Hopefully soon, but I have no idea when it will be. It won't be updating the current thread, I'm pretty sure that it will be a new thread altogether.
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A new thread will be put up in the near future, the tier is still adapting to recent tier shifts and quick bans and so the viability of Pokemon is still up in the air. The old one is staying the way it is as a resource in case tournament games will be played in the XY format and people may want to refer back to the viability rankings.
What's a good special flying type in this tier?
Rotom-Fan or Xatu
This ^
But don't forget other equally viable pokemon such as Swanna, Chatot, and Choice Specs Swellow (A very underrated set)!
Mostly Chatot, tbh
What are good teammates for CroDino (mega audino)?
Answers to Steel and Poison-types, also things that force them in and can possibly take them out. Crodino struggles to break them and dies to too many physical attacks, Toxic Spikes is also handy although not necessary as it can help wear down walls trying to outstall Mega Audino. Also having an answer to other Calm Mind boosters, because without Psyshock Crodino can't beat them.
Edit: Also you don't have to worry about special ones, cause after a CM or two Audino can just tank their special attacks. Also, while not common, Haze Cryogonal is something to keep in mind.
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At the moment my favorite pokemon to use with it is Taunt+SD Pangoro, as it draws in virtually every poison type (especially Weezing), taunts them, SDs in their face, and proceeds to destroy them with boosted Knock Offs, eliminating a lot of M-Audino's responses. It also obviously destroys steels.
e: replay shows the power http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/nu-189123416
Because that's where the usage of Glalie fell before mega Glalie was introduced. If it moves up through usage or through a ban, then it'll be out of the tier. But until then, the fact that it is a mega does not guarantee that it will be higher than NU.
When will the ORAS viability rankings likely be started?
Me and some others are working on them currently. Can't confirm exactly when they'll be up, but soon
Huge competition for the mega slot with the new megas, I'd reckon once the higher tiers ban some of the more broken megas it'd see more usage and possibly move up. That also means there's a good chance we'd see Banette dropping in the next shift.
try browsing through the sample teams thread to get a general sense of how good teams are structured (or steal a team from there) or send me a pm either on smogon or on showdown (im usually in the nu room), i'll be happy to help
Sigilyph was very toxic to the tier. It had a multitude of sets it could run, 2 great abilities, a massive movepool, a pretty high speed and special attack stats, and a few other aspects. That is basically the jist of it, but here is some more detailed explanation:
http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/nu-tiering-info.3509431/#post-5550583
What are the top hazard control options in NU?
Defog users: Prinplup, Mantine, Archeops, Pelipper, Swanna, and Togetic
Rapid Spinners: Cryogonal, Kabutops, Sandslash, and Torkoal (lol)
Taunt users also work well for this purpose.
Don't forget magic bounce xatu
A wall breaker is a Mon that breaks down physical/special walls for fast late game sweepers to clean up(in the late game). This role is generally fulfilled by a banded, specs or life orb Mon that has minimal switches. An example would be Magmortar. Its mixed life orb set allows it to beat most special walls/tanks in the tier depending on your coverage.
A physical attacker is a Mon that uses physical moves. Generally they are walled by physical walls (depending on what coverage it has and the typing of the physical wall vs the physical Mon)
Feraligatr would fall under physical attacker than a wall breaker. This is because there are pokemon that out and out wall it as soon as it comes in no matter what the set is. See Seismitoad, Frillish, Poliwrath as the main walls and stops to it. However, it can perform a wall breaking element by using superpower to beat ferroseed.
Generally, Gatr is a late game win-condition, which is the Mon you wall break for in order for it to get a free SD/DD/Substitute and clean up the game. That would be the correct term when describing Feraligatr.
How legit is Taunt + NP Mismagius? I've never tried it, but I want to know how good it is beforehand.
I'm not sure about ORAS, but I used it extensively in early XY and when paired with a Colbur Berry it is a pretty powerful stallbreaker, although it's unlikely it will 6-0 any teams anytime soon. Still a powerful set though.