Empoleon
Water / Steel. Rank 90 by usage, on 0.8% of teams, leads 45.5% 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.
New this regulation: no previous ladder data for this Pokémon.
Moves
- Flash Cannon85.9%
- Protect84.4%
- Ice Beam72.4%
- Hydro Pump54.5%
- Surf27.4%
- Vacuum Wave14.2%
- Icy Wind12.3%
- Yawn6.2%
Items
- Chople Berry24.3%
- Leftovers21.7%
- Sitrus Berry12.0%
- Life Orb10.7%
- Rocky Helmet3.9%
- Mystic Water3.8%
- Expert Belt2.7%
- Shuca Berry2.7%
Abilities
- Competitive99.1%
- Torrent0.9%
Spreads
- Modest 32/0/2/32/0/018.3%
- Modest 32/0/0/32/2/05.2%
- Modest 32/0/0/32/0/23.2%
- Modest 2/0/32/32/0/02.8%
- Modest 2/0/0/32/0/322.3%
- Modest 32/0/32/0/0/21.9%
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
Chople Berry, Competitive, Modest 32/0/2/32/0/0. Flash Cannon, Protect, Ice Beam, Hydro Pump.
Stats 191 / 95 / 110 / 179 / 121 / 80. Weak to Electric, Fighting, Ground. Resists Bug, Dragon, Fairy, Flying, Ice, Normal, Poison, Psychic, Rock, Steel, Water.
Good against, and why
- Arcanine-Hisui 12.0% usageHydro Pump 258.1–307%, guaranteed OHKOOHKO on all 3 of their common spreads (81% of usage)
- Ninetales-Alola 6.4% usageFlash Cannon 178.7–216%, guaranteed OHKOOHKO on all 3 of their common spreads (47% of usage)
- Excadrill 5.3% usageHydro Pump 139–164.7%, guaranteed OHKOOHKO on all 3 of their common spreads (87% of usage)
- Torkoal 6.1% usageHydro Pump 136.7–162.7%, guaranteed OHKO, and it moves firstOHKO on all 3 of their common spreads (78% of usage)
- Salamence-Mega 22.8% usageIce Beam 130.2–153.5%, guaranteed OHKOOHKO on all 3 of their common spreads (52% of usage)
- Whimsicott 13.2% usageFlash Cannon 124.1–148.9%, guaranteed OHKOOHKO on all 3 of their common spreads (66% of usage)
- Armarouge 6.9% usageHydro Pump 113.5–134.4%, guaranteed OHKOOHKO on all 3 of their common spreads (41% of usage)
- Charizard-Mega-Y 14.4% usageHydro Pump 108.4–127.7%, guaranteed OHKOOHKO on all 3 of their common spreads (36% of usage)
- Froslass-Mega 5.1% usageFlash Cannon 91.2–110.2%, 50% chance to OHKOOn their common spreads: 50% to OHKO (29%), 12.5% to OHKO (6%), 6.3% to OHKO (5%)
- Tyranitar-Mega 7.5% usageHydro Pump 89.3–106.2%, 31.3% chance to OHKOOn their common spreads: 31.3% to OHKO (17%), 2HKO (6%), 2HKO (5%)
- Raichu-Mega-Y 10.1% usageHydro Pump 81–96.4%, guaranteed 2HKO2HKO on all 3 of their common spreads (31% of usage)
- Incineroar 26.7% usageHydro Pump 77.2–92.1%, guaranteed 2HKOOn their common spreads: 2HKO (10%), 2HKO (3%), 37.5% to OHKO (2%)
- Gardevoir-Mega 10.5% usageFlash Cannon 71.7–86.9%, guaranteed 2HKO2HKO on all 3 of their common spreads (37% of usage)
- Sneasler 36.3% usageHydro Pump 70.7–84.1%, guaranteed 2HKO2HKO on all 3 of their common spreads (61% of usage)
- Baxcalibur-Mega 6.1% usageFlash Cannon 69.8–84.4%, guaranteed 2HKO2HKO on all 3 of their common spreads (28% of usage)
- Floette-Mega 8.1% usageFlash Cannon 64.9–76.8%, guaranteed 2HKO2HKO on all 3 of their common spreads (25% of usage)
- Rillaboom 38.7% usageIce Beam 64.7–76.3%, guaranteed 2HKO2HKO on all 3 of their common spreads (25% of usage)
- Garchomp 17.8% usageIce Beam 62.7–74.6%, guaranteed 2HKO2HKO on all 3 of their common spreads (43% of usage)
- Gholdengo 18.0% usageHydro Pump 62.2–73.2%, guaranteed 2HKO2HKO on all 3 of their common spreads (37% of usage)
- Staraptor-Mega 10.6% usageIce Beam 58.3–68.8%, guaranteed 2HKO2HKO on all 3 of their common spreads (38% of usage)
- Sinistcha 6.7% usageIce Beam 57.3–68.5%, guaranteed 2HKO2HKO on all 3 of their common spreads (42% of usage)
- Sylveon 13.7% usageFlash Cannon 54.5–65.3%, guaranteed 2HKO2HKO on all 3 of their common spreads (23% of usage)
Threatened by, and why
- Raichu-Mega-Y 10.1% usageZap Cannon 123.6–147.6%, guaranteed OHKO, and they move firstOHKO on all 3 of its common spreads (27% of usage)
- Excadrill 5.3% usageHigh Horsepower 104.7–123.6%, guaranteed OHKO, and they move firstOHKO on all 3 of its common spreads (27% of usage)
- Rillaboom 38.7% usageWood Hammer 75.4–88.5%, guaranteed 2HKO, and they move first2HKO on all 3 of its common spreads (27% of usage)
- Armarouge 6.9% usageArmor Cannon 74.3–88%, guaranteed 2HKO, and they move first2HKO on all 3 of its common spreads (27% of usage)
- Sneasler 36.3% usageClose Combat 64.9–77%, guaranteed 2HKO, and they move first2HKO on all 3 of its common spreads (27% of usage)
- Tyranitar-Mega 7.5% usageKnock Off 61.8–72.8%, guaranteed 2HKO, and they move first2HKO on all 3 of its common spreads (27% of usage)
- Staraptor-Mega 10.6% usageClose Combat 57.1–67.5%, guaranteed 2HKO, and they move first2HKO on all 3 of its common spreads (27% of usage)
- Arcanine-Hisui 12.0% usageFlare Blitz 53.9–64.4%, guaranteed 2HKO, and they move first2HKO on all 3 of its common spreads (27% of usage)
- Gholdengo 18.0% usageShadow Ball 51.8–61.8%, guaranteed 2HKO, and they move first2HKO on all 3 of its common spreads (27% of usage)