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VGC 2026 Reg M-C meta: week 44 of 2026

26 Oct 2026 to 1 Nov 2026 · 22,306 battles (30,429 the previous week) · Published on 2 Nov 2026

🏆 Tournament of the week: Gdansk Regional 2027, with 757 teams.

Breakout of the weekSalamence10.8% → 14.8%Up 3.9 points from the previous window

Biggest risers

Biggest fallers

Top 10 of the week

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Sneasler stays on top with 35.1% of teams.

The breakout is Salamence, going from 10.8% to 14.8%.

Entering the top 20: Staraptor.

Leaving: Politoed.

The most used team was brought by 6 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 Orb50% → 68%Up 17.8 points from the previous window
  • GolisopodDarkPhysicalSucker Punch22% → 39%Up 16.5 points from the previous window
  • GolisopodGroundPhysicalDrill Run19% → 3%Down 15.5 points from the previous window
  • SylveonFairy Feather20% → 5%Down 14.7 points from the previous window
  • GarchompLife Orb33% → 46%Up 12.9 points from the previous window
  • KingambitLife Orb61% → 49%Down 12.0 points from the previous window

Megas of the week

  1. Mega Charizard Y12.1%Up 1.0 points from the previous window
  2. Mega Golisopod8.9%Up 0.9 points from the previous window
  3. Mega Salamence7.7%Up 2.2 points from the previous window
  4. Mega Raichu Y6.9%Up 0.2 points from the previous window
  5. Mega Staraptor4.9%Up 0.3 points from the previous window
  6. Mega Garchomp Z4.3%Down 0.3 points from the previous window

Lead pairs

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

Biggest risers

  • Sneasler33.1% → 35.1%Up 2.0 points from the previous window
  • Primarina4.8% → 6.6%Up 1.8 points from the previous window

Biggest fallers

  • Incineroar29.4% → 27.6%Down 1.8 points from the previous window
  • Sinistcha9.1% → 7.9%Down 1.2 points from the previous window

Entering the top 20

Leaving the top 20

Teams that won the most this week

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