With Rhyperior likely falling to RU in the next tier shift in a few months thanks to Zapdos leaving the UU tier, I wonder if Thundurus-I will be re-evaluated at any point in the future.
The mon can be quite a bit obnoxious at times spreading paras all over the place, but I do like its role compression for some teams, being a flying type that can shut down setup stuff with Taunt. Do note that my role compression comment is mostly due to exp with the mon back when it (and Rhyperior) was NU, but I can see it apply here if Rhy ever drops down to RU.
The mon can be quite a bit obnoxious at times spreading paras all over the place, but I do like its role compression for some teams, being a flying type that can shut down setup stuff with Taunt. Do note that my role compression comment is mostly due to exp with the mon back when it (and Rhyperior) was NU, but I can see it apply here if Rhy ever drops down to RU.
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One of the big HO goons, this will be a decent loss to the playstyle. Reva in UU was really good, as it quad resisted first impression from lokix and the faster pace of the tier allowed its hits to sting more. Now, why do I say decent loss instead of massive loss? Well, for me (and another HO user on discord), reva has been falling off a bit. Its certainly still powerful, but other steel's such as Bisharp and Lucario compete with it, while it can feel like its hard walled by mons such as hippo and bro (tera blast grass sets aren't great since you give up iron head, which can cheese out wins, and ofc you need to tera). So yeah, a loss, but to me, not a horrible one.
Mew is a decently powerful mon in the tier (with even some calling it broken, but I digress), and losing it is pretty big. There are ofc, the NP sets, which are quite threatening but have only alright bulk to setup and don't have OHKO potential against bulkier targets. There's also the bulky spikes set, popularised by stresh which can pack tons of utility and passive damage, and finally, the lead hazard setter (the set that is used in UU) that is fine enough (though we do have a million other hazard leads because why not). However, I doubt this will be staying in UU long. Deo-S might fall to UU, and it will outclass mew entirely.
This will be an amazing mon in the tier, and it will be exciting to see. Metagross has great bulk and a ton of powerful moves, from rocks, to knock, to psychic fangs, to heavy slam/meteor mash, to psychic noise, to bullet punch and even boosting potential in agility and hone claws. It does have competition however, as jirachi shares its typing and can do some things it can also do, but the two are quite different in there own ways, so they probably will co-exist together. It can also struggle into some defensive mons, such as slowbro and hippo, so it should probably be fine. It however, is definetely going to be a top tier mon.
Yeah lmao, this thing is going straight to RUBL. Like, wtf walls this? Slowbro maybe, but tera ground e-quake 2hit ko's with LO or soft sand. Geezing takes way too much from LO attacks to be comfortable switching in (flinch chance will happen) as it does 40% min with LO and 32% without. It also has knock to annoy any switchins and even trailblaze to hit water types while raising its speed stat. It can even use curse to setup, with ice shard giving it use against faster mons. Heck, it can even try a rocks lead set because why not lol.
Welcome home rhyperior, you were missed. Ngl, another ground type is appreciated and it will probably be good. Its very offensively threatening, while having good bulk to sponge hits (especially with solid rock). Basically a love child between krook and hippo but take away knock and recovery (and a lot of other things... This analogy was bad lol).
Necrozma fell to NUBL last shift, so its probably going to be flip flopping between these placements lol. Necrozma is a good mon, with a decent amount of versatility, but can feel weird to fit due to its low speed and mono psychic typing.
This took way longer then it should have lmao. Suicune is an amazing mon in the tier, with it potentially 6-0'ing balance teams if it gets a free turn, though I use vapo, so I don't have any issues :) There have even been some talks of it being broken, but those seem to pop up now and then, so we will see if those sentiments stick this time. The reason it took longer was probably cause a mon like suicune isn't appealing to the HO infested ladder.
Unfortunately, the sleep ban has not been kind to this mushroom at all. Amoonguss is certainely a great mon in RU, as its able to stuff a lot of the fighting types in the tier, but it can struggle into the many steel/poison types, with it having to use stomping tantrum in order to hit them. It also isn't a HO mon, and commonly fits onto bulkier teams that can afford it letting in said mons. I hope this mon doesn't fall, as its very cool and has unique techs such as AV and eject pack leaf storm, but I honestly wouldn't be surprised if it does.
Azu almost dropped, and this one I'm unsure about. It would probably be broken, as CB hits like a truck and has no switchins (slowbro is 2hit ko'd by play rough, so good luck) and it even has jet to finish off frailer targets (tera water aqua jet 2hit ko's gapdos, which isn't a frail mon btw). It does struggle with that speed stat though, and amoonguss potentially walls it, so idk.
Blissey almost projected to drop makes the stall main in me happy about this. Chansey is a pain to work with, as not only is it necessary (good luck walling special sweepers without it LOL), but it forced you to always have hazard removal, and our options either were 1. bad or 2. not very bulky (even geezing can feel frail at times, but it also had to use pain split or rest lol). Blissey means you can at least try boots spam (I'm thinking magic guard reun+gastro could be good in order to wall most knock users, though ofc, you might have to drop quag because of that) and if blissey's item is knocked, it doesn't lose an insane amount of bulk.
Cyclizar is still the number one used mon in the tier, and honestly, I ain't even surprised. While others have said its fallen off, cyclizar still is probably the best hazard remover in the tier, and can answer many powerful special threats. It also has quite the flexibility in its last moveslot, as it really only needs spin, knock and u-turn. Draco meteor is the standard, but all of d-tail, facade, double edge, iron head, overheat, power whip and niche options such as t-bolt and ice spinner can work.
Not surprising too, bisharp has only been getting better over time (with some even wanting it banned). Bisharp can revenge kill tons of things with its typing/priority, and SD can turn it into a powerful sweeper. Not much to talk about here, I think everybody knows about this mon.
Okay, this one is a bit surprising. Don't get me wrong, gapdos is an amazing mon in the tier, I personally think it is the single best scarf mon in the tier, but it was hovering around the 10s in usage. Three HO mons being added into the tier is definetely going to help it, and maybe people have caught up, but we will have to see if it keeps up this usage.
Hoodra had some fraud claims thrown around recently, but it seems that this may be untrue. Hoodra is mainly known for its specs sets, which have massive damage output while also being good defensively. However, it has been experimenting with different sets lately, from AV, to lefties, to curse and even CB. This mon is definetely powerful, and it will be seen if it continues its run, or flops as the haters have said. (also the current RU research academy session being on Hoodra definetely helps it out lol)
No surprise here, ladder is ladder, and that's just HO. Kleavor is definetely the worst of the traditional HO leads, but due to stone axe being an interesting move, ladder thinks it being guarenteed to get rocks up (spoiler alert, every HO lead can get rocks up reliably most of the time, and do something else after they do that), its used more. It certainly isn't a bad lead, SD sets can be pretty great at dealing big damage (I prefer SD trailblaze versions to outspeed other mons), but it should absolutely not be number 5 in usage.
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Goodbye my sweet prince, you will probably be missed. Araquanid is kinda outclassed by ribombee in RU, but it still has a niche as a strong attacker and a webs setter that destroys talonflame. However, this isn't the case in OU as it destroys a lot of the rockers and removers, so that's great.
I'm actually shocked this is dropping. Rain isn't really good in the tier, but its one of those playstyles ladder LOVES. Drizzle is probably going to be banned from NU, as manual rain is already destructive in the tier. So politoed is probably dropping all the way down to ZU lol.
A drop that isn't really shocking, torkoal hasn't made sun that much better in the tier. Its another mon that low ladder spams, which is probably the only reason it lasted so long in the tier.
Krookodile has established itself as the best ground type in the tier, and for good reason. It's amazingly offensively with knock+e-quake doing solid damage to most things in the tier, with gunk shot handling everything that resists the moves, and knock off removing items. It also is quite good defensively with intimidate and its typing. Definetely deserved number three.
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