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Metronome item usage across Smogon and VGC formats

Metronome — held-item usage across every Smogon and VGC format on Pokékipe. Description, top holders per format, monthly trends.

Metronome

Metronome

A Pokémon hold item that boosts a move used consecutively. Its effect is reset if another move is used.

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