Best Pokémon Tiers

4 ELO points separate Rarely Used from Under Used at the top of the Pokémon Tiers ranking, after 253 duels.

The top three sits within a 25-point span, with Rarely Used at 1275 ELO ahead of Under Used at 1271 and Random Battles at 1250. The tightest race plays out between ranks 1 and 2, but the sharpest drop appears further down: 71 ELO points separate PU in fourth place from Monotype in fifth. At the bottom, Never Used closes the ranking at 1102 ELO, 173 points behind the leader, revealing a community drawn to mid-tier competitive formats over the extremes. Over Used and Ubers, the highest-power tiers in official play, rank sixth and seventh respectively, suggesting that players favor the strategic variety and accessibility of lower tiers. Random Battles leads the volume with 54 duels, while PU follows close behind with 55. The balance across win rates shows no runaway favorite, with Rarely Used taking 63 percent of its matchups and Under Used claiming 59 percent.

The ranking draws on 253 duels submitted by 14 players across 8 Pokémon tier contenders. It was updated on 12 October 2026. Cast your own vote and shift the standings: every duel on VAINKEURZ refines the ELO scores and brings the community closer to consensus.

Updated on October 12, 2026

How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.

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