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Garchomp

Rank 4

Garchomp build and set

DragonGround
Usage
24.4%Down 0.4 points from the previous window
Brought
67.0%
Leads
43.2%
Mega Evolves
36.5%
Win rate
49.8%
▼ 0.2 pts below 50%
47.9% – 51.6% · 2,837 games

5,227 battles · 24 h · updated 11 sec ago

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Mega Garchomp Z

Dragon

Levitate

Garchompite ZJolly+Spe −SpA

  • NormalStatusProtect
  • GroundSpecialEarth Power
  • DragonSpecialDragon Pulse
  • RockSpecialPower Gem
HP
185
2
Atk
182
32
Def
105
0
SpA
144
0
SpD
105
0
Spe
223
32

Item, ability and moves: the most revealed in VGC 2026 Reg M-C over 7 days

Nature and SP: Smogon, September 2026

Showdown paste

Garchomp @ Garchompite Z
Ability: Rough Skin
Level: 50
EVs: 2 HP / 32 Atk / 32 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Protect
- Earth Power
- Dragon Pulse
- Power Gem

Spreads (Smogon)

Source: Smogon, September 2026 (1,760+ cutoff)

  1. Jolly

    +Spe−SpA

    14.5%Most used
    • HP2
    • Atk32
    • Def0
    • SpA0
    • SpD0
    • Spe32

  2. Modest

    +SpA−Atk

    14.2%
    • HP2
    • Atk0
    • Def0
    • SpA32
    • SpD0
    • Spe32

  3. Adamant

    +Atk−SpA

    8.2%
    • HP2
    • Atk32
    • Def0
    • SpA0
    • SpD0
    • Spe32

Abilities

  • Rough Skin 100.0%

Moves

Revealed in 1,348 games

Show all (28)
  • DragonPhysicalDragon Claw9.4%
  • FireSpecialFlamethrower6.8%
  • PoisonPhysicalPoison Jab1.6%
  • DragonPhysicalDragon Tail0.5%
  • NormalStatusSwords Dance0.5%
  • FireSpecialFire Blast0.3%
  • SteelPhysicalIron Head0.3%
  • RockPhysicalRock Tomb0.2%
  • DarkPhysicalCrunch0.1%
  • DragonPhysicalDragon Rush0.1%
  • DragonPhysicalOutrage0.1%
  • DragonPhysicalScale Shot0.1%
  • DragonPhysicalBreaking Swipe0.1%
  • GroundSpecialMud Shot0.1%
  • NormalSpecialRound0.1%
  • RockStatusStealth Rock0.1%
  • RockPhysicalStone Edge0.1%
  • NormalStatusSubstitute0.1%
  • WaterSpecialSurf0.1%
  • ElectricPhysicalThunder Fang0.1%

Items

Revealed in 935 games

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30-day trend16.2% – 25.4%

Most common teammates

Lead pairs

Counters

Struggles against

  1. Ninetales-Alolawins 29.9%97 games
  2. Floette-Eternalwins 37.2%223 games
  3. Primarinawins 38.3%235 games

Does well against

  1. Raichuwins 54.7%709 games
  2. Charizardwins 53.7%553 games
  3. Dragapultwins 59.1%93 games
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Garchomp is on 24.4% of VGC 2026 Reg M-C teams (24 h), ranking 4. Its most seen moves are Protect, Earth Power and Dragon Pulse. The most revealed item is Garchompite Z. It usually teams up with Incineroar and Rillaboom. It is brought in 67% of its games and leads in 43%.