Thanks for explaining, your reasoning seems legit o3o. About Meowstic though, it does have Prankster, which means it can set screens before they attack, and no other Psychic type can set Prankster screens, giving it its niche. It also has a pretty wide support movepool consisting of status, screens, and even boosting moves if you want it to, but you're right, it is usually outclassed and on second thought D Rank is probably alright for it.- Thunder Wave on Cobalion noted.
- See my above post on Mew - I just think that all the new Magic Bounce users and other ORAS threats reduce Mew's Viability, I also think its Will-o-Wisp defensive set is the most/only viable one in this meta, with a few different variations.
- As for Quagsire on Water - Generally, Water teams will want a Ground Pokemon for an Electric immunity. These same Water teams also need a stealth rock user. Swampert just ends up being better because of being able to do both. If using Quagsire, you will need another stealth rock user, putting a lot of strain on your Water team. If using both Quagsire and Swampert, a gaping Grass weakness is formed. Quagsire also fails to check many of the Pokemon that other physically defensive Pokemon like Slowbro can due to its mediocre stats, and if using it in combination your team gives up any hope of being balanced. Overall, Quagsire just can't find room on a balanced Water team anymore; if it ever sees use it is likely most viable on a stall team. For these reasons, I think it should be C Rank.
- As for Scrafty, it acts as a secondary counter to troublesome Pokemon to fighting monotypes, like Sableye, Slowbro, Jellicent, Mandibuzz, and more. It also acts as a solid status absorber, and with Fighting being so hyper offense it is very crippled by Thunder Wave and Will-o-Wisp, so I think Scrafty has a very big niche - enough to land it in B rank. Cobalion can most certainly not switch into any special Psychic moves as it is 2HKO'd by almost all of them, and at the end of the day if you're having a problem with Psychic moves it's going to be from something fast like Scarf Victini's Zen Headbutt, which Scrafty can prevent from being spammed.
- Psychic has way too many Hazard / Screen setters to count - Meowstic is obsolute. It has Deoxys (Speed and Defense), Mew, Lati@s, Azelf.. all who do it better while having other beneficial assets. Prankster Thunder Wave is nice, but at the end of the day Meowstic isn't worth using just because of that. You also can't compare it to Klefki in the slightest, because Klefki's typing is a million times better than Meowstic's, and Klefki has access to Hazards and a reliable way to stop setup Pokemon in Foul Play. Simply put, Meowstic is bad, and deserves D rank.
Also, Anttya you also spelled Gourgeist wrong (you said Gourgiest). Ugh, sick and bored right now :I
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