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As we approach OM Snake, which we are guaranteed to be in, I'd like to tackle the question of metagame balance. These Pokemon, in particular, strike me as possibly problematic:
(F)
This combination has shown extreme potency in our recent no johns tournament, having one of the best winrates of all the cores notably seen in the tournament. Most of you know how this strategy goes: Generally, Indeedee-F will redirect attacks toward itself while Alakazam utilizes its Amazing Speed and Special Attack, with Terrain boosted Expanding Force, which OHKO's or 2HKO's pretty much anything that doesn't resist it. Of course, it has counterplay in Pokemon such as Aegislash, and moves such as Wide Guard and the like, but its still a menace to teambuilding.
Mew is an extremely potent and versatile Pokemon, with its Imprison + Transform set, notably seen in its great usage in 2v2PL. It has a plethora of tools, such as Fake Out, Tailwind, Trick Room, and even Pollen Puff, making it exceedingly hard to predict its set, along with being another menace in the builder.
What are your thoughts on these Pokemon? Should they or should they not be banned? Please give your thoughts. For now, thanks for reading and have a nice day. Mubs out.
Code:
Mantine -> Tier 3
Accelgor -> Tier 5
Azumarill -> Tier 3
Bisharp -> Tier 4
Bronzong -> Tier 4
Chandelure -> Tier 4
Clawitzer -> Tier 4
Clefairy -> Tier 3
Durant -> Tier 4
Grimmsnarl -> Tier 3
Hawlucha -> Tier 3
Krookidile -> Tier 5
Ludicolo -> Tier 5
Magnezone -> Tier 5
Meowstic -> Tier 5
Mienshao -> Tier 2
Mimikyu -> Tier 5
Mr. Mime -> Tier 5
Porygon-Z -> Tier 5
Scizor -> Tier 4
Sirfetch'd -> Tier 5
Tangrowth -> Tier 5
Urshifu-Single-Strike -> Tier 2
Urshifu-Rapid-Strike -> Tier 2
Vikavolt -> Tier 5
Weavile -> Tier 5
Weezing-Galar -> Tier 3
Porygon2 -> Tier 2.5
Primarina -> Tier 4As we approach OM Snake, which we are guaranteed to be in, I'd like to tackle the question of metagame balance. These Pokemon, in particular, strike me as possibly problematic:
(F)This combination has shown extreme potency in our recent no johns tournament, having one of the best winrates of all the cores notably seen in the tournament. Most of you know how this strategy goes: Generally, Indeedee-F will redirect attacks toward itself while Alakazam utilizes its Amazing Speed and Special Attack, with Terrain boosted Expanding Force, which OHKO's or 2HKO's pretty much anything that doesn't resist it. Of course, it has counterplay in Pokemon such as Aegislash, and moves such as Wide Guard and the like, but its still a menace to teambuilding.
Mew is an extremely potent and versatile Pokemon, with its Imprison + Transform set, notably seen in its great usage in 2v2PL. It has a plethora of tools, such as Fake Out, Tailwind, Trick Room, and even Pollen Puff, making it exceedingly hard to predict its set, along with being another menace in the builder.
What are your thoughts on these Pokemon? Should they or should they not be banned? Please give your thoughts. For now, thanks for reading and have a nice day. Mubs out.
- 4 rain checks should always be able to handle Pelliper's hurricane (and also kingdra's) and considering that peli is actually stronger than the manatee, mantine's niche is pretty meh all things considered. Manual rain is also meh.
- 5 final gambit is strong and it's a reasonably strong bug type special attacker which is handy with mew and psyspam around. Tons of flaws but it does what it does to a satisfactory degree
- UR no reason to use this over Dracovish and even if it wasn't directly outclassed by a great mon it's also just awful in it's own right.
- 3 very strong physical attacker with good mus vs many intimidate mons. Also useful on rain to beat goodra
- 5 abomasnow is in tier 5 and the bear is the best hail abuser imo so it gets to room with the snow tree
- UR I would love to know what everyone else sees in this because it's just awful. It's a defiant user that loses to practically every intimidate user, an inner focus mon that loses to every fake out user bar Mr Mime and Delibird. It's a dark type that loses to psyspam (252 SpA Life Orb Alakazam Focus Blast vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Chople Berry Bisharp: 471-554 (141 - 165.8%) -- guaranteed OHKO) It loses to sun, rain, sand, eterrain and pretty much everything else you could care to mention.
- 5 decent tr setter, good psyspam and sand mus, very bad incin mu holds it back though.
- 4 ridiculously strong in sun with a good mu vs other sun and a good anti tr mon. Bad incin mu holds it back a lot
- UR too frail, too slow, not nearly strong enough to be worth the effort
- 4 redirection is good, friend guard is good. Outclassed by Indeedee but there's definitely valid reasons to use clef
- UR shell smash doesn't make a Pokemon good by itself and crustle has nothing to back it up
- UR ಠ_ಠ this mon is awful. It's too slow, too frail and it's power, while good, is not exceptional enough to distinguish itself from the myriad of better steel types.
- 5 another one that's just very strong with a decent typing. I was prey on the fence with this one, I get why the other's voted UR.
- 5 pretty directly outclassed by Scizor, rock coverage and speed are nice but scizor's priority makes up for the speed and has much better bulk. Durant is also just super inconsistent and the fact that Zam can ohko it without even needing helping hand is just sad.
- UR bad gimmick mon, better fighting types are available, better defiant fighting types are too
- 3 fake out is nice, excellent offensive typing, great support moves. Good psyspam mu is also nice and thr variety in the sets it runs is another plus
- 3 super scary in terrain, great offensive typing and seeds let it tank one hit which is often all it needs. Synergizes really well with the terrain setters which is also nice.
- 5 sand setter that doesn't fold to fighting types and is pretty hard to kill for many physical attackers. Worse than ttar but better than gigalith as a sand setter.
- 5 intimidate, unique typing that gives you reasons to use it, can run a few different sets.
- 4 rain abuser that destroys bulky waters, has fake out and has a good mu vs other rain. Second best swift swim mon imo
- 5 see my nom post
- 2 God tier mon, see my nom post
- 5 disguise is useful, handy typing, reasonably strong with an SD up
- 5 fake out + follow me great combo, Blastoise is better but mime is faster ig 
- 2.5 see my nom post
- 5 another one that's just ridiculously powerful in terms of sheer strength but requires a lot of support
- 4 see my nom post
- 4 good typing, strong, decent mus vs psyspam and sand. Really not a fan of incin and sun
- UR ತ_ʖತ this mon is awful, use amoongus if you want spore.
- 5 see the PZ explanation, nice incin mu too
- UR really not worth it
- 4 good rage powder user with absolutely titanic physical bulk. Outclassed by the mushroom but not being psychic weak and having ground resistance are both nice as is it's ability to actually threaten mons itself with it's good spatk
- 2 see above but with a different typing that gives you a reason to prefer one over the other
- 5 strong tr mon with a nice stab combo for the meta
- UR this thing has always been bad but now incin runs chople a lot, which is just cruel. Idk why this was ever ranked, there are better justified abusers and better grass and fighting types.
- 5 very similar to bisharp but weavile at least has fake out and a good speed stat. Another one I was on the fence with, could easily be UR
- 3 Ngas is cool but requires careful building. Levitate is also a nice ability that has to be taken into account at preview and it's typing is generally decent. Misty surge also exists I suppose.
is a flying type which discourages the opponent from clicking Earthquake and it also has access to follow me for easier drapion setup. 
is a good mon to use Heal Pulse to keep drapion from having to use rest, as well as having the healer ability to wake drapion up from sleep if it needs to rest. It also has ally switch for redirection. 
is a more offensive partner which provides fake out support for... you guessed it... drapion setup! Grassy terrain also weakens the power of earthquake so drapion isn’t affected as much by its only weakness.
for intimidate + a flying type that scares away ground types really well. 
works if you just want a physical wall to go with your special wall and also flying type is nice. 
-> tier 4/5