I'm also really surprised to see Thundurus so low. You'd think that with the allowing of it into the tier, it's access to priority Nasty Plot, Thunder Wave, Taunt, etc would make it more popular...
Deoxys-S should also get a little more love; Hyper Offensive teams just love the hazards that are set up by it, and it is guaranteed 2 layers with a Focus Sash, as long as the opponent doesn't have Tyranitar or Abomasnow (lol).
Another Pokemon that I've really enjoyed in DW is Raikou. Raikou can easily abuse its powerful STAB Thunder with Politoed's Drizzle support, and Volt Absorb gives it so many more setup opportunities. Thundurus can't do jack shit to it, especially if it already has a Calm Mind set up, not to mention it's now immune to Thundurus's priority Thunder Wave, and it also naturally outspeeds Thundurus.
With regards to the weather setters, I find it interesting that the stats seem to say that the usage is relatively equal, as most of the sun/rain/sand abusers are also among the same usage. However, in battling on the ladder, I've noticed mostly rain and sand teams and not many sun teams, even though Ninetales is but one rank lower than Politoed in usage. You'd think that with Blaziken in the tier, sun would be more popular...
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