Barbaracle-Mega.
VGC 2026 Reg M-B Bo3 usage profile · rank #62
august 2026 · 179.4K battles
august 2026 · 179.4K battles
Usage · August 2026
0.4%
Barbaracle-Mega is ranked #62 in VGC 2026 Reg M-B Bo3, carried by 707 teams
TierD · outside the top 60
Ladder rank#62 of 164
Raw count707
Viability ceiling82
Month on month-0.94pp
13 month peak1.4%
FormatVGC 2026 Reg M-B Bo3
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sets and counters from 179.4K battles
Base statsspecies values, before EVs and natureBST 500
HP
72
Atk
105
Def
115
SpA
54
SpD
86
Spe
68
Usage over time0.4%▼ 0.94pppeak 1.4% · Jul '26
hover a month for the exact figure · 13 months of ladder history
Most used set
99.6% of Barbaracle-Mega teamsHP
30
Atk
31
Def
0
SpA
0
SpD
0
Spe
5
NatureAdamant
AbilityTough Claws · 100.0%
ItemBarbaracite · 100.0%
EV spread30 HP / 31 Atk / 5 Spe
Moves
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
99.9%
Moves
4 tracked100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
99.9%
Best Barbaracle-Mega build for VGC 2026 Reg M-B Bo3
The set above is the one VGC 2026 Reg M-B Bo3 players run most often, taken from 179,434 battles in August 2026. Barbaracle-Mega sits at rank #62 with 0.4% usage, which puts it in D tier, down 0.94 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.