Tough Claws ability usage across Smogon and VGC formats
Tough Claws — ability usage across every Smogon and VGC format on Pokékipe. Description, top users per format, monthly trends.
Tough Claws
Powers up moves that make direct contact.
- SV NATIONALDEXAAA111 mon
- SV POKEBILITIESAAA89 mon
- SV Almost Any Ability54 mon
- SV Balanced Hackmons46 mon
- SV CONVERGENCE7 mon
- SV National Dex Ubers6 mon
- SV National Dex5 mon
- SV National Dex Doubles5 mon
- SV METRONOMEBATTLE5 mon
- SV NATIONALDEXUU4 mon
- SV NATIONALDEXUBERSUU4 mon
- SV NATIONALDEXMONOTYPE4 mon
- SV MIXANDMEGA3 mon
- SV DOUBLESUU3 mon
- SV SHAREDPOWER2 mon
- SV REVELATIONMONS2 mon
- SV POKEBILITIESBH2 mon
- SV RU2 mon
- SV PARTNERSINCRIME2 mon
- SV UU2 mon
- SV Doubles OU2 mon
- SV Monotype2 mon
- SV Anything Goes2 mon
- SV OU2 mon
- SV Ubers2 mon
- SV DOUBLESUBERS2 mon
- SV SKETCHMONS1 mon
- SV ZU1 mon
- SV STABMONS1 mon
- SV NU1 mon
- SV PU1 mon
- SV LC1 mon
- SV CAP1 mon
- SV GODLYGIFT1 mon
About Tough Claws across competitive formats
This page is the cross-format home for Tough Claws : rather than a single tier, it rolls up everywhere Tough Claws 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 Tough Claws 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 Tough Claws 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, Tough Claws 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.