So, I'm only on low ladder cuz it's day 1 and I'm bad lol, but looking at the stuff on the radar, I think Flutter is def the biggest issue. I mean, tera is almost certainly not healthy either, but that's a whole mechanic and I'm not getting into that at 12:20 AM.
Whenever I'm in the teambuilder, I pretty much need to ask myself "is there a reason to use a special attacker that isn't Flutter?" And I usually find the answer's "not really." I mean, you can use more than one (I like pairing it with hydreigon) but I really feel its absence when I make a team without it. In game, it's like, "oh god, what the hell is this thing gonna do to me," since it has two fantastic stab moves and a bunch of great coverage. Tera just adds another dimension to the whole thing. I know a lot of people like choiced for good reason, but I ran heavy duty boots after I got too tired to try and keep hazards off and like, it works? This thing could be itemless and be a top mon.
Hound depends a bit too much on sand imo, and maybe Jolly is the wave but it doesn't really outrun the super-fast stuff, which I'd like my Sand Rush user to do. And it's Shadow Sneak is just not as strong as I'd like it to be a lot of the time even with band. Sitll, when it works, oh god does it work. Fighting Tera Blast + Trick is what I've been running in my last two slots, and the former is pretty helpful sometimes (I haven't really used trick yet oops).
Pal, Iron Valiant, and Roaring Moon are ones I'm also shakier on. When you use Pal right it definitely feels incredibly powerful, but at 1200 ladder you're not seeing optimal usage lol. Jet Punch is stupid good though and CC, Flip Turn, Wave Crash, and whatever else is just gravy. Maybe that's just the priority-heavy nature of the meta right now, but yeah. Valiant seems pretty strong, could see it getting banned. With a Steel Tera it sets up SD pretty easily, and with CC, Spirit Breaker, and Knock Off (which is a strong point all on its own) it breaks through stuff well. I haven't experimented with it much, but I can see how it could get out of hand down the line. Roaring Moon is like, eh? Like it seems a bit hit-or-miss, either it smacks you around or just kinda drops without doing much. I haven't used it much, so I don't have as much to say.
Lastly, this is almost certainly a case of low ladder being bad, but Cyclizar has been hot doodoo in every game I've played against it, Orthworm is the truth. It can actually take a hit and still Shed Tail, and I haven't found myself needing more than one most games. Body Press gives it an okay direct attack and Spikes is always cool too. There's also the fact that it's day 1 so some people just don't know how Earth Eater works, but even as people actually learn the new mechanics a Ground-immune pure Steel is just fantastic. Plus, look at that smile Orthworm's got. He's so happy to be here, tanking all kinds of hits and supporting your team. Cyclizar just gets hit by a stray attack and flops over, which is probably why he looks so mad.
Other quick stuff: Maushold and Tinkaton are bad memes, sand rush lycanroc is an even worse meme, klefki is a good meme, glimmora is dummy good at its job (4MSS is a headache though), hydreigon is legit, gholdengo is a mon to keep an eye on, meowscarada and kilowattrel have notably barely put in work whenever I've faced them, facing clodsire made me want to run hatterene, btw don't run hatterene, and my mono-Ice snow team dreams were absolutely crushed by Mamoswine not being in the dex, RIP the king. Hope I can keep up with this meta as it goes on, it has some great potential I feel.
Whenever I'm in the teambuilder, I pretty much need to ask myself "is there a reason to use a special attacker that isn't Flutter?" And I usually find the answer's "not really." I mean, you can use more than one (I like pairing it with hydreigon) but I really feel its absence when I make a team without it. In game, it's like, "oh god, what the hell is this thing gonna do to me," since it has two fantastic stab moves and a bunch of great coverage. Tera just adds another dimension to the whole thing. I know a lot of people like choiced for good reason, but I ran heavy duty boots after I got too tired to try and keep hazards off and like, it works? This thing could be itemless and be a top mon.
Hound depends a bit too much on sand imo, and maybe Jolly is the wave but it doesn't really outrun the super-fast stuff, which I'd like my Sand Rush user to do. And it's Shadow Sneak is just not as strong as I'd like it to be a lot of the time even with band. Sitll, when it works, oh god does it work. Fighting Tera Blast + Trick is what I've been running in my last two slots, and the former is pretty helpful sometimes (I haven't really used trick yet oops).
Pal, Iron Valiant, and Roaring Moon are ones I'm also shakier on. When you use Pal right it definitely feels incredibly powerful, but at 1200 ladder you're not seeing optimal usage lol. Jet Punch is stupid good though and CC, Flip Turn, Wave Crash, and whatever else is just gravy. Maybe that's just the priority-heavy nature of the meta right now, but yeah. Valiant seems pretty strong, could see it getting banned. With a Steel Tera it sets up SD pretty easily, and with CC, Spirit Breaker, and Knock Off (which is a strong point all on its own) it breaks through stuff well. I haven't experimented with it much, but I can see how it could get out of hand down the line. Roaring Moon is like, eh? Like it seems a bit hit-or-miss, either it smacks you around or just kinda drops without doing much. I haven't used it much, so I don't have as much to say.
Lastly, this is almost certainly a case of low ladder being bad, but Cyclizar has been hot doodoo in every game I've played against it, Orthworm is the truth. It can actually take a hit and still Shed Tail, and I haven't found myself needing more than one most games. Body Press gives it an okay direct attack and Spikes is always cool too. There's also the fact that it's day 1 so some people just don't know how Earth Eater works, but even as people actually learn the new mechanics a Ground-immune pure Steel is just fantastic. Plus, look at that smile Orthworm's got. He's so happy to be here, tanking all kinds of hits and supporting your team. Cyclizar just gets hit by a stray attack and flops over, which is probably why he looks so mad.
Other quick stuff: Maushold and Tinkaton are bad memes, sand rush lycanroc is an even worse meme, klefki is a good meme, glimmora is dummy good at its job (4MSS is a headache though), hydreigon is legit, gholdengo is a mon to keep an eye on, meowscarada and kilowattrel have notably barely put in work whenever I've faced them, facing clodsire made me want to run hatterene, btw don't run hatterene, and my mono-Ice snow team dreams were absolutely crushed by Mamoswine not being in the dex, RIP the king. Hope I can keep up with this meta as it goes on, it has some great potential I feel.