Shed Shell item usage across Smogon and VGC formats
Shed Shell — held-item usage across every Smogon and VGC format on Pokékipe. Description, top holders per format, monthly trends.
Shed Shell
A tough, discarded carapace to be held by a Pokémon. It enables the holder to switch with a waiting Pokémon in battle.
- SV Balanced Hackmons13 mon
- SV National Dex Ubers8 mon
- SV Anything Goes8 mon
- SV National Dex7 mon
- SV DOUBLESUBERS7 mon
- SV Ubers6 mon
- SV OU5 mon
- SV Monotype4 mon
- SV NATIONALDEXMONOTYPE3 mon
- SV Doubles OU3 mon
- SV NATIONALDEXUU2 mon
- SV SHAREDPOWER2 mon
- SV UU2 mon
- SV National Dex Doubles2 mon
- SV CONVERGENCE1 mon
- SV NATIONALDEXUBERSUU1 mon
- SV POKEBILITIESAAA1 mon
- SV PU1 mon
- SV DOUBLESUU1 mon
- SV ZU1 mon
- SV MIXANDMEGA1 mon
About Shed Shell across competitive formats
This page is the cross-format home for Shed Shell : rather than a single tier, it rolls up everywhere Shed Shell 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 Shed Shell 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 Shed Shell 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, Shed Shell 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 · XY PUREHACKMONS
What's the most-used Pokémon in XY PUREHACKMONS?
Mewtwo-Mega-X leads XY PUREHACKMONS with a 59.8% usage rate in June 2026, followed by Groudon-Primal (55.5%) and Giratina (49.0%).
Which Pokémon rose the most this month?
Groudon-Primal climbed the fastest in XY PUREHACKMONS this June 2026, with a +35.6% change in usage.
How many battles inform these XY PUREHACKMONS stats?
10,633 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 XY PUREHACKMONS 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 XY PUREHACKMONS data last updated?
The XY PUREHACKMONS usage snapshot above reflects June 2026. New monthly data drops a few days after the end of each month.