Vappy is sort of like Hippo and WishTect Rachi in that certain offensive teams just cannot break it to save their lives, Infernape / Flygon / Gengar / Kingdra / Scizor kinda things. I think it's fine.
You know how Specs Zap trucks through a lot of teams that rely on Scarftar for Electrics? Just imagine if the Electric in question could actually outspeed Scarftar! Oh wait, Jolteon can. It owns and it can also run some sick Wish sets. Raikou's Scarf set is overrated and I don't think its old SubCM set is taking the meta by storm again anytime soon. I am quite a fan of the CM Shuca variant but I think Jolt is just a bit better overall.
Smeargle is alright, Occa is definitely the better berry on Meta leads atm as Sash on Machamp so that helps a lot.
Froslass is awesome, it plays sort of like an Azelf lead and can definitely move up. I don't like Hitmontop much because I think Donphan is way better thanks to not being affected by sand and its damage output is much higher. Electric immune doesn't hurt either. Top should probably stay.
Sorry for late reply. I don't know, I guess I understand the comparison in playstyle w/ Hippo and WishTect Rachi but from my experience it is nowhere near as good. It is a lot easier to wear down with residual damage and such, it can't really switch in on Infernape either (see Vinc's post). +2 LO Bug Bite from Scizor OHKOes, Gengar beats you with Thunderbolt, Flygon beats you if it's CB, Mixed I believe 2HKOes with Draco Meteor + SR + Outrage or something of sorts, or if you're somewhat worn down with Earthquake (ok you usually beat Mixed tbf, I gotta say that is something I haven't considered and makes it seem better for balance than I originally thought). Kingdra, DD beats you unless you have Roar. I mean, Vaporeon all
kinda beats them, but I don't feel like an offense team needs an anti-Vap mon to break it even. Just a strong set. Protect is also really predictable and exploitable unfortunately. Though now I gotta try to make a Vappy balanced team, maybe it's better than I thought, but I've never really had problems facing it (maybe it's the greatest with Toxic Spikes support though).
Eh, Jolteon, I don't think the Specs Zapdos comparison is 100% fair, Zapdos has more resistances and way more bulk so it can actually switch in on things. Outrunning Scarf Tar is pretty cool, I gotta admit. I have never seen a Wish Jolteon to be honest. SubPass is pretty cool though. I just feel Raikou has more advantage while Jolteon only has one crucial one (the speed). Raikou has better movepool and bulk. To me, they are roughly equal so I feel like they should be ranked equally at least.
Smeargle isn't great but it's ok. I just feel like it works sometimes and it does pay off when it works so it definitely isn't as bad as the other mons in the same rank. Agreeing with Froslass obviously, it's the shit.
As for Top vs Donphan, I have used both on stall and they both have their advantages. Top has Intimidate (huge), Fighting typing which is still solid, better bulk overall. However relooking at the rankings I agree Top can stay (but I wouldn't disagtree with B- either), just wanted to spark some discussion and wanted to see what other people thought.
Anyways, I guess I'll make some "official" nomations or something, the others (Vap, Raikou) could be discussed later too. I don't think too many people will disagree with these anyways:
Smeargle from D to C rank: Smeargle is clearly better than the other Pokémon in D rank, the description states D rank is for Pokémon that are simply not effective in the current metagame but I disagree with that description for Smeargle. In fact like BKC said I think it has been a bit better lately. Look at how Smeargle matches up with the best leads:
: Not great but you can U-turn to break Sash and KO with another mon.
- : Same as Aerodactyl, but easier to take care off.
- : If it's Iron Head it's a really bad matchup, if it isn't but it's something like SR / Psychic / Thunder(bolt) / Icy Wind / Energy Ball / etc. you have a decent enough matchup.
- : Sash is very common now which means Spore -> SR - > Spikes can actually work unless you're unlucky with sleep turns.
- : I don't see Lum much anymore and you outspeed, so this is now a good matchup.
- : You'll probably Sleep Dragonite and get SR up, no Spikes, but that's still not bad.
- : You are faster so you can Spore and then SR ánd Spikes. Great matchup imo.
- : Sometimes faster, sometimes not. If you are faster, it's great. If you are slower, still ok. If you are slower and it's Magma Storm, it's annoying.
- : Weird matchup, really depends on the Tyranitar set.
- : Ehh it's ok, you can Spore to SR but they might U-turn to something that can take a sleep and KO you.
Froslass from C+ to B- rank: Good Spikes lead, if you want a good Spikes offense you can usually just go with this. Matches up well vs common leads too, Icy Wind helps it beat Aerodactyl and Azelf too, you can Spikes very often, only problem is priority.