Palafin.
VGC 2026 Reg M-B usage profile · rank #97
august 2026 · 1.3M battles
august 2026 · 1.3M battles
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Usage · August 2026
0.5%
Palafin is ranked #97 in VGC 2026 Reg M-B, carried by 48,022 teams
TierD · outside the top 60
Ladder rank#97 of 277
Raw count48,022
Viability ceiling75
Month on month-0.03pp
13 month peak1.1%
FormatVGC 2026 Reg M-B
Usage over time0.5%▼ 0.03pppeak 1.1% · Jun '26
hover a month for the exact figure · 13 months of ladder history
Most used set
21.0% of Palafin teamsHP
2
Atk
32
Def
0
SpA
0
SpD
0
Spe
32
NatureJolly
AbilityZero to Hero · 100.0%
ItemMystic Water · 43.3%
EV spread2 HP / 32 Atk / 32 Spe
Moves
85.4%
81.1%
73.7%
46.8%
Alternative spreads
over 5% usageAdamant2 HP / 32 Atk / 32 Spe11.9%
Adamant32 HP / 20 Atk / 2 Def / 1 SpD / 11 Spe9.6%
Moves
9 tracked85.4%
81.1%
73.7%
46.8%
46.6%
16.7%
16.0%
11.5%
4.7%
Items
43.3%
26.3%
13.9%
12.0%
Abilities
100.0%
EV spreads
top 6Jolly2 HP / 32 Atk / 32 Spe21.0%
Adamant2 HP / 32 Atk / 32 Spe11.9%
Adamant32 HP / 20 Atk / 2 Def / 1 SpD / 11 Spe9.6%
Adamant32 HP / 32 Atk / 2 SpD4.9%
Adamant32 HP / 32 Atk / 2 Spe4.2%
Adamant32 HP / 10 Atk / 10 Def / 14 SpD3.7%
Top teammates
share of teams
Best Palafin 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. Palafin sits at rank #97 with 0.5% usage, which puts it in D tier, down 0.03 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.