Game plan

The API only scores the end of the game, so there is no “best early comp”. What it does publish is the board of the players who finished on a good comp at the end of stages 3 and 4 (73 reliable comps), when they are already level 7 or 8. Opener keeps only the 1 and 2 costs of those stage 3 boards: the units worth picking up in stages 1 and 2, and the comps they lead to. The other tabs show the whole board at each point and whether a unit stays until the end. Click a unit for the final comps that field it there; every comp page has its own Opener → Stage 3 → Stage 4 → Final plan.

Opener1–2 costs to pick up in stages 1–2

Pokémon	On boards▼	Comps avg + CI⇅	Kept to the end⇅	Comps⇅
Venusaur	25 %	4.53	92 %	21
Golbat	24 %	4.16	68 %	26
Blastoise	23 %	3.62	38 %	30
Gyarados	22 %	3.53	45 %	27
Nidoking	20 %	4.24	80 %	22
Gengar	19 %	4.35	66 %	20
Vileplume	18 %	4.48	86 %	16
Beedrill	17 %	4.23	58 %	16
Poliwrath	16 %	3.46	37 %	18
Charizard	15 %	4.09	92 %	15
Butterfree	13 %	4.03	80 %	14
Pidgeot	12 %	3.90	56 %	15
Golem	11 %	3.84	86 %	11
Parasect	10 %	4.41	63 %	8
Dugtrio	9 %	3.86	70 %	8
Golduck	8 %	3.98	21 %	11
Machamp	7 %	3.83	92 %	8
Alakazam	6 %	4.51	75 %	10
Sandslash	4 %	3.88	50 %	5
Vaporeon	4 %	4.20	24 %	7
Electrode	4 %	4.28	75 %	6
Rapidash	4 %	4.48	100 %	4
Ninetales	4 %	4.48	100 %	4
Arbok	3 %	4.82	91 %	4
Raticate	2 %	3.78	39 %	3
Wigglytuff	2 %	3.70	31 %	2
Flareon	2 %	4.55	100 %	2
Raichu	1 %	4.78	100 %	1
Jolteon	1 %	4.78	100 %	1
Eevee	0 %	4.44	0 %	1

On boards = share of the good comps' games that field it at that point, weighted by games. Comps avg + CI = how well the comps it leads to finish (lower is better). Kept = how often it is still on the final board; red means a transition unit that leaves the board later. Click a column to sort.