Retro Cup meta right now
PvPoke updated these ranks on 15 September 2026 · we checked on 16 September 2026. The top 50 for the 1500 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.
The top 50
Every one of them carries the price of its best spread under this cap. The arrow at the end of a row opens the search-string generator with that Pokémon and this league already set.
14 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.
| # | Pokémon | Moves | Level | Stardust | XL | Find |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 |  Corsola Galarian | Astonish · Night Shade · Power Gem | 50 BB 50.5 | 475,000 | 296 | → |
| #2 |  Snorlax | Psywave · Body Slam · Earthquake | 17.5 | already past it at level 20 | → | |
| #3 |  Regidrago | Dragon Breath Elite TM · Dragon Energy Elite TM · Vise Grip | 19 | already past it at level 20 | → | |
| #4 |  Dusclops | Hex · Ice Punch · Shadow Punch | 45 | 337,000 | 118 | → |
| #5 |  Oranguru | Confusion · Brutal Swing · Trailblaze | 23.5 | 20,500 | — | → |
| #6 |  Cresselia | Psycho Cut · Grass Knot Elite TM · Moonblast | 20 | already past it at level 20 | → | |
| #7 |  Lapras | Psywave · Sparkling Aria · Ice Beam Elite TM | 22 | 11,000 | — | → |
| #8 |  Kingdra | Dragon Breath · Surf · Swift | 21.5 | 8,000 | — | → |
| #9 |  Shelgon | Dragon Breath · Twister · Flamethrower | 28 | 56,000 | — | → |
| #10 |  Cramorant | Peck · Dive · Fly | 27 | 47,000 | — | → |
| #11 |  Cradily | Acid · Rock Tomb · Grass Knot | 26 | 39,000 | — | → |
| #12 |  Giratina Altered | Dragon Breath · Dragon Claw · Shadow Sneak | 17 | already past it at level 20 | → | |
| #13 |  Crustle | Fury Cutter · X-Scissor · Rock Wrecker | 22.5 | 14,000 | — | → |
| #14 |  Jumpluff | Fairy Wind · Energy Ball · Acrobatics Elite TM | 43 | 289,000 | 64 | → |
| #15 |  Dusknoir | Astonish · Dynamic Punch · Shadow Punch | 24 | 24,000 | — | → |
| #16 |  Grumpig | Psywave · Dynamic Punch · Shadow Ball | 24 | 24,000 | — | → |
| #17 |  Araquanid | Infestation · Water Pulse · Mirror Coat | 35 | 137,000 | — | → |
| #18 |  Dragonair | Dragon Breath · Wrap · Aqua Tail | 34 | 123,000 | — | → |
| #19 |  Furret | Sucker Punch · Swift · Trailblaze | 35.5 | 145,000 | — | → |
| #20 |  Sliggoo | Dragon Breath · Body Slam · Dragon Pulse | 28 | 56,000 | — | → |
| #21 |  Aurorus | Powder Snow · Weather Ball (Ice) · Meteor Beam | 20.5 | 2,500 | — | → |
| #22 |  Jellicent | Hex · Surf · Shadow Ball | 24.5 | 27,500 | — | → |
| #23 |  Abomasnow | Powder Snow · Weather Ball (Ice) · Energy Ball | 24 | 24,000 | — | → |
| #24 |  Goodra | Dragon Breath · Aqua Tail · Thunder Punch Elite TM | 16 | already past it at level 20 | → | |
| #25 |  Oinkologne Female | Take Down · Body Slam · Trailblaze | 23 | 17,000 | — | → |
| #26 |  Clodsire | Poison Sting · Earthquake · Stone Edge | 30.5 | 80,000 | — | → |
| #27 |  Dunsparce | Bite · Drill Run · Rock Slide | 40 | 225,000 | — | → |
| #28 |  Walrein | Powder Snow Elite TM · Icicle Spear Elite TM · Earthquake | 21 | 5,000 | — | → |
| #29 |  Spidops | Shadow Claw · Lunge · Rock Tomb | 39.5 | 215,000 | — | → |
| #30 |  Deoxys Defense | Low Kick · Psycho Boost · Thunderbolt | 25.5 | 35,000 | — | → |
| #31 |  Persian | Scratch · Night Slash Elite TM · Power Gem | 39 | 205,000 | — | → |
| #32 |  Toucannon | Peck · Beak Blast Elite TM · Drill Peck | 21 | 5,000 | — | → |
| #33 |  Vigoroth | Scratch · Body Slam · Bulldoze | 29 | 65,000 | — | → |
| #34 |  Cofagrigus | Shadow Claw · Shadow Ball · Energy Ball | 25.5 | 35,000 | — | → |
| #35 |  Mantine | Wing Attack · Twister · Water Pulse | 27.5 | 51,500 | — | → |
| #36 |  Hypno | Confusion · Shadow Ball · Thunder Punch | 28 | 56,000 | — | → |
| #37 |  Kommo O | Dragon Tail · Clanging Scales Elite TM · Upper Hand | 17 | already past it at level 20 | → | |
| #38 |  Arctibax | Dragon Breath · Avalanche · Dragon Claw | 27.5 | 51,500 | — | → |
| #39 |  Latias | Dragon Breath · Aura Sphere · Mist Ball Elite TM | 16 | already past it at level 20 | → | |
| #40 |  Medicham | Psycho Cut · Ice Punch · Dynamic Punch | 50 BB 50.5 | 475,000 | 296 | → |
| #41 |  Swalot | Infestation · Sludge · Ice Beam | 29.5 | 70,000 | — | → |
| #42 |  Annihilape | Low Kick · Rage Fist Elite TM · Ice Punch | 17 | already past it at level 20 | → | |
| #43 |  Lickilicky | Rollout · Body Slam Elite TM · Shadow Ball | 23.5 | 20,500 | — | → |
| #44 |  Lunatone | Psywave · Weather Ball (Ice) · Rock Slide | 24.5 | 27,500 | — | → |
| #45 |  Blastoise | Bite · Hydro Cannon Elite TM · Skull Bash | 23 | 17,000 | — | → |
| #46 |  Wartortle | Bite · Aqua Jet · Ice Beam | 50 | 475,000 | 296 | → |
| #47 |  Pachirisu | Volt Switch · Thunderbolt · Thunder Punch | 50 BB 51 | 475,000 | 296 | → |
| #48 |  Rillaboom | Scratch · Drum Beating · Earth Power | 17 | already past it at level 20 | → | |
| #49 |  Altaria | Dragon Breath · Moonblast Elite TM · Flamethrower | 29 | 65,000 | — | → |
| #50 |  Cetitan | Powder Snow · Icicle Spear · Superpower | 18 | already past it at level 20 | → | |
Ranks and movesets are PvPoke's overall rankings for Retro Cup, as of 15 September 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 1500 CP cost table carries.