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Armarouge.

VGC 2026 Reg M-C Bo3 usage profile · rank #40
september 2026 · 223.5K battles
Armarouge
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Usage · September 2026
4.0%
Armarouge is ranked #40 in VGC 2026 Reg M-C Bo3, carried by 25,112 teams
TierC · top 60 of the format
Ladder rank#40 of 191
Raw count25,112
Viability ceiling82
Month on month+3.96pp
13 month peak4.0%
FormatVGC 2026 Reg M-C Bo3
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sets and counters from 223.5K battles
Base statsspecies values, before EVs and natureBST 525
HP
85
Atk
60
Def
100
SpA
125
SpD
80
Spe
75
Usage over time4.0%▲ 3.96pppeak 4.0% · Sep '26
3.43.84.24.6Sep '25Oct '25Dec '25Feb '26Apr '26Jun '26Aug '26Sep '26
hover a month for the exact figure · 13 months of ladder history

Most used set

11.8% of Armarouge teams
HP
2
Atk
0
Def
0
SpA
32
SpD
0
Spe
32
NatureTimid
AbilityFlash Fire · 87.3%
ItemLife Orb · 46.8%
EV spread2 HP / 32 SpA / 32 Spe
Moves
Expanding Force99.5%
Armor Cannon90.9%
Protect75.2%
Trick Room56.5%

Alternative spreads

over 5% usage
Modest32 HP / 32 SpA / 2 SpD9.1%
Modest2 HP / 32 SpA / 32 Spe8.5%

Moves

6 tracked
Expanding Force99.5%
Armor Cannon90.9%
Protect75.2%
Trick Room56.5%
Wide Guard56.5%
Heat Wave9.7%

Items

Life Orb46.8%
Twisted Spoon24.6%
Focus Sash23.7%

Abilities

Flash Fire87.3%
Weak Armor12.7%

EV spreads

top 6
Timid2 HP / 32 SpA / 32 Spe11.8%
Modest32 HP / 32 SpA / 2 SpD9.1%
Modest2 HP / 32 SpA / 32 Spe8.5%
Modest32 HP / 2 SpA / 31 SpD / 1 Spe6.0%
Quiet31 HP / 32 SpA / 3 SpD5.6%
Quiet32 HP / 32 SpA / 2 SpD4.1%

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Best Armarouge build for VGC 2026 Reg M-C Bo3

The set above is the one VGC 2026 Reg M-C Bo3 players run most often, taken from 223,477 battles in September 2026. Armarouge sits at rank #40 with 4.0% usage, which puts it in C tier, up 3.96 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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