Light Clay item usage across Smogon and VGC formats
Light Clay — held-item usage across every Smogon and VGC format on Pokékipe. Description, top holders per format, monthly trends.
Light Clay
A Pokémon hold item that extends the duration of barrier moves like Light Screen and Reflect used by the holder.
- SV National Dex140 mon
- SV National Dex Doubles134 mon
- SV National Dex Ubers108 mon
- SV Anything Goes103 mon
- SV Doubles OU102 mon
- SV OU95 mon
- SV Monotype87 mon
- SV DOUBLESUBERS77 mon
- SV Ubers74 mon
- SV NATIONALDEXMONOTYPE58 mon
- SV DOUBLESUU56 mon
- SV Balanced Hackmons56 mon
- SV UU44 mon
- SV Almost Any Ability41 mon
- SV POKEBILITIESAAA38 mon
- SV REVELATIONMONS19 mon
- SV LC19 mon
- SV MIXANDMEGA18 mon
- SV SHAREDPOWER17 mon
- SV STABMONS10 mon
- SV UBERSUU8 mon
- SV GODLYGIFT8 mon
- SV CAP8 mon
- SV POKEBILITIESBH1 mon
- SV PARTNERSINCRIME1 mon
About Light Clay across competitive formats
This page is the cross-format home for Light Clay : rather than a single tier, it rolls up everywhere Light Clay 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 Light Clay 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 Light Clay 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, Light Clay 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 BSS Reg MB
What's the most-used Pokémon in Champions BSS Reg MB?
Garchomp leads Champions BSS Reg MB with a 36.2% usage rate in July 2026, followed by Archaludon (27.7%) and Mimikyu (27.1%).
Which Pokémon rose the most this month?
Garchomp climbed the fastest in Champions BSS Reg MB this July 2026, with a -10.5% change in usage.
How many battles inform these Champions BSS Reg MB stats?
97,966 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 BSS Reg MB 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 BSS Reg MB data last updated?
The Champions BSS Reg MB usage snapshot above reflects July 2026. New monthly data drops a few days after the end of each month.