Black Belt item usage across Smogon and VGC formats
Black Belt — held-item usage across every Smogon and VGC format on Pokékipe. Description, top holders per format, monthly trends.
Black Belt
A hold item that boosts FIGHTING- type moves.
- SV Anything Goes75 mon
- SV Doubles OU58 mon
- SV Ubers46 mon
- SV National Dex46 mon
- SV National Dex Doubles45 mon
- SV DOUBLESUBERS44 mon
- SV OU44 mon
- SV National Dex Ubers35 mon
- SV Monotype26 mon
- SV Balanced Hackmons19 mon
- SV DOUBLESUU18 mon
- SV NATIONALDEXAAA18 mon
- SV UU16 mon
- SV Almost Any Ability11 mon
- SV MIXANDMEGA11 mon
- SV NATIONALDEXUBERSUU8 mon
- SV PU7 mon
- SV REVELATIONMONS6 mon
- SV NATIONALDEXMONOTYPE6 mon
- SV RU5 mon
- SV ZU4 mon
- SV LC4 mon
- SV POKEBILITIESAAA4 mon
- SV NATIONALDEXUU3 mon
- SV METRONOMEBATTLE3 mon
- SV UBERSUU2 mon
- SV STABMONS2 mon
- SV NU2 mon
- SV PARTNERSINCRIME1 mon
- SV CAP1 mon
- SV CONVERGENCE1 mon
About Black Belt across competitive formats
This page is the cross-format home for Black Belt : rather than a single tier, it rolls up everywhere Black Belt 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 Black Belt 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 Black Belt 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, Black Belt 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 · Champions UU
What's the most-used Pokémon in Champions UU?
Goodra-Hisui leads Champions UU with a 28.9% usage rate in July 2026, followed by Skarmory (19.9%) and Arcanine-Hisui (18.8%).
How many battles inform these Champions UU stats?
6,377 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 Champions UU 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 Champions UU data last updated?
The Champions UU usage snapshot above reflects July 2026. New monthly data drops a few days after the end of each month.