My entirely subjective thoughts on the tiering survey
Fun 7: The dlc 1 meta after the gliscor ban was straight up boring, zapdos and ting lu were carrying the tier because this was miserable to play, the metagame thread was constantly about who would get banned rather than anything else, thankfully the (underwhelming) second dlc has helped open up a more unique and diverse OU for use to play, hyper offense, bulky offense, balance and even stall are all viable and fun to play and i’ve been able to cook not just with top tier pokemon like iron boulder and gliscor, but with more niche options like cobalion which would be a low ladder gimmick pokemon in the teal mask ou, so yeah pretty fun
balance 9: im glad we’re talking about sets rather than what to ban and what not to unban because like i said, the teal mask OU was so restrictive, i only had one team i brought to ladder because anything else i could build would be match up dependent like alot of teams, nothing feels ”broken” and the few pokemon im keeping my eye on could easily be considered fine to others, i hope this lasts because i like a skill based format that allows me to be creative without messing up my GXE, its not perfect because nothing is, thank god
3 probably our Tiers best lead, versatile, faster than some BOOSTED pokemon and has access to dual screens and dual hazards, ive seen offensive forms running around using deo’s natural speed to deal damage quickly and efficiently like dragapult but with less power and far more speed, i was shocked to see it freed but now im not entirely opposed to the idea of it staying, still not entirely ok with it
2: I was theory crafting some sets that could be used on aurora veil and predicted sub roost dragon dance would be a watered down baxcalibur, its a good wallbreaker with strong ice beams that are hard to switch into and pairs well with slowking galar, the snow sets are ok but no roost and no physical coverage means its not avenging its son in law like that, balance is its main prey because stall runs catch all blissey
252 SpA Choice Specs Kyurem Draco Meteor vs. 0 HP / 252+ SpD Blissey: 186-220 (28.5 - 33.7%) -- 0.6% chance to 3HKO and thats just sets with no hp investment
1: im some what bad at using volcarona, so im not going to speak much about It, but the meta doesn’t seem to be destroyed by it, not that it ever was, i don’t struggle facing either
2: Its very good pokemon to use and im a natural at dragon dance acrobatics sets so its ban devastated me, its 2 because its very storng and top tier, i don’t vision it finding itself in hot water
3 if it were faster and not weak to rocks, i would want this banned instantly, but its shockingly balanced rn, the tide could change but choice band gouging fire has put me in scary situations and i see it on lots of teams but its rarely taken games out of my hands and i use it a lot too, it has so much potential so i’m not entirely against future action, very good wallbreaker, defensive poke and sweeper
2 Its very annoying but yet i don’t want it banned? I dunno maybe its just how i think but sub glare doesn’t feel unhealthy or suffocating due to movepool nerfs
2 calm and choice specs variants seem strong right now, so far i view it has a powerful special attacker and potential win condition with good defensive utility
4 Not as broken as i thought but its a late game beast with choice scarf and can batter teams with unresisted boosting attacks, substitute isn’t broken but choice scarf sets are questionable and wi advise to consider it and have complex discussion about it in the tier,
1 it doesn’t get set up turns easily and offense tends to run some form of priority to stop pokemon like it from stealing the game, rock is a good offensive type that has proven elite in ZU however it has defensive shortcomings and psychics are bullied in this metagame, it uses its typing better than any pokemon could dream however and has proved that it can hold its weight but i wouldn’t be worried about
2 its found more counterplay but better teammates to like deoxys speed, skarmory and the unbanned gliscor, it seems pretty weird that former top gholdengo hater welcome To mars would accept gholdengo after the community began to widely hate it but i most certainly can see the argument against it, mainly blocking hazards when hazard stack would already be good without it to begin with but great tusk threatens it and it has adapted with air balloon which can still be dealt with knock which means great tusk has easier time rapid spinning but must watch out for scarf and cannot switch in, so far so good
4 Ive won games because it and the indigo disk actually added counterplay so terastal kingambit is no longer untouchable but still a huge threat that carries games, we’ll see
please don’t use the kokoloko method, nothing is worth a temporary quick ban and the metagame is at its most balanced, lets go through this normally
