Houndstone.
VGC 2026 Reg M-B usage profile · rank #117
august 2026 · 1.3M battles
august 2026 · 1.3M battles
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Usage · August 2026
0.3%
Houndstone is ranked #117 in VGC 2026 Reg M-B, carried by 24,410 teams
TierD · outside the top 60
Ladder rank#117 of 277
Raw count24,410
Viability ceiling77
Month on month-1.07pp
13 month peak1.4%
FormatVGC 2026 Reg M-B
Base statsspecies values, before EVs and natureBST 488
HP
72
Atk
101
Def
100
SpA
50
SpD
97
Spe
68
Usage over time0.3%▼ 1.07pppeak 1.4% · Jul '26
hover a month for the exact figure · 13 months of ladder history
Most used set
14.6% of Houndstone teamsHP
2
Atk
32
Def
0
SpA
0
SpD
0
Spe
32
NatureAdamant
AbilitySand Rush · 91.9%
ItemSitrus Berry · 41.5%
EV spread2 HP / 32 Atk / 32 Spe
Moves
99.0%
76.3%
73.6%
37.2%
Alternative spreads
over 5% usageAdamant28 HP / 9 Atk / 9 Def / 20 Spe12.8%
Adamant25 Def / 19 SpD / 22 Spe12.5%
Moves
13 tracked99.0%
76.3%
73.6%
37.2%
20.5%
14.5%
13.3%
12.4%
10.3%
9.4%
5.8%
5.7%
4.6%
Items
41.5%
22.8%
21.5%
4.1%
3.7%
2.0%
Abilities
91.9%
8.1%
EV spreads
top 6Adamant2 HP / 32 Atk / 32 Spe14.6%
Adamant28 HP / 9 Atk / 9 Def / 20 Spe12.8%
Adamant25 Def / 19 SpD / 22 Spe12.5%
Adamant2 HP / 29 Atk / 3 SpD / 32 Spe5.7%
Jolly32 HP / 2 Atk / 32 Spe5.2%
Jolly25 HP / 8 Atk / 4 Def / 1 SpD / 28 Spe4.4%
Top teammates
share of teams
Best Houndstone build for VGC 2026 Reg M-B
The set above is the one VGC 2026 Reg M-B players run most often, taken from 1,269,250 battles in August 2026. Houndstone sits at rank #117 with 0.3% usage, which puts it in D tier, down 1.07 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.