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VGC 2026 Reg M-C meta: week 43 of 2026

19 Oct 2026 to 25 Oct 2026 · 30,429 battles (41,253 the previous week) · Published on 26 Oct 2026

🏆 Tournament of the week: Puebla Regional 2027, with 333 teams.

Top 10 of the week

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Sneasler stays on top with 33.1% of teams.

The breakout is Raichu, going from 16.8% to 21.5%.

Entering the top 20: Whimsicott and Milotic.

Leaving: Grimmsnarl and Floette-Eternal.

The most used team was brought by 7 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.

  • SylveonLife Orb71% → 50%Down 20.5 points from the previous window
  • RaichuRaichunite Y77% → 61%Down 16.6 points from the previous window
  • RaichuRaichunite X22% → 39%Up 16.6 points from the previous window
  • GolisopodGroundPhysicalDrill Run34% → 19%Down 15.1 points from the previous window
  • KingambitLife Orb49% → 61%Up 11.5 points from the previous window
  • PolitoedMystic Water24% → 13%Down 10.4 points from the previous window

Megas of the week

  1. Mega Charizard Y11.1%Down 1.1 points from the previous window
  2. Mega Golisopod7.9%Down 2.7 points from the previous window
  3. Mega Raichu Y6.7%Down 0.1 points from the previous window
  4. Mega Salamence5.5%Down 0.6 points from the previous window
  5. Mega Staraptor4.6%Up 0.5 points from the previous window
  6. Mega Garchomp Z4.5%Down 0.6 points from the previous window

Lead pairs

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

Biggest risers

  • Whimsicott8.7% → 10.8%Up 2.1 points from the previous window
  • Pelipper14.1% → 15.7%Up 1.6 points from the previous window

Biggest fallers

  • Farigiraf22.7% → 17.6%Down 5.1 points from the previous window
  • Archaludon26.7% → 21.9%Down 4.8 points from the previous window

Entering the top 20

Leaving the top 20

Teams that won the most this week

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