Pickup ability usage across Smogon and VGC formats
Pickup — ability usage across every Smogon and VGC format on Pokékipe. Description, top users per format, monthly trends.
Pickup
May pick up items.
- SV METRONOMEBATTLE113 mon
- SV National Dex13 mon
- SV National Dex Doubles9 mon
- SV National Dex Ubers9 mon
- SV Anything Goes8 mon
- SV LC7 mon
- SV Ubers6 mon
- SV Doubles OU5 mon
- SV DOUBLESUBERS5 mon
- SV NATIONALDEXMONOTYPE4 mon
- SV NATIONALDEXUBERSUU3 mon
- SV DOUBLESUU3 mon
- SV Balanced Hackmons3 mon
- SV Monotype3 mon
- SV OU3 mon
- SV Almost Any Ability2 mon
- SV ZU1 mon
- SV PU1 mon
- SV STABMONS1 mon
- SV NATIONALDEXUU1 mon
- SV RU1 mon
- SV NU1 mon
- SV UU1 mon
- SV POKEBILITIESAAA1 mon
- SV NATIONALDEXAAA1 mon
About Pickup across competitive formats
This page is the cross-format home for Pickup : rather than a single tier, it rolls up everywhere Pickup 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 Pickup 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 Pickup 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, Pickup 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 METRONOMEBATTLE
What's the most-used Pokémon in SV METRONOMEBATTLE?
Chandelure-Mega leads SV METRONOMEBATTLE with a 26.1% usage rate in July 2026, followed by Blissey (20.6%) and Ampharos-Mega (17.2%).
Which Pokémon rose the most this month?
Chandelure-Mega climbed the fastest in SV METRONOMEBATTLE this July 2026, with a -13.9% change in usage.
How many battles inform these SV METRONOMEBATTLE stats?
19,542 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 METRONOMEBATTLE 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 METRONOMEBATTLE data last updated?
The SV METRONOMEBATTLE usage snapshot above reflects July 2026. New monthly data drops a few days after the end of each month.