Whimsicott — VGC 2026 Regulation F usage stats and trends
Data through April 2026 · Smogon weighted ladder statistics
Whimsicott ranks #27 in VGC 2026 Regulation F with 6.43% usage as of April 2026. Over 6 months on record its usage has risen 1.82 points.
Usage history
Month
Usage
Rank
November 2025
4.60%
30
December 2025
5.31%
30
January 2026
5.24%
32
February 2026
7.11%
24
March 2026
7.81%
23
April 2026
6.43%
27
Top Whimsicott moves (ladder share)
Move
Share
Tailwind
24.8%
Encore
20.3%
Moonblast
18.8%
Sunny Day
7.0%
Fake Tears
6.2%
Light Screen
5.1%
Protect
4.6%
Taunt
3.6%
Endeavor
3.2%
Helping Hand
2.3%
Top Whimsicott items (ladder share)
Item
Share
Covert Cloak
58.2%
Focus Sash
39.3%
Rocky Helmet
0.8%
Mental Herb
0.6%
Sitrus Berry
0.3%
nothing
0.3%
Adrenaline Orb
0.2%
Leftovers
0.1%
Abilities (ladder share)
Ability
Share
Prankster
99.7%
Chlorophyll
0.3%
Common EV spreads (Showdown ladder)
Spread
Share
Timid:4/0/0/252/0/248
19.0%
Bold:228/0/116/0/164/0
16.6%
Timid:44/0/0/0/244/220
10.3%
Calm:132/0/12/4/140/220
5.2%
Timid:0/0/4/252/0/248
3.4%
Tera types
Tera type
Share
ghost
35.2%
fire
20.8%
water
15.5%
dark
10.9%
grass
9.0%
Common Whimsicott teammates (ladder share)
Teammate
Share
Urshifu-Rapid-Strike
11.1%
Incineroar
9.1%
Regidrago
8.8%
Gholdengo
7.4%
Ogerpon-Cornerstone
7.0%
Flutter Mane
6.7%
Farigiraf
5.1%
Chi-Yu
4.8%
Raging Bolt
3.1%
Rillaboom
2.5%
Is Whimsicott good in VGC 2026 Regulation F?
By usage, Whimsicott is the #27 pick in VGC 2026 Regulation F at 6.43% of weighted teams as of April 2026, and its usage has risen 1.82 points over the months on record. Usage is not a tier rating — but at this rate you should either have a plan for Whimsicott or a reason you are not running it.