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I can't seem to find the thread for the current Gen 8 NatDex OU VR rankings. The one here seems like it is outdated, as the one in the current Discussion Thread listed changes to the VR not reflected in the aforementioned thread (seems like it was last updated in 2022). Can someone provide a...

Moon is a mon that may get suspect tested in the future anyways if the unban slate has anything to say. Wake however is still absolutely absurd with Z-move access, and the playerbase would likely simply use Torkoal/Ninetales to enable it instead if Zard Y ever gets the boot. And outside of...

It also lost Toxic this gen, which is another noteworthy loss (although Deo-D got screwed by this loss more). Boots plays a pretty big part of why Deo-S is a fair mon in OU this gen and not banished to Ubers like in past gens (the early 2010s). The big part of why the mon used to be broken was...

But then you tell those same people that an item called Heavy-Duty-Boots exist and that Deoxys' support movepool got nerfed, then they would begin to understand. It is still weird that Pecharunt still ended up as good as it is given its awkward stat distribution.

With Rhyperior likely falling to RU in the next tier shift in a few months thanks to Zapdos leaving the UU tier, I wonder if Thundurus-I will be re-evaluated at any point in the future. The mon can be quite a bit obnoxious at times spreading paras all over the place, but I do like its role...

Hold up, I just realized how terrible this shift is for NU. That the tier's #1 defogger and Fighting type check. What is going on in RU for them to keep taking away NU's whole metagame? lol At least NU is yoinking PU's metagame as compensation.

Zapdos saw that Moltres one-upped it in tiering from the previous tier shift and went like "Naw, we can't have that." The first ever Paradox mon to touch the realm of Untiered. Shows that even if your kind has brought immense powercreep to the game, they are not created equal, and this one was...

If it makes you feel any better, the last two months has Scream Tail be projected to rise to NU. Although with Gallade recently banned in NU, I am uncertain if that will happen now. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

For Latios specifically, while Darkrai is really bad to deal with right now, Dragapult has particularly invalidated his existence from OU since Gen 8. They function similarly, as they are both fast, offensive dragons. While Latios has higher potential power, thanks to his base 130 spatk and...

Hello there! I am currently making a "Ranking the Starter Pokemon of Gen 9" video and I have a few questions regarding the ones in ZU. Unlike the other tiers, I don't have any deep metagame knowledge on ZU and there is no VR to work off of. I can see that Decidueye-H is #5 in usage for the past...

I have a curious question regarding the VR. I noticed that Chesnaught is B tier in the VR (it even was previously B-), but something I also noticed is that mon has been hanging around the RU tier for a while now and that there is quite a bit of ladder usage of the mon from the recently released...

Shoutouts to Weavile just barely hanging on to the tier by a mere thread. Cutoff is 4.52% as a reminder. As a matter of fact, if the tier shifts was purely based on June's usage stats, then it would've dropped to UU (and Torkoal would've remained OU).

Something... something... funny meme in response to today's tier shifts. It actually has more usage than last month, where it was 4.763% usage.

It got banned in the 3 month time period between the previous tier shift and now. Its usage shown in the chart is the cumulation of its usage within the 3 month period before it got banned.

NU got a huge cornerstone of its whole meta yoinked by higher tiers. The tier losing Krookodile on the same shift that introduces 3 new potentially powerful Psychic types is nasty work. Araquanid dropping here will help out at the very least. Also... Can we give a salute to some of our...