OU Quick Thoughts:
1. Gliscor is a little overrated. It's good, but not top 5 good. I definitely see more Latios than Gliscor on the ladder, so I'm surprised Gliscor's where it is.
2. Rotom-W is great. I hate it because it's so good, honestly. Also, start using Scarf Rotom-W, not the Standard one.
3. I'm surprised Skarmory went up when Chomp left.
4. Keep dropping, Conkeldurr. Conkeldurr will end up in the mid-20s in a few months in my opinion.
5. Thundurus is not broken. I've started using it, and it's really not broken. It's easy to play around and almost never gets a Nasty Plot boost, and if it does it's not sweeping with SR weakness, a Life Orb, and defenses that let it take ~50% from resisted attacks. It sets up on nothing. It's a good cleaner, but it's not Uber material.
6. Gengar is overrated. It should be lower, as SubDisable is the easiest set to play around. It's like Torment Tran without the bulk.
7. Magnezone cracks the top 20, and deservedly so. It seems the Sub set is the risky one and Scarf is safer, as you can get two kills with the Sub set if played right, but killing the opponent's Steel isn't guaranteed. Ferrothorn's Power Whip 2KOs the Substitutes, so use ScarfZone in Rain.
8. Gyarados is way too high. It is not allowed to be top 30 with Rotom-W in the top 10.
9. Why is Volcarona dropping? With Rapid Spin support this thing sweeps teams. Also about Fire-types, Infernape is a bit overrated.
10. Drought teams should use trappers. Dugtrio should get more OU usage.
11. Espeon skyrocketed, and I predict it will continue to skyrocket. It's friend Celebi will level off around 30, though. I would not be surprised if Espeon is a top 10 or 15 Pokemon this time next year.
12. Toxicroak is not crappy, stop listening to the haters. It's not that great, but it's Bulk Up or Swords Dance sets are good.
13. Mid 30s: Landorus should rise a little, Tentacruel should drop a little, Latias is fine where it is, Breloom should rise a little.
14. Virizion is underrated. I think it should be around 30, as its Calm Mind set leaves it impenetrable from the special side and its great typind gives it resistances to most Physical moves.
15. I think by the end of 2011 OU will shrink. Look at the trends of Pokemon that are rank 40 or below in usage:
| 40 | Deoxys-S | 30322 | 4.9956 | +2
| 41 | Bronzong | 30140 | 4.9656 | +5
| 42 | Metagross | 28793 | 4.7437 | -10
| 43 | Scrafty | 27740 | 4.5702 | -6
| 44 | Swampert | 27467 | 4.5253 | -9
| 45 | Mamoswine | 27233 | 4.4867 | +18
| 46 | Lucario | 26937 | 4.4379 | -6
| 47 | Cloyster | 24199 | 3.9869 | -11
| 48 | Hippowdon | 23662 | 3.8984 | -10
| 49 | Chandelure | 23173 | 3.8178 | -15
| 50 | Mienshao | 22291 | 3.6725 | -2
| 51 | Venusaur | 21858 | 3.6012 | -2
| 52 | Darmanitan | 21528 | 3.5468 | +1
| 53 | Machamp | 21315 | 3.5117 | -12
| 54 | Tornadus | 20956 | 3.4526 | +3
10 of them are trending down, only 5 are trending up. If Pokemon continue to lose 5-10 spots per month, an OU of 45 or so Pokemon is a realistic concept. I think it will be about 48 or 50, but it looks like OU is getting more centralized. (Thanks to PK Gaming for the trend report).
16. Metagross is really sinking. UU pseudo-legend???? Doubtful, but our metal friend could use some more usage here.
17. Scrafty is underrated. It should be higher. The Bulk Up set is outclassed by Conkeldurr, but the Dragon Dance set is fierce.
18. Use Swampert more because it is my favorite Pokemon. I hear the Choice Band set is monstrous in the Rain, actually. Try using it over your normal physical attacker for all you Rain users.
19. Hippowdon in UU? Maybe full stall will be a viable option in UU. Don't let it drop or that Eo Ut Mortus might die of auto-erotic asphyxiation.
20. Chandelure dropped 15 spots. I don't see any hope for it, honestly. I think it might just want to pack up its bags and buy a summer home in UU until Shadow Tag comes out. Oh, that reminds me, no DW stats :(. You're still cool RD though :).
21. Machamp, Darmanitan, and Tornadus should not drop. Machamp is still great, as it's bulky enough to survive a hit and not much wants to get confused, as taking 2 D-Punches and a self-attack while still only having a 50% chance to kill is not fun. Darmanitan is great on Sun teams as a Scarfer, NOT a Sheer Force Life orber. Use Scarf so it can spam U-Turn. Tornadus has a great Specs set.
22. Quagsire sucks unless you use Stockpile. At least have the decency to use Gastrodon who is really good. But since they're all Water/Ground you should use Swampert.
