Gen 9 OU usage profile · rank #1
august 2026 · 730.5K battles
august 2026 · 730.5K battles
Usage · August 2026
34.1%
Great Tusk is ranked #1 in Gen 9 OU, carried by 439,754 teams
TierS · top 5 of the format
Ladder rank#1 of 230
Raw count439,754
Viability ceiling91
Month on month+2.97pp
13 month peak35.3%
FormatGen 9 OU
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Base statsspecies values, before EVs and natureBST 570
HP
115
Atk
131
Def
131
SpA
53
SpD
53
Spe
87
Usage over time34.1%▲ 2.97pppeak 35.3% · Oct '25
hover a month for the exact figure · 13 months of ladder history
Most used set
18.0% of Great Tusk teamsHP
0
Atk
252
Def
0
SpA
0
SpD
4
Spe
252
NatureJolly
AbilityProtosynthesis · 100.0%
ItemRocky Helmet · 33.7%
Tera typeSteel · 21.6%
Moves
91.4%
87.4%
86.2%
40.5%
Alternative spreads
over 5% usageJolly252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe16.8%
Jolly252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Spe8.8%
Moves
9 tracked91.4%
87.4%
86.2%
40.5%
30.7%
18.1%
14.1%
6.5%
6.4%
Items
33.7%
22.0%
18.7%
7.8%
7.2%
5.8%
Tera types
21.6%
16.4%
13.4%
10.7%
10.6%
8.2%
7.6%
7.5%
Abilities
100.0%
EV spreads
top 6Jolly252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe18.0%
Jolly252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe16.8%
Jolly252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Spe8.8%
Impish248 HP / 252 Def / 8 Spe6.3%
Jolly172 HP / 84 SpD / 252 Spe5.0%
Jolly64 HP / 4 Def / 188 SpD / 252 Spe4.2%
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Best Great Tusk build for Gen 9 OU
The set above is the one Gen 9 OU players run most often, taken from 730,502 battles in August 2026. Great Tusk sits at rank #1 with 34.1% usage, which puts it in S tier, up 2.97 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.