Zwelious looks really good, especially since the Steel-types with high defense are 4x weak to Ground AND Fighting so partners will be of no shortage. Maybe 'Ton and Marowak and even Trick Room support ;) ? Although Eviolite Tangela will have pretty high defense o break through....and there's that Hustle 80% accuracy thing too
Also, I find it odd Gorebyss is down here if people were complaining about it upstairs. Whatever ~
Klingklang has the highest defense of all the Steels in the teir bar Aggron, and isn't x4 weak to anything.
Altaria is also down here, and a bulky DD Altaria could quite easily be the premiere dragon in this teir... not like there's much competition, of course.
As for Gorebyss, it's down here because people don't use it because they find it cheap. A lot of people have 'honor codes' like that. Personally, I'd never use SmashPass. That said, I'd never use full-on stall either. If people do start abuseing SmashPass, however, I'm sure it'll be quickbanned.
Speaking of which, although NU isn't officially supported, I'm sure if there's a massive outcry from the NU metagame about something being broken to bits, I'm sure it can be banned from the NU ladder without much fuss, even if Smogon isn't yet supporting NU.
Anywho, here's my thoughts on the metagame as a whole, at a glance:
Random Museing:
It's official, the 5th Gen starters are the worst set. It's the only set of starters that are
all down here. As well as Meganium and Torterra. One keeping her title as derpiest starter, and the other probobly only down here because of Yanmega existing in RU destroying everything.
Offense:
The game of pokemon itself, on a whole, tends to have more offensive pokemon than defensive, so, as a result, while most of the passable walls, as well as hazard users, have found themselves phazed out by now, a lot of offensive powerhouses have worked down here, simply due to being outclassed, or weak to Piority, which, lo and behold, is mostly in upper teirs too!
Of course, they all also have exploitable flaws, but some of those flaws are lesser, such as Rock Polish Rhydon's exploitable weaknesses, it's not like he has to fear powerful Aqua Jets and Mach Punches.
There's also things like Tauros in the teir, which combine speed and power. There's also quite a lot of slow, bulky attackers, such as Emboar, Torterra, and the aforementioned Rhydon. There's also frail attackers such as Swanna, and the Simis.
Also, belive it or not, Serperior might get some use with a Coil set down here, and
Meganium can wreck stuff with Swords Dance. That's right, even the worst of the starters can see use down here. Maybe.
Defense:
NU is not without defense, although it certainly lacks anything that will even come close to the likes of, say, Skarmory in OU, or Chansey in the old UU meta.
The 'true' face of defense in NU will probobly be technically Bulky Offense, using tanks such as Regirock. There may also be support-heavy teams, that are capable of stalling, such as teams that make use of Jumpluff [Poor Serperior and Meganium, forever outclassed].
Also... I think Samuwott is the best Bulky Water down here ._.... oh wait, Quagsire. Sorry Meganium, but you might lose your title to Samuwott...
Support:
In b 4 SmashPass.
Besides, that, there's quite a fair bit of room for support down in NU. There's a fair number of Grass-types, who can make use of Subseeding, and spreadying status quite happily, such as Evolite Tangela, and especially Jumpluff [I trolled whole teams in UU with that thing, how it's in NU is beyond me]
There's also stuff like Sableye.
And Wish Kangaskahn. No, I'm serious.
Rais' throught on the outlook
Certainly going to be an offensive metagame, although not *quite* as HO as Little Cup, it's gonna be close to there, with loads of threatening sweepers who can set up rather quickly, be it Klingklang with Gear Shift, or things like Rhydon with Rock Polish.
Possible Offensive Threats:
Rhydon - Evolite makes him bulky as anything. Rock Polish makes him fast. He has QuakeSlide and a massive Atk stat. Look out for Rhydon, or else he could quite easily sweep if given the chance.
Altaria - Premiere Dragon in the teir, pretty bulky, and has access to Roost. Considering the lack of Steels in the teir, Altaria's Outrage is pretty much only checked by Klingklang... who Earthquake can deal with. Regirock might work quite well, however.
Meganium - No, I'm serious. Swords Dance, Seed Bomb, and two of Earthquake, Return, or Synthisis. She's pretty bulky, and when on low HP, Overgrow kicks in for one last punch. Shame Salac Berry's not out yet.
Goyebass: Potent threat even without Smashpassing, probobly going to be the main offensive Water-type.
Torterra: Rock Polish, Wood Hammer, Earthquake, Stone Edge. Think of it as a middle ground between Meganium and Rhydon.
Klingklang: +1 Atk, +2 Spd in one turn. Gear Grind is a Base 100 STAB that can break through Subs, running off Base 100 Atk. 60/115/85 is pretty bulky, especially as you should be putting at least some HP EV's into this thing, because with Base 85 Speed, after a Gear Shift, he outspeeds anything without a boost of it's own.
And with a lack of other Steels, Klingklang is more than fine to run Return, and not care about coverage beyond that.
Klang sacrifices 20 Base Atk and some speed, but can be far bulkier with Evolite. Worth a mention, at least.
The Simis: Massive movepools. Swords Dance, Work Up and Nasty Plot. Base 101 Speed. Base 98 is both offenses. Prepare for three unpredictable, but thankfully frail, sweepers who can and will run riot. I'd not be shocked if someone run all three of them in the same team for a FWG core of sweepers, using 'Pour as a Special attacker, 'Sage as physical [Due to Power Whip] and 'Sear as either Special or mixed.