Outsiders might not understand, but one tiny mushroom has been the most consistent Pok\u00e9mon in the meta since the beginning of Scarlet<\/em> and Violet<\/em>\u2014and its tournament success and usage stats prove it too.<\/p>
Amoonguss is no stranger to the Pok\u00e9mon<\/em> VGC meta. The mushroom was first introduced in Gen V and was the centerpiece of the infamous \u201cCHALK\u201d teams that dominated the Gen VI meta. In the modern Gen IX meta, we constantly see Amoonguss working alongside the likes of Flutter Mane, Iron Hands, and Ting-Lu.\u00a0<\/p>
In fact, according to Pikalytics<\/a>, it\u2019s been the second most-used Pok\u00e9mon in Reg. C on Pok\u00e9mon Showdown<\/em> where competitive players test different compositions. When it comes to recent major tournaments, Amoonguss has consistently been in the top five most-used Pok\u00e9mon, reaching as high as second place just below the very overpowered Flutter Mane<\/a>.<\/p>
Similarly, we\u2019ve seen multiple players burn their own Pok\u00e9mon to avoid the pesky sleep status<\/a>. We\u2019ve even had instances where Gholdengo used Trick to give Amoonguss a Choice item<\/a> to lock it into a single move.<\/p>
As the 2023 Fresno champion Emilio Forbes said, players are now forced to take these extreme measures just to counter this one mushroom<\/a>.<\/p>