I did want to talk about for a moment putting a couple pokemon up a bit in ranks.
Mega Beedrill on Poison for A Rank This pokemon is an amazing sweeper for poison teams. It's so fast, even common poison threats suck as scarfed chandelure and togekiss, it outspeeds, and smacks with move of choice. Your only problem would be it can be easily walled, so things like nidoking are handy to take out its checks, and its low base 40 defense means one screw up, and its done for, especially with pursuit and priority attacks. You also have hazards that can wear i down over time, so tentacruel and golbat/crobat are greatly appreciated. More perks though, it can single handedly sweep psychic once victini is out, and bullet punch mega medichams. The reason I wouldn't put it to S rank would be because scolipede ouclasses it by barely, however what scoli doesn' have is an amazing speed stat to start, and immense power in the form of deadly attack and adaptability. With some decent cores, mega beedrill is a great poke to use on poison, and frankly a lot of fun to use.
Have to agree with AFD, Beedrill looks good on paper but you're going to have a hard time bringing it in. You say it can outspeed Scarf Chandy and Toge, but how are you going to bring it in without sacking something? Also, Gengar can sweep Psychic as well as long as Meloetta is gone, and so can Scolipede who outclasses it. Venu > Beedrill as well. Beedrill stays at B
Mega Altaria for S Rank on Flying This thing is fairly similar to char x, however what char doesn't have is amazing defensive typing. Both have incredible offensive stab attacks, and awesome abilities, each are a force to be reckoned wih. Altaria however, can also run support in the form of heal bell, something flying teams greatly benefit from. Because of its typing as well, it's also easy peazy to set up, that, or just be a badass tank. Unlike Char x, it has a lot of offensive options, varrying from physical, special, mixed, bulky, ect. Fairy right now is a strong type in the meta game (the type, not the mono team rip), with only fire, steel, and poison resisting it, all 3 of which can easily be managed thanks to altaria's coverage options, and amazing team mates. This makes it a great candidate for something that can greatly influence the metagame, if used enough.
Agreed #AMBITIOUS
Dragonite for S Rank on Dragon This thing is he most used pokemon classified as B rank for dragon teams. It has an amazing ability in the form of multiscale, making it a challenge to take out without stealth rocks. It's a potent offensive threat, with a decent amount of options for sets, from weakness policy/lum berry ddance, and choice band. On top of that, not a lot of people use it like this, but it does have some fair options in mixed coverage, mostly depending on the set your running. So things like av, or roost sets to take advantage of its bulk and amazing ability can be used so it doesn't get walled easily (namely fire blast). It also can be a challenge to revenge kill, because it has one of the fastest priority moves in the game, extreme speed. So if your agains a mamoswine, and its about to ice shard, you have the chance of killing it first, give or take wheher its low enough. Pokes like latias for hazards support, kyurem for ice neutrality, and altaria for dragon immunity only make dragonite even more threatening.
I'm not too sure tbh, it's a great mon but does it provide as much utility as other S Ranked mons? Multiscale's an amazing ability but unless if you're running Roost or Lefties it's a one time thing. Dragonite is also easily forced out because most teams have at least one answer to all of Dragonite's moves. Stay at A for now
Thundurus T for S Rank on Flying One of a few options for a electric immunity on flying, It has amazing offensive potential, with a fair movepull to support it. With Zapdos out of the picture, sets like av can help it as a special tank, and LO as a fair wallbreaker. Either way, this thing deserves more than A rank, it has amazing potential on flying teams.
Going to have to disagree with this. Even when Generic Flying was a thing, Thundy-T has been A Rank at most because of its frailty. Yes, it's immune to Flying but one misplay can cost you the game, and it can't really do much to Electric monos anyways. Finally, because of its slow speed it needs a Scarf to outspeed things. (Or you can run Agility but that's hard to set up)
Mega Camerupt for A Rank on Ground This thing is a monster, and a notable bulky special wallbreaker for ground teams. With its part fire typing, it provides great coverage to grass and ice teams, and it gives foes a lot of pressure switching out. It's main problem is the fact that it's slow, however, running 88 speed evs allows you to outspeed common walls such as forrothorn and slowbro, and have a great chance at murdering them. With Will-o-Wisp as well, it can function as a decent lure, especially to threats such as gyarados, and burn them upon switch in. On ground you got a lot of great ways to cover for its water and ground weaknesses, in the form of gastro/seismi and Lando (both forms)/Gliscor. This camel is a formidable wallbreaker, and should get some recognition.
This thing's a beast but it's so slow.. It's weak to common Water and Ground moves as well and once you get worn down you're dead. So at most, unless if you have insane support you're only killing 1-2 things. Not to mention it's almost completely useless vs some types such as Water or Dragon. This is a niche, so no A rank :(
Seismitoad for A Rank on Ground This frog is fairly new to the monotype scene, but is no joke. As a more offensive option as a water immunity, opposed to gastrodon, its actually a great addition to most teams, especially when keeping an offensive flow. What's really neat is the fact that it gets grass knot, providing amazing coverage against water teams, something ground greatly struggles against. Not only that, but if you run 8 defensive evs, it gets only 3ko'd by a typical sub cm keldeo's secret sword, something you need to run defensive gastrodon for to work. With this, the common options are av, and choice specs, av to increase special bulk, making it a great special tank, and choice specs to rack a little more damage, since its special attack is pretty much mediocre. Grass can make it useless, however, if you run av and some sp def evs, your sure to live at least 1 giga drain or whatever, and counter with a sludge wave/bomb. Overall, great new addition, and it deserves a boost up in the ranks.
Agreed, Seis is really good. Shame no one wrote an analysis for it :(
I hope this is helpful to anyone. Feel free to add on/discuss on these points. I apologize but I was a bit too lazy to make calcs, hopefully though the descriptions get the points across xD
