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Usage Stats for February are here!
We're still pretty early in the post-home meta, so a lot of the above usage stats are going to change as the metagame develops. It's a little hard to explain everything for that reason as well, but it's worth noting that OU is becoming less top heavy in terms of usage. In other words, the most common mons are becoming less common due to other options/mons being used, rather than decline in usage due to less success. Some easy examples of this are Corviknight going from 37.55% to 30.98%, and Hydreigon going from 25.33% to 17.36%. Also, despite Melmetal being on the list, it is still banned from OU. It was available earlier in the month and had enough usage to remain above the 4.52% cut off.
These are the newest members of OU that came from pokemon home. I won't go into detail about them here as you can read about them in Finchinator's latest VR post.
Torkoal and Hippowdon are both OU as well. Sun teams as a whole benefited tremendously from Venusaur being available, and they can also make use of Darmanitan and Dugtrio. Hippowdon barely missed the cut for OU last time, but is finally OU by usage. It can replace Sun or Rain with Sandstorm, switch into several physical threats, such as Terrakion, Aegislash and Excadrill, and provide Stealth Rock.
I'll leave some questions below as I always do:
1. How do you guys feel about the usage stats?
2. Are there any rises/drops that you expected or think are noteworthy?
3. Which mons do you think will continue rising and which mons will continue dropping?
4. Are there any non-OU mons that may rise up to OU next month? If so, what are they?
5. Which of the new mons, if any, do you believe will skyrocket in usage and which, if any, do you believe will drop from OU?
6. Why do you think the mons that see the most usage get used the most? What makes them strong/consistent in this metagame?
7. Are there any mons you believe to be unexplored or aren't currently making the most of their potential?
I might answer these questions later myself, but in the meantime, cheers to our first month in the pokemon home OU metagame, and I hope you all have a good rest of the day. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
Code:
Combined usage for OU (1695 stats)
+ ---- + ------------------ + ------- +
| Rank | Pokemon | Percent |
+ ---- + ------------------ + ------- +
| 1 | Dragapult | 39.211% |
| 2 | Clefable | 34.023% |
| 3 | Corviknight | 30.986% |
| 4 | Excadrill | 22.390% |
| 5 | Seismitoad | 22.319% |
| 6 | Aegislash | 18.513% |
| 7 | Kommo-o | 17.381% |
| 8 | Hydreigon | 17.367% |
| 9 | Ferrothorn | 16.992% |
| 10 | Mandibuzz | 16.319% |
| 11 | Cinderace | 15.883% |
| 12 | Zeraora | 15.349% |
| 13 | Rotom-Heat | 14.574% |
| 14 | Bisharp | 13.843% |
| 15 | Toxapex | 13.557% |
| 16 | Dracovish | 13.441% |
| 17 | Dugtrio | 12.560% |
| 18 | Conkeldurr | 11.797% |
| 19 | Cloyster | 10.771% |
| 20 | Togekiss | 9.772% |
| 21 | Hatterene | 8.152% |
| 22 | Grimmsnarl | 7.975% |
| 23 | Terrakion | 7.443% |
| 24 | Mew | 7.272% |
| 25 | Sylveon | 6.926% |
| 26 | Kyurem | 6.702% |
| 27 | Pelipper | 6.472% |
| 28 | Gengar | 6.456% |
| 29 | Keldeo | 6.415% |
| 30 | Mimikyu | 6.165% |
| 31 | Tyranitar | 6.028% |
| 32 | Obstagoon | 5.903% |
| 33 | Rotom-Wash | 5.585% |
| 34 | Jirachi | 5.561% |
| 35 | Torkoal | 5.311% |
| 36 | Ditto | 5.289% |
| 37 | Hippowdon | 5.198% |
| 38 | Melmetal | 5.159% |
| 39 | Darmanitan | 4.655% |
| 40 | Venusaur | 4.507% |
| 41 | Kyurem-Black | 4.203% |
| 42 | Gyarados | 4.127% |
| 43 | Toxtricity | 3.983% |
| 44 | Primarina | 3.824% |
| 45 | Crawdaunt | 3.670% |
| 46 | Rotom-Mow | 3.666% |
| 47 | Hawlucha | 3.563% |
| 48 | Mantine | 3.155% |
| 49 | Necrozma | 2.849% |
| 50 | Incineroar | 2.613% |
| 51 | Gastrodon | 2.529% |
| 52 | Celebi | 2.433% |
| 53 | Mamoswine | 2.314% |
| 54 | Vaporeon | 2.186% |
| 55 | Weezing-Galar | 2.167% |
| 56 | Vikavolt | 2.151% |
| 57 | Ninetales-Alola | 2.081% |
| 58 | Chandelure | 2.019% |
| 59 | Barraskewda | 1.970% |
| 60 | Blastoise | 1.867% |
| 61 | Shuckle | 1.855% |
| 62 | Ribombee | 1.753% |
| 63 | Diggersby | 1.636% |
| 64 | Corsola-Galar | 1.558% |
| 65 | Weavile | 1.548% |
| 66 | Reuniclus | 1.476% |
| 67 | Jellicent | 1.426% |
| 68 | Quagsire | 1.350% |
| 69 | Snorlax | 1.342% |
| 70 | Dracozolt | 1.280% |
| 71 | Rhyperior | 1.162% |
| 72 | Charizard | 1.070% |
| 73 | Cobalion | 1.053% |
| 74 | Sirfetch'd | 1.050% |
| 75 | Galvantula | 1.036% |
| 76 | Heliolisk | 1.015% |
| 77 | Sigilyph | 0.972% |
| 78 | Haxorus | 0.960% |
| 79 | Sandaconda | 0.863% |
| 80 | Gardevoir | 0.837% |
| 81 | Polteageist | 0.820% |
| 82 | Milotic | 0.771% |
| 83 | Ninetales | 0.722% |
| 84 | Xatu | 0.710% |
| 85 | Salazzle | 0.687% |
| 86 | Centiskorch | 0.655% |
| 87 | Golisopod | 0.651% |
| 88 | Lucario | 0.636% |
| 89 | Vanilluxe | 0.603% |
| 90 | Araquanid | 0.571% |
| 91 | Goodra | 0.565% |
| 92 | Whimsicott | 0.542% |
| 93 | Umbreon | 0.515% |
| 94 | Shiftry | 0.496% |
| 95 | Arcanine | 0.488% |
| 96 | Pincurchin | 0.480% |
| 97 | Pyukumuku | 0.472% |
| 98 | Copperajah | 0.463% |
| 99 | Cinccino | 0.458% |
| 100 | Toxicroak | 0.444% |
| 101 | Runerigus | 0.429% |
| 102 | Arctozolt | 0.409% |
| 103 | Indeedee | 0.406% |
| 104 | Roserade | 0.405% |
| 105 | Durant | 0.402% |
| 106 | Gigalith | 0.376% |
| 107 | Frosmoth | 0.355% |
| 108 | Rotom-Fan | 0.348% |
| 109 | Flygon | 0.327% |
| 110 | Ludicolo | 0.322% |
| 111 | Slurpuff | 0.305% |
| 112 | Duraludon | 0.301% |
| 113 | Raichu-Alola | 0.282% |
| 114 | Decidueye | 0.261% |
| 115 | Lapras | 0.250% |
| 116 | Espeon | 0.248% |
| 117 | Virizion | 0.242% |
| 118 | Coalossal | 0.234% |
| 119 | Pangoro | 0.229% |
| 120 | Braviary | 0.212% |
| 121 | Diglett | 0.210% |
| 122 | Bronzong | 0.209% |
| 123 | Morpeko | 0.208% |
| 124 | Drednaw | 0.205% |
| 125 | Noivern | 0.203% |
| 126 | Inteleon | 0.201% |
| 127 | Drapion | 0.200% |
| 128 | Rillaboom | 0.198% |
| 129 | Vileplume | 0.193% |
| 130 | Butterfree | 0.185% |
| 131 | Orbeetle | 0.179% |
| 132 | Cursola | 0.177% |
| 133 | Appletun | 0.174% |
| 134 | Claydol | 0.166% |
| 135 | Avalugg | 0.165% |
| 136 | Linoone | 0.164% |
| 137 | Steelix | 0.152% |
| 138 | Cramorant | 0.152% |
| 139 | Eldegoss | 0.147% |
| 140 | Tsareena | 0.146% |
| 141 | Indeedee-F | 0.144% |
| 142 | Jolteon | 0.144% |
| 143 | Lanturn | 0.141% |
| 144 | Leafeon | 0.141% |
| 145 | Hitmonlee | 0.138% |
| 146 | Pikachu | 0.133% |
| 147 | Glaceon | 0.132% |
| 148 | Accelgor | 0.123% |
| 149 | Bewear | 0.123% |
| 150 | Abomasnow | 0.117% |
| 151 | Machamp | 0.115% |
| 152 | Sableye | 0.114% |
| 153 | Beartic | 0.108% |
| 154 | Gallade | 0.105% |
| 155 | Hitmontop | 0.105% |
+ ---- + ------------------ + ------- +
We're still pretty early in the post-home meta, so a lot of the above usage stats are going to change as the metagame develops. It's a little hard to explain everything for that reason as well, but it's worth noting that OU is becoming less top heavy in terms of usage. In other words, the most common mons are becoming less common due to other options/mons being used, rather than decline in usage due to less success. Some easy examples of this are Corviknight going from 37.55% to 30.98%, and Hydreigon going from 25.33% to 17.36%. Also, despite Melmetal being on the list, it is still banned from OU. It was available earlier in the month and had enough usage to remain above the 4.52% cut off.
These are the newest members of OU that came from pokemon home. I won't go into detail about them here as you can read about them in Finchinator's latest VR post.
Torkoal and Hippowdon are both OU as well. Sun teams as a whole benefited tremendously from Venusaur being available, and they can also make use of Darmanitan and Dugtrio. Hippowdon barely missed the cut for OU last time, but is finally OU by usage. It can replace Sun or Rain with Sandstorm, switch into several physical threats, such as Terrakion, Aegislash and Excadrill, and provide Stealth Rock.
I'll leave some questions below as I always do:
1. How do you guys feel about the usage stats?
2. Are there any rises/drops that you expected or think are noteworthy?
3. Which mons do you think will continue rising and which mons will continue dropping?
4. Are there any non-OU mons that may rise up to OU next month? If so, what are they?
5. Which of the new mons, if any, do you believe will skyrocket in usage and which, if any, do you believe will drop from OU?
6. Why do you think the mons that see the most usage get used the most? What makes them strong/consistent in this metagame?
7. Are there any mons you believe to be unexplored or aren't currently making the most of their potential?
I might answer these questions later myself, but in the meantime, cheers to our first month in the pokemon home OU metagame, and I hope you all have a good rest of the day. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.