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Great Tusk.

Gen 9 Ubers usage profile · rank #50
august 2026 · 78.0K battles
Great Tusk
groundfightingPokédex entry
Usage · August 2026
1.1%
Great Tusk is ranked #50 in Gen 9 Ubers, carried by 8,249 teams
TierC · top 60 of the format
Ladder rank#50 of 211
Raw count8,249
Viability ceiling88
Month on month-0.34pp
13 month peak3.6%
FormatGen 9 Ubers
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sets and counters from 78.0K battles
Base statsspecies values, before EVs and natureBST 570
HP
115
Atk
131
Def
131
SpA
53
SpD
53
Spe
87
Usage over time1.1% 0.34pppeak 3.6% · Nov '25
1.72.53.34.2Aug '25Sep '25Nov '25Jan '26Mar '26May '26Jul '26Aug '26
hover a month for the exact figure · 13 months of ladder history

Most used set

30.6% of Great Tusk teams
HP
0
Atk
252
Def
0
SpA
0
SpD
4
Spe
252
NatureJolly
AbilityProtosynthesis · 100.0%
ItemHeavy-Duty Boots · 29.7%
Tera typeGround · 47.0%
Moves
Rapid Spin82.3%
Headlong Rush74.8%
Close Combat62.4%
Earthquake46.5%

Alternative spreads

over 5% usage
Impish252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def14.5%
Jolly252 Atk / 28 SpD / 228 Spe13.7%

Moves

10 tracked
Rapid Spin82.3%
Headlong Rush74.8%
Close Combat62.4%
Earthquake46.5%
Play Rough32.4%
Stealth Rock22.7%
Knock Off20.7%
Stone Edge18.8%
Ice Spinner18.5%
Body Press8.1%

Items

Heavy-Duty Boots29.7%
Leftovers22.9%
Choice Scarf22.2%
Booster Energy11.3%
Rocky Helmet7.7%
Assault Vest3.5%

Tera types

Ground47.0%
Steel26.4%
Fairy11.8%
Water10.6%

Abilities

Protosynthesis100.0%

EV spreads

top 6
Jolly252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe30.6%
Impish252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def14.5%
Jolly252 Atk / 28 SpD / 228 Spe13.7%
Jolly252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Spe7.6%
Jolly252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe7.5%
Jolly4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe3.8%

Top teammates

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Best Great Tusk build for Gen 9 Ubers

The set above is the one Gen 9 Ubers players run most often, taken from 78,012 battles in August 2026. Great Tusk sits at rank #50 with 1.1% usage, which puts it in C tier, down 0.34 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.

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