Ceruledge

Ceruledge holds a 4.88% usage rate at rank 36 in singles, placing it squarely in the regular rotation. The Fire-Ghost typing grants five resistances (Bug at 0.25x, plus Fire, Grass, Poison, Steel, and Fairy at 0.5x) and full immunities to Normal and Fighting, so most neutral physical hits do not OHKO it cleanly; Ground, Rock, Water, Ghost, and Dark all hit it for double, which means a wrong lead collapses immediately. The dominant gameplan uses Weak Armor together with Focus Sash to convert incoming physical hits into a speed boost that pushes its 85 base Speed into a workable offensive tier.

Playstyle：Singles play revolves around Focus Sash (79.4%) paired with Weak Armor (86.2%): predict an incoming physical hit on the lead, trade HP for a free Speed stage from Weak Armor, and then unload with Poltergeist or Bitter Blade once you outspeed the opposing mid-tier. Bitter Blade at 21.7% ties Poltergeist at 21.7% for second slot; the former sustains long games through recovery, while the latter is the one-shot nuke after the boost. Shadow Sneak leads at 23.4% as the priority answer to opposing revenge killers. Close Combat at 19.1% patches the Steel and Rock blind spots. Swords Dance at 10.4% is a minority boost path, while Bulk Up at 1% is essentially absent. Focus Sash is the default item, with Shuca Berry (10.2%) as the secondary option for Ground-heavy matchups.

✅ Favorable matchups3

ArchaludonScizorHippowdon

⚠️ Unfavorable matchups1

Garchomp

Ceruledge sits at 2.37% usage and rank 50 in doubles, placing it on the edge of the format. Doubles is saturated with Ground-type Pokemon and widespread redirection, which kills the value of Focus Sash and forces a different build. Colbur Berry at 70.1% paired with Flash Fire at 98.1% becomes the default setup: it blanks Dark-type priority and turns incoming Fire attacks into free boosts, but the margin for error remains thin.

Playstyle：The doubles plan is a mid-speed setup route built on Protect at 23.8% and Bulk Up at 21.2%: Colbur Berry blanks a Dark hit to stay alive, Bulk Up stacks Attack and Defense, and Bitter Blade at 25% sustains the loop with recovery on top of damage. Shadow Sneak at 24.3% remains the priority safety valve, while Poltergeist and Swords Dance each at 1.8% are nearly abandoned. Life Orb at 9.8% and Leftovers at 9.6% are the bulkier alternatives to Colbur Berry; Charcoal at 1.7% sharpens Fire output but requires careful HP management.