Sun teams
Usage, win rate and the rosters built around Sun in Pokémon Champions VGC, from tournament data.
What counts as Sun: A member has Drought (including via Charizardite Y), holds a Heat Rock, clicks Sunny Day, or has Chlorophyll or Solar Power.
Sun teams FAQ
Is Sun good in Pokémon Champions VGC?
26,542 rosters are tagged Sun, 28.84% of the field. They have won 50.22% of 285,551 games, above the 50% line. Usage says how many players built one; the win rate says how those games went.
How reliable is Sun's win rate?
The 50.22% above is a posterior mean, not a raw average; the interval behind it is 50.07%–50.37%, from 285,551 games. That is a narrow band for a figure with this many games behind it.
How many teams could even be checked for Sun?
92,025 rosters published enough of a list to classify at all; 26,542 of those satisfied the rule, which is where the usage share above comes from. A roster with too little published to check is left out of both numbers rather than counted as a miss.
What counts as a Sun team?
A member has Drought (including via Charizardite Y), holds a Heat Rock, clicks Sunny Day, or has Chlorophyll or Solar Power.
What does a Sun team run?
The most-carried Pokémon are Charizard, Garchomp, Kingambit and Basculegion.
| Name | Share of Sun |
|---|---|
 Charizard | 74.61% |
 Garchomp | 58.82% |
 Kingambit | 38.61% |
 Basculegion | 32.13% |
 Whimsicott | 31.56% |
 Farigiraf | 29.75% |
 Incineroar | 28.42% |
 Venusaur | 25.71% |
 Sylveon | 24.15% |
 Sneasler | 20.83% |
 Aerodactyl | 20.24% |
 Torkoal | 17.91% |
 Eternal Flower Floette | 16.20% |
 Archaludon | 10.13% |
 Grimmsnarl | 9.56% |
 Pelipper | 9.04% |
 Sinistcha | 6.10% |
 Milotic | 5.23% |
 Toxapex | 5.23% |
 Glimmora | 4.89% |
 Kangaskhan | 4.64% |
 Wash Rotom | 3.92% |
 Mawile | 3.81% |
 Staraptor | 3.54% |
 Indeedee ♀ | 3.44% |
 Rillaboom | 3.40% |
 Gardevoir | 3.35% |
 Gholdengo | 2.95% |
 Raichu | 2.95% |
 Hydreigon | 2.91% |
 Pyroar | 2.87% |
 Metagross | 2.83% |
 Annihilape | 2.81% |
 Hatterene | 2.54% |
 Swampert | 2.51% |
 Aegislash | 2.45% |
 Dragonite | 2.43% |
 Maushold | 2.43% |
 Delphox | 2.36% |
 Sableye | 1.87% |
What's the best Sun roster?
The most-played is Basculegion / Charizard / Eternal Flower Floette / Garchomp / Kingambit / Whimsicott, which has won 56.21% of 22,418 games.
| Name | Share of Sun | Win rate | Games |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basculegion / Charizard / Eternal Flower Floette / Garchomp / Kingambit / Whimsicott | 6.92% | 56.21% | 22,418 |
| Aerodactyl / Charizard / Farigiraf / Garchomp / Kingambit / Sylveon | 5.87% | 53.02% | 18,362 |
| Archaludon / Basculegion / Charizard / Grimmsnarl / Pelipper / Venusaur | 2.53% | 54.08% | 7,724 |
| Aerodactyl / Basculegion / Charizard / Garchomp / Kingambit / Sylveon | 1.78% | 52.29% | 5,018 |
| Basculegion / Charizard / Garchomp / Glimmora / Kingambit / Whimsicott | 1.69% | 53.80% | 4,911 |
| Archaludon / Charizard / Garchomp / Grimmsnarl / Pelipper / Venusaur | 1.64% | 53.48% | 4,275 |
| Archaludon / Charizard / Grimmsnarl / Pelipper / Swampert / Venusaur | 1.61% | 55.01% | 4,904 |
| Charizard / Garchomp / Incineroar / Sylveon / Toxapex / Venusaur | 1.50% | 55.48% | 4,544 |
| Annihilape / Charizard / Garchomp / Incineroar / Toxapex / Venusaur | 1.04% | 52.81% | 3,104 |
| Aerodactyl / Charizard / Farigiraf / Garchomp / Incineroar / Sylveon | 1.01% | 53.80% | 3,216 |
| Charizard / Garchomp / Incineroar / Milotic / Sneasler / Venusaur | 1.00% | 47.99% | 3,154 |
| Aerodactyl / Charizard / Garchomp / Incineroar / Kingambit / Sylveon | 0.99% | 52.80% | 3,042 |
| Aerodactyl / Basculegion / Charizard / Eternal Flower Floette / Garchomp / Kingambit | 0.96% | 54.82% | 3,068 |
| Charizard / Farigiraf / Garchomp / Incineroar / Sylveon / Venusaur | 0.79% | 52.26% | 2,290 |
| Charizard / Eternal Flower Floette / Garchomp / Incineroar / Sinistcha / Venusaur | 0.79% | 53.20% | 2,176 |
| Basculegion / Charizard / Garchomp / Kingambit / Sneasler / Whimsicott | 0.78% | 54.27% | 2,181 |
| Basculegion / Charizard / Eternal Flower Floette / Garchomp / Incineroar / Whimsicott | 0.70% | 57.25% | 2,191 |
| Basculegion / Blastoise / Farigiraf / Kangaskhan / Torkoal / Vivillon | 0.62% | 50.89% | 1,724 |
| Charizard / Garchomp / Grimmsnarl / Hydreigon / Metagross / Toxapex | 0.56% | 45.45% | 1,391 |
| Aegislash / Charizard / Eternal Flower Floette / Garchomp / Incineroar / Sinistcha | 0.49% | 51.53% | 1,346 |
Where do these numbers come from?
Tournament decklists and real match records for Pokémon Champions, ingested from Limitless, Victory Road and the official circuit. A roster can satisfy several archetypes at once (a team can be Sand and Trick Room and Priority together), so archetype shares across the site do not add to 100. Win rates are shrunk toward this archetype's own rosters, not the format's, since a Sun roster is a different population from the field.