KyuB can hit S Rank, but it is held back by it's Intimidate liability and the fact that Rock Slide, Bullet Punch, CC, Mach Punch, Focus Blast all hit it for SE damage, and Ice typing makes Fire-types neutral to it, meaning it loses the Dragon Advantage against Sun teams. It does have a ridiculous amount of bulk to work with, and slams teams hard, even if you choose to use Dragon Claw over Outrage (which is silly, as this guy is such a good Outrage spammer even in Dubs). I think it's a good high A-Rank mon. Possible S rank, but it requires a tad bit of support to make it work well (Tailwind is a fun strategy if you don't want to Scarf it) and I believe S Rank mons don't need much if any support to do their jobs.
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Volcarona is another good example of Close-To-S-Rank. The rock slide weakness forces it to run a super bulky set, Intimidate support and possibly even a Charti Berry just to live 1 Rock Slide from something like TTar.
252+ Atk Tyranitar Rock Slide vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Charti Berry Volcarona: 194-230 (51.87 - 61.49%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
A 4x weakness, while something that S Rank TTar faces as well, coupled with FAR lower bulk Physically makes Volcarona slightly less appealing. Although I agree that in a SR-Less meta (almost), it definitely thrives, it still gets whacked by serious threats, enough so that it needs support options available. A Rank is a good fit.
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Terrakion is GREAT in Singles. Doubles, it lacks a tiny bit. Most things that can choose between Psychic or Psyshock choose the latter, mainly due to Sand boosting SpDef in rock types. 108 Speed is just enough to outrun things, but just too little to be able to deal with Timid Latios, who will kill Terrakion every time. A Rank is a good fit for it, as, like Kyub, it's great Offensive typing is a Defensive Curse. Priority hurts it, other than ESpeed, it's weak to common Spread moves (EQ,Surf, Muddy Water), only really resisting Heatwave (and Explosion lol), and it's susceptible to Intimidate. Hitmontop can take it 1 on 1 and usually win with a CC, Gem-boosted or not. Even TTar can live CC from un-Banded Terrak after an Intimidate and a Chople Berry.
-1 252 Atk Choice Band Terrakion Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Chople Berry Tyranitar: 360-426 (89.1 - 105.44%) -- 31.25% chance to OHKO
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Overall, I LOVE the idea of arguing more mons up to S Rank, but, apart from KyuB and possible Volcarona (with a GREAT argument on its behalf), I don't see it happening yet or ever.
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Volcarona is another good example of Close-To-S-Rank. The rock slide weakness forces it to run a super bulky set, Intimidate support and possibly even a Charti Berry just to live 1 Rock Slide from something like TTar.
252+ Atk Tyranitar Rock Slide vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Charti Berry Volcarona: 194-230 (51.87 - 61.49%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
A 4x weakness, while something that S Rank TTar faces as well, coupled with FAR lower bulk Physically makes Volcarona slightly less appealing. Although I agree that in a SR-Less meta (almost), it definitely thrives, it still gets whacked by serious threats, enough so that it needs support options available. A Rank is a good fit.
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Terrakion is GREAT in Singles. Doubles, it lacks a tiny bit. Most things that can choose between Psychic or Psyshock choose the latter, mainly due to Sand boosting SpDef in rock types. 108 Speed is just enough to outrun things, but just too little to be able to deal with Timid Latios, who will kill Terrakion every time. A Rank is a good fit for it, as, like Kyub, it's great Offensive typing is a Defensive Curse. Priority hurts it, other than ESpeed, it's weak to common Spread moves (EQ,Surf, Muddy Water), only really resisting Heatwave (and Explosion lol), and it's susceptible to Intimidate. Hitmontop can take it 1 on 1 and usually win with a CC, Gem-boosted or not. Even TTar can live CC from un-Banded Terrak after an Intimidate and a Chople Berry.
-1 252 Atk Choice Band Terrakion Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Chople Berry Tyranitar: 360-426 (89.1 - 105.44%) -- 31.25% chance to OHKO
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Overall, I LOVE the idea of arguing more mons up to S Rank, but, apart from KyuB and possible Volcarona (with a GREAT argument on its behalf), I don't see it happening yet or ever.