- SV Balanced Hackmons41 mon
- SV STABMONS10 mon
- SV SKETCHMONS3 mon
- SV POKEBILITIESBH2 mon
- SV REVELATIONMONS1 mon
- SV OU1 mon
- SV Doubles OU1 mon
- SV CAP1 mon
- SV National Dex Doubles1 mon
- SV GODLYGIFT1 mon
- SV UBERSUU1 mon
- SV NATIONALDEXAAA1 mon
- SV SHAREDPOWER1 mon
- SV DOUBLESUBERS1 mon
- SV NATIONALDEXMONOTYPE1 mon
- SV Ubers1 mon
- SV Monotype1 mon
- SV NATIONALDEXUBERSUU1 mon
- SV PARTNERSINCRIME1 mon
- SV National Dex Ubers1 mon
- SV Anything Goes1 mon
- SV MIXANDMEGA1 mon
Hydro Steam move usage across Smogon and VGC formats
Hydro Steam (Water · Special) — competitive usage across every Smogon and VGC format on Pokékipe. Base power, accuracy, PP, top users per format, monthly trends. Refreshed live from Pokémon Showdown's chaos JSON dump.
Hydro Steam
WaterSpecial
- Power
- 80
- Accuracy
- 100%
- PP
- 15
The user blasts the target with boiling-hot water. This move's power is not lowered in harsh sunlight but rather boosted by 50 percent.
About Hydro Steam across competitive formats
This page is the cross-format home for Hydro Steam : rather than a single tier, it rolls up everywhere Hydro Steam 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 Hydro Steam 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 Hydro Steam 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, Hydro Steam 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 · SV SKETCHMONS
What's the most-used Pokémon in SV SKETCHMONS?
Toxapex leads SV SKETCHMONS with a 48.0% usage rate in July 2026, followed by Grimmsnarl (46.4%) and Rillaboom (46.0%).
Which Pokémon rose the most this month?
Primeape climbed the fastest in SV SKETCHMONS this July 2026, with a +45.7% change in usage.
How many battles inform these SV SKETCHMONS stats?
81 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 SV SKETCHMONS 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 SKETCHMONS data last updated?
The SV SKETCHMONS usage snapshot above reflects July 2026. New monthly data drops a few days after the end of each month.