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Brute Bonnet

Gen 9 NU usage profile · rank #26
september 2026 · 6.3K battles
Brute Bonnet
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Usage · September 2026
7.5%
Brute Bonnet is ranked #26 in Gen 9 NU, carried by 348 teams
TierB · top 30 of the format
Ladder rank#26 of 168
Raw count348
Viability ceiling88
Month on month+1.30pp
13 month peak7.9%
FormatGen 9 NU
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sets and counters from 6.3K battles
Base statsspecies values, before EVs and natureBST 570
HP
111
Atk
127
Def
99
SpA
79
SpD
99
Spe
55
Usage over time7.5%▲ 1.30pppeak 7.9% · Feb '26
3.65.47.39.1Sep '25Oct '25Dec '25Feb '26Apr '26Jun '26Aug '26Sep '26
hover a month for the exact figure · 13 months of ladder history

Most used set

53.2% of Brute Bonnet teams
HP
0
Atk
252
Def
0
SpA
0
SpD
4
Spe
252
NatureJolly
AbilityProtosynthesis · 100.0%
ItemBooster Energy · 88.9%
Tera typePoison · 79.8%
Moves
Sucker Punch100.0%
Close Combat94.6%
Crunch94.2%
Growth46.4%

Alternative spreads

over 5% usage
Jolly4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe26.1%
Adamant252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD11.7%

Moves

6 tracked
Sucker Punch100.0%
Close Combat94.6%
Crunch94.2%
Growth46.4%
Taunt41.1%
Seed Bomb15.8%

Items

Booster Energy88.9%
Covert Cloak3.0%
Lum Berry2.9%
Black Glasses2.8%

Tera types

Poison79.8%
Electric9.1%
Dark7.2%

Abilities

Protosynthesis100.0%

EV spreads

top 6
Jolly252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe53.2%
Jolly4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe26.1%
Adamant252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD11.7%
Adamant92 HP / 252 Atk / 164 Spe5.9%

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Best Brute Bonnet build for Gen 9 NU

The set above is the one Gen 9 NU players run most often, taken from 6,316 battles in September 2026. Brute Bonnet sits at rank #26 with 7.5% usage, which puts it in B tier, up 1.30 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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