Best alolan forms in Pokémon

Raichu leads the Alola form ranking with 1352 ELO points over 85 duels, ahead of Vulpix and Ninetales.

Raichu holds the top spot with a 34 point margin over Vulpix, who sits at 1318 ELO. The psychic-surfing mouse edges out an ice-themed duo: Vulpix trails by just 1 point ahead of Ninetales at 1317, making the battle for second place the tightest in the ranking. Marowak and Sandshrew round out the top 5, both scoring above 1290 ELO. The regional variants have clearly resonated with voters, who favor the more dramatic redesigns. At the bottom, Graveler languishes at 1064 ELO in 18th place, with Rattata just above at 1079. These lower ranks suggest the community values aesthetic transformation over mere type changes, as the Normal-Dark rodents and the Electric-Rock Geodude line fail to capture imaginations.

The ranking draws from 4613 duels submitted by 93 players across all 18 Alola form contenders. Updated on 11 October 2026, these figures reflect the community's clear preferences among the Alolan redesigns introduced in Generation VII. Whether you champion the elegant ice foxes or the ghostly fire spinner, cast your vote to shape the ranking and see how your favorite Alola form measures up against the rest.

Updated on October 11, 2026

How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.

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