Alright, I have a nomination to make, and no pannuracotta, I won't nom kart and ash-gren to S even though I think they are top of A+ (and omicorio jesus christ stop asking me to make vr noms for you even though I agree with them, like dude, I have a life you know)
So, I know this may sound biased but hear me out, Victini from B+ to A-
The main reason I think this is because how few answers there are to banded victini and even scarf victini. There is really only one counter I can think of to scarf victini and that is bulky heatran UNTIL it is in range of a bolt strike and scarf bolt strike does a minimum of 29.2% to a max hp 0 def tran.
Calcs: 252 Atk Victini Bolt Strike vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Heatran: 113-133 (29.2 - 34.4%) -- 99.9% chance to 4HKO after Leftovers recovery
252 Atk Choice Band Victini Bolt Strike vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Heatran: 169-199 (43.7 - 51.5%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
Spdef Toxapex doesn't work as a counter because scarf bolt strike does a minimum of 53.9% and if it's banded,
252 Atk Choice Band Victini Bolt Strike vs. 252 HP / 4 Def Toxapex: 246-290 (80.9 - 95.3%) -- 56.3% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock
Yeah, pex is not safe.
Scarf Calc: 252 Atk Victini Bolt Strike vs. 252 HP / 4 Def Toxapex: 164-194 (53.9 - 63.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Black Sludge recovery
So yeah, Victini may be rocks weak but with all the good foggers in the tier like, corv, bulky kart, utility fini, and zapdos, I would say it's not too hard to have a defogger or two on your team and victini has good bulk compared to other wallbreakers and speed control making it a pain to remove without hazards and pursuit trapping which victini also struggles with but yet again, not all teams have pursuit trapping. Then for other checks like lando-t and garchomp, garchomp is probably the best answer alongside heatran due to it taking only about 50% from a banded v-create and being immune to bolt strike and then for lando-t, -1 252 Atk Victini V-create vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Landorus-Therian: 178-210 (55.7 - 65.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO, yeah.
So, to summarize this all up, basically no team is scarf victini or even banded victini safe. I also haven't even talked about it on sun, and it's (pretty bad) z-celebrate set (and boots but idk anything about it). So yeah, Victini from B+ to A-.
So, I know this may sound biased but hear me out, Victini from B+ to A-
The main reason I think this is because how few answers there are to banded victini and even scarf victini. There is really only one counter I can think of to scarf victini and that is bulky heatran UNTIL it is in range of a bolt strike and scarf bolt strike does a minimum of 29.2% to a max hp 0 def tran.
Calcs: 252 Atk Victini Bolt Strike vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Heatran: 113-133 (29.2 - 34.4%) -- 99.9% chance to 4HKO after Leftovers recovery
252 Atk Choice Band Victini Bolt Strike vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Heatran: 169-199 (43.7 - 51.5%) -- guaranteed 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
Spdef Toxapex doesn't work as a counter because scarf bolt strike does a minimum of 53.9% and if it's banded,
252 Atk Choice Band Victini Bolt Strike vs. 252 HP / 4 Def Toxapex: 246-290 (80.9 - 95.3%) -- 56.3% chance to OHKO after Stealth Rock
Yeah, pex is not safe.
Scarf Calc: 252 Atk Victini Bolt Strike vs. 252 HP / 4 Def Toxapex: 164-194 (53.9 - 63.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Black Sludge recovery
So yeah, Victini may be rocks weak but with all the good foggers in the tier like, corv, bulky kart, utility fini, and zapdos, I would say it's not too hard to have a defogger or two on your team and victini has good bulk compared to other wallbreakers and speed control making it a pain to remove without hazards and pursuit trapping which victini also struggles with but yet again, not all teams have pursuit trapping. Then for other checks like lando-t and garchomp, garchomp is probably the best answer alongside heatran due to it taking only about 50% from a banded v-create and being immune to bolt strike and then for lando-t, -1 252 Atk Victini V-create vs. 0 HP / 4 Def Landorus-Therian: 178-210 (55.7 - 65.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO, yeah.
So, to summarize this all up, basically no team is scarf victini or even banded victini safe. I also haven't even talked about it on sun, and it's (pretty bad) z-celebrate set (and boots but idk anything about it). So yeah, Victini from B+ to A-.
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