I already made a thread for this but was told to post it here, so that's just what I'm going to do.
Hello, I'm Nicobar. I joined this site very recently and I would like to start to contribute to it right away. One thing I noticed right away was that next month has the potential to create changes (for the better or the worse) for the UU metagame as a whole. Whether it's going to be things rising from RU or falling from OU and our pokemon falling to RU or rising to OU, I'm going to give you my personal opinion on what
COULD possibly happen. How the community reacts to it will determine if I do another one in October
Zapdos Suspect
Personally the thing I'm most excited about potentially happening is Zapdos being suspected to UU. It has low enough usage that it has the chance to be suspected and will be balanced for the UU metagame as a whole. I am sure that most people will be pleased with this happening and it would be able to go in on Mega Sceptile, Heracross, Shaymin, Vaporeon, Jellicent, Empoleon, Honchkrow, Crobat, Alomomola and I'm sure some other things as well. It can also pack a punch with moves like Volt Switch, Thunderbolt, Heat Wave, Ancient Power, Signal Beam and HP Ice. It also has some supporting moves like Defog, Roost, Tailwind, Roar, Toxic, Thunder Wave and even Substitute. It can be utilized in many different ways including as an offensive special attacker, a defensive pivot, or even as utility, it is good at all of these.
Although Zapdos is a very good pokemon, it has its weaknesses as well. It gets walled by bulky pokemon like Florges, Goodra, Rotom-H, Blissey, Dragalge, and many others I won't include. Zapdos can also get overwhelmed by strong attackers with type advantages like Kyurem, Tyrantrum, Mamoswine, Mega Abomasnow and in some cases even Mega Aggron and Aerodactyl. Overall, I think it's a pokemon with some flaws and some things that make it good but overall I think it should get suspected or even fall straight to UU.
Hoopa To UU
It's pretty obvious now that Hoopa is going to fall to UU, but what role and impact is it going to have on the UU tier? Will it be able to fend for itself? Hoopa as a very good special attack (150) and a very good typing that gives it two weaknesses in Dark and Fairy. It has a very large movepool with attacking moves like Psyshock, Shadow Ball, Dark Pulse, Grass Knot, Signal Beam, Thunderbolt, Psychic, Knock Off, Zen Headbutt, Fire Punch, Energy Ball and Hyperspace Fury. I can imagine that Choice Scarf will be a popular set because of Hoopa's relatively low speed stat (70). It also gets some support moves like Light Screen and Reflect, Taunt, Destiny Bond, Toxic, Thunder Wave, Trick for a Choice Scarf set, Nasty Plot, Calm Mind, and Substitute. These benefit Hoopa's versatility by a large amount. Obviously because of it's large upsides it as some very large faults. Firstly, Hoopa has it's Achilles heel, its defenses. It has horrible defense (60) but very good special defense (130). The problem escalates when it has it's 4x weakness to Dark Type moves, which include Foul Play, Pursuit, Sucker Punch and most importantly, Knock Off, which is used by alot of pokemon. Pokemon that kill it include M-Absol, Toxicroak, Honckrow, the Hitmons, Dugtrio, M-Banette, and anything that is relatively fast with a dark move and/or Sucker Punch. Overall, I think Hoopa in battle will be a hit or miss pokemon in battle. It will either do a severe amount of damage to the opponent or die right away.
Other
There are some other things that could happen that are not as important but still have an effect.
Slowking Going Back To RU:
Low usage, better options in UU, isn't overpowered in RU
Tyrantrum Suspect To UU:
Kills alot of RU, is already very good in UU, would gain more usage in UU
Gothitelle Going To RU:
Is not used at all in UU, might actually get some usage in RU lol
This is what I've seen so far that would catch peoples interest. I would highly appreciate productive criticism and your recommendations of what could happen this September and maybe even October.
And remember...