Dry Skin ability usage across Smogon and VGC formats
Dry Skin — ability usage across every Smogon and VGC format on Pokékipe. Description, top users per format, monthly trends.
Dry Skin
Reduces HP if it is hot. Water restores HP.
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About Dry Skin across competitive formats
This page is the cross-format home for Dry Skin : rather than a single tier, it rolls up everywhere Dry Skin sees competitive play, from the Smogon singles ladders to Doubles OU and the live VGC regulations. The format tabs above jump straight to any of them, while this view answers the bigger question first : which metagames Dry Skin actually matters in, and how heavily it is leaned on in each.
Open a format and you get the full breakdown : the Pokémon that run Dry Skin and how often, the moves, items and abilities it pairs with, the EV spreads and sets built around it, and a month-over-month usage trend. Because the meta never sits still, Dry Skin can be a staple in one format and a niche pick in another, so the per-format split is where the real story lives, not a single blended number.
Every figure is derived from Smogon's public monthly usage statistics, built from millions of rated Pokémon Showdown battles and refreshed as soon as a new snapshot lands, no editorial picks, no curation, just what high-rated players are running right now. The data is free, needs no account, and is also available through Pokékipe's public read API for analysts and team-builders.
FAQ · DPP VGC2010
What's the most-used Pokémon in DPP VGC2010?
Palkia leads DPP VGC2010 with a 69.7% usage rate in July 2026, followed by Groudon (68.9%) and Metagross (68.2%).
Which Pokémon rose the most this month?
Jumpluff climbed the fastest in DPP VGC2010 this July 2026, with a +46.3% change in usage.
How many battles inform these DPP VGC2010 stats?
36 rated battles played on Pokémon Showdown ladder at ELO 1760+ during July 2026. Aggregated monthly from Smogon's public chaos JSON dump.
Where does the DPP VGC2010 data come from?
Pokémon Showdown's monthly ladder snapshot (chaos JSON), refreshed each month. For VGC formats, official tournament results are also surfaced when available via Pokémon Company's Pokedata feed.
When was the DPP VGC2010 data last updated?
The DPP VGC2010 usage snapshot above reflects July 2026. New monthly data drops a few days after the end of each month.