Scorching Sands move usage across Smogon and VGC formats
Scorching Sands (Ground · 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.
Scorching Sands
- Power
- 70
- Accuracy
- 100%
- PP
- 10
The user throws scorching sand at the target to attack. This may also leave the target with a burn.
- SV National Dex Doubles59 mon
- SV National Dex Ubers59 mon
- SV Anything Goes56 mon
- SV National Dex45 mon
- SV Ubers44 mon
- SV Doubles OU41 mon
- SV DOUBLESUBERS37 mon
- SV Balanced Hackmons37 mon
- SV OU35 mon
- SV Monotype33 mon
- SV NATIONALDEXMONOTYPE32 mon
- SV NATIONALDEXAAA30 mon
- SV POKEBILITIESAAA26 mon
- SV DOUBLESUU26 mon
- SV UU26 mon
- SV Almost Any Ability25 mon
- SV MIXANDMEGA22 mon
- SV RU20 mon
- SV NU17 mon
- SV CONVERGENCE16 mon
- SV REVELATIONMONS15 mon
- SV SHAREDPOWER15 mon
- SV NATIONALDEXUU14 mon
- SV ZU12 mon
- SV PU12 mon
- SV LC10 mon
- SV NATIONALDEXUBERSUU9 mon
- SV STABMONS9 mon
- SV CAP7 mon
- SV GODLYGIFT6 mon
- SV SKETCHMONS5 mon
- SV PARTNERSINCRIME3 mon
- SV UBERSUU2 mon
About Scorching Sands across competitive formats
This page is the cross-format home for Scorching Sands : rather than a single tier, it rolls up everywhere Scorching Sands 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 Scorching Sands 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 Scorching Sands 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, Scorching Sands 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 ZU
What's the most-used Pokémon in SV ZU?
Mesprit leads SV ZU with a 41.4% usage rate in July 2026, followed by Skuntank (27.4%) and Passimian (27.4%).
Which Pokémon rose the most this month?
Whimsicott climbed the fastest in SV ZU this July 2026, with a -11.2% change in usage.
How many battles inform these SV ZU stats?
5,773 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 ZU 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 ZU data last updated?
The SV ZU usage snapshot above reflects July 2026. New monthly data drops a few days after the end of each month.