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VGC 2026 Reg M-C meta: week 41 of 2026

5 Oct 2026 to 11 Oct 2026 · 40,487 battles (36,389 the previous week) · Published on 12 Oct 2026

Breakout of the weekIncineroar28.5% → 32.2%Up 3.7 points from the previous window

Biggest risers

Biggest fallers

Top 10 of the week

More data

Rillaboom stays on top with 33.8% of teams.

The breakout is Incineroar, going from 28.5% to 32.2%.

Entering the top 20: Sylveon.

Leaving: Arcanine-Hisui.

The most used team was brought by 17 players: Archaludon, Charizard, Espathra, Garchomp, Politoed and Raichu.

Tier changes

By rating-weighted usage, like the tier list. Only those entering, leaving or moving between S, A and B.

Sets that changed

The items and moves that changed the most among the 20 most used this week.

Megas of the week

  1. Mega Golisopod9.6%Down 0.8 points from the previous window
  2. Mega Charizard Y9.3%Up 0.6 points from the previous window
  3. Mega Raichu Y7.9%Down 1.0 points from the previous window
  4. Mega Garchomp Z7.6%Down 0.2 points from the previous window
  5. Mega Salamence6.6%Up 0.3 points from the previous window
  6. Mega Staraptor3.8%—

Lead pairs

The pairs that lead together the most, over every team this week.

Biggest risers

  • Camerupt2.9% → 4.4%Up 1.5 points from the previous window
  • Garchomp23.8% → 25.1%Up 1.3 points from the previous window

Biggest fallers

  • Rillaboom35.3% → 33.8%Down 1.5 points from the previous window
  • Farigiraf25.3% → 24.0%Down 1.3 points from the previous window

Entering the top 20

Leaving the top 20

Teams that won the most this week

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