisui | 110 | 11.48% | 43.27% |
 Whimsicott | 51 | 0.35% | 31.91% |
 Typhlosion | 20 | 23.26% | 32.40% |
 Delphox | 19 | 0.28% | 44.62% |
 Pyroar | 19 | 48.72% | 41.58% |
 Scovillain | 19 | 0.64% | 34.74% |
 Houndoom | 16 | 8.89% | 39.51% |
 Archaludon | 13 | 0.11% | 23.71% |
 Chandelure | 13 | 2.05% | 39.42% |
 Heliolisk | 7 | 2.19% | 30.51% |
 Victreebel | 7 | 5.69% | 35.00% |
 Camerupt | 6 | 0.49% | 27.27% |
 Altaria | 5 | 1.22% | 47.37% |
 Sinistcha | 5 | 0.03% | 30.77% |
 Blaziken | 4 | 0.25% | 28.57% |
 Castform | 4 | 16.67% | 28.89% |
 Hydrapple | 4 | 2.65% | 41.67% |
 Mr. Rime | 4 | 2.35% | 31.82% |
 Sceptile | 4 | 0.72% | 30.00% |
 Volcarona | 4 | 0.14% | 11.11% |
 Armarouge | 3 | 0.23% | 19.05% |
 Eternal Flower Floette | 3 | 0.02% | 40.00% |
 Talonflame | 3 | 0.08% | 16.67% |
 Drampa | 2 | 0.29% | 15.38% |
 Mega Charizard Y | 2 | 100.00% | 50.00% |
 Scovillain | 2 | 0.71% | 9.09% |
 Serperior | 2 | 1.03% | 20.00% |
 Skeledirge | 2 | 1.20% | 54.55% |
 Venusaur | 2 | 0.74% | 29.41% |
 - Protect | 1 | 100.00% | 20.00% |
 Alcremie | 1 | 0.69% | 0.00% |
 Ampharos | 1 | 0.34% | 45.45% |
 Appletun | 1 | 1.96% | 0.00% |
 Clefable | 1 | 0.09% | 40.00% |
 Floette | 1 | 0.03% | 50.00% |
 Floette-Eternal | 1 | 0.06% | 50.00% |
 Houndoom | 1 | 14.29% | 57.14% |
 Leafeon | 1 | 1.47% | 14.29% |
 Snorlax | 1 | 0.17% | 0.00% |
 Trevenant | 1 | 1.56% | 0.00% |
 Vivillon | 1 | 0.05% | 58.82% |
All-time figures across every format. Method
Solar Beam FAQ
All-time, whole corpusIs Solar Beam good in Pokémon Champions VGC?
Solar Beam is ranked #26 of 453 moves by usage, carried by 19,014 teams (21.09% of teams). Those teams have won 50.47% of 210,555 games, above the 50% line. Usage says how many players trusted it; the win rate says how those games went.
Which Pokémon run Solar Beam the most?
Charizard, Meganium and Charizard 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charizard | 73.82% | 51.36% | 168,179 |
| Meganium | 98.84% | 47.64% | 21,976 |
| Charizard | 80.70% | 51.34% | 10,136 |
| Torkoal | 18.71% | 44.16% | 8,593 |
| Venusaur | 7.08% | 47.48% | 6,504 |
| Pyroar | 52.89% | 49.23% | 4,851 |
| Ninetales | 60.76% | 46.86% | 2,117 |
| Meganium | 98.88% | 49.80% | 996 |
| Vileplume | 28.46% | 45.80% | 1,430 |
| Typhlosion-Hisui | 11.48% | 43.27% | 1,167 |
| Whimsicott | 0.35% | 31.91% | 376 |
| Typhlosion | 23.26% | 32.40% | 179 |
| Delphox | 0.28% | 44.62% | 195 |
| Pyroar | 48.72% | 41.58% | 101 |
| Scovillain | 0.64% | 34.74% | 190 |
| Houndoom | 8.89% | 39.51% | 162 |
| Archaludon | 0.11% | 23.71% | 97 |
| Chandelure | 2.05% | 39.42% | 104 |
| Heliolisk | 2.19% | 30.51% | 59 |
| Victreebel | 5.69% | 35.00% | 80 |
Is Solar Beam spread across the metagame, or concentrated on a few Pokémon?
Concentrated: Charizard alone carries 79.15% of the 19,014 teams running Solar Beam, and its top three species together account for 97.90%.
How reliable is Solar Beam's win rate?
The 50.47% figure is a posterior mean, not a raw average; the interval behind it is 50.29%–50.65%, from 210,555 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.