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Resource Monotype Viability Rankings [November 2025]

I haven't really had the success with Froslass yet that would make me really feel confident about Froslass being considered A. The Fighting immunity is good on paper, but despite you saying it's "easy to slap on teams" that just hasn't been the experience of it to me so far. I think I need to go away from traditional screens if I want to make it work I guess, but it's pretty counterintuitive to me to have what's usually a suicide lead on a type that's almost always screens hail HO with alolatales and feels tight on team slots.

I just submitted 3 very distinct ice sample teams here all of have Froslass (which is not a coincidence, I consider it to be a top3 mon on the type after all). I hope seeing those teams helps you build with the mon. I believe the mon fits on any style of Ice team, whether you're running a team based on Screens, a team based on Snow, or a team that isn't based on either of those. While I don't think its anywhere near as mandatory as Kyurem or Alola-Ninetales (which is why I'm nominating it for A and not S), it is fairly splashable and deserves a lot more love than it's currently getting.

"teams that desperately need the pivoting", funny enough, is like every Screens Ice Type ever in current gen. Like the reason why Dewgong found viability and rose in usage to begin with has almost nothing to do with the fire resist in my eyes, but is rather entirely due to Dewgong feeling like it filled a hole that desperately needed to be filled with Ice lacking pivoting. Bringing in Ice's threats like Kyurem safely in can be a huge struggle, especially considering the lack of Roost causing many to instead turn to Choiced Sets. I think Dewgong is fine where it is for how Ice generally operates.

Frankly speaking I think if you want Dewgong to go to D, the onus is less so on critiquing the mon itself, but rather on critiquing the current standard build for Ice which really does want the pivoting.

I think part of the disconnect here is that I don't believe that Screens Ice is the only--or even necessarily the best--way to build and run Ice. I'm not sure where this notion of "Almost all ice teams must be screens/hail offense" comes from, but let me be the first to tell you this is definitely false. I believe screens/snow offense is a fine way to run the type, but there are also other possible ways to run the type that Dewgong will never fit on.

Even so, I'd understand Dewgong's tier if it was the only pivoting option available, but that just isn't true. There's UTurn on some mons (Frosmoth, Articuno), and also Volt Switch on (scarf) Rotom-F. All of these options have their distinct advantages (Frosmoth gets Defog, Articuno gets Roost, Rotom-F compresses a scarfer), and while Dewgong's probably better than these options, I'm not sure it's better enough to deserve C rank while the others stay in D tier (or in Frosmoth's case, gets moved to D tier).
 
alright, no Whiscash. How about something that's already ranked?

Serperior D > C/B.
I was SUPER surprised at this ranking. What do you mean Leaf Storm + Contrary doesn't do that much? Plus, it can run a wide variety of items; Choice Specs for Leaf Storm spam sets, Life Orb for Dragon Pulse, Giga Drain, and/or Glare, or Wide Lens to make Leaf Storm always hit.
I also have some calcs for this.

Life Orb:
252+ SpA Life Orb Serperior Leaf Storm vs. 248 HP / 212 SpD Toxapex: 133-157 (43.8 - 51.8%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Black Sludge recovery (2HKO due to Leaf Storm.)
252+ SpA Life Orb Serperior Leaf Storm vs. 252 HP / 240+ SpD Tentacruel: 134-160 (36.8 - 43.9%) -- 99.76% chance to 3HKO after Black Sludge recovery (2HKO due to Leaf Storm.)
252+ SpA Life Orb Serperior Leaf Storm vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Rotom-Wash: 289-343 (95 - 112.8%) -- 75% chance to OHKO
252+ SpA Life Orb Serperior Leaf Storm vs. 248 HP / 252+ SpD Tyranitar in Sand: 203-242 (50.3 - 60%) -- 78.91% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery (2HKO due to Leaf Storm.)
252+ SpA Life Orb Serperior Leaf Storm vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Scrafty: 138-164 (41.3 - 49.1%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery (2HKO due to Leaf Storm.)

Choice Specs:
252+ SpA Choice Specs Serperior Leaf Storm vs. 248 HP / 212 SpD Toxapex: 153-181 (50.4 - 59.7%) -- 86.33% chance to 2HKO after Black Sludge recovery (2HKO)
252+ SpA Choice Specs Serperior Leaf Storm vs. 252 HP / 240+ SpD Tentacruel: 156-184 (42.8 - 50.5%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Black Sludge recovery (2HKO)
252+ SpA Choice Specs Serperior Leaf Storm vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Rotom-Wash: 332-392 (109.2 - 128.9%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252+ SpA Choice Specs Serperior Leaf Storm vs. 248 HP / 252+ SpD Tyranitar in Sand: 234-276 (58 - 68.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
252+ SpA Choice Specs Serperior Leaf Storm vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Scrafty: 159-187 (47.6 - 55.9%) -- 25.78% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery (2HKO)
252+ SpA Choice Specs Serperior Leaf Storm vs. 248 HP / 8 SpD Araquanid: 189-223 (55.7 - 65.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ SpA Choice Specs Serperior Leaf Storm vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Blissey: 186-220 (26 - 30.8%) -- guaranteed 4HKO (around a 90% chance to 2HKO after the Leaf Storm boost.)

Essentially, Serperior is 2 Punch Man for nearly everything. And that's not to mention what it can do at +6. Save my boy Serperior from Abomasnow tier!
 
Now show the calcs on anything that resists grass. It's a good mon, but it doesn't contribute enough against your many disadvantageous matchups
wait dang you're right. But still, does it really need to be in the same tier as Abomasnow? I feel that's really bad for a Pokemon that can snowball high-damage grass moves in only 3 turns without needing nasty plot.
 
alright, no Whiscash. How about something that's already ranked?

Serperior D > C/B.
I was SUPER surprised at this ranking. What do you mean Leaf Storm + Contrary doesn't do that much? Plus, it can run a wide variety of items; Choice Specs for Leaf Storm spam sets, Life Orb for Dragon Pulse, Giga Drain, and/or Glare, or Wide Lens to make Leaf Storm always hit.
I also have some calcs for this.

Life Orb:
252+ SpA Life Orb Serperior Leaf Storm vs. 248 HP / 212 SpD Toxapex: 133-157 (43.8 - 51.8%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Black Sludge recovery (2HKO due to Leaf Storm.)
252+ SpA Life Orb Serperior Leaf Storm vs. 252 HP / 240+ SpD Tentacruel: 134-160 (36.8 - 43.9%) -- 99.76% chance to 3HKO after Black Sludge recovery (2HKO due to Leaf Storm.)
252+ SpA Life Orb Serperior Leaf Storm vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Rotom-Wash: 289-343 (95 - 112.8%) -- 75% chance to OHKO
252+ SpA Life Orb Serperior Leaf Storm vs. 248 HP / 252+ SpD Tyranitar in Sand: 203-242 (50.3 - 60%) -- 78.91% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery (2HKO due to Leaf Storm.)
252+ SpA Life Orb Serperior Leaf Storm vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Scrafty: 138-164 (41.3 - 49.1%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery (2HKO due to Leaf Storm.)

Choice Specs:
252+ SpA Choice Specs Serperior Leaf Storm vs. 248 HP / 212 SpD Toxapex: 153-181 (50.4 - 59.7%) -- 86.33% chance to 2HKO after Black Sludge recovery (2HKO)
252+ SpA Choice Specs Serperior Leaf Storm vs. 252 HP / 240+ SpD Tentacruel: 156-184 (42.8 - 50.5%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Black Sludge recovery (2HKO)
252+ SpA Choice Specs Serperior Leaf Storm vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Rotom-Wash: 332-392 (109.2 - 128.9%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252+ SpA Choice Specs Serperior Leaf Storm vs. 248 HP / 252+ SpD Tyranitar in Sand: 234-276 (58 - 68.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
252+ SpA Choice Specs Serperior Leaf Storm vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Scrafty: 159-187 (47.6 - 55.9%) -- 25.78% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery (2HKO)
252+ SpA Choice Specs Serperior Leaf Storm vs. 248 HP / 8 SpD Araquanid: 189-223 (55.7 - 65.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ SpA Choice Specs Serperior Leaf Storm vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Blissey: 186-220 (26 - 30.8%) -- guaranteed 4HKO (around a 90% chance to 2HKO after the Leaf Storm boost.)

Essentially, Serperior is 2 Punch Man for nearly everything. And that's not to mention what it can do at +6. Save my boy Serperior from Abomasnow tier!
This pokemon is D ranked because it has basically no coverage. Literally 1 special, non grass type move besides tera blast: dragon pulse. If it had better options other than glare and sub or screens for moveslots it might be higher on the VRs. C is like maybe arguable but even that is kinda pushing it. Torterra is C and has shell smash and like, movepool options and good secondary stab that hits poisons and fires and steels as well as being a poison neutrality. The reality is that serp really just doesn’t hold up.
 
wait dang you're right. But still, does it really need to be in the same tier as Abomasnow? I feel that's really bad for a Pokemon that can snowball high-damage grass moves in only 3 turns without needing nasty plot.
I think they're in the same tier cause serp is a good mon that provides nothing to the team, while abomasnow is a shit mon that provides a lot to the team
 
I think they're in the same tier cause serp is a good mon that provides nothing to the team, while abomasnow is a shit mon that provides a lot to the team
thanks for explaining this to me!
This pokemon is D ranked because it has basically no coverage. Literally 1 special, non grass type move besides tera blast: dragon pulse. If it had better options other than glare and sub or screens for moveslots it might be higher on the VRs. C is like maybe arguable but even that is kinda pushing it. Torterra is C and has shell smash and like, movepool options and good secondary stab that hits poisons and fires and steels as well as being a poison neutrality. The reality is that serp really just doesn’t hold up.
also you too Molemitts now I understand better
 
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