Even then they placed Medicham right back into BL, so the tier basically didn't change one bit :[We didn't lose Jirachi. Today was a sad day.
If the usage stats had been centered around 3.41% like usual, we would have gained heracross. This was a very disappointing tier shift, the only thing we gained was medicham
I believe there was still a few days in December where Mence was still allowed which were enough to keep it barely above the exceedingly low bar that was set to move a pokemon down.Who the hell uses Salamence in OU!?! o.o
No, seriously, it is just scraping the viability list at the D-rank! For what reason could you possibly use Salamence without it's mega stone!? o.o
iirc the ou council banned salamencite right before the december tier shifts so mega mence was never in ou in decemberI believe there was still a few days in December where Mence was still allowed which were enough to keep it barely above the exceedingly low bar that was set to move a pokemon down.
Think about it this way: we kept Altaria even though Altarianite was banned for the majority of the month; same thing happened here.
You're right; upon second inspection the reason for Mence's non-zero usage comes from this:iirc the ou council banned salamencite right before the december tier shifts so mega mence was never in ou in december
If we're to assume that in December, Salamence was used approximately as often as it was before ORAS introduced Salamencite (according to September's OU tiering stats, ~1.5%), it easily explains the number we see in this month's tiering stats.
- The usage numbers are a weighted average of this month's and last month's stats in a 1:5 ratio (1 part November, 5 parts December)
That and the number percentage needed to drop has been lowered so even though Salamence missed the chance to drop there is no way it is gonna stay in OU for long. Maybe next time :/You're right; upon second inspection the reason for Mence's non-zero usage comes from this:
If we're to assume that in December, Salamence was used approximately as often as it was before ORAS introduced Salamencite (according to September's OU tiering stats, ~1.5%), it easily explains the number we see in this month's tiering stats.
While I don't know how else it could be addressed, I feel like these posts/drawing attention to UU D-rank/RU E-rank hurts more than it helps. When you point out that something sucks, it inspires a lot of people to say "well I better see for myself if it sucks as much as they say!" and by the time they find out that yes, it does suck, the damage is already done in the form of ladder usage.edit:
| 57 | Scrafty | 4.215% |
| 64 | Trevenant | 3.616% |
stop using these. i mean scrafty was used more than gligar lmao
I may be wrong, but I'm pretty sure February is when the regular 3.4% cutoff occurs.I am so disappointed with these changes. We're going to have to wait another 3 months for rachi to leave, and for other stuff to move down. In exchange , we get a BL mega whose normal form is useless. I really don't want to keep living with this meta right now.
No harm done.I didn't expect us to get Sharpedo. Sorry RU.
Tell that to xShibaI didn't expect us to get Sharpedo. Sorry RU.
Whoops my badI may be wrong, but I'm pretty sure February is when the regular 3.4% cutoff occurs.
We wouldn't have this problem if Gallade didn't get a Mega Stone. This is the only reason MegaCham got booted from OU.Even if it does get retested, I can't see Mega Medicham lasting too long before it shoots back up to BL. The only noteworthy counters I can think of are Cofagrigus, Doublade, Spiritomb, Granbull, and Cresselia. If you're running any team that isn't stall or trick room, you're going to lose something. There's literally nothing in the tier that can switch in on HJK/ZH/Fire Punch/Ice Punch, outspeed Mega Medicham on the next turn, and OHKO it.