C -> B-
While Roaring Moon does quite a few things better than Hydreigon as a dark/dragon, namely as a DD sweeper and choice item user, I think there's plenty that gives Hydreigon a solid niche too.
Like Roaring Moon, it can get switch in opportunities by taking advantage of Chi-Yu. It also gets a few more switch-in opportunities; it doesn't care too much about getting burned by Rotom-Wash or Skeledirge, and Levitate lets it come in on Iron Treads and Garchomp fairly easily and dodge Spikes chip. Between Nasty Plot and Draco Meteor, it can be very immediately threatening (where Roaring Moon needs either Booster Energy or Band to be especially scary up front), and it sits at a decent speed tier for the current meta that lets it outspeed threats like Annihilape, Great Tusk and non-scarf Gholdengo comfortably.
The main reason I like Hydreigon is because of its access to Thunder Wave in conjunction with its good speed tier. Its offensive presence makes it very difficult for status immunes to come in - Gholdengo gets owned hard, and while Garganacl and Hatterene can dodge a 2hko from full health, they still have to pray for no Dark Pulse flinch and no Tera, and they'll still get 2hkod after chip or hazards. Meanwhile, Iron Valiant, who would otherwise come in freely, does not like getting paralyzed, and other resists like Azumarill and Kingambit also won't love it. It can also potentially be used to put status on things like Annihilape (it lives an unboosted Drain Punch), Baxcalibur, and Dragonite, hurting their sweeping capability, giving you opportunities to luck out and opening up Hex users like Dragapult, should the need arise. You can also potentially use things like Flash Cannon or Surf to nuke certain checks.
It's far from perfect: it lets things like Unaware Clodsire, Grimmsnarl and Ting-Lu get in very easily (Ting loses the 1v1 but gets hazards up), and it can be quite hard to use against more offensive teams, but I think its niche as an effective status-spreading breaker is valuable enough to justify a B- rank.
Also agree with:
A+ → S-
A → A+
B → A-
C → B-
A+ → A
While Roaring Moon does quite a few things better than Hydreigon as a dark/dragon, namely as a DD sweeper and choice item user, I think there's plenty that gives Hydreigon a solid niche too.
Like Roaring Moon, it can get switch in opportunities by taking advantage of Chi-Yu. It also gets a few more switch-in opportunities; it doesn't care too much about getting burned by Rotom-Wash or Skeledirge, and Levitate lets it come in on Iron Treads and Garchomp fairly easily and dodge Spikes chip. Between Nasty Plot and Draco Meteor, it can be very immediately threatening (where Roaring Moon needs either Booster Energy or Band to be especially scary up front), and it sits at a decent speed tier for the current meta that lets it outspeed threats like Annihilape, Great Tusk and non-scarf Gholdengo comfortably.
The main reason I like Hydreigon is because of its access to Thunder Wave in conjunction with its good speed tier. Its offensive presence makes it very difficult for status immunes to come in - Gholdengo gets owned hard, and while Garganacl and Hatterene can dodge a 2hko from full health, they still have to pray for no Dark Pulse flinch and no Tera, and they'll still get 2hkod after chip or hazards. Meanwhile, Iron Valiant, who would otherwise come in freely, does not like getting paralyzed, and other resists like Azumarill and Kingambit also won't love it. It can also potentially be used to put status on things like Annihilape (it lives an unboosted Drain Punch), Baxcalibur, and Dragonite, hurting their sweeping capability, giving you opportunities to luck out and opening up Hex users like Dragapult, should the need arise. You can also potentially use things like Flash Cannon or Surf to nuke certain checks.
It's far from perfect: it lets things like Unaware Clodsire, Grimmsnarl and Ting-Lu get in very easily (Ting loses the 1v1 but gets hazards up), and it can be quite hard to use against more offensive teams, but I think its niche as an effective status-spreading breaker is valuable enough to justify a B- rank.
Also agree with:
A+ → S-
A → A+
B → A-
C → B-
A+ → A
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