Move Trends

Most-used moves weighted by Pokemon usage. Select a tier to explore.

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#1

Protect

normal

42.77%

#2

Fake Out

14.32%

#3

U-turn

bug

11.83%

#4

Trick Room

psychic

11.49%

#5

Close Combat

fighting

10.31%

Rank	Move	Type	Weighted Usage %
1	Protect	normal	42.77%
2	Fake Out	—	14.32%
3	U-turn	bug	11.83%
4	Trick Room	psychic	11.49%
5	Close Combat	fighting	10.31%
6	Rage Powder	—	7.78%
7	Aqua Jet	water	7.65%
8	Wide Guard	—	7.60%
9	Surging Strikes	—	7.51%
10	Knock Off	dark	7.46%
11	Psychic	psychic	7.45%
12	Draco Meteor	dragon	7.30%
13	Tailwind	flying	7.27%
14	Spore	grass	6.83%
15	Electro Drift	electric	6.75%
16	Volt Switch	electric	6.71%
17	Flare Blitz	fire	6.65%
18	Moonblast	fairy	6.61%
19	Glacial Lance	ice	6.52%
20	Encore	normal	6.21%
21	Astral Barrage	ghost	6.11%
22	Sucker Punch	dark	5.96%
23	Pollen Puff	grass	5.84%
24	Body Press	fighting	5.64%
25	Follow Me	—	5.60%
26	Snarl	dark	4.84%
27	Taunt	normal	4.49%
28	High Horsepower	ground	4.46%
29	Iron Head	steel	4.40%
30	Wood Hammer	grass	4.24%
31	Low Kick	fighting	4.14%
32	Parting Shot	dark	3.87%
33	Grassy Glide	grass	3.86%
34	Light Screen	psychic	3.66%
35	Ice Spinner	ice	3.64%
36	Helping Hand	—	3.37%
37	Sludge Bomb	poison	3.29%
38	Thunderclap	electric	3.29%
39	Dazzling Gleam	fairy	3.14%
40	Thunderbolt	electric	3.04%
41	Water Spout	water	3.03%
42	Shadow Ball	ghost	2.90%
43	Spiky Shield	—	2.80%
44	Dragon Pulse	dragon	2.75%
45	Coaching	fighting	2.67%
46	Detect	—	2.61%
47	Origin Pulse	water	2.59%
48	Earth Power	ground	2.53%
49	Heavy Slam	steel	2.48%
50	Ivy Cudgel	grass	2.46%
51	Reflect	psychic	2.45%
52	Fake Tears	—	2.44%
53	Thunder Wave	electric	2.31%
54	Wild Charge	electric	2.29%
55	Drain Punch	fighting	2.12%
56	Spirit Break	fairy	2.09%
57	Moongeist Beam	—	2.07%
58	Thunder	electric	2.05%
59	Ice Beam	ice	2.03%
60	Leech Seed	grass	1.97%
61	Icy Wind	—	1.93%
62	Foul Play	dark	1.89%
63	Seed Bomb	—	1.88%
64	Extreme Speed	normal	1.80%
65	Crunch	dark	1.49%
66	Ice Shard	—	1.47%
67	Hydro Pump	water	1.44%
68	Flame Charge	fire	1.43%
69	Fiery Dance	fire	1.41%
70	Facade	normal	1.41%
71	Headlong Rush	ground	1.40%
72	Ruination	dark	1.38%
73	Nasty Plot	normal	1.30%
74	Calm Mind	normal	1.24%
75	Final Gambit	—	1.23%
76	Earthquake	ground	1.21%
77	Wicked Blow	dark	1.19%
78	Heat Wave	fire	1.19%
79	Outrage	dragon	1.13%
80	Matcha Gotcha	—	1.12%
81	Sandsear Storm	ground	1.10%
82	Dark Pulse	dark	1.05%
83	Bleakwind Storm	flying	1.04%
84	Rage Fist	ghost	1.01%
85	Hurricane	flying	0.99%
86	Icicle Crash	ice	0.97%
87	Rain Dance	water	0.97%
88	Will-O-Wisp	fire	0.93%
89	Decorate	—	0.89%
90	Roar	normal	0.86%
91	Overheat	fire	0.85%
92	Struggle Bug	—	0.84%
93	Sacred Sword	fighting	0.79%
94	Power Whip	grass	0.76%
95	Flamethrower	fire	0.75%
96	Tera Starstorm	—	0.70%
97	Meteor Beam	—	0.70%
98	Quiver Dance	bug	0.68%
99	Play Rough	fairy	0.54%
100	Weather Ball	normal	0.53%