How to get started with Pokékipe — a seven-step quick start

01Use without an account

Yes, absolutely. All Pokékipe analytics are accessible without an account: meta browsing, Pokémon profiles, Team Builder, Box, Compare, Replay Analyzer and Scouting. The Box stores your teams locally in your browser, so they persist between sessions without a server.

An account unlocks user preferences (language, default format, sprite style, theme, display font) and, in the future, sync across devices. It is not required to get started.

021. Explore the meta

The first thing to do is pick a format and look at its current state. Open your format's page (for example Gen 9 OU) from the home page.

You will see:

• The usage ranking with each Pokémon's monthly delta
• The Movers — Pokémon with meaningful usage increases or drops
• The 48-month historical heatmap
• The meta's archetypal composition (Rain, Trick Room, Balance…)

The ALL / ELITE toggle in the top right filters the data. ALL = every rated battle; ELITE = top-5% players only. Start with ELITE to see the real competitive meta.

032. Analyse a Pokémon

From the ranking or heatmap, click any Pokémon to open its full profile. Each profile shows:

• Most-used moves with real ladder percentages
• Held items ranked by frequency
• Common EV spreads visualised on bars
• Frequent teammates — who this Pokémon pairs with
• Checks & counters with reliability scores
• Representative sets exportable directly to Showdown
• 24-month usage trends comparable with any other Pokémon

To compare two similar Pokémon side by side, use the Compare tool — ideal for decisions like "Landorus-T or Gliscor on this team?". Open Compare

043. Build a team

Team Builder — Open the Team Builder, pick a format and ELO, then add Pokémon one by one via the search bar.

As you build, the Team Builder computes in real time:

• The Threat Meter — percentage of top meta Pokémon your team does not cover
• Offensive coverage — types you hit super effectively
• Defensive coverage — types you resist
• Present and missing roles (Rocker, Defogger, Pivot…)
• Uncovered threats with their usage rates
• Pokémon suggestions drawn from real teammate data

054. Import from Showdown

If you already have a team in Showdown, you can import it in three clicks:

1. In Showdown, open your team in the teambuilder and click "Import/Export"
2. Copy the entire generated text (called a "Showdown paste") — example:

Dragapult @ Choice Specs
Ability: Clear Body
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Shadow Ball
- Draco Meteor
- U-turn
- Fire Blast

3. In Pokékipe, open the Box, click "Save Team", paste the text and click "Save to Box"
4. From the Box, click "Analyse" to load the team straight into the Team Builder

Import several teams at once

Have many teams to import? Use Mass Import in the Box. Paste everything in sequence (with or without === Team name === separators). Pokékipe auto-detects them, walks you through each one for validation and archetype tagging, then imports the ones you keep.

065. Organise your Box

The Box lets you tag each team with one or more archetypes: Rain, Sun, Trick Room, Hyper Offense, Balance, Stall, Volt-Turn… You can then filter by archetype, format or search for a specific Pokémon.

Tip: tag your teams right at import time with an archetype and a specific format. The Box becomes much more useful once you have more than 20 teams.

076. Analyse a replay

Take any Pokémon Showdown replay URL, open the Replay Analyzer and paste it. Pokékipe breaks the match down turn by turn, highlights turning points, shows board advantage over time, counts damage dealt and taken, and runs a hax assessment on the whole game. Replay Analyzer.

This is the fastest way to learn from a loss — and to see just how much a critical hit actually changed the outcome.

087. Scout an opponent

Before a tournament set, open the Scouting tool and type your opponent's Showdown username. Pokékipe pulls their recent public replays and extracts their team patterns, favourite leads, playstyle tendencies and win rate per archetype. Scouting.

Each replay in the list is one click away from a full turn-by-turn breakdown. Prep time goes from hours to minutes.

09Accepted import formats

10Create an account

Create an account — Go to the account page and pick Sign in. You can sign up with email / password or with Discord or Google OAuth. Your account is active immediately.

With an account you can customise display preferences (language, default format, Pokémon sprite style, theme, display font) and — in upcoming versions — sync your teams across devices.

Reminder: an account is not required. All core features work without one.