Dragonite — VGC 2026 Regulation F usage stats and trends
Data through April 2026 · Smogon weighted ladder statistics
Dragonite ranks #23 in VGC 2026 Regulation F with 7.11% usage as of April 2026. Over 6 months on record its usage has fallen 3.60 points.
Usage history
Month
Usage
Rank
November 2025
10.72%
15
December 2025
13.19%
14
January 2026
12.62%
14
February 2026
12.16%
17
March 2026
12.21%
15
April 2026
7.11%
23
Top Dragonite moves (ladder share)
Move
Share
Extreme Speed
22.7%
Outrage
12.9%
Iron Head
9.1%
Protect
8.4%
Aerial Ace
7.9%
Stomping Tantrum
7.8%
Scale Shot
6.5%
Ice Spinner
5.6%
Earthquake
5.5%
Haze
2.3%
Top Dragonite items (ladder share)
Item
Share
Choice Band
56.7%
Loaded Dice
26.1%
Assault Vest
6.1%
Weakness Policy
3.9%
Life Orb
2.7%
Lum Berry
1.3%
Clear Amulet
0.9%
Leftovers
0.7%
Abilities (ladder share)
Ability
Share
Inner Focus
58.2%
Multiscale
41.8%
Common EV spreads (Showdown ladder)
Spread
Share
Adamant:252/248/4/0/0/0
12.3%
Jolly:0/252/0/0/4/252
6.6%
Adamant:252/248/0/0/0/4
6.6%
Jolly:4/252/0/0/0/252
4.7%
Adamant:36/248/0/0/0/220
4.2%
Tera types
Tera type
Share
normal
63.0%
steel
21.2%
flying
4.9%
fire
4.7%
fairy
2.7%
Common Dragonite teammates (ladder share)
Teammate
Share
Chien-Pao
10.4%
Flutter Mane
7.7%
Incineroar
6.4%
Dondozo
5.7%
Urshifu-Rapid-Strike
4.8%
Tatsugiri
4.8%
Chi-Yu
4.8%
Amoonguss
3.6%
Gouging Fire
2.9%
Ting-Lu
2.6%
Is Dragonite good in VGC 2026 Regulation F?
By usage, Dragonite is the #23 pick in VGC 2026 Regulation F at 7.11% of weighted teams as of April 2026, and its usage has fallen 3.60 points over the months on record. Usage is not a tier rating — but at this rate you should either have a plan for Dragonite or a reason you are not running it.