Houndstone.
VGC 2026 Reg M-C Bo3 usage profile · rank #165
september 2026 · 223.5K battles
september 2026 · 223.5K battles
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Usage · September 2026
0.0%
Houndstone is ranked #165 in VGC 2026 Reg M-C Bo3, carried by 551 teams
TierD · outside the top 60
Ladder rank#165 of 191
Raw count551
Viability ceiling72
Month on month+0.02pp
13 month peak0.0%
FormatVGC 2026 Reg M-C Bo3
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sets and counters from 223.5K battles
Base statsspecies values, before EVs and natureBST 488
HP
72
Atk
101
Def
100
SpA
50
SpD
97
Spe
68
Usage over time0.0%▲ 0.02pppeak 0.0% · Sep '26
hover a month for the exact figure · 13 months of ladder history
Most used set
27.7% of Houndstone teamsHP
29
Atk
0
Def
8
SpA
0
SpD
15
Spe
14
NatureJolly
AbilitySand Rush · 66.0%
ItemSpell Tag · 50.2%
EV spread29 HP / 8 Def / 15 SpD / 14 Spe
Moves
95.7%
82.8%
45.9%
33.1%
Alternative spreads
over 5% usageAdamant2 HP / 32 Atk / 32 Spe23.3%
Impish32 HP / 2 Atk / 32 Def15.7%
Moves
11 tracked95.7%
82.8%
45.9%
33.1%
32.3%
23.5%
17.5%
17.5%
17.2%
11.1%
9.4%
Items
50.2%
15.0%
11.2%
9.1%
8.0%
4.6%
Abilities
66.0%
34.0%
EV spreads
top 6Jolly29 HP / 8 Def / 15 SpD / 14 Spe27.7%
Adamant2 HP / 32 Atk / 32 Spe23.3%
Impish32 HP / 2 Atk / 32 Def15.7%
Impish32 HP / 32 Def15.0%
Adamant18 HP / 29 Atk / 19 Spe6.1%
Adamant28 HP / 1 Atk / 13 Def / 17 SpD / 7 Spe3.9%
Top teammates
share of teams
Best Houndstone 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. Houndstone sits at rank #165 with 0.0% usage, which puts it in D tier, up 0.02 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.