Archaludon
Steel / Dragon. Rank 21 by usage, on 9.0% of teams, leads 29.7% of the time.
Usage, lead rate and teammates from 2099 public Showdown replays uploaded 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-16, average rating 1149. Moves, items, abilities and Stat Point spreads from in-game ranked data (championsbattledata.com, M6/16_09_2026); each spread is paired with the most common nature because the game reports them separately.
Before this regulation
Doubles, Reg M-B (older), Smogon ladder 2026-08: rank 16, on 10.1% of teams, now 9.0% unchanged.
Then: Leftovers or Dragon Fang, Electro Shot, Flash Cannon, Protect, Dragon Pulse, Bold 32/0/1/1/29/3.
Moves
- Electro Shot94.8%
- Protect94.6%
- Flash Cannon89.3%
- Dragon Pulse77.7%
- Aura Sphere16.7%
- Draco Meteor13.8%
- Snarl4.7%
- Thunderbolt3.6%
Items
- Leftovers88.3%
- Sitrus Berry2.3%
- Chople Berry2.2%
- Choice Scarf1.5%
- Psychic Seed1.4%
- Life Orb0.7%
- White Herb0.4%
- Bright Powder0.4%
Abilities
- Stamina96.3%
- Sturdy2.2%
- Stalwart1.5%
Spreads
- Modest 32/0/0/1/29/44.8%
- Modest 32/0/0/2/32/03.8%
- Modest 32/0/0/0/25/93.1%
- Modest 32/0/1/5/25/32.8%
- Modest 32/0/0/32/2/02.7%
- Modest 2/0/0/32/0/322.6%
HP / Atk / Def / SpA / SpD / Spe in Stat Points
Partners
Share of this Pokémon's teams that also carry the partner.
Most common set, used for the calcs below
Leftovers, Stamina, Modest 32/0/0/1/29/4. Electro Shot, Protect, Flash Cannon, Dragon Pulse.
Stats 197 / 112 / 150 / 160 / 114 / 109. Weak to Fighting, Ground. Resists Bug, Electric, Flying, Grass, Normal, Poison, Psychic, Rock, Steel, Water.
Good against, and why
- Ninetales-Alola 6.4% usageFlash Cannon 160–192%, guaranteed OHKOOHKO on all 3 of their common spreads (47% of usage)
- Whimsicott 13.2% usageFlash Cannon 110.9–132.8%, guaranteed OHKOOHKO on all 3 of their common spreads (66% of usage)
- Froslass-Mega 5.1% usageFlash Cannon 81.6–98%, guaranteed 2HKO2HKO on all 3 of their common spreads (39% of usage)
- Salamence-Mega 22.8% usageDragon Pulse 81.4–97.7%, guaranteed 2HKO2HKO on all 3 of their common spreads (52% of usage)
- Garchomp 17.8% usageDragon Pulse 78.9–94.1%, guaranteed 2HKO2HKO on all 3 of their common spreads (43% of usage)
- Baxcalibur-Mega 6.1% usageDragon Pulse 66.7–79.2%, guaranteed 2HKO2HKO on all 3 of their common spreads (28% of usage)
- Gardevoir-Mega 10.5% usageFlash Cannon 66.2–78.6%, guaranteed 2HKO2HKO on all 3 of their common spreads (37% of usage)
- Pelipper 11.9% usageDragon Pulse 62–74.5%, guaranteed 2HKOOn their common spreads: 2HKO (30%), 3HKO (5%), 2HKO (5%)
- Tyranitar-Mega 7.5% usageFlash Cannon 58.8–71.2%, guaranteed 2HKOOn their common spreads: 2HKO (17%), 2HKO (6%), 3HKO (5%)
- Floette-Mega 8.1% usageFlash Cannon 57–68.9%, guaranteed 2HKOOn their common spreads: 2HKO (17%), 2HKO (4%), 3HKO (3%)
- Raichu-Mega-Y 10.1% usageDragon Pulse 55.5–66.4%, guaranteed 2HKOOn their common spreads: 2HKO (20%), 3HKO (6%), 3HKO (5%)
Threatened by, and why
- Sylveon 13.7% usageHyper Beam 96.4–114.2%, 81.3% chance to OHKOOn its common spreads: 81.3% to OHKO (5%), 62.5% to OHKO (4%), 93.8% to OHKO (3%)
- Sneasler 36.3% usageClose Combat 92.4–109.6%, 56.3% chance to OHKO, and they move first56.3% to OHKO on all 3 of its common spreads (12% of usage)
- Raichu-Mega-Y 10.1% usageFocus Blast 86.3–101.5%, 12.5% chance to OHKO, and they move firstOn its common spreads: 12.5% to OHKO (5%), 2HKO (4%), 25% to OHKO (3%)
- Staraptor-Mega 10.6% usageClose Combat 82.2–97.5%, guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery, and they move first2HKO on all 3 of its common spreads (12% of usage)
- Excadrill 5.3% usageHigh Horsepower 76.1–89.3%, guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery, and they move first2HKO on all 3 of its common spreads (12% of usage)
- Armarouge 6.9% usageArmor Cannon 75.6–89.8%, guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery2HKO on all 3 of its common spreads (12% of usage)
- Baxcalibur-Mega 6.1% usageGlaive Rush 56.9–67.5%, guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery, and they move first2HKO on all 3 of its common spreads (12% of usage)
- Salamence-Mega 22.8% usageDraco Meteor 56.3–67%, guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery, and they move first2HKO on all 3 of its common spreads (12% of usage)
- Floette-Mega 8.1% usageMoonblast 54.8–64.5%, guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery, and they move first2HKO on all 3 of its common spreads (12% of usage)
- Gholdengo 18.0% usageShadow Ball 53.3–63.5%, guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery, and they move first2HKO on all 3 of its common spreads (12% of usage)
- Torkoal 6.1% usageEruption 50.8–59.9%, 84.4% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recoveryOn its common spreads: 2HKO (5%), 3HKO (4%), 2HKO (3%)