Pokémon Champions Doubles Tier List

This tier list ranks the meta-relevant Pokémon in Pokémon Champions ranked Doubles under Regulation M-B (June 17 – September 2, 2026). Doubles is the game's competitive VGC format: you bring six, pick four each game, battle 2v2 at a flat level 50, and Paradox Pokémon (Flutter Mane, Iron Hands, Roaring Moon and the rest) are banned for the whole regulation. Because Doubles rewards a completely different skill set from Singles — turn-one tempo, spread damage, speed control and redirection instead of raw 1v1 bulk — the rankings look nothing like the Singles board.

At the top sit the format's four pillars. Garchomp is the single safest pick in the game, number one on the ladder with a winning record and an answer to almost everything. Incineroar is the undisputed king of Doubles: Intimidate on switch-in, Fake Out to steal tempo, and U-turn/Parting Shot pivoting that lets teammates walk in for free. Kingambit is the premier late-game sweeper — Supreme Overlord grows with every fainted ally and its Defiant punishes the Intimidate the format is built on — while Mega Charizard Y anchors Sun Offense, the strongest archetype on the ladder. Basculegion rounds out S with brutal spread and Life-Orb pressure. Underneath, Regulation M-B's support core defines A: Sinistcha's Hospitality redirection, Whimsicott's Prankster Tailwind, Farigiraf's Trick Room and Armor Tail, Sylveon's spread Hyper Voice, plus fast threats Mega Aerodactyl, Sneasler, Archaludon and Mega Staraptor.

Placements blend the major community sources into the same S/A/B/C scale as the Singles board: GameWith's live Doubles usage ranking and Pokémon Zone's ranked-season usage stats for what's actually winning games, alongside ShowdownTier's Regulation M-B viability rankings, game8's ranked Doubles tiers and Smogon's Champions Doubles discussion for competitive quality. Where in-game ladder usage and simulator theory disagree, the ladder wins. Expect a full reshuffle when the next regulation set replaces M-B in early September.

Think the ladder is sleeping on a spread attacker, or that a Singles fraud is squatting in the Doubles S rank? That's what the vote buttons are for — rank the meta yourself.