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Garchomp

Rank 7

Garchomp build and set

DragonGround
Usage
22.4%—
Brought
65.8%
Leads
42.7%
Mega Evolves
35.3%
Win rate
50.1%
▲ 0.1 pts above 50%
49.2% – 51.0% · 10,803 games

22,204 battles · 30 days · updated 10 min 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 99.8%
  • Sand Veil 0.2%

Moves

Revealed in 5,330 games

Show all (30)
  • RockPhysicalRock Slide10.4%
  • FireSpecialFlamethrower8.5%
  • PoisonPhysicalPoison Jab1.8%
  • NormalStatusSwords Dance0.7%
  • DragonPhysicalDragon Tail0.6%
  • RockPhysicalRock Tomb0.6%
  • DragonPhysicalDragon Rush0.4%
  • FireSpecialFire Blast0.4%
  • SteelPhysicalIron Head0.3%
  • DragonPhysicalScale Shot0.3%
  • RockStatusStealth Rock0.3%
  • DragonPhysicalOutrage0.2%
  • DarkPhysicalCrunch0.2%
  • DragonPhysicalBreaking Swipe0.1%
  • RockPhysicalStone Edge0.1%
  • NormalStatusSubstitute0.1%
  • WaterSpecialSurf0.1%
  • FirePhysicalFire Fang0.1%
  • WaterPhysicalLiquidation0.0%
  • WaterStatusRain Dance0.0%
  • NormalSpecialRound0.0%
  • GroundPhysicalSand Tomb0.0%

Items

Revealed in 3,783 games

Show all (13)
  • Leftovers0.2%
  • Yache Berry0.1%
  • Haban Berry0.1%
  • White Herb0.1%
  • Iron Ball0.0%
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 22.4% of VGC 2026 Reg M-C teams (30 days), ranking 7. 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 66% of its games and leads in 43%.