**To use Dewgong effectively in the current VGC format, leverage its Water/Ice type typing and build around its top-performing movesets.** Dewgong appears as a prominent choice in the current Pokémon Champions format, with usage data pulled from competitive teams, tournament results and Showdown-ready pastes tracked by MetaVGC. This page brings together its most common moveset, nature, ability, item, teammates and type weaknesses so you can judge where Dewgong fits in a VGC team.

The most common build highlights Thick Fat, Leftovers and Careful 28/0/0/0/21/17. Its frequent moves include Protect, Perish Song, Encore, Flip Turn, Fake Out, and Knock Off. Treat those choices as a data-backed starting point: they show what players are bringing, while EV spreads, Tera Type and the final move slot should still respond to your expected matchups.

Defensively, Dewgong has important weaknesses to electric 2x, fighting 2x, grass 2x, rock 2x. That matters during teambuilding because a strong composition needs ways to cover those attacks without giving up offensive pressure. Partners such as Ninetales-Alola, Incineroar, Avalugg-Hisui, Annihilape, and Garchomp appear often because they can add positioning, type coverage, speed control or safer switches into common checks.

MetaVGC tracks recent teams using Dewgong. Open the Dewgong teams page to compare complete structures, copy Showdown pastes and see how players combine Dewgong with other Pokémon in the active format.