Hippo is A teir. If you don't put Hippo in A, then drillbur and sandshrew also must stay below A. While your at it, since snovers gets a ton of use only to counter it, lets move snover to B too.
If Sandstream is godly, which it is...the bringer of it is godly as well.
A.
You're implying Hippopotas needs support to workNote I said most likely, since most sand teams have to do with Sand Rush, etc, so right now most sand teams are having pokemon slot syndrome because of this. It doesn't mean it's impossible to make a good team with Sand Rush, it means that it's more difficult building a solid Dual Rush team.
I just wanna distinguish my argument from this in the slightest sense. I never have no ever will say that he's *ONLY* useful because he sets just up sand for sand teams. He's also a VERY good physical wall and sets up stealth rocks and can even phase out some powerful threats like +1 scraggy, etc.It's only viable in Sand since it makes the sandstorm, but outside of sand it's just a B rank pokemon.
This - i have nothing to add on the topic of bronzor besides that I feel it should be C. With regard to hippo, the general consensus seems to be Hippo at A.A major problem that Bronzor has in this metagame is its lack of recovery. It actually does a really shitty job of beating Murkrow, as Toxic is ineffective due to Substitute and Murkrow can just switch out immediately if it doesn't have a Substitute. Staryu can force it out easily, taking ~30% from Psychic and being practically immune to Toxic and Hypnosis via Natural Cure. While Bronzor can force out dangerous Pokemon such as Snover earlygame, it gets worn down very quickly by hail, Stealth Rock, and resisted moves such as Brave Bird and Blizzard. As a Stealth Rock setter, being weak to the two most common balance spinners in the metagame, Staryu and Mold Breaker Drilbur, makes its SR practically useless. Being complete set-up bait for Scraggy and Shell Smashers isn't really awesome either. While it certainly does wall very well, its flaws are severe enough that I feel it should remain B rank.