Battle Frontier (Cauldron) meta right now
Community tournament format, not a GO Battle League cup
PvPoke updated these ranks on 17 October 2026 · we checked on 13 November 2026.
The top 50
Arrows compare with PvPoke's ranks of 12 October 2026.
| # | Moved | Pokémon | Moves | Level | Stardust | XL | Find |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | 1 |  Muk Alolan | Poison Jab · Brutal Swing · Ice Punch | 38.5 | 196,000 | — | |
| #2 | 2 |  Talonflame | Incinerate Elite TM · Fly · Brave Bird | 50 BB 51 | 475,000 | 296 | |
| #3 | 11 |  Moltres Galarian | Sucker Punch · Fly · Brave Bird | 29.5 | 70,000 | — | |
| #4 | 11 |  Greedent | Mud Shot · Body Slam · Trailblaze | 50 BB 51 | 475,000 | 296 | |
| #5 | 4 |  Dragalge | Acid · Aqua Tail · Outrage | 50 BB 50.5 | 475,000 | 296 | |
| #6 |  Weezing Galarian | Fairy Wind · Overheat · Sludge | 50 BB 51 | 475,000 | 296 | ||
| #7 | 3 | Audino (Mega) | Charge Beam · Body Slam Elite TM · Disarming Voice | — | — | — | — |
| #8 | 5 |  Seaking | Peck · Drill Run Elite TM · Icy Wind Elite TM | 50 BB 51 | 475,000 | 296 | |
| #9 | 7 |  Drapion | Poison Sting · Aqua Tail · Crunch | 48 | 417,000 | 216 | |
| #10 | 2 |  Crobat | Gust · Poison Fang · Shadow Ball | 41.5 | 256,000 | 30 | |
| #11 | 8 |  Grafaiai | Scratch · Poison Fang · Foul Play | 50 BB 51 | 475,000 | 296 | |
| #12 | 3 |  Samurott | Fury Cutter · Hydro Cannon Elite TM · Megahorn | 36 | 153,000 | — | |
| #13 | 10 |  Jellicent | Hex · Surf · Shadow Ball | 50 BB 51 | 475,000 | 296 | |
| #14 | 2 |  Clefable | Fairy Wind · Meteor Mash · Draining Kiss | 49 | 445,000 | 256 | |
| #15 | 2 |  Giratina Altered | Shadow Claw · Dragon Claw · Shadow Force Elite TM | 28 | 56,000 | — | |
| #16 | 5 |  Clodsire | Poison Sting · Stone Edge · Earthquake | — | — | — | |
| #17 | 1 |  Togekiss | Peck · Psyshock · Aura Sphere Elite TM | 28 | 56,000 | — | |
| #18 | 20 |  Greninja | Water Shuriken · Hydro Cannon Elite TM · Brutal Swing | 41 | 245,000 | 20 | |
| #19 | 14 |  Ursaluna | Scratch · Swift · High Horsepower Elite TM | 24 | 24,000 | — | |
| #20 | 9 |  Toxtricity | Acid · Wild Charge · Swift | 42 | 267,000 | 40 | |
| #21 | 14 |  Aromatisse | Fairy Wind · Moonblast · Psyshock | 49.5 BB 51 | 460,000 | 276 | |
| #22 | 1 |  Dusknoir | Astonish · Dynamic Punch · Shadow Punch | 50 BB 51 | 475,000 | 296 | |
| #23 | 18 |  Mandibuzz | Snarl · Dark Pulse · Aerial Ace | 50 BB 51 | 475,000 | 296 | |
| #24 | 7 |  Ninetales | Ember Elite TM · Weather Ball (Fire) · Energy Ball Elite TM | 50 BB 51 | 475,000 | 296 | |
| #25 | 15 |  Turtonator | Incinerate · Brutal Swing · Dragon Claw | 50 BB 51 | 475,000 | 296 | |
| #26 |  Overqwil | Poison Jab · Aqua Tail · Dark Pulse | 33.5 | 116,000 | — | ||
| #27 | 3 |  Rapidash | Incinerate · Wild Charge Elite TM · Drill Run | 47 | 389,000 | 182 | |
| #28 | 23 |  Malamar | Psywave · Foul Play · Superpower | 50 BB 51 | 475,000 | 296 | |
| #29 | 37 |  Annihilape | Low Kick · Rage Fist Elite TM · Close Combat | 28.5 | 60,500 | — | |
| #30 | 5 |  Drifblim | Astonish · Icy Wind · Shadow Ball | 50 BB 50.5 | 475,000 | 296 | |
| #31 | 5 |  Golisopod | Fury Cutter · X-Scissor · Aqua Jet | 29.5 | 70,000 | — | |
| #32 | 11 |  Doublade | Shadow Claw · Sacred Sword · Iron Head | 48.5 | 431,000 | 236 | |
| #33 | 13 |  Runerigus | Shadow Claw · Rock Tomb · Shadow Ball | 50 BB 51 | 475,000 | 296 | |
| #34 | 10 | Malamar (Mega) | Psywave · Foul Play · Superpower · Psybeam+ | — | — | — | — |
| #35 | 7 |  Ninetales Alolan | Powder Snow · Weather Ball (Ice) · Chilling Water Elite TM | 50 BB 51 | 475,000 | 296 | |
| #36 | 14 |  Yveltal | Sucker Punch · Dark Pulse · Oblivion Wing Elite TM | 24.5 | 27,500 | — | |
| #37 | 10 |  Florges | Fairy Wind · Chilling Water Elite TM · Moonblast | 29 | 65,000 | — | |
| #38 | 9 |  Scizor | Bullet Punch · Night Slash · Trailblaze | 32 | 97,000 | — | |
| #39 | 17 |  Tapu Fini | Water Gun · Surf · Nature's Madness Elite TM | 36.5 | 161,000 | — | |
| #40 | 2 |  Charizard | Dragon Breath Elite TM · Blast Burn Elite TM · Air Cutter | 35 | 137,000 | — | |
| #41 | 7 |  Primarina | Waterfall · Disarming Voice · Hydro Cannon Elite TM | 29 | 65,000 | — | |
| #42 | 16 |  Umbreon | Snarl · Dark Pulse · Last Resort Elite TM | 50 BB 51 | 475,000 | 296 | |
| #43 | 8 |  Skuntank | Poison Jab · Crunch · Trailblaze | 50 BB 51 | 475,000 | 296 | |
| #44 | 28 |  Houndoom | Incinerate · Flamethrower · Foul Play | 41 | 245,000 | 20 | |
| #45 | 13 |  Sandslash | Sand Attack · Rock Tomb · Bulldoze | 50 BB 50.5 | 475,000 | 296 | |
| #46 | 3 |  Muk | Poison Jab · Thunder Punch · Dark Pulse | 38.5 | 196,000 | — | |
| #47 | 10 | Houndoom (Mega) | Incinerate · Trailblaze · Flamethrower · Dark Pulse+ | — | — | — | — |
| #48 |  Skeledirge | Incinerate · Torch Song · Shadow Ball | 32 | 97,000 | — | ||
| #49 | 15 |  Tyranitar | Dragon Breath · Brutal Swing · Stone Edge | 24.5 | 27,500 | — | |
| #50 | 13 |  Honchkrow | Peck · Brave Bird · Dark Pulse | 38.5 | 196,000 | — |
One search string for this format
Paste it into the game's search box: it shows every Pokémon you own from the top 50 under this cap. For the exact IVs of one species, use Find in its row.
Top 50 in your storage
50 species, 46 numbers — forms of one species share a number
89,663,146,820,691,110,531,119,452,169,945,503,593,36,487,980,468,658,901,849,683,477,630,38,776,904,78,687,979,426,768,680,867,717,671,212,788,6,730,197,435,229,28,911,248,430&cp-2500No XL builds
19 species, 18 numbers — forms of one species share a number · 4 species without a price here are left out
89,146,503,487,468,901,904,979,768,717,671,212,788,6,730,911,248,430&cp-2500No XL, no Elite TM
9 species, 8 numbers — forms of one species share a number · 4 species without a price here are left out
89,146,904,768,212,911,248,430&cp-2500
How to read the table
The top 50 for the 2500 CP cap, the moves each one fights with, and what building it costs from a level-20 catch. Ranked at levels up to 50 — without Best Buddy.
46 of the 50 carry the price of their best spread under this cap; of the other 4, 3 are Mega Evolutions, which have no page here — a Mega is powered up as the Pokémon it mega-evolves from; 1 is a species this site has no spreads for. The arrow at the end of a row opens the search-string generator with that Pokémon and this league already set.
18 of the 50 need an Elite TM for the moveset shown — the move itself is marked in the Moves column, and the box above the table hides every row that needs one.
What moved since 12 October 2026
Against PvPoke's ranks of 12 October 2026: who arrived in the top 30 of Battle Frontier (Cauldron), who dropped out of it, and who else in the top 150 moved 10 places or more.
Into the top 30
- Greninja #18, was #38
- Mandibuzz #23, was #41
- Ninetales #24, was #31
- Turtonator #25, was #40
- Malamar #28, was #51
- Annihilape #29, was #66
Out of the top 30
- Runerigus #33, was #20
- Doublade #32, was #21
- Tapu Fini #39, was #22
- Florges #37, was #27
- Ninetales Alolan #35, was #28
- Genesect Chill #59, was #30
Biggest moves elsewhere
- Swalot #105, 49
- Delphox #117, 40
- Slowbro Galarian #91, 39
- Diancie #128, 36
- Slowking Galarian #135, 36
- Houndoom #44, 28
- Heracross #113, 28
- Gholdengo #138, 27
…and 56 more moved at least 10 places.
Where the ranks and prices come from
Ranks and movesets are PvPoke's overall rankings for Battle Frontier (Cauldron), as of 17 October 2026. Shadow forms share a page here, so a rank counts species rather than the separate entries PvPoke lists for them. The Elite TM and legacy marks come from the same project's game master, which lists per species the moves an Elite TM still teaches and the ones no TM of any kind will.
Prices come from the in-game power-up table, counted from level 20 — what a wild catch usually gives you — to the level that Pokémon's best spread reaches under this cap. Levels stop at 50, where any player can take a Pokémon. Where a Best Buddy's extra level would build a different spread, a BB mark gives the level it goes to instead; the Pokémon's own page has that spread and what else changes. A cup limits who may enter it, not what a level costs, so these are the same figures the 2500 CP cost table carries.