Intimidate ability usage across Smogon and VGC formats
Intimidate — ability usage across every Smogon and VGC format on Pokékipe. Description, top users per format, monthly trends.
Intimidate
Lowers the foe’s ATTACK.
- SV POKEBILITIESAAA97 mon
- SV METRONOMEBATTLE93 mon
- SV Almost Any Ability88 mon
- SV Balanced Hackmons53 mon
- SV Anything Goes32 mon
- SV National Dex Ubers32 mon
- SV National Dex Doubles31 mon
- SV National Dex30 mon
- SV Doubles OU28 mon
- SV DOUBLESUU26 mon
- SV NATIONALDEXMONOTYPE26 mon
- SV Ubers26 mon
- SV DOUBLESUBERS25 mon
- SV VGC 2026 Reg I24 mon
- SV OU24 mon
- SV UU24 mon
- SV Monotype24 mon
- SV POKEBILITIESBH24 mon
- SV RU22 mon
- SV ULTRAMIXANDMEGA21 mon
- SV SKETCHMONS21 mon
- SV MIXANDMEGA21 mon
- SV NATIONALDEXUU21 mon
- SV VGC 2026 Reg IBO320 mon
- SV PARTNERSINCRIME20 mon
- SV NU19 mon
- SV NATIONALDEXDOUBLESUBERS17 mon
- SV PU17 mon
- SV INHERITANCE16 mon
- SV ZU15 mon
- SV GODLYGIFT13 mon
- SV STABMONS12 mon
- SV LEGENDSZAOU12 mon
- SV CAP11 mon
- SV SHAREDPOWER11 mon
- SV LC8 mon
- SV BSS Reg I7 mon
- SV NFE3 mon
- SV CAMOMONS2 mon
About Intimidate across competitive formats
This page is the cross-format home for Intimidate : rather than a single tier, it rolls up everywhere Intimidate 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 Intimidate 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 Intimidate 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, Intimidate 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 · SM Doubles OU
What's the most-used Pokémon in SM Doubles OU?
Incineroar leads SM Doubles OU with a 53.5% usage rate in July 2026, followed by Landorus-Therian (52.1%) and Tapu Fini (37.3%).
Which Pokémon rose the most this month?
Zapdos climbed the fastest in SM Doubles OU this July 2026, with a +15.2% change in usage.
How many battles inform these SM Doubles OU stats?
2,520 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 SM 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 SM Doubles OU data last updated?
The SM Doubles OU usage snapshot above reflects July 2026. New monthly data drops a few days after the end of each month.