**To use Great Tusk effectively in the current VGC format, leverage its Ground/Fighting type typing and build around its top-performing movesets.** Great Tusk 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 Great Tusk fits in a VGC team.

The most common build highlights Protosynthesis, Choice Scarf and Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32. Its frequent moves include Stealth Rock, Earthquake, Rapid Spin, Play Rough, Ice Spinner, and Headlong Rush. 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, Great Tusk has important weaknesses to fairy 2x, flying 2x, grass 2x, ice 2x, psychic 2x, water 2x. That matters during teambuilding because a strong composition needs ways to cover those attacks without giving up offensive pressure. Partners such as Incineroar, Gholdengo, Ninetales, Dragonite, and Torkoal appear often because they can add positioning, type coverage, speed control or safer switches into common checks.

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