Usage and success answer different questions. Usage measures exposure; tournament results show whether a strategy converted under event pressure.

Use this as a focused testing loop. The goal is to make one part of your decision process clearer before adding more complexity.

• Compare top-cut presence with overall attendance when available.
• Notice whether success comes from one specialist or many players.
• Avoid copying low-sample results without testing the matchup logic.

A niche Pokemon winning one event deserves investigation, but a consistently represented core across several events deserves preparation priority.