Kowtow Cleave move usage across Smogon and VGC formats
Kowtow Cleave (Dark · Physical) — 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.
Kowtow Cleave
- Power
- 85
- PP
- 10
The user slashes at the target after kowtowing to make the target let down its guard. This attack never misses.
- SV Balanced Hackmons45 mon
- SV STABMONS12 mon
- SV CONVERGENCE2 mon
- SV Almost Any Ability2 mon
- SV National Dex Doubles2 mon
- SV POKEBILITIESBH2 mon
- SV OU1 mon
- SV Ubers1 mon
- SV Doubles OU1 mon
- SV SKETCHMONS1 mon
- SV Anything Goes1 mon
- SV PARTNERSINCRIME1 mon
- SV REVELATIONMONS1 mon
- SV National Dex Ubers1 mon
- SV DOUBLESUBERS1 mon
- SV NATIONALDEXUBERSUU1 mon
- SV CAP1 mon
- SV MIXANDMEGA1 mon
- SV National Dex1 mon
- SV GODLYGIFT1 mon
- SV Monotype1 mon
About Kowtow Cleave across competitive formats
This page is the cross-format home for Kowtow Cleave : rather than a single tier, it rolls up everywhere Kowtow Cleave 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 Kowtow Cleave 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 Kowtow Cleave 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, Kowtow Cleave 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 VGC 2026 Reg MBBO3
What's the most-used Pokémon in Champions VGC 2026 Reg MBBO3?
Kingambit leads Champions VGC 2026 Reg MBBO3 with a 49.2% usage rate in July 2026, followed by Incineroar (45.5%) and Charizard-Mega-Y (40.6%).
Which Pokémon rose the most this month?
Floette-Mega climbed the fastest in Champions VGC 2026 Reg MBBO3 this July 2026, with a -11.5% change in usage.
How many battles inform these Champions VGC 2026 Reg MBBO3 stats?
200,850 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 VGC 2026 Reg MBBO3 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 VGC 2026 Reg MBBO3 data last updated?
The Champions VGC 2026 Reg MBBO3 usage snapshot above reflects July 2026. New monthly data drops a few days after the end of each month.