Garchomp holds at 39% as Mimikyu surges back to 20% and Primarina crashes from its record high

The 2000+ band is Garchomp's playground at 82%, more than double the 36% seen in the 1000–1999 bracket. Primarina holds at 45% among top players versus just 17% in the mid-tier, confirming it as a skill-skewed pick that rewards precise play. Metagross and Rillaboom each appear on 27% of high-rated teams but barely register in mid-tier (Metagross absent from that top ten entirely), making them the clearest markers of experienced teambuilding.

The mid-tier leans harder on straightforward options: Hippowdon leads at 21% (compared to its absence from the 2000+ top ten), and Blaziken and Indeedee each sit at 12% — picks that offer simpler game plans without demanding the positional finesse that Primarina or Rillaboom reward. Baxcalibur at 13% in mid-tier versus its absence up top suggests it functions as an accessible Dragon-type alternative for players not running the Garchomp-Primarina shell.

Mimikyu's rise from 14% to 29% in the second half of the week is the defining movement. Its Fairy STAB Play Rough threatens Garchomp with super-effective damage, and at base 96 Speed it naturally outspeeds the slower support picks clogging the mid-tier. Mimikyu jumped from 16% last report to 20% overall, and in the 2000+ band it sits at 27% — a top-four presence among high-rated players. Clefable followed a similar Fairy-type logic, climbing from 5% to 10% in the second half, though its full-week share remains below the top twelve.

On the way down, Primarina's 25%→14% second-half collapse is striking after last week's 33% peak. Raichu fell even harder (11%→2%), effectively vanishing from the meta, while Hydreigon dropped from 13% to 3% and Baxcalibur from 17% to 8%. The Dragon-type picks that thrived alongside Garchomp are thinning out — Baxcalibur is at 13% (down from 15% last week), and Dragonite slid to 9%. Despite Garchomp's ×4 Ice weakness, no dedicated Ice-type answer has broken through; Swampert carries Water and Ground STAB that hits four of the top twelve including Charizard and Metagross, yet sits below 3% usage.

Tyranitar (5%→11% second half) and Absol (6%→10%) are the wildcard risers. Both showed up on notable high-rated teams this week, but neither cracked the overall top twelve yet. Cinderace also doubled from 5% to 10%, with the week's highest-rated team (2252 by ＠コ) featuring it as its fire option alongside the standard Garchomp-Primarina core.

Water leads at 74% on Primarina, Golisopod, and Gyarados, though Primarina's week-over-week drop means the type's dominance rests on a broader base than before. Dragon at 70% is still carried almost entirely by Garchomp, with Baxcalibur and Dragonite contributing smaller shares. Fairy surged to 69%, and the reason is Mimikyu — its rise pulled the type up from what would have been a quieter week, and with Primarina contributing Fairy STAB on top, the type now threatens Garchomp from two of the three most popular picks.

Steel at 68% and Fire at 64% round out the top five. Lucario and Metagross anchor Steel, while Charizard and Blaziken carry Fire. Ground at 63% is entirely a Garchomp-Hippowdon story, and Ghost at 58% owes its presence to Mimikyu and Aegislash. The type chart is tightly compressed — just 17 percentage points separate Water at the top from Flying at the bottom — which means no single type dominates the coverage equation.