Jirachi leaving will be good for the tier. Its ability to bypass normal checks by clicking iron head kr zen headbutt is just annoying. Good riddance.
New drops:
Pinsir without mega stone is pretty much an inferior heracross imo. It could run a mold breaker set with SR on magic bounce users. But, otherwise wont make a big splash ibelieve.
Salamence: there are a lot of fairies and bulky steels in UU. Its bulky DD sets will probably be the best. One thing that makes it tough is that it wants to run dragon, ground and steel coverage along with DD and/or roost or sub. But, the unpredictability may push it too far for UU since when mispredict can cost you the game. Scarf Moxie mence will bethe most spammed set, but is pretty meh when you consider the number of steels and Fairies.
Heracross: this is coming from somebody who played gen v uu a good amount, hera has more checks than counters. Gligar and Granbull are probably the closest things to checks to the scarf and banded sets (assuming no status and facade especially on banded sets). There are checks in Crobat (very good check atm), Sash Zam, Mega Aero, bulky Nidoqueen sets, etc.. i remember people even ran aerial ace on scarf krook as a check,as well. Tough to switch into, more easier to check. Two things we dont have though is Sableye and Slowbro. They were probably the most common status users. WoW isnt as common from what ive seen outside of Weezing, Arcanine and an obscure Chandelure. But, well see what happens though. Oh and Mega Pidgeot is here too lol
Terrakion: i really want Terrak in tbe tier, its always been one of my favorites. But, this is probably one of the more easier broken mons. It has the ability to wallbreak with CB, RK with scarf sets, sweep with Double Dance sets, dedicated lead set. Unless you have priority fighting or steel (mach punch ape and vacuum wave lucario). Its going to be near impossible to reliably check. The only real counter to all of these sets ir probably Golurk lol
New drops:
Pinsir without mega stone is pretty much an inferior heracross imo. It could run a mold breaker set with SR on magic bounce users. But, otherwise wont make a big splash ibelieve.
Salamence: there are a lot of fairies and bulky steels in UU. Its bulky DD sets will probably be the best. One thing that makes it tough is that it wants to run dragon, ground and steel coverage along with DD and/or roost or sub. But, the unpredictability may push it too far for UU since when mispredict can cost you the game. Scarf Moxie mence will bethe most spammed set, but is pretty meh when you consider the number of steels and Fairies.
Heracross: this is coming from somebody who played gen v uu a good amount, hera has more checks than counters. Gligar and Granbull are probably the closest things to checks to the scarf and banded sets (assuming no status and facade especially on banded sets). There are checks in Crobat (very good check atm), Sash Zam, Mega Aero, bulky Nidoqueen sets, etc.. i remember people even ran aerial ace on scarf krook as a check,as well. Tough to switch into, more easier to check. Two things we dont have though is Sableye and Slowbro. They were probably the most common status users. WoW isnt as common from what ive seen outside of Weezing, Arcanine and an obscure Chandelure. But, well see what happens though. Oh and Mega Pidgeot is here too lol
Terrakion: i really want Terrak in tbe tier, its always been one of my favorites. But, this is probably one of the more easier broken mons. It has the ability to wallbreak with CB, RK with scarf sets, sweep with Double Dance sets, dedicated lead set. Unless you have priority fighting or steel (mach punch ape and vacuum wave lucario). Its going to be near impossible to reliably check. The only real counter to all of these sets ir probably Golurk lol