Gale Wings ability usage across Smogon and VGC formats
Gale Wings — ability usage across every Smogon and VGC format on Pokékipe. Description, top users per format, monthly trends.
Gale Wings
Gives priority to Flying-type moves.
- SV NATIONALDEXAAA20 mon
- SV POKEBILITIESAAA14 mon
- SV Almost Any Ability13 mon
- SV Balanced Hackmons11 mon
- SV CONVERGENCE5 mon
- SV DOUBLESUU3 mon
- SV Doubles OU2 mon
- SV NATIONALDEXUU2 mon
- SV DOUBLESUBERS2 mon
- SV OU2 mon
- SV SKETCHMONS1 mon
- SV UU1 mon
- SV National Dex Doubles1 mon
- SV SHAREDPOWER1 mon
- SV Anything Goes1 mon
- SV Monotype1 mon
- SV LC1 mon
- SV National Dex Ubers1 mon
- SV REVELATIONMONS1 mon
- SV STABMONS1 mon
- SV Ubers1 mon
- SV MIXANDMEGA1 mon
- SV National Dex1 mon
- SV NATIONALDEXMONOTYPE1 mon
- SV CAP1 mon
- SV NATIONALDEXUBERSUU1 mon
- SV PU1 mon
- SV ZU1 mon
- SV NU1 mon
- SV RU1 mon
About Gale Wings across competitive formats
This page is the cross-format home for Gale Wings : rather than a single tier, it rolls up everywhere Gale Wings 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 Gale Wings 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 Gale Wings 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, Gale Wings 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 · XY Doubles OU
What's the most-used Pokémon in XY Doubles OU?
Landorus-Therian leads XY Doubles OU with a 47.0% usage rate in July 2026, followed by Kangaskhan-Mega (39.0%) and Amoonguss (38.0%).
Which Pokémon rose the most this month?
Thundurus climbed the fastest in XY Doubles OU this July 2026, with a -28.3% change in usage.
How many battles inform these XY Doubles OU stats?
629 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 XY Doubles OU 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 XY Doubles OU data last updated?
The XY Doubles OU usage snapshot above reflects July 2026. New monthly data drops a few days after the end of each month.