Please read: Before I post this update, galbia brought up the idea of ranking the S and A ranks by order of viability instead of alphabetically. What do you guys think of this? Let me know if you think I should do it or not (prefereably on my wall instead of in the thread) and I'll do it sometime this week if enough people want me to. Keep in mind that due to the extreme subjectivity of doing this, it would likely be something that wasn't talked about in the thread and instead was decided entirely by me and other people on the council. Anyway, onto the update:
Barbaracle from S to A+
Carracosta from S to A+
Sawsbuck from B+ to A-
Victreebel from B+ to A-
Avalugg from B to B-
Duosion from B to B-
Marowak from B to B-
Carbink from B- to C+
Servine from B- to C+
Dusknoir from C+ to B-
Meowstic-M from C+ to B-
Relicanth from C+ to C
Swoobat from C+ to C
Wigglytuff from C+ to C
Dusclops from C to C-
Furfrou from C to C+
Glaceon from C to D
Regigigas from C to C+
Sliggoo from C to C-
Shedinja C- to C
Swalot from C- to C
Tropius from C to C-
Tentacool from D to C-
Most of these have been explained already, but a few of the bigger ones that weren't (don't forget that you can always ask me about any change I didn't explain):
Servine is moving down due to the huge popularity of of Roselia and Zebstrika, both of which are immune to or don't care about Glare / Leaf Storm. It also has tons of trouble sweeping in general thanks to its low speed and modest at best bulk, meaning that it won't accomplish very much in a lot of games. Competition from the many other Grass-types in PU also sets it back a bit.
Marowak is moving down further because of its low Speed, lack of ability to use Sturdy and WP / Custap unlike Golem, and generally poor matchup against the vast majority of the best Pokemon in the tier, many of which have type advantage over it. (sorry wdm :( )
Dusclops, Carbink, and Duosion are all moving down because of the general mediocrity of slow and weak bulky boosters in this metagame, as well as their vunerability to the incredibly common Pawniard and their difficulty fitting on offensive teams.
Sawsbuck and Victreebel are moving up because of their extreme potency on sun, as well as (especially in Sawsbuck's case) their very solid sets that they can run outside of sun, both of which are enough to push them up into the A ranks.
Now model user Anty will explain a few of the other changes because they were his and not mine.
Barbaracle from S to A+
Carracosta from S to A+
Sawsbuck from B+ to A-
Victreebel from B+ to A-
Avalugg from B to B-
Duosion from B to B-
Marowak from B to B-
Carbink from B- to C+
Servine from B- to C+
Dusknoir from C+ to B-
Meowstic-M from C+ to B-
Relicanth from C+ to C
Swoobat from C+ to C
Wigglytuff from C+ to C
Dusclops from C to C-
Furfrou from C to C+
Glaceon from C to D
Regigigas from C to C+
Sliggoo from C to C-
Shedinja C- to C
Swalot from C- to C
Tropius from C to C-
Tentacool from D to C-
Most of these have been explained already, but a few of the bigger ones that weren't (don't forget that you can always ask me about any change I didn't explain):
Servine is moving down due to the huge popularity of of Roselia and Zebstrika, both of which are immune to or don't care about Glare / Leaf Storm. It also has tons of trouble sweeping in general thanks to its low speed and modest at best bulk, meaning that it won't accomplish very much in a lot of games. Competition from the many other Grass-types in PU also sets it back a bit.
Marowak is moving down further because of its low Speed, lack of ability to use Sturdy and WP / Custap unlike Golem, and generally poor matchup against the vast majority of the best Pokemon in the tier, many of which have type advantage over it. (sorry wdm :( )
Dusclops, Carbink, and Duosion are all moving down because of the general mediocrity of slow and weak bulky boosters in this metagame, as well as their vunerability to the incredibly common Pawniard and their difficulty fitting on offensive teams.
Sawsbuck and Victreebel are moving up because of their extreme potency on sun, as well as (especially in Sawsbuck's case) their very solid sets that they can run outside of sun, both of which are enough to push them up into the A ranks.
Now model user Anty will explain a few of the other changes because they were his and not mine.