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Garganacl.

VGC 2026 Reg M-C usage profile · rank #208
september 2026 · 1.6M battles
Garganacl
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Usage · September 2026
0.1%
Garganacl is ranked #208 in VGC 2026 Reg M-C, carried by 7,385 teams
TierD · outside the top 60
Ladder rank#208 of 277
Raw count7,385
Viability ceiling73
Month on month+0.06pp
13 month peak0.1%
FormatVGC 2026 Reg M-C
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sets and counters from 1.6M battles
Base statsspecies values, before EVs and natureBST 500
HP
100
Atk
100
Def
130
SpA
45
SpD
90
Spe
35
Usage over time0.1%▲ 0.06pppeak 0.1% · Sep '26
0.10.10.10.1Sep '25Oct '25Dec '25Feb '26Apr '26Jun '26Aug '26Sep '26
hover a month for the exact figure · 13 months of ladder history

Most used set

17.2% of Garganacl teams
HP
32
Atk
2
Def
32
SpA
0
SpD
0
Spe
0
NatureImpish
AbilityPurifying Salt · 56.2%
ItemLeftovers · 45.4%
EV spread32 HP / 2 Atk / 32 Def
Moves
Wide Guard66.9%
Body Press66.4%
Salt Cure58.4%
Protect54.1%

Alternative spreads

over 5% usage
Relaxed32 HP / 32 Def / 2 SpD10.3%
Brave32 HP / 8 Atk / 10 Def / 16 SpD7.9%

Moves

11 tracked
Wide Guard66.9%
Body Press66.4%
Salt Cure58.4%
Protect54.1%
Recover50.4%
Stone Edge26.5%
Rock Slide24.2%
Iron Defense16.2%
Curse10.1%
Hammer Arm4.9%
Explosion4.4%

Items

Leftovers45.4%
Rocky Helmet33.9%
Psychic Seed9.8%
Rindo Berry3.1%
Sitrus Berry1.4%
Normal Gem1.3%

Abilities

Purifying Salt56.2%
Clear Body41.2%
Sturdy2.6%

EV spreads

top 6
Impish32 HP / 2 Atk / 32 Def17.2%
Relaxed32 HP / 32 Def / 2 SpD10.3%
Brave32 HP / 8 Atk / 10 Def / 16 SpD7.9%
Careful32 HP / 2 Atk / 32 SpD6.9%
Impish32 HP / 32 Def / 2 SpD6.9%
Impish32 HP / 10 Def / 24 SpD5.7%

Top teammates

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Best Garganacl build for VGC 2026 Reg M-C

The set above is the one VGC 2026 Reg M-C players run most often, taken from 1,631,943 battles in September 2026. Garganacl sits at rank #208 with 0.1% usage, which puts it in D tier, up 0.06 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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