Smogon BW OU item usage stats
Tier AnalysisMost-used held items in BW OU this June 2026: Leftovers (76.0%), Life Orb (48.1%), and Choice Scarf (40.3%). Biggest mover is Choice Band: −14 Pokémon holding it vs the previous snapshot. Sample: 32,109 battles played at ELO 1760+.
About competitive items in Pokémon
This index ranks the items that appear in the latest Smogon monthly snapshot for the selected format, ordered by usage. Each row shows the usage rate, its month-over-month change, and the Pokémon that run it most often, with a click-through to a dedicated page carrying the full per-format breakdown. Usage is measured from rated Pokémon Showdown battles, so the ranking reflects what high-level players actually pick rather than theoretical viability.
Open any row to reach its detail page: a month-over-month usage trend, a breakdown of usage tier by tier, the top users with their per-format pick rate, and a synergy panel computed from co-occurrence, showing which other items and which Pokémon it is most often paired with. The format selector at the top re-scopes every figure to a specific tier, so the same entry can be compared across a Singles ladder, Doubles OU and the live VGC regulation.
The underlying counts come from Smogon's public monthly statistics, built from millions of rated Pokémon Showdown battles and refreshed with each new snapshot. The rankings, deltas, tier-by-tier breakdowns and synergy scores on this page are computed by Pokékipe on top of that raw data. Everything here is free, needs no account, and is also available through Pokékipe's public read API.
FAQ · BW OU
What's the most-held item in BW OU?
Leftovers is the most-held item in BW OU in June 2026, carried by 76.0% of Pokémon, ahead of Life Orb (48.1%) and Choice Scarf (40.3%).
Which item shifted the most this month?
Choice Band shifted the most in BW OU this June 2026: the number of Pokémon holding it changed by −14 versus the previous snapshot.
How many battles inform these BW OU stats?
32,109 rated battles played on Pokémon Showdown ladder at ELO 1760+ during June 2026. Aggregated monthly from Smogon's public chaos JSON dump.
Where does the BW OU 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 BW OU data last updated?
The BW OU usage snapshot above reflects June 2026. New monthly data drops a few days after the end of each month.