I also support Suicune dropping to B. As bludz said, Rest isn't really the best recovery move, and fishing for Scald burns isn't the most efficient thing in the world. Also, Sleep Talk can be rather luck reliant on the CroCune set, and ATM we have other good bulky water Calm Mind'ers in Manaphy and Mega Slowbro. Manaphy gets Hydration, meaning it can run Rain Dance > Sleep Talk for a more consistent set, and CroBro has Shell Armor which prevents crits. Furthermore, when we look outside of the CroCune set, Suicune doesn't really offer too much... it has some nice support moves in Tailwind and Roar, and you can some more offensive moves like a Hidden Power, Ice Beam, Hydro Pump, maybe Extrasensory(?), but again: this isn't really bringing too much to the table. Speaking on the support moves: Roar is pretty neat, but we have other options for bulky water type phazers in Empoleon and Tentacruel, and we have a good amount of other phazers in the tier like Hippowdon, Skarmory, Garchomp, etc. Tailwind on a water type with nice bulk is a cool niche, but Tailwind itself isn't all that great, and we have other faster Tailwind users like Talonflame (priority). Speaking on the offensive moves: Suicune as a more offensive Pokemon is terribly outclassed. We have Manaphy, Keldeo, Starmie, and Kingdra (for rain mainly). Manaphy and Keldeo are both sitting in A+, and Starmei is sitting in A... Sure you can run an offensive Calm Mind Suicune that has some nice bulk, but you can run Calm Mind Keldeo, or Tail Glow Manaphy, or Calm Mind Manaphy lol. A more offensive Suicune is just really outclassed right now.
tl;dr: Suicune for B because its main set (CroCune) is now in competition with CroBro and CM + Rest + RD Manaphy. Also, the CroCune set isn't that efficient considering you have to rely on some luck with Sleep Talk and Scald burns. Outside of CroCune, Suicune's other options aren't that great. It has some neat support options in Tailwind and Roar, but offensively it has LOTS of competition...
tl;dr: Suicune for B because its main set (CroCune) is now in competition with CroBro and CM + Rest + RD Manaphy. Also, the CroCune set isn't that efficient considering you have to rely on some luck with Sleep Talk and Scald burns. Outside of CroCune, Suicune's other options aren't that great. It has some neat support options in Tailwind and Roar, but offensively it has LOTS of competition...
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