2027 Global Challenge II, Oct 30 – Nov 2, 2026, Regulation M-C double battles, recorded Nov 4, 2026

Junior and Masters players used different Pokémon in 2027 Global Challenge II

Garchomp is the most-used Pokémon in both divisions, but only 6 of the top 10 and 22 of the top 30 are the same.

The game’s own stats for 2027 Global Challenge II list 214,075 players in the Masters Division and 15,698 in the Junior Division. Both played the same event, Double Battles under Regulation M-C. The game doesn’t publish win rates or battle counts for these stats, and they don’t show why the choices differ (about this data).

Masters	Species	Junior	Ranked
1	Garchomp	1	3
2	Sneasler	3	1
3	Rillaboom	6	2
4	Charizard	2	6
5	Incineroar	12	4
6	Archaludon	4	5
7	Raichu	10	7
8	Kingambit	11	9
9	Pelipper	15	8
10	Whimsicott	13	11
11	Basculegion	8	12
12	Indeedee-F	24	10

Usage rank in each division, with Season M-7 ranked doubles for comparison.

More used in Junior

Ranked higher in the Junior Division. Top 50 in either list.

Manectric#48 Junior#115 Masters
Steelix#25 Junior#80 Masters
Aggron#50 Junior#100 Masters
Azumarill#27 Junior#74 Masters
Greninja#20 Junior#60 Masters
Gyarados#17 Junior#55 Masters

More used in Masters

Ranked higher in the Masters Division.

Sableye#92 Junior#48 Masters
Milotic#62 Junior#20 Masters
Camerupt#89 Junior#49 Masters
Volcarona#71 Junior#33 Masters
Kommo-o#81 Junior#47 Masters
Excadrill#61 Junior#32 Masters

The biggest set differences

Each row is a move, item or ability listed for both divisions, on a Pokémon in the top 30 of both, with the share of that Pokémon’s teams running it. Protect appears seven times, and Junior is lower each time. We show at most two rows per Pokémon.

Species	Choice	Masters	Junior	Gap
Gengar	Protect	62.8%	12.1%	-50.7
Tyranitar	Protect	79.4%	34.5%	-44.9
Charizard	Protect	82.5%	38.9%	-43.6
Gengar	Sludge Bomb	57.4%	13.9%	-43.5
Charizard	Heat Wave	84.7%	44.9%	-39.8
Dragonite	Protect	50.4%	10.9%	-39.5
Sylveon	Fairy Feather	77.1%	38.8%	-38.3
Raichu	Fake Out	80.9%	44.1%	-36.8
Dragonite	Dragon Pulse	49.1%	13.0%	-36.1
Gardevoir	Protect	80.0%	46.2%	-33.8
Salamence	Protect	81.2%	48.1%	-33.1
Gholdengo	Protect	81.4%	49.2%	-32.2
Sylveon	Shadow Ball	12.7%	43.4%	+30.7
Kingambit	Defiant	90.8%	60.7%	-30.1
Gholdengo	Life Orb	71.6%	41.9%	-29.7

Top 40 in the Masters Division

Usage ranks in each division, Season M-7 ranked doubles and the Showdown ladder, with each division’s most common item and its share of that Pokémon’s teams.

Masters	Species	Junior	Ranked	Showdown	Masters item	Junior item
1	Garchomp	1	3	4	Garchompite Z 30%	Garchompite Z 32%
2	Sneasler	3	1	2	White Herb 36%	White Herb 26%
3	Rillaboom	6	2	1	Miracle Seed 63%	Miracle Seed 51%
4	Charizard	2	6	13	Charizardite Y 90%	Charizardite Y 57%
5	Incineroar	12	4	3	Sitrus Berry 63%	Sitrus Berry 53%
6	Archaludon	4	5	8	Leftovers 84%	Leftovers 62%
7	Raichu	10	7	7	Raichunite Y 61%	Raichunite Y 51%
8	Kingambit	11	9	5	Chople Berry 42%	Chople Berry 24%
9	Pelipper	15	8	12	Focus Sash 31%	Focus Sash 39%
10	Whimsicott	13	11	16	Focus Sash 68%	Focus Sash 42%
11	Basculegion	8	12	15	Choice Scarf 37%	Choice Scarf 32%
12	Indeedee-F	24	10	6	Rocky Helmet 37%	Psychic Seed 28%
13	Golisopod	16	13	14	Golisopite 98%	Golisopite 94%
14	Farigiraf	35	14	9	Sitrus Berry 68%	Sitrus Berry 66%
15	Gholdengo	19	15	11	Life Orb 72%	Life Orb 42%
16	Staraptor	21	17	20	Staraptite 92%	Staraptite 90%
17	Salamence	18	16	10	Salamencite 94%	Salamencite 82%
18	Tyranitar	22	18	18	Tyranitarite 72%	Tyranitarite 56%
19	Sylveon	14	19	21	Fairy Feather 77%	Fairy Feather 39%
20	Milotic	62	20	17	Leftovers 57%	Leftovers 52%
21	Gardevoir	26	26	26	Gardevoirite 91%	Gardevoirite 80%
22	Sinistcha	42	22	28	Sitrus Berry 24%	Sitrus Berry 25%
23	Venusaur	32	21	33	Focus Sash 45%	Focus Sash 26%
24	Dragonite	7	31	37	Dragoninite 72%	Dragoninite 64%
25	Grimmsnarl	33	25	29	Light Clay 89%	Light Clay 70%
26	Swampert	30	33	39	Swampertite 87%	Swampertite 83%
27	Metagross	31	28	31	Metagrossite 85%	Metagrossite 70%
28	Floette-Eternal	45	30	24	Floettite 99%	Floettite 98%
29	Indeedee	46	23	22	Focus Sash 40%	Focus Sash 29%
30	Gengar	9	38	34	Gengarite 70%	Gengarite 38%
31	Primarina	44	35	36	Leftovers 44%	Leftovers 20%
32	Excadrill	61	27	25	Focus Sash 82%	Focus Sash 60%
33	Volcarona	71	24	19	Rocky Helmet 32%	Grassy Seed 32%
34	Froslass	37	37	35	Froslassite 94%	Froslassite 51%
35	Armarouge	23	29	32	Life Orb 36%	Focus Sash 25%
36	Basculegion-F	64	32	47	Focus Sash 71%	Focus Sash 52%
37	Politoed	66	34	27	Sitrus Berry 43%	Sitrus Berry 35%
38	Glimmora	55	39	38	Life Orb 36%	Glimmoranite 29%
39	Torkoal	58	36	30	Charcoal 75%	Charcoal 66%
40	Arcanine-Hisui	63	40	23	Focus Sash 79%	Focus Sash 44%

Senior Division

We only have the Senior Division from 2027 Global Challenge I (Sep 25–28, 2026, 23,081 players), an earlier event, so it isn’t compared here. Its five most-used Pokémon were Sneasler, Rillaboom, Garchomp, Incineroar, Salamence.