Hitmonlee should not be A ranked and here's why. It needs an unbelievable amount of support to function correctly since any form of priority, common bulky ghost/psychic types, the only weather in the tier, t-spikes, rocky helmet and fast taunters shut it down. The fact that it needs to be attacked in order to work doesn't help either since scald, body slam and sludge bomb all have a 30% chance to ruin it. Even pursuit support helps minimally as pursuit is designed to pick off weak ghost/psychic types like mismagius or chandy, not things that give hitmonlee trouble like cofag and slowbro.I'd like to nominate Alomomola for C Rank. Yes, there are already a ton of viable bulky waters, but Alomomola does set itself apart decently, and it has a pretty solid niche. First of all, with its massive HP and solid Defense stats, it's capable of walling things that Suicune, Blastoise, and Swampert couldn't dream of. It's got a pure water typing over Slowbro, so it can actually handle non-SD Heracross quite well. It also has reliable recovery and can pass huge wishes to the team, supporting pretty well. It's huge set-up bait, and there's no getting around that, as it doesn't even have a momentum move, but with Regenerator, it's really difficult for your opponent to wear down or take advantage of unless they have a boosting sweeper, it gives wish support to the team and doesn't actually even need to use those wishes on itself a large amount of the time as it can just switch to something else that needs and heal itself. It's set-up bait, but it has wish support, regenerator, pure water typing, and stupid bulk to make up for it and give it a niche.
252 Atk Heracross Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Alomomola: 159-187 (29.77 - 35.01%) -- guaranteed 4HKO
252 Atk Reckless Mienshao Hi Jump Kick vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Alomomola: 207-244 (38.76 - 45.69%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
252 Atk Choice Band Flygon Outrage vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Alomomola: 204-241 (38.2 - 45.13%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
252+ Atk Choice Band Snorlax Return vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Alomomola: 204-240 (38.2 - 44.94%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
252 Atk Choice Band Crobat Brave Bird vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Alomomola: 190-225 (35.58 - 42.13%) -- 91.11% chance to 3HKO
252+ Atk Life Orb Honchkrow Brave Bird vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Alomomola: 226-266 (42.32 - 49.81%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
252 Atk Expert Belt Victini Bolt Strike vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Alomomola: 235-278 (44 - 52.05%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
I'll also second Hitmonlee, although I'd even say it's A Rank, considering the definition of it. Endure + Reversal sounds ridiculous, but it's actually really difficult to play around. That Reversal is just stupidly powerful, you need to resist it to take one. Pair it with Pursuit support and if you've taken out Cofagrigus/Slowbro/Cresselia/Gligar/Dusclops/a few other things, and priority, it is the best late-cleaner possible. Of course, there are those ways to stop it, but there's ways to stop every pokemon, and that's what team support is for. Having used Hitmonlee teams before, I've been very successful with them, and it's very effective. It can sweep the majority of the metagame, especially when many teams will rely on Nidoqueen or Crobat as their fighting check, who can't stop a set-up Hitmonlee, falling to earthquake/stone edge. It does need pursuit support, and the fact that it's at 1 HP is a rather significant flaw, but the payoff and the effectiveness makes up for it.
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