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Should we consider Contrary Serperior now that it's officially legal?
...Actually I'm not even sure if in fact it is legal, but seeing as it's being distributed in Japan I'm assuming it is. If not, just ignore me :]
Then again, although Contrary Serperior spamming Leaf Storms, setting up screens and paralysing may sound frightening... would it actually be viable?
I can only imagine it getting to +6 with a bulky Substitute set of some sort with a teammate redirecting damage. In addition Amoonguss isn't even worth considering for that role as it has mostly the same weaknesses.
There are way too many checks and counters to poor Serperior, but I wanted to put it out here for everyone's consideration.
Contrary Serperior for -> D Rank imo...
It is legal, i saw one on BS few days ago.
But yeah, it could even move up to C rank after it have seen some usage, but we will see. It seems bit gimmick and situnational, but when it really starts going, it becomes terrifying threat unless you have
COOKIECLICKER BRAVEBIRD-SPAMMER SMOGONBURD TALONLAME Talonflame.
But yeah, now to changes i want to make:
Thundurus from S to A
Thundurus should drop, honestly, i have no idea why it is here. A is where it belongs. Swagger + Twave is hella annoying but its luck based, it isnt rly threat when you use Safeguard since it wont give much offensive pressure. While its however great mon, it doesnt belong to S rank.
Cresselia to stay in S
Cresselia possibly should stay in S rank. Its still easily one of the best support mons in the whole game, and its insane bulk means that its one of the few mons that can reliably take MULTIPLE hits from strong megas like Kangaskhan, Salamence, and Mawile. Its support movepool is ridiculous, its one of the best Trick Room setters, and immunity to EQ is more than big for it. While i agree that on some situations it might become dead weight, its not impossible to deal with that.
Sylveon to stay in S
Sylveon should stay in S rank. While its vulnerable to Wide Guard, and it needs little support, it seriously is like monster. Its Hyper Voice OHKOs almost everything that it is super effective against, many frailer mons and deals lots of damage even on many pokes that resists it. It has neat stats, too. Its slow, but its special bulk, 95/130, is incredible, meaning that it can tank even super effective stab special attacks. While its 95/65 bulk is not nearly as impressive, it still has good HP and that can be fixed with Intimidate mon, which most of teams has one now.
Raikou from A to B
I have no idea why Raikou is in A rank. While it has good speed, good special bulk and good Sp Atk, it seriously doesnt deserve to be in A rank. It has mediocre physical bulk, not so great ability for such mon aka Pressure, and as usual for Electric, its movepool isnt great. Drop it to B rank, that sounds better imo
Mega Gengar from B to A
Mega Gengar should be in A rank imo. It has good typing, neat ability aka Shadow Tag, good movepool and ridiculous 170 sp atk along with 130 base speed. Its pretty versatile too; it can be attacker, Perish Trapper and it works well with Whimsicott as Disable + Encore. Shadow Tag is incredible ability, and for multiple reasons i mentioned, it should rise to A rank.
Mega Camerupt from C to B
Mega Camerupt is incredible threat in Trick Room. It doesnt deserve to be in C rank, its B rank mon imo. With decent typing, 20 speed that makes it really ''fast'' in TR, absurb base 145 SpAtk with SHEER FORCE and potential Helping Hand boost from its partner (which is Cress most of time), its Heat Waves hits like truck. It has good bulk, and decent movepool to utilize Sheer Force, and with so much power under Trick Room. Even though it works mostly only in Trick Room, it definely should rise to B rank, just because how awfully strong it is under Trick Room.
Pachirisu from C to E
Seriously, its not that good. With now more powerful megas around, and return of mons like Thundurus with Taunt, Landorus, and return of some redirection mons, most notable Togekiss that was buffed from Gen 5, and due to it no longer has surprise value, Pachirisu doesnt deserve to be even in D rank. Everyone knows what it will do now, its not that hard to kill now that we got lot more powerful mons to this meta, with something like Landorus that can just destroy it. Ofc, Se Jun Park did win with it in the World, but that doesnt mean that it should be in C rank. Plus, this is entirely different meta, and it wont deserve to be in rankings at all.
And last thing:
Mega Altaria from E to D
Mega Altaria doesnt deserve to be in E rank. It has great typing, and unlike other Pixilate users, it has pretty good physical bulk and actually great coverage moves like Fire Blast and Ice Beam. It has access to Roost and Tailwind to make it neat Tank. It can theoretically run physical set, but its pretty much outclassed by Mega Mence. Mega Altaria should atleast be in D rank, maybe even in C, but D looks fine for me.
EDIT: ctrl + f mienshao not found. Perhaps Shao should be in rankings, due to the fact it has great support movepool, good offensive stats, Inner Focus and the fact it can outspeed and OHKO mega kanga without scaring flinch of Fake Out