Thought I'd a couple more noms after the shifts, mainly a few drops
NEW --> A-/B+
Deo has been decent in my experience. It's a pretty great Anti-Offense mon which is pretty good in the current meta. I think one of it's better traits is its variety of coverage and options. It basically has an option for every mon in the tier, so while it's raw damage isn't particularly good, it can be a bit awkward to switch into for some teams. Ho lead is also pretty obviously good. Generally it's a mon who has some clear issues but is overall a good mon.
A --> A-
Scizor hasn't felt as enticing to me as of recent. Heatran's success isn't the best for it and is pretty limiting for it. The bigger issue though is that bullet punch isn't hitting as much as it did in the past. Targets like Weavile have been taking a backseat to stuff like Quaquaval and Iron head Excadrill who resist bp. Going through a lot of the big sweepers rn, almost all of them resist bp or usually run tera steel. In comparision to other options like lokix, You end up not getting as much value as you want. Sd is steel decent enough but isn't as prevalent since HO just has so many other tools.
B -->B-
Quaq meta does it no favors. It's usage has been pretty limited for a good while and most of the recent developments have hurt it. As stated earlier, Quaq's dominance is pretty unfortunate for it, as is Keldeo's recent rise in usage. The rise in sand is also a hinderance to it. The increase in fighting types adds to the list of mons that threaten it as well. Extreme Speed is not a particularly good priority move nowadays, not really revenge killing much of anything at the moment. It also just has not made as much of a good impression as the B tiers and even a lot of the proposed rises to the point where it feels a little out of place.
C --> UR
I don't think I've seen this mon whatsoever in four months. It's main appeal to me was always being able to set up on zapdos. With it gone it's kinda just a slow DD user that doesn't set-up on much without tera besides non focus blast torn. Comparing it to the many powerful, potentially game ending sweepers HO has at it's disposal, Iron Thorns just feels too outclassed at the moment to really deserve a rank.
NEW --> A-/B+Deo has been decent in my experience. It's a pretty great Anti-Offense mon which is pretty good in the current meta. I think one of it's better traits is its variety of coverage and options. It basically has an option for every mon in the tier, so while it's raw damage isn't particularly good, it can be a bit awkward to switch into for some teams. Ho lead is also pretty obviously good. Generally it's a mon who has some clear issues but is overall a good mon.
A --> A-Scizor hasn't felt as enticing to me as of recent. Heatran's success isn't the best for it and is pretty limiting for it. The bigger issue though is that bullet punch isn't hitting as much as it did in the past. Targets like Weavile have been taking a backseat to stuff like Quaquaval and Iron head Excadrill who resist bp. Going through a lot of the big sweepers rn, almost all of them resist bp or usually run tera steel. In comparision to other options like lokix, You end up not getting as much value as you want. Sd is steel decent enough but isn't as prevalent since HO just has so many other tools.
B -->B-Quaq meta does it no favors. It's usage has been pretty limited for a good while and most of the recent developments have hurt it. As stated earlier, Quaq's dominance is pretty unfortunate for it, as is Keldeo's recent rise in usage. The rise in sand is also a hinderance to it. The increase in fighting types adds to the list of mons that threaten it as well. Extreme Speed is not a particularly good priority move nowadays, not really revenge killing much of anything at the moment. It also just has not made as much of a good impression as the B tiers and even a lot of the proposed rises to the point where it feels a little out of place.
C --> URI don't think I've seen this mon whatsoever in four months. It's main appeal to me was always being able to set up on zapdos. With it gone it's kinda just a slow DD user that doesn't set-up on much without tera besides non focus blast torn. Comparing it to the many powerful, potentially game ending sweepers HO has at it's disposal, Iron Thorns just feels too outclassed at the moment to really deserve a rank.
--> A/A-
--> A
--> C
--> B/B+
--> A+
--> somewhere
--> B- / just somewhere
--> B+/maybe A- but idk
UR -> C
to A-
from S- to S
from A to A+
from A to A+
from A to A+
from A- to A
from A- to A
from A- to A
from B+ to A-
from B- to A-
from B to B+
from B- to B+
from B- to B+
from B- to B
from B- to B
from B- to B
from C to B-
from C to B-
from UR to C
from UR to C
from UR to C
from UR to C
A+ to A
A+ to A-
A to A-
A to A-
B+ to B
B to B-
B to B-
B to B-
B to C
B- to C
B- to C
B- to C
B- to C
C to UR
C to UR
C to UR
C to UR
C to UR
C to UR
C to UR
-> B+
-> B
-> C
-> B+
B+ --> A-
B > B+: Pex is more flexible than people give it credit for and it starts to shine when you mix up its moveset a bit and drop haze for options like TSpikes (a lot of builds, especially HO builds are super weak to tspikes), Baneful Bunker, Gunk Shot, and even Lunge (haze is still good though). It checks a bunch of prominent stuff in the tier and regen cores are still insanely good and splashable. Also doesnt have to tera as often as Slowking because it lacks the annoying weaknesses to knock / uturn.
A -> A+
UR -> A
A- -> A
