Sand Rush ability usage across Smogon and VGC formats
Sand Rush — ability usage across every Smogon and VGC format on Pokékipe. Description, top users per format, monthly trends.
Sand Rush
Boosts the Pokémon’s Speed in a sandstorm.
- SV POKEBILITIESAAA46 mon
- SV NATIONALDEXAAA45 mon
- SV Almost Any Ability15 mon
- SV Balanced Hackmons13 mon
- SV National Dex Doubles7 mon
- SV CONVERGENCE7 mon
- SV National Dex Ubers7 mon
- SV National Dex6 mon
- SV NATIONALDEXUU5 mon
- SV UU5 mon
- SV Anything Goes5 mon
- SV Ubers5 mon
- SV NATIONALDEXUBERSUU5 mon
- SV DOUBLESUU4 mon
- SV Doubles OU4 mon
- SV OU4 mon
- SV DOUBLESUBERS4 mon
- SV ZU3 mon
- SV NATIONALDEXMONOTYPE3 mon
- SV Monotype3 mon
- SV REVELATIONMONS3 mon
- SV SHAREDPOWER3 mon
- SV NU3 mon
- SV GODLYGIFT3 mon
- SV MIXANDMEGA3 mon
- SV RU3 mon
- SV STABMONS2 mon
- SV POKEBILITIESBH2 mon
- SV LC2 mon
- SV PU2 mon
- SV UBERSUU2 mon
- SV PARTNERSINCRIME1 mon
- SV CAP1 mon
About Sand Rush across competitive formats
This page is the cross-format home for Sand Rush : rather than a single tier, it rolls up everywhere Sand Rush 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 Sand Rush 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 Sand Rush 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, Sand Rush 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 ZU
What's the most-used Pokémon in SV ZU?
Mesprit leads SV ZU with a 41.4% usage rate in July 2026, followed by Skuntank (27.4%) and Passimian (27.4%).
Which Pokémon rose the most this month?
Whimsicott climbed the fastest in SV ZU this July 2026, with a -11.2% change in usage.
How many battles inform these SV ZU stats?
5,773 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 ZU 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 ZU data last updated?
The SV ZU usage snapshot above reflects July 2026. New monthly data drops a few days after the end of each month.