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Brambleghast.

Gen 9 RU usage profile · rank #83
august 2026 · 21.9K battles
Brambleghast
grassghostPokédex entry
Usage · August 2026
1.4%
Brambleghast is ranked #83 in Gen 9 RU, carried by 868 teams
TierD · outside the top 60
Ladder rank#83 of 204
Raw count868
Viability ceiling86
Month on month+0.50pp
13 month peak3.6%
FormatGen 9 RU
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sets and counters from 21.9K battles
Base statsspecies values, before EVs and natureBST 480
HP
55
Atk
115
Def
70
SpA
80
SpD
70
Spe
90
Usage over time1.4% 0.50pppeak 3.6% · Feb '26
1.22.23.14.1Aug '25Sep '25Nov '25Jan '26Mar '26May '26Jul '26Aug '26
hover a month for the exact figure · 13 months of ladder history

Most used set

49.8% of Brambleghast teams
HP
4
Atk
252
Def
0
SpA
0
SpD
0
Spe
252
NatureJolly
AbilityWind Rider · 98.6%
ItemHeavy-Duty Boots · 62.9%
Tera typeGrass · 52.9%
Moves
Rapid Spin99.1%
Poltergeist96.3%
Power Whip90.4%
Strength Sap62.1%

Alternative spreads

over 5% usage
Adamant252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe27.4%
Jolly252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe7.4%

Moves

5 tracked
Rapid Spin99.1%
Poltergeist96.3%
Power Whip90.4%
Strength Sap62.1%
Shadow Sneak35.7%

Items

Heavy-Duty Boots62.9%
Choice Band14.4%
Nothing13.5%
Spell Tag6.6%

Tera types

Grass52.9%
Ghost37.3%
Fairy5.3%

Abilities

Wind Rider98.6%
Infiltrator1.4%

EV spreads

top 6
Jolly4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe49.8%
Adamant252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe27.4%
Jolly252 HP / 4 SpD / 252 Spe7.4%
Jolly252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Spe5.3%
Jolly252 HP / 64 Def / 192 Spe3.6%
Careful252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD2.0%

Top teammates

share of teams

Best Brambleghast build for Gen 9 RU

The set above is the one Gen 9 RU players run most often, taken from 21,932 battles in August 2026. Brambleghast sits at rank #83 with 1.4% usage, which puts it in D tier, up 0.50 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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