This lost a lot of it`s checks in the shift. Stuff like Klefki,Lucario,Chandelure,SashZam,Crobat,Doublade were able to check it and Kommo-o,Togekiss and Arcanine were checks to the mono attack set. Now that all of those are gone, Venomoth becomes even better than it already was while it`s mono attack set also becomes a lot better. It could be the best setup sweeper in the tier now since not many things check let alone counter it. However it is still weak to priority from Entei and Crawdaunt so it`s not completely unstoppable.
This lost it`s biggest competition in lucario and mienshao. And while bewear and toxicroak are still competition for it, it`s scarf set in particular got a lot better with the departure of mienshao. I think this will be a really threatening as revenge killer and late game sweeper. However it`s band set competes with bewear and the SD set competes with toxicroak but it still has niches over them.
This could be pretty good in this new meta. The most important thing this does is being a crawdaunt check for offence. Now that celebi is gone this might be the second best choice. It also provides memento support for hawlucha,venomoth,flygon and cloyster. However it is still pretty weak as an attacker and it loses to entei and darmanitan. It also competes with alolan ninetails since that does a similar thing for offence so I don`t know how good this is going to be.
This lost almost all competiton for it`s DD set while also being one of the best defoggers in the tier, Flygon got a big boost. It can also viably run band and scarf sets and the only other physical dragon that i can think of is Tyrantrum which also got a boost. With the versitality it has, Flygon could be a very splashable pokemon in this meta.
This pokemon could become better in this meta. The biggest thing is that gigalith dropped so it can be used as a sand sweeper. But I think that this can also be used as an offensive check to darmanitan, entei, swellow and venomoth. I don`t think it`s amazing but it definitely has it`s niches over other pokemon in the tier.
Now that Celebi is gone, this is a really good offensive pokemon and a grass type in general. It can run 4 attacks, 3 attacks+synthesis, SubSeed and even SD. It does a similar role to Celebi for offence being an offensive grass type which has some really nice coverage. However there are still a decent amount of checks for it in the tier. Even with that, Shaymin might be one of the most versatile pokemon in the tier.
I feel like this mon is being slept on right now. It`s a decently effective late game sweeper that also lost a couple checks in the shift like Klefki,Porygon 2,SashZam and Araquanid. And while it is in competition with Crawdaunt for a water/dark type for offence but it differentiates itself from Crawdaunt with it`s special and mixed sets. In fact this could be a good offensive partner for crawdaunt since they have similar checks. I`m not saying this is amazing but I think it deserves more usage than it got.
Before the shift, Venusaur was not seen much because there were simply better options. However, with the shift Venusaur became a lot better. The first point is the rise in viability of sun teams which lost a lot of pokemon which checked them. And Venusaur is probably the best sun sweeper in the tier so it already gains a niche from that. The other set I want to point out is the Z-Celebrate Venusaur set which could be a decent sweeper in the tier. Celebi leaving also helps Venusaur as now it has less competition.
Interestingly this mon could be pretty good in this meta. The main point being that it`s a very good Crawdaunt switch in. But that`s not all, it can also switch in to entei and darmanitan while also being a check to other pokemon. I think a RestTalk set with scald and circle thow will be the main set but that`s just my prediction. Overall this is a mon I think has a lot of potential in this new metagame.
Swellow has been a good pokemon since the start of RU alpha, but I haven`t seen it as much lately. With the shift swellow became even better than in already was. It lost checks in Klefki,Kommo-o,Lucario and Doublade which makes it even more threatening as a sweeper. It also pairs well with spikes and aurora veil which is good as those are common moves on offence.
Ok so this is a meme but I think it a niche in the new meta. I actually used this on webs before and it did it`s job fine but it was outclassed by Kyurem. However, with weather likely being prominent in the new meta, this can actually do something as it sets up hail. And offence usually struggles with weather so that could be useful. It also has freeze dry to hit waters unlike Kyurem, which clicks draco against them. And Milotic, which will probably be common in the new meta, can live a draco and click recover. Even with these things it`s still outclassed by Kyurem but if you want to meme you can use this.
And that`s it. Remember that these are just my predictions on how certain mons will do in this meta and I could be completely wrong about them.