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Weak Armor ability usage across Smogon and VGC formats

Weak Armor — ability usage across every Smogon and VGC format on Pokékipe. Description, top users per format, monthly trends.

Weak Armor

Physical attacks lower Defense and raise Speed.

This page is the cross-format home for Weak Armor : rather than a single tier, it rolls up everywhere Weak Armor 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 Weak Armor 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 Weak Armor 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, Weak Armor 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 LC

What's the most-used Pokémon in SV LC?

Mienfoo leads SV LC with a 80.0% usage rate in July 2026, followed by Vullaby (69.2%) and Foongus (47.0%).

Which Pokémon rose the most this month?

Sandshrew-Alola climbed the fastest in SV LC this July 2026, with a +15.8% change in usage.

How many battles inform these SV LC stats?

6,910 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 LC 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 LC data last updated?

The SV LC usage snapshot above reflects July 2026. New monthly data drops a few days after the end of each month.