Cheers, all! I've been doin a bit of RNGing in Emerald and was curious what the best mons for Battle Tower singles were. So, I made a list of how often each mon was used in winning streaks and weighted it towards the most successful ones. The points system I used was p simple:
1000+ wins = 5 points
500-999 wins = 4 points
250-499 wins = 3 points
100-249 wins = 2 points
70-99 wins = 1 point
The end product is what I'm dubbing a Results-Based Tier List. This is definitely not an exhaustive list (no Swampert, for instance, despite Werster's famed run), just a compilation of what's worked best for the folks here on Smogon. Still, I figured other peeps new to the Tower might be interested in seeing at a quick glance what the most consistent mons really are~
S+
Suicune - 34 points, 13 teams
Latios - 31 points, 12 teams
S
Salamence - 26 points, 14 teams
Latias - 24 points, 8 teams
Blissey - 23 points, 10 teams
A+
Slaking - 15 points, 7 teams
Skarmory - 15 points, 5 teams
Steelix - 15 points, 5 teams
Metagross - 14 points, 9 teams
Registeel - 13 points, 4 teams
A
Starmie - 12 points, 10 teams
Zapdos - 12 points, 4 teams
Gengar - 11 points, 4 teams
Snorlax - 9 points, 5 teams
B+
Gardevoir - 7 points, 2 teams
Wobbuffet - 6 points, 2 teams
Grumpig - 5 points, 2 teams
Tauros - 5 points, 2 teams
Umbreon - 5 points, 2 teams
Gyarados - 5 points, 1 team
B
Flygon - 4 points, 3 teams
Heracross - 4 points, 3 teams
Moltres - 4 points, 2 teams
Raikou - 4 points, 2 teams
Linoone - 4 points, 1 team
C+
Aerodactyl - 3 points, 2 teams
Breloom - 3 points, 2 teams
Regirock - 3 points, 1 team
Milotic - 2 points, 2 teams
C
Donphan - 2 points, 1 team
Hypno - 2 points, 1 team
Persian - 2 points, 1 team
Scizor - 2 points, 1 team
Smeargle - 2 points, 1 team
Tyranitar - 2 points, 1 team
Walrein - 2 points, 1 team
D
Forretress - 1 point, 1 team
Jolteon - 1 point, 1 team
Meganium - 1 point, 1 team
Ursaring - 1 point, 1 team
Some fun facts:
- Salamence is actually the most used Pokemon here!
- Despite their high usage, Metagross and Starmie have yet to appear on a team with 250+ wins...
- Gyarados's only usage comes from a 1000+ streak :o
- The only 4 Pokemon to be OU for Gens 1-4 ended up in A together :3