Tailwind teams
Usage, win rate and the rosters built around Tailwind in Pokémon Champions VGC, from tournament data.
What counts as Tailwind: Two members click Tailwind, or one clicks it while having an ability that gets it out first — Prankster, Gale Wings, or a Speed-doubling ability.
Tailwind teams FAQ
Is Tailwind good in Pokémon Champions VGC?
19,371 rosters are tagged Tailwind, 21.05% of the field. They have won 49.33% of 205,987 games, below the 50% line. Usage says how many players built one; the win rate says how those games went.
How reliable is Tailwind's win rate?
The 49.33% above is a posterior mean, not a raw average; the interval behind it is 49.15%–49.51%, from 205,987 games. That is a narrow band for a figure with this many games behind it.
How many teams could even be checked for Tailwind?
92,025 rosters published enough of a list to classify at all; 19,371 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 Tailwind team?
Two members click Tailwind, or one clicks it while having an ability that gets it out first — Prankster, Gale Wings, or a Speed-doubling ability.
What does a Tailwind team run?
The most-carried Pokémon are Whimsicott, Garchomp, Basculegion and Kingambit.
| Name | Share of Tailwind |
|---|---|
 Whimsicott | 75.94% |
 Garchomp | 55.86% |
 Basculegion | 43.38% |
 Kingambit | 42.20% |
 Charizard | 36.87% |
 Sneasler | 24.03% |
 Eternal Flower Floette | 23.98% |
 Incineroar | 19.27% |
 Talonflame | 18.96% |
 Glimmora | 14.46% |
 Staraptor | 12.44% |
 Farigiraf | 11.25% |
 Raichu | 8.21% |
 Wash Rotom | 7.92% |
 Sinistcha | 7.90% |
 Gholdengo | 7.63% |
 Archaludon | 7.29% |
 Delphox | 7.13% |
 Pelipper | 6.94% |
 Sylveon | 6.81% |
 Maushold | 6.77% |
 Dragonite | 6.63% |
 Froslass | 6.41% |
 Gardevoir | 6.09% |
 Milotic | 5.13% |
 Alolan Ninetales | 4.79% |
 Metagross | 4.66% |
 Venusaur | 4.65% |
 Tyranitar | 4.61% |
 Kommo-o | 4.22% |
 Hydreigon | 3.77% |
 Aegislash | 3.58% |
 Hisuian Arcanine | 3.30% |
 Gengar | 3.10% |
 Aerodactyl | 2.83% |
 Rillaboom | 2.82% |
 Tsareena | 2.44% |
 Hisuian Typhlosion | 2.39% |
 Scizor | 2.37% |
 Excadrill | 2.22% |
What's the best Tailwind roster?
The most-played is Basculegion / Charizard / Eternal Flower Floette / Garchomp / Kingambit / Whimsicott, which has won 56.24% of 22,404 games.
| Name | Share of Tailwind | Win rate | Games |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basculegion / Charizard / Eternal Flower Floette / Garchomp / Kingambit / Whimsicott | 9.48% | 56.24% | 22,404 |
| Basculegion / Charizard / Garchomp / Glimmora / Kingambit / Whimsicott | 2.32% | 53.76% | 4,922 |
| Delphox / Garchomp / Glimmora / Kingambit / Staraptor / Whimsicott | 2.26% | 52.21% | 4,778 |
| Basculegion / Charizard / Garchomp / Kingambit / Sneasler / Whimsicott | 1.06% | 54.28% | 2,181 |
| Basculegion / Garchomp / Gardevoir / Kingambit / Maushold / Talonflame | 0.99% | 54.20% | 2,376 |
| Basculegion / Charizard / Eternal Flower Floette / Garchomp / Incineroar / Whimsicott | 0.97% | 57.29% | 2,191 |
| Charizard / Farigiraf / Garchomp / Kingambit / Sneasler / Whimsicott | 0.65% | 53.15% | 1,548 |
| Charizard / Glimmora / Kingambit / Kommo-o / Alolan Ninetales / Whimsicott | 0.57% | 54.59% | 1,382 |
| Hisuian Arcanine / Basculegion / Dragonite / Eternal Flower Floette / Kingambit / Whimsicott | 0.52% | 62.74% | 1,268 |
| Basculegion / Charizard / Garchomp / Kingambit / Sylveon / Whimsicott | 0.51% | 46.63% | 940 |
| Basculegion / Farigiraf / Eternal Flower Floette / Ninetales / Pyroar / Whimsicott | 0.51% | 50.33% | 1,103 |
| Basculegion / Gardevoir / Kingambit / Kommo-o / Maushold / Talonflame | 0.51% | 52.39% | 1,064 |
| Archaludon / Basculegion / Dragonite / Pelipper / Sableye / Sinistcha | 0.46% | 46.81% | 919 |
| Basculegion / Charizard / Farigiraf / Garchomp / Mawile / Whimsicott | 0.41% | 55.23% | 983 |
| Basculegion / Charizard / Garchomp / Gholdengo / Incineroar / Whimsicott | 0.41% | 55.65% | 993 |
| Archaludon / Basculegion / Dragonite / Incineroar / Pelipper / Scizor | 0.40% | 64.68% | 1,045 |
| Basculegion / Charizard / Dragonite / Garchomp / Kingambit / Whimsicott | 0.38% | 55.69% | 721 |
| Basculegion / Charizard / Garchomp / Incineroar / Kingambit / Whimsicott | 0.36% | 51.30% | 716 |
| Basculegion / Froslass / Kingambit / Kleavor / Sneasler / Whimsicott | 0.35% | 48.84% | 613 |
| Garchomp / Glimmora / Kingambit / Alolan Ninetales / Wash Rotom / Talonflame | 0.31% | 49.07% | 618 |
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 Tailwind roster is a different population from the field.