Following
RNGIsCancer kind of post I would like to share my opinion about the Viability Rankings (VR) that I find to better fit the atual meta. Please note that any rate that I will give here is based on my personal experience and opinion that I acquired by playing the meta. Without any further delay, let's start:
S+ Rank:
Chansey is probably the pokémon that requires less skill to use in the actual meta. With Innards Out (that should be banned imo) this thing is literally a suicide bomb, by getting killed by almost every physical move (even U-turn from Registeel has near 80-90% to kill) and murdering the attacker and easilly killing any threatning physical pokémon like Groudon, MMX or -ates for instance. The old Imposter set is still viable and is as good as ever by letting you have a "back up" plan when facing sweepers (Choice Scarf) and putting a lot of pressure in the opposing sweeping performance, or gaining some pivoting momentum when it copies a wall.
S Rank:
Ok, this is probably the best physical attacker we have in the meta alongside with MMX. The Banded StakeOut set is ridiculously strong (+2 252+ Atk Choice Band Groudon-Primal Precipice Blades vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Zygarde-Complete: 519-612 (81.6 - 96.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO i think this explains all),V-Create+Desolante Land set remains strong as ever, Shift Gear can put its already high Attack to insane levels and boosting its Speed letting it outspeed MMY after just 1 Shift Gear. With the rise of Innards Out,Magic Guard Shell Smash version works really good and even its 150 base Sp.Attack can be exploited with a Quiver Dance+Desolate Land set.
MMY is one of the best Special strikers in the metagame, and it has a large variety of sets, making it quite unpredictable. The Psychic Surge set is broken, making it immune to priority (RIP -ates) and turning its Psystrike scarier than ever. Contrary is another great option with Fleur Cannon taking care of Dark types and Overheat caring of Steel-types making it difficult to wall. Sheer Force Life Orb Ice Beam rekts Zygarde and Earth Power rekts Groudon making Sheer Force MMY a force to be considered when teambuilding. After a Shell Smash MMY is almost unstoppable and because of the potential danger that the Psychic Surge set can provide, almost every team must run a check to MMY.
Zygarde, aka Zygod, was already an awesome wall in the limited EV meta. But now, with all 252 EV allowed this thing can really increase its tanking abilities to insane levels. Fur Coat was always a good set (now better with the 252 EV in HP, Def and Sp.Def), Assault Vest is a viable option and Poison Heal Shift Gear can catch opponents off guard and it can turn one of the best sweepers if the opponent is unprepared. Innards Out can be considered to bait Ice Beam MMY or banded Groudon Ice Hammer.
Rayquaza, an absolutely unpredictable mon, from Triage to Contrary, passing through Flare Boost+Tail Glow, mixed Shell Smash or even Choice Specs Boomburst (which is the definition of nuclear weapon in pokémon imo), Choice Band Tinted Lens/Stake Out, Rayquaza is always a great pokémon to be in any BH team, abusing its high 180 attcak and decent speed allowing it to be a great wallbreaker and sweeper.
A+ Rank:
Gengar was always a threat in BH. Its high Speed and Sp.Attack make it a very good special sweeper. Dazzling/QM Shell Smash set is very good turning Gengar immune to priority, and the best set for Gengar in my opinion, the Normalize+Entrainemnt set that is self-imposterproofed and I talk by experience, 80% of the teams are not prepared to face it, what means that if you do not have priority and no one is faster than base 130 is going to be rekt by Entrainment+Normalize. Adaptability Gengar is not too common but is a quite niche set to use, with powerful Sludge Wave and Moongiest Beam to do massive damage.
The reason I chose Kyurem-W for A+ is that it's probably the mon that better fits at the actual meta. With so many Zygardes, Giratinas and Yveltals out there Refrigerate Boomburst is now more useful than ever! Shell Smash Refrigerate Boomburst+Zap Plate Judgment provides an excellent coverage and the Specs Boomburst is incredibly strong and Scarf Contrary is always surpising.
Kyurem Black: preety much the same thing as Kyrem-W but for the physical side. Refrigerate Espeed is a good priority set, Swords Dance Extreme Speed can catch many teams off guard and using coverage moves like Precipice Blades and V-Create can help aginst its checks. And, finally, the best Kyurem set actually: Shell Smash Skill Link with Icicle Spear for STAB (breaks sash MMY, Deoxys, Ray, MMX, etc), Bone Rush for Steel types like Registeel and Aegislash and Fusion Bolt fot Kyogres.
Registeel is a preety solid pokémon, wit good defensive stats and typing, resists Fairy, Ice and Dragon (3 important types in the meta) and is the main response to Power Trip and Shell Smash sweepers with Prankster+Haze and Encore. Magic Bounce+U-turn is a great pivot option.
A Rank:
Audino, one of the best Unaware users of the metagame, good answer against Power Trip and Contrary users, due to its Fairy type making it resist Dark, immune to Draco Meteor and takes neutral damage from the other Contrary boost moves like Superpower, Overheat and Leaf Storm. Audino completely walls any Gengar set that doesn't run Sludge Wave (which is rare). Prankster Haze or Magic Bounce are always good options.
Another unpredictable thing. Good Attack/Sp.Attack, decent Speed Diancie can be physical, special or even mixed attacker. Diancie can run Contrary, Magic Guard (to rekt Innards Out), Sheer Force, Pixilate Specs and they are always viable.
One of the best walls in the meta with 120/120 Defense and Sp.Defense. This thing walls Groudon and MMX with Fur Coat (and even without it tbh). With the 252-all-stat return the Poison Heal set can rule again providing self healing each turm at the same time it makes tina immune to sleep. Magic Bounce is an ability that is always useful in a team and tina is a great option if youre thinking in using any. Giratina is a great Hazard setter with Turboblaze+Stealth Rock+Toxic Spikes if your team is Hazard-based.
A- Rank:
Well, Water Bubble is now gone, so the KOgre got a little weakned, but the Poison Heal set seems to be preety useful yet: it's immune to sleep, self-imposterproofed with Leech Seed and is almost unstoppable at +2. The Fur Coat set can take the best of Kyogre's defensive capabilities and provides a good answer to Groudon. Assault Vest Regenerator is a set that its rising and can be quite handy when facing Kyurem-W, Diancie, Gengar and other special sweepers adding the pivoting move momentum.
The best MMY check, it stops any MMY set that runs no Fairy move with the RegenVest set (it was used to stop the Water Bubble KOgre, but now it's gone). Good hazard cleaner with Rapid Spin, U-turn for pivoting and Knock Off to remove items. Shell Smash+Power Trip set is an option if you want a more offensive Gyarados version and the Poison Heal+Shift Gear+Will o Wisp set provides a self-imposterproofed Gyarados that can cripple physical threats.
Poison Heal with Stab Facade Regigigas can be overwhelmingly strong because Facade does always ridiculous damage even at +0, and with Shift Gear becomes even more dangerous. Knock off and Spore help crippling opposing walls. But other options can be run like Contrary V-Create+Superpower taking advantage of its 160 base attack or Innards Out for suprise. Srappy FakeEspeed+Fibal Gambit can be a gimmickly set to use to bait Gengars and Giratinas to kill them.
motherlove already told how to get through Core Enforcer by using Avalanche, which can be a great answer to Zygarde that usually cripples our Poison Heal Set.
Well, this is my S+ to A- Viability Rankings that i could make with my own playing experience and i hope you all enjoyed it. Any suggestions or critics are welcomed.
Thanks for reading :)
