Upper Hand move usage across Smogon and VGC formats
Upper Hand (Fighting · 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.
Upper Hand
- Power
- 65
- Accuracy
- 100%
- PP
- 15
The user reacts to the target's movement and strikes with the heel of its palm, making the target flinch. This move fails if the target is not readying a priority move.
- SV Doubles OU49 mon
- SV National Dex Doubles46 mon
- SV OU43 mon
- SV National Dex32 mon
- SV Anything Goes31 mon
- SV National Dex Ubers28 mon
- SV POKEBILITIESAAA24 mon
- SV DOUBLESUBERS24 mon
- SV Monotype21 mon
- SV Ubers21 mon
- SV NATIONALDEXAAA17 mon
- SV SHAREDPOWER16 mon
- SV Balanced Hackmons16 mon
- SV REVELATIONMONS15 mon
- SV MIXANDMEGA15 mon
- SV UU15 mon
- SV DOUBLESUU15 mon
- SV RU13 mon
- SV Almost Any Ability10 mon
- SV PU9 mon
- SV STABMONS7 mon
- SV ZU7 mon
- SV NATIONALDEXMONOTYPE6 mon
- SV NATIONALDEXUBERSUU4 mon
- SV CONVERGENCE4 mon
- SV LC4 mon
- SV PARTNERSINCRIME3 mon
- SV NU3 mon
- SV UBERSUU1 mon
- SV CAP1 mon
- SV GODLYGIFT1 mon
About Upper Hand across competitive formats
This page is the cross-format home for Upper Hand : rather than a single tier, it rolls up everywhere Upper Hand 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 Upper Hand 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 Upper Hand 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, Upper Hand 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 PARTNERSINCRIME
What's the most-used Pokémon in SV PARTNERSINCRIME?
Sinistcha leads SV PARTNERSINCRIME with a 60.9% usage rate in July 2026, followed by Landorus-Therian (52.7%) and Ting-Lu (52.2%).
Which Pokémon rose the most this month?
Landorus-Therian climbed the fastest in SV PARTNERSINCRIME this July 2026, with a +43.3% change in usage.
How many battles inform these SV PARTNERSINCRIME stats?
77 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 PARTNERSINCRIME 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 PARTNERSINCRIME data last updated?
The SV PARTNERSINCRIME usage snapshot above reflects July 2026. New monthly data drops a few days after the end of each month.