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VGC 2026 Reg M-C meta: week 42 of 2026

12 Oct 2026 to 18 Oct 2026 · 41,290 battles (40,487 the previous week) · Published on 19 Oct 2026

🏆 Tournament of the week: Nice Regional 2027, with 861 teams.

Breakout of the weekArchaludon21.8% → 26.7%Up 4.9 points from the previous window

Biggest risers

Biggest fallers

Top 10 of the week

More data

Sneasler takes first place with 29.8% of teams.

The breakout is Archaludon, going from 21.8% to 26.7%.

Entering the top 20: Tyranitar and Floette-Eternal.

Leaving: Volcarona and Milotic.

The most used team was brought by 12 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.

  • GrimmsnarlLight Clay42% → 61%Up 18.4 points from the previous window
  • SylveonLife Orb54% → 71%Up 16.3 points from the previous window
  • GarchompGarchompite Z74% → 62%Down 12.0 points from the previous window
  • GarchompNormalStatusProtect40% → 28%Down 11.2 points from the previous window
  • RaichuRaichunite X11% → 22%Up 10.8 points from the previous window
  • RaichuRaichunite Y88% → 77%Down 10.8 points from the previous window

Megas of the week

  1. Mega Charizard Y12.2%Up 2.9 points from the previous window
  2. Mega Golisopod10.6%Up 1.0 points from the previous window
  3. Mega Raichu Y6.8%Down 1.0 points from the previous window
  4. Mega Salamence6.1%Down 0.5 points from the previous window
  5. Mega Garchomp Z5.1%Down 2.5 points from the previous window
  6. Mega Staraptor4.1%Up 0.3 points from the previous window

Lead pairs

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

Biggest risers

  • Charizard23.4% → 26.2%Up 2.8 points from the previous window
  • Golisopod19.4% → 21.5%Up 2.0 points from the previous window

Biggest fallers

  • Gholdengo16.9% → 14.3%Down 2.6 points from the previous window
  • Indeedee7.7% → 5.5%Down 2.2 points from the previous window

Entering the top 20

Leaving the top 20

Teams that won the most this week

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