Down to C+
Well, the time has come, where we realize that Conkeldurr is just not that great of a Pokemon anymore. Its most viable set, Assault Vest, hits pretty piss weak, and any other set is just bad due to it being prone to attacks or not having time to set up. Conkeldurr's good traits, Drain Punch and Mach Punch + the elemental punches, are having more trouble finding times when they're actually useful, unfortunately. Conkeldurr is just way to damn slow for such as fast metagame, and its bulk is not put to great use anymore with the rise of common things such as Mega Medicham and Mega Gardevoir. Conkeldurr is really just not able to catch up anymore to the new trends that have been going on. I would never use this over Mega Heracross actually (and eh, to an extent, Mega Medicham), who hits much harder, is also rather bulky, and actually only got better.
Down to C
Ugh, this thing is aggressively mediocre. Like really, really mediocre. If mediocre was a person, it would be the fucking shit out of me. Like Infernape by itself, is actually not so bad. But the thing is, there are just so many better stallbreakers / wallbreakers in the whole tier that Infernape just doesn't find itself to be much of an option anymore. I really just would never use this thing. It's frail, somewhat average in terms of horsepower, and like I mentioned, it just finds itself outclassed by Gengar as a stallbreaker, and by Mega Heracross as a wallbreaker. Infernape also loses to a lot, if not all top threats in OU, such as pretty much everything in the S and A+ rank bar Scizor. It does have a niche in OU though as being able to counter Scizor fucking hard and is able to pull off a Endeavor SR with Mach Punch set that can turn the game 5-5 at the very beginning (that is pretty situational, but w/e), which is why I wouldn't ask for it to be lower, not to mention its good support moves such as Encore and U-Turn. Otherwise, put it in
C.
Move to C+
The nerf to permanent weather was obviously shitty for Toxicroak, but rain offense is still at a high. Toxicroak can still make use of opposing rain with Dry Skin, and usually full-out counter opposing rain teams, which usually rely on their Water-type STABs. Toxicroak's new toy in Gunk Shot is fucking powerful, and the only reason you wouldn't move Toxicroak any higher than C+ is its really awkward Speed stat, as well as its general frailty. Not much to say here, move to
C+.
Keep in C
Mega Absol is really not a bad, or better said terrible (it's not great), Pokemon. Most of its flaws, frailty, bad Speed priority mega evolving, extremely susceptible to priority, are all pretty major, which is why it is in the sad myriad of Pokemon in the C rank. However, C- rank is literally almost saying that it's pretty bad but to an extent usable. Absol is mediocre compared to other powerful Pokemon, but it does do a not bad job of wallbreaking. Mega Absol also has that really, really nice ability in
Magic Bounce, and to be quite realistic, outside of the lower ladder players who use Dual Screens Espeon and Baton Pass Espeon, Mega Absol is actually not a bad user of it, as it's immune to WILL-O-WISP, entry hazards are bounced back, and walls can't safely use Toxic. It is actually a pretty powerful user of Magic Bounce, and I do find it to have a solid role in the metagame, albeit not huge.
Keep in C.
Move to C-
Yes, it can potentially take a full 75% damage from Stealth Rock and three layers of spikes. Yes, it is susceptible to most priority. And finally, yes, it loses to basically every popular playstyle in OU right now, also know as BirdSpam and Sand Offense. So why on earth would I ask to move this thing to C-? Well, for starters, it is pretty fucking powerful when it sets up Quiver Dance. Basically, after two quiver dances, nothing can really stand in the way of it. Second, as much as its priority weakness stings, it has that awesome ability Flame Body, which makes Pokemon such as Mega Pinsir very reluctant to attack it. Of course, it still is very vulnerable physically, and both Charizard X and Talonflame check it really easily. I would actually move it to
C-, albeit barely.
Move to JUST C-
I actually have never used Seismitoad as a rain offender in OU, and I always actually used it as a bulky Stealth Rock setter. But now that rain teams, once again, are at a rise, Seismitoad's immunity to Water-type attacks is just great, and Seismitoad's Ground-typing lets it fuck with Electric-types who like to use Thunder. Seismitoad also can make use of the rain itself with Swift Swim, and also is not stopped by Electric-types as well. Unfortunately, Seismitoad can't get past most Grass-types without 2HKOing them before getting OHKOed, and is also pretty piss weak against Special walls, all of which are actually pretty common, which stops me from moving Seismitoad just any further. The ability to stop opposing rain teams in their tracks of course, should not be overlooked. Generally, Seismitoad + Rain = profit
. Move to
C-.
i like the back sprite
Move to B
Lucario does have a lot of traits that stop it from being king of the crop, such as its crappy Speed, and frailty that lets it faint to a burmy, but its high Attack stat as well access to Extreme Speed lets it clean up late-game, as well as serve as a wallbreaker to Pokemon such as Chansey and Alomomola. Lucario's also good priority attack in Bullet Punch lets it hit Rock-types for good damage as well. In general, Extreme Speed is a scary move, and Lucario makes sure that it can abuse it to its full potential. Not to mention, STAB Close Combat is pretty much a death wish after a Swords Dance.
Move to B.
Drop to B
I'm sure everyone fucking hates one of these things, who is only breakable but really powerful attacks. However, while it is a hell of a cleric and wish passer, it is very easy to play around. Any status (toxic) will cripple it, and Taunt is fucking just gg to it. It should absolutely not drop anymore than B, but then again, you can really just play around with it, since it can't do anything other than what it only really can do.
Drop to B.
I have no opinion on Mega Tyranitar
. This was definitely a lot, and I appreciate it if you read it (and not did that shitty thing most people do here when they look at a sentence and nitpick).
