Raging Bolt — VGC 2026 Regulation F usage stats and trends
Data through April 2026 · Smogon weighted ladder statistics
Raging Bolt ranks #5 in VGC 2026 Regulation F with 20.25% usage as of April 2026. Over 6 months on record its usage has fallen 15.25 points.
Usage history
Month
Usage
Rank
November 2025
35.50%
4
December 2025
34.13%
4
January 2026
31.27%
4
February 2026
27.89%
5
March 2026
26.78%
5
April 2026
20.25%
5
Top Raging Bolt moves (ladder share)
Move
Share
Thunderclap
24.6%
Protect
15.7%
Dragon Pulse
14.0%
Draco Meteor
11.5%
Calm Mind
10.8%
Thunderbolt
10.6%
Electroweb
6.5%
Snarl
5.4%
Volt Switch
0.3%
Weather Ball
0.2%
Top Raging Bolt items (ladder share)
Item
Share
Leftovers
33.6%
Assault Vest
32.2%
Booster Energy
14.0%
Life Orb
12.3%
Safety Goggles
5.5%
Grassy Seed
0.8%
Choice Specs
0.5%
Magnet
0.4%
Abilities (ladder share)
Ability
Share
Protosynthesis
100.0%
Common EV spreads (Showdown ladder)
Spread
Share
Modest:252/0/0/248/4/0
8.7%
Modest:196/0/132/108/68/4
8.5%
Modest:196/0/132/100/52/28
6.3%
Modest:244/0/60/100/20/84
5.2%
Modest:196/0/92/124/4/92
4.6%
Tera types
Tera type
Share
fairy
72.4%
electric
22.7%
water
2.0%
grass
1.1%
steel
0.7%
Common Raging Bolt teammates (ladder share)
Teammate
Share
Incineroar
11.6%
Urshifu-Rapid-Strike
11.0%
Flutter Mane
10.2%
Rillaboom
8.8%
Chien-Pao
5.3%
Landorus
5.1%
Ogerpon-Hearthflame
4.8%
Tornadus
4.0%
Ogerpon-Wellspring
3.5%
Amoonguss
3.1%
Is Raging Bolt good in VGC 2026 Regulation F?
By usage, Raging Bolt is the #5 pick in VGC 2026 Regulation F at 20.25% of weighted teams as of April 2026, and its usage has fallen 15.25 points over the months on record. Usage is not a tier rating — but at this rate you should either have a plan for Raging Bolt or a reason you are not running it.