Garchomp holds at 46% as Golisopod surges to a seven-report high and a Grass-type wave reshapes the late week

The 2000+ band looks like a different format. Garchomp towers at 65% compared to 47% in the 1000–1999 range, and the support cast splits hard: Indeedee sits at 35% above 2000 versus 13% below, meaning top players build around Psychic Surge at nearly three times the mid-ladder rate. Froslass carries a similar gap at 24% versus 4%, and Blaziken (18%) and Greninja (18%) hold top-band slots that vanish below 2000 entirely.

Mid-ladder leans on different firepower. Charizard sits at 19% below 2000 but does not appear above it at all, and Basculegion (13%) and Golisopod (19%) follow the same pattern — picks that thrive on the mid-ladder but vanish at the highest level. Primarina skews slightly lower at 24% mid-band versus 18% top, functional everywhere but losing roster priority when Indeedee and Froslass claim slots. Hippowdon holds at 24% in the top band and 15% below, maintaining its hazard-setting role across the skill spectrum.

Five picks surged in the second half of the week, and the type pressure is direct. Meganium jumped from 1% to 11%, threatening Primarina with super-effective Grass STAB through Solar Beam. Victreebel followed from 3% to 9%, carrying Strength Sap to drain Primarina while recovering HP. Dragonite doubled from 8% to 17%, swinging Draco Meteor into Garchomp for super-effective Dragon damage. Greninja (6% to 17%) and Swampert (5% to 11%) rounded out the wave, and the established core buckled — Garchomp fell from 49% to 34% in the late split, Golisopod dropped from 22% to 9%, and Gyarados collapsed from 9% to 3%.

The full-week numbers still reflect the incumbents' grip despite the second-half churn. Golisopod's 19% for the full week is a seven-report high, held up by a 22% first half that absorbed the late drop to 9%. Charizard climbed to 17% from last report's 12%, and Basculegion reached 11%, its highest in eight reports. Garchomp's ×4 Ice weakness, meanwhile, goes largely unpunished — Rotom (Frost), whose Ice STAB hits Garchomp, Primarina, Golisopod, and Charizard, sits below 3% despite favorable type matchups against half the top twelve.

Water (77%) and Dragon (76%) form the format's spine, driven by the Primarina-Golisopod-Basculegion Water core and the Garchomp-Salamence-Baxcalibur Dragon trio. Steel sits at 69% through Corviknight, Metagross, and Gholdengo, while Fairy (67%) leans on Primarina's dual typing alongside Mimikyu and Clefable. Ground (66%) is almost entirely a Garchomp and Hippowdon story, though Swampert's late-week rise is starting to pad the count.

The Grass-type risers — Meganium and Victreebel — are the most direct challenge to the Water-Dragon core this week. Fire holds at 59% through Charizard, Cinderace, and Blaziken, but its presence is stratified by band: Charizard fills the role on mid-ladder, while Blaziken takes over above 2000.