Dragapult and N’s Zoroark Share the Top Spot Online
Dragapult Dusknoir and N’s Zoroark are tied at the top of Play Limitless online tournament usage, while Festival Lead keeps climbing.
Online Standard's top tier is looking more even this week. In usage tracked from Play Limitless online tournaments for the week ending July 13, Dragapult Dusknoir and N's Zoroark both landed at 8.5%, putting them side by side at the top of the field. Across 4,165 tagged decks from 69 online events, the format now looks less like one deck pulling away and more like race between two decks.
Dragapult Dusknoir usage went up. It rose from 7.2% to 8.5% (+1.3 points), while N's Zoroark held almost exactly where it was (8.6% to 8.5%). This is usage share (how many players brought each deck to these online events, not a win rate) so it tells us people returned to good old Pult, not that the deck suddenly started winning more.
Festival Lead, led one of the largest changes, up from 2.4% to 3.8% (+1.4). It has now climbed three weeks in a row (2.2% -> 2.4% → 3.8%), which shows consistency rather than a one-week momentum. Moving the other way, Alakazam Dudunsparce was the week's biggest faller, sliding from 4.6% to 3.2% (−1.4) and dropping out of the top six.
The table below shows the other decks at the top:
| Deck | Last week | This week | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Festival Lead | 2.4% | 3.8% | +1.4 |
| Dragapult Dusknoir | 7.2% | 8.5% | +1.3 |
| Crustle | 2.2% | 2.9% | +0.7 |
| Mega Greninja | 5.7% | 5.0% | −0.7 |
| Slowking | 6.4% | 5.9% | −0.5 |
| Alakazam Dudunsparce | 4.6% | 3.2% | −1.4 |
The question for next week is whether Festival Lead's climb holds or if Dragapult Dusknoir, and N's Zoroark keep trading space at the top of the field. But with Pitch Black releasing tomorrow, the meta might shake up a little bit. For now, this Play Limitless sample still revolves around those two.
Source:
- Play Limitless data.