Hello, this is my first post and if you think I lack crucial knowledge or understanding on the current metagame, please don't hesitate to direct me to the mentoring forums.
Anyway, I happily present my opinion on the pokemon that currently reside in the b- tier (need some more time to do c+):
Azelf Moves From B- to B/B+
Azelf is arguably the best suicide lead for offensively oriented teams. 115 speed allows it out run Terrakion and garchomp, which it can taunt to prevent them from setting up stealth rocks. Fire blast makes a grave stone for ferrothorn, and explosion allows it to out with a bang. Unfortunately for the pixie of willpower, it is outrun by Greninja, the best pokemon in the Metagame. This means Azelf is forced to either explode immedientley, or only set up rocks. Other fast pokemon such as Mega Lopunny and Mega Beedrill give it trouble. Priority coming from the likes of Talonflame, Azumarill and scizor can also prove to be problematic. Despite these shortcomings, azelf is still one of the most reliable suicide leads for offence, and it's ranking should reflect that.
Doublade moves from B- to C
The twin sword ghost are no longer a completely necessary on stall teams, as mega sableye easily beats Gallade, which was Doublades primary role last round (except with medicham). Jirchi has seen a surge in usage, and beats mega gardevoir, a mega previously capable of 6-0ing stall teams. Simply put, not as effective as it used to be (Aegislash was much better).
Lucario moves from B- to C/C-
This may sound harsh but I don't see a use for it. Yes, swords dance plus extreme speed is nice, but it's so frail that it can almost never set up. Even if you somehow pull of a swords dance, you will need the opposing team to be severely weakened to rap up the match. Also, why not just use weavile or hawlcuha? There much better cleaners that finish teams with out needing to set up, and have better speed, so they can outrun stuff like Greninja (which is just an example as lucario can kill Greninja with extreme speed). Wait! There's more. The introduction of Mega Slowbro and Mega Sableye (which could honestly be S rank) just made it even harder for Lucario to sweep. Drop to C/C-.
Mega Sharpedo moves from B- to B
Sure loosing speed boost is rather undesirable, but tough jaws adamant crunch hits harder then any of regular life orb shapedo attacks (is regular Sharpedo even viable? Please answer). After a speed boost, mega Sharpedo can tear offensive teams to shreds and to dent balance as well. Unfortunately, it has to be preserved and held back from the battle until the opposing teams answers to it are removed or severely weakened, as speed boost can only be used once. This is the primary reason I am not nominating it for B+. It is also extremely vunrable to strong priority and extremely frail, which means it is forced to run protect.
Staraptor moves from B- to C+
To make this short and simple:
Bird spams gotten worse.
Speed tiers gotten worse.
Kills it self to quickly.
Could not bother to write anymore as it has already been discussed.
Weavile moves from B- to B/B+
Weavile is a effective cleaner in the metagame. With icicle crashes accuracy buff, and the knock off buff, weavile's rise is long over due. Unlike Lucario, it has very reliable stabs, with highly desirable effects (item removal, freeze hax, flinch). Weavile is also a threat that the meta seems to be unprepared for, and I'm sure I am not the only one who has been able to sucsessfully clean teams with it. With a great coverage move in low kick, and priority in ice shard, weavile is a deadly cleaner and revenge killer, and I think it is worthy of B/B+. Quick note: weavile's icé shard moves before pinsir's quick Attack and adamant talonflames brave bird. This means it can revenge kill these pokemon after prior damage.
Zapdos moves from B- to C
Zapdos is a pretty bad defogger. It has a bland movepool and it isn't even very bulky. Bird spam is lying in the cemetery, and this birds main niche was to counter all the pesky Talonflames and pin sirs running around. Not to mention that it's special Attack is rather weak by ou standards when uninvested, and it lacks the coverage to hit important threats like Ferrothron, Landerus Therian, Magnezone and Hydriegon.
Thanks for listening and acknowledging.
Just some other changes I support:
Conkelldurr moves from B- to B
Cressilia moves from B- to B
Mega Garchomp moves from B- to C+/C
Mega Houndoom moves from B- to B
Klefki moves from B- to B+ (omg this thing is good)
Togekiss moves from B- to B
Sylveon moves from B- to B
Everything in B- that I have not mentioned is fine where it is.
Once again, thank you!
Sorry for the lack of sprites :(