Ok some i'm just gonna run through a quick metagame anakysis in my eyes at least with the new drops and other stuff that benefits from them:
View attachment 25582 Quagsire: Good for stopping stuff like Toxicroak, Haxorus, Bulk up Tornadus, etc. Should have a good niche, although Luke now should be Special Mainly.
View attachment 25583 Lucario: Speaking of which, NP luke doesnt need Dark Pulse anymore which is amazing, now it has Aura Sphere to break Aloma and Quag, Vacuum wave for priority, Flash cannon for Togekiss Florges etc.
View attachment 25584 Vaporeon: Great Wish passer, has Baton pass which works incredibly well with Dugtrio, this and heal bell give it a good niche, as does its high Special bulk and Water typing over Blissey.
View attachment 25585 Espeon: I can'dt say much, but kinda stinks for Spike stackers, didn't really use Xatu in BW so i don't know how this will play out, should be fun. We do have good pursuiters that can deal with Espeon, in Mega Aerodactyl, Snorlax, Krookodile.
View attachment 25586 Togekiss: The most potentially broken, I'm leaning towards it not being BL, but it can do anything. Defog, Heal Bell, reliable recovery, Scary Nasty Plot sets, Paraflinch to get by its usual checks, Baton Pass. Holy Shit crap thats a lot of roles. Also Fairy Flying is amazing, much better than normal Flying. And finally we get a more offensive check to Hydreigon yay. This thing will shift the meta for sure.
View attachment 25587 (mfw when no gif) Diancie: A lot of people were shitting on it, but it has two good sets that i can see. A physically defensive with Stealth Rocks does very well against the Fires and Dragons of the tier. Calm Mind could be run similar to suicune, although the Steel weakness is bad. Its movepool is garbage though, and it is helpless against any steel in the tier. Move tutors save us please.
View attachment 25588 (mfw again) Hydreigon: I think Flash Cannon and Iron Tail will become more common on Scarf and LO sets respectively, to deal with its checks, but it still has to predict them, and it should hamper it at least a little bit.
View attachment 25589 Smeargle: It's there for those who like it, SmashPass, QuiverPass, ShiftPass, all that garbage. Also Sleep Talk Crobat may make a comeback with the whole Spore thing. Who knows with Smeargle, he's still not going to be common.
View attachment 25592 View attachment 25593 View attachment 25591 View attachment 25590 Toxic Spikes: With Mew and Heracross gone, this is a boon for the hazard in general as the best defogger (sorry Crobat and Aero) and abuser of Guts are leaving. The new defogger Kiss hates switching in on all of the Spikes setters that are common, Nidos, Roserade, Tentacruel. Mew could switch if at full health and just stall out the opponent or defog right away.
Balance --> Offensive: Smeargle, Espeon, rise of special luke, this suggests shifts towards a more offensive meta. I'm happy as higher ladder UU is 80% semistall 4 mon defensive core, scarfer, sweeper, jesus it gets so stale. This is just a guess though, haha.
Really happy with these tier shifts, it's gonna be a fun 3 months. Cheers UU!
EDIT: MFW WHEN 150 POSTS! wow lol i musta missed it, thanks to everyone who got me here.