- SV POKEBILITIESAAA10 mon
- SV SHAREDPOWER2 mon
- SV Doubles OU2 mon
- SV Monotype2 mon
- SV National Dex Doubles2 mon
- SV OU2 mon
- SV DOUBLESUBERS2 mon
- SV National Dex2 mon
- SV Ubers2 mon
- SV Anything Goes2 mon
- SV National Dex Ubers2 mon
- SV NATIONALDEXMONOTYPE2 mon
- SV Balanced Hackmons2 mon
- SV NATIONALDEXAAA2 mon
- SV MIXANDMEGA1 mon
- SV PU1 mon
- SV STABMONS1 mon
- SV REVELATIONMONS1 mon
- SV DOUBLESUU1 mon
- SV UU1 mon
- SV NU1 mon
- SV CONVERGENCE1 mon
- SV ZU1 mon
- SV Almost Any Ability1 mon
Guard Dog ability usage across Smogon and VGC formats
Guard Dog — ability usage across every Smogon and VGC format on Pokékipe. Description, top users per format, monthly trends.
Guard Dog
Boosts the Pokémon’s Attack stat if intimidated. Moves and items that would force the Pokémon to switch out also fail to work.
About Guard Dog across competitive formats
This page is the cross-format home for Guard Dog : rather than a single tier, it rolls up everywhere Guard Dog 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 Guard Dog 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 Guard Dog 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, Guard Dog 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 · SV SHAREDPOWER
What's the most-used Pokémon in SV SHAREDPOWER?
Houndstone leads SV SHAREDPOWER with a 43.5% usage rate in July 2026, followed by Dragapult (40.8%) and Dragalge (36.3%).
Which Pokémon rose the most this month?
Dragalge climbed the fastest in SV SHAREDPOWER this July 2026, with a +33.4% change in usage.
How many battles inform these SV SHAREDPOWER stats?
2,802 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 SV SHAREDPOWER 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 SV SHAREDPOWER data last updated?
The SV SHAREDPOWER usage snapshot above reflects July 2026. New monthly data drops a few days after the end of each month.