Houndstone.
VGC 2026 Reg M-B Bo3 usage profile · rank #63
august 2026 · 179.4K battles
august 2026 · 179.4K battles
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Usage · August 2026
0.4%
Houndstone is ranked #63 in VGC 2026 Reg M-B Bo3, carried by 1,837 teams
TierD · outside the top 60
Ladder rank#63 of 164
Raw count1,837
Viability ceiling84
Month on month+0.19pp
13 month peak0.5%
FormatVGC 2026 Reg M-B Bo3
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sets and counters from 179.4K battles
Base statsspecies values, before EVs and natureBST 488
HP
72
Atk
101
Def
100
SpA
50
SpD
97
Spe
68
Usage over time0.4%▲ 0.19pppeak 0.5% · Jun '26
hover a month for the exact figure · 13 months of ladder history
Most used set
30.3% of Houndstone teamsHP
32
Atk
0
Def
0
SpA
0
SpD
3
Spe
31
NatureImpish
AbilitySand Rush · 99.7%
ItemSpell Tag · 91.5%
EV spread32 HP / 3 SpD / 31 Spe
Moves
99.0%
96.3%
95.9%
62.1%
Alternative spreads
over 5% usageImpish32 HP / 6 SpD / 28 Spe25.6%
Impish32 HP / 1 Atk / 2 SpD / 31 Spe19.3%
Moves
5 tracked99.0%
96.3%
95.9%
62.1%
31.2%
Items
91.5%
3.8%
Abilities
99.7%
0.3%
EV spreads
top 6Impish32 HP / 3 SpD / 31 Spe30.3%
Impish32 HP / 6 SpD / 28 Spe25.6%
Impish32 HP / 1 Atk / 2 SpD / 31 Spe19.3%
Impish32 HP / 1 Atk / 5 SpD / 28 Spe7.1%
Impish32 HP / 6 Def / 28 Spe4.2%
Jolly20 HP / 14 Atk / 32 Spe3.8%
Top teammates
share of teams
Best Houndstone 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. Houndstone sits at rank #63 with 0.4% usage, which puts it in D tier, up 0.19 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.