Gouging Fire — VGC 2026 Regulation F usage stats and trends
Data through April 2026 · Smogon weighted ladder statistics
Gouging Fire ranks #42 in VGC 2026 Regulation F with 3.13% usage as of April 2026. Over 6 months on record its usage has fallen 5.45 points.
Usage history
Month
Usage
Rank
November 2025
8.58%
17
December 2025
8.34%
20
January 2026
6.18%
25
February 2026
6.04%
26
March 2026
5.24%
28
April 2026
3.13%
42
Top Gouging Fire moves (ladder share)
Move
Share
Heat Crash
21.7%
Breaking Swipe
18.7%
Howl
13.6%
Protect
12.0%
Burning Bulwark
11.7%
Flare Blitz
7.0%
Dragon Dance
5.7%
Dragon Claw
4.4%
Flame Charge
2.8%
Morning Sun
1.0%
Top Gouging Fire items (ladder share)
Item
Share
Booster Energy
62.1%
Clear Amulet
18.9%
Life Orb
11.3%
Choice Band
4.0%
Charcoal
3.4%
Leftovers
0.2%
Rocky Helmet
0.1%
Mirror Herb
0.0%
Abilities (ladder share)
Ability
Share
Protosynthesis
100.0%
Common EV spreads (Showdown ladder)
Spread
Share
Jolly:4/252/0/0/0/252
14.6%
Jolly:228/20/4/0/4/252
7.2%
Jolly:92/164/0/0/0/252
7.0%
Adamant:4/248/0/0/0/252
6.7%
Jolly:100/76/28/0/92/208
6.5%
Tera types
Tera type
Share
fairy
64.1%
fire
23.9%
grass
8.3%
flying
2.4%
ground
0.8%
Common Gouging Fire teammates (ladder share)
Teammate
Share
Flutter Mane
9.3%
Ting-Lu
7.2%
Dragonite
6.7%
Rillaboom
6.2%
Chien-Pao
5.9%
Urshifu-Rapid-Strike
5.2%
Urshifu
4.7%
Torkoal
4.6%
Tornadus
3.9%
Farigiraf
3.7%
Is Gouging Fire good in VGC 2026 Regulation F?
By usage, Gouging Fire is the #42 pick in VGC 2026 Regulation F at 3.13% of weighted teams as of April 2026, and its usage has fallen 5.45 points over the months on record. Usage is not a tier rating — but at this rate you should either have a plan for Gouging Fire or a reason you are not running it.