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Scream Tail.

Gen 9 Doubles OU usage profile · rank #137
august 2026 · 203.7K battles
Scream Tail
fairypsychicPokédex entry
Usage · August 2026
0.1%
Scream Tail is ranked #137 in Gen 9 Doubles OU, carried by 2,384 teams
TierD · outside the top 60
Ladder rank#137 of 245
Raw count2,384
Viability ceiling87
Month on month+0.00pp
13 month peak0.7%
FormatGen 9 Doubles OU
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sets and counters from 203.7K battles
Base statsspecies values, before EVs and natureBST 570
HP
115
Atk
65
Def
99
SpA
65
SpD
115
Spe
111
Usage over time0.1% 0.00pppeak 0.7% · Feb '26
0.20.40.60.8Aug '25Sep '25Nov '25Jan '26Mar '26May '26Jul '26Aug '26
hover a month for the exact figure · 13 months of ladder history

Most used set

54.2% of Scream Tail teams
HP
252
Atk
0
Def
192
SpA
0
SpD
64
Spe
0
NatureJolly
AbilityProtosynthesis · 100.0%
ItemBooster Energy · 80.3%
Tera typeSteel · 58.4%
Moves
Encore92.4%
Disable89.7%
Thunder Wave63.4%
Howl54.2%

Alternative spreads

over 5% usage
Timid176 HP / 44 Def / 36 SpA / 252 Spe17.1%
Timid252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spe8.9%

Moves

11 tracked
Encore92.4%
Disable89.7%
Thunder Wave63.4%
Howl54.2%
Protect28.5%
Dazzling Gleam21.8%
Trick Room8.3%
Trick7.9%
Psychic Fangs5.9%
Perish Song4.7%
Play Rough3.8%

Items

Booster Energy80.3%
Choice Scarf7.9%
Red Card5.8%
Covert Cloak2.6%

Tera types

Steel58.4%
Ghost30.9%
Dark4.5%
Fairy3.3%

Abilities

Protosynthesis100.0%

EV spreads

top 6
Jolly252 HP / 192 Def / 64 SpD54.2%
Timid176 HP / 44 Def / 36 SpA / 252 Spe17.1%
Timid252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spe8.9%
Jolly252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Spe8.2%
Timid252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD2.9%
Modest204 HP / 252 SpA / 52 Spe2.6%

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Best Scream Tail build for Gen 9 Doubles OU

The set above is the one Gen 9 Doubles OU players run most often, taken from 203,650 battles in August 2026. Scream Tail sits at rank #137 with 0.1% usage, which puts it in D tier, up 0.00 points on the month before.

These are usage numbers, not a recommendation from a council. A move at 90% is close to mandatory; anything under 30% is a tech pick that answers a specific matchup. Read the spreads the same way: the top spread is the safe default, and the alternatives usually trade bulk for speed or the other way round.

The checks and counters table is generated from real games rather than a type chart, so it accounts for items, Tera choices, and how often the matchup ends in a switch instead of a knockout.

Related
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