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Smogon SV INHERITANCE item usage stats

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Most-used held items in SV INHERITANCE this May 2026: Heavy-Duty Boots (67.3%), Leftovers (63.0%), and Life Orb (48.6%). Biggest mover is Heavy-Duty Boots at +13100.0%. Sample: 17,954 battles played at ELO 1760+.

About competitive items in Pokémon

This index lists every items that appears in the latest Smogon monthly snapshot. Each row exposes the usage rate, the main Pokémon that run it, and a click-through to its dedicated page where the full per-format breakdown lives. Usage rates reflect what high-rated Pokémon Showdown players are actually picking, not theoretical viability, the dataset is the public Smogon monthly stats, refreshed as soon as the new snapshot is published.

Click any row to open the dedicated detail page : month-over-month usage trend, breakdown by format, top users with their per-format pick rate, and (where applicable) related items that share a similar tactical role. The format selector at the top filters every value to a specific tier, switch between a Singles ladder, Doubles OU, or the live VGC regulation to compare how the same items performs across very different metagames.

All figures come from Smogon's public monthly usage statistics, built from millions of rated Pokémon Showdown battles and refreshed with each new snapshot, no editorial picks, no curation, just what high-rated players run. The data is free, needs no account, and is also available through Pokékipe's public read API.

FAQ · SV INHERITANCE

What's the most-used Pokémon in SV INHERITANCE?

Iron Hands leads SV INHERITANCE with a 35.2% usage rate in May 2026, followed by Gholdengo (31.9%) and Corviknight (29.2%).

How many battles inform these SV INHERITANCE stats?

17,954 rated battles played on Pokémon Showdown ladder at ELO 1760+ during May 2026. Aggregated monthly from Smogon's public chaos JSON dump.

Where does the SV INHERITANCE 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 SV INHERITANCE data last updated?

The SV INHERITANCE usage snapshot above reflects May 2026. New monthly data drops a few days after the end of each month.