I think there has been, but the UU playerbase dosen´t seem to want this change at the moment due to historical reasons, also there is that OU could claim some mons from BL and RU is already been made, so the Kangaskhan-centric UU cannot become RU
Well, UUFPL tested some mons like armaldo, swellow, zangoose, donphan, regirock, weezing, scizor, venusaur, typhlosion, kadabra, and there was a partial UUBL tournament that banned some specific mons, so testing has been there, but would the UU and RU playerbase want to change perfectly fine metagames? I mean, we shouldn't be touching things that we almost have no knowledge just because "muh, too much BL because for some random 2005 tiering decisions" while probably we are some 1100 ELO players that have almost no knowledge of current ADV UU or RU. That dosen't mean i oppose it, in fact that would be interesting to explore because not every BL mon would drop to UU, happening some metagame developments that wouldn't see in currently played UUBL
UU already removed the weird NFE clause they had for a few decades and unbanned Arcanine, Lapras, Jumpluff, and maybe a few others that I forgot about. There was a thread earlier this year where some people considered also testing and unbanning Kadabra, Donphan, or Zangoose. I don't know if those tests will ever really happen.
deserves a higher placement than B- on the viability rankings. It has a phenomenal typing for a choice bander and it's ability lets it absorb sleep super well too. Quick Attack is also a surprisingly useful tool that gives it a really solid matchup into the likes of Raikou 
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(assuming you aren't locked into something else.) While I haven't really tried the other spikes-immune banders I think Dodrio is definitely the best one out of them, it's just way more powerful than the others and can use Quick Attack to negate Dodrio's weakness of being slower than most other banders.
is an S rank pokemon and is the best fighting type in the format. It has great bulk for how hard it hits, allowing it to 1v1 almost any pokemon not named dragonite or weezing. It’s extremely good into both the special walls, and houndoom, making it extremely good for support for psychic types and generally specially based pokemon like raikou. Knock off is incredible in all stages of the game, its a great lead, exerting pressure immediately, its good in the midgame, coming in on regice, houndoom, chansey, registeel, and more meta staples with relative safety. It has a varied moveset, after the required knock off and brick break, you can use rock slide to pressure dragonite on the switch, Focus Punch for a big hit on a neutral target, HP Ghost for alakazam/medicham/dusclops, or earthquake for tentacruel/qwilfish/raikou. Hariyama has incredible versatility and presence on the field and feels like a great glue for so many strategies in the tier along with using knock off to great effect so for that reason I believe it is S rank.
is slightly too high and should be A tier. It is still excellent, but a lot of its targets have counterplay to it. Alakazam can either tech HP water or have a trusty hariyama to double to or a special wall like chansey. Medicham can brick break, Weezing can sludge bomb 2hko, etc. its not easy to get this on the field, but it is still incredibly important to UUBL and should be feared and respected otherwise you’ll get cooked., 
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should all be A+ tier. Alakazam is a nightmare for both offense and stall with options like encore, ice punch, HP Water, and a bevy of other options to potentially explore, for maximum damage and/or disruption potential. Qwilfish is the most reliable spiker, coming in and having great speed and a good typing with many solid resists like fire and fighting, along with boom, twave, sludge bomb which is such a strong attack in UUBL, and many other options last, its such a great spiker and should be higher. Weezing in a similar vein is the premier physical wall and should be higher. it can basically shut down any physical attacker you try with its high defense, fighting resistance, and will o wisp, making it extremely tough to break and a natural partner to any special wall in the tier.
should be lower. I think it is a great special wall but can be a little passive and cant always stop calm mind pokemon without sacrificing something, since it wants all of seismic toss, psych up, HP grass/fire, or explosion. its such a reliable pokemon with good damage output and walling prowess but the fire weakness hurts it against houndoom and its very vulnerable to a lot of physical attackers, especially ones that resist ice like registeel and thick fat hariyama which use regice as easy entry. It’s amazing at what it does but it can struggle with its weak points a bit and can potentially fall flat if played around well. Do not take this thing lightly whatsoever its still extremely good.
is way too high, I never see this. I don’t know what it does. I guess it can wall raikou without HP Grass which is cool and its typing is solid on paper but being weak to earthquake and not having good stats or utility options hold it back hard in my opinion. I just never see this and dont think it should be A at all.
is also way too high, I never see this either, I’ve seen misdreavus far more, who is weaker and slower than haunter but can actually take some hits decently and is not weak to psychic. Haunter has explosion but I dont see that being enough, and clearly dusclops is the best ghost type in the tier.
is too high, I havent seen this a single time, I’ve seen the other two I mentioned previously a couple times but never this, theoretically it could be good but it has a big registeel problem and that alone is an issue but it also is completely ruined by houndoom so in any given game you have a high chance to get hard countered, I dont think this mon works that well in UUBL.
is also too high. Great against stall but thats it, Tauros miltank or even kanghaskhan are more desirable in the majority of cases.
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should be A rank, Tenacruel is a great rapid spinner that can actually threaten ghost types and wall the spikers unlike donphan who threatens the spikers but is scared of potential coverage. It has high speed and good enough moves and stats elsewhere to be carried by spin and be a great pokemon. Steelix is one of the only counters to raikou in the format, so that automatically makes it valuable, but its also a great physical tank with explosion, and the classic STAB EQ + Toxic combo while being toxic AND twave immune as well as being able to phaze. Great mon.
is also far too low. Should definitely be B+ tier at least. its got quite a bit more bulk than alakazam, especially on the special side, which while not the pinnacle of bulk or anything goes a long way. But that's not the only reason its good. It has an excellent speed tier, tying tauros and setting a standard for which fast pokemon are judged by, making it highly threatening as well. Most would say "but isnt alakazam better in all other aspects including speed and movepool?" and that is where baton pass comes in, being able to calm mind with espeon and then pass it to friends is a great asset, but it also always dodges pursuit from houndoom, which alakazam cannot claim and it is the main reason why it is so good to me. Biggest downside is definitely the bad movepool since it lets it down a lot and makes it hard to use.
should be a little lower, its a cool mon and can absolutely do horrible things to the enemy but its a little weak and frail at times and can get walled by other grass types solidly.
is too low. It has sleep powder, ground and fighting resist, an extremely powerful psychic, which is great, has boom, and it has wish/moonlight for recovery. This mon is actually amazing imo. Can even be sunny day if u want but I don’t recommend it. Try this its actually so good tbh
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is as the #1, feels like Gen 3 OU Tyranitar, Strong and Versatile, but kept in check well by fundamentally strong things like Bulky Waters etc but still can always be useful in any match. is, If Raikou moved up to OU (which i think it should but thats a different conversation) than the electric type special attacker would be so much more unique of an idea and there would be quite a few usable ones like 
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, but Raikou can shred a team at a moment’s notice and can totally snowball out of control even when you go out of your way to tech it, since it is so strong with spikes.I’ve been playing this tier a lot on the ladder since it came out and I’ve been really enjoying it but I wanted to voice my thoughts on some of the viability rankings based on what ive seen on the ladder and used myself as well as my general thoughts on what seems strong and why and why that is good or bad.
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-I think a lot of mons in the lower ranks are actually quite strong and underexplored, and experimentation will win you games for sure in this ladder.
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-My biggest complaint with the meta is how oppressive
Thanks for reading I know this was long but I wanted to spark discussion, see what others thought of the meta and my thoughts, and just talk about the format in general.
Thanks for your reply. I’ve seen the sets linked to the VR to a fair amount of pokemon, but when I say I “don’t know what it does” I moreso mean that I struggled to see strong use cases for it over similar options, such as the lanturn bit. I generally know what they do but theyre uncommon for their rank and have competition. Let me respond back to you to see what I think.Hello. Since there are a couple of tournaments happening (soon) I probably won't do a VR update until they all end as I plan to gather opinions and maybe make an aggregated Viability Ranking from players who did well in those or on ladder, but any discussion is still welcome. I'll also point out that there are linked analysis or set dumps on the current VR in case you didn't know, since on some occasions you're asking what certain Pokemon do. Now, for your talking points:
: I certainly agree that Yama is great and can fit into almost any kind of team, be it to support your special attackers against special walls and/or Houndoom, cover the special attackers that your Regice don't help against (fires and opposing Regice), cover the Fire weakness and bring Knock Off to your stall team, etc. But in my opinion saying that it can 1v1 any Pokemon that isn't Dragonite or Weezing is overselling it quite a bit. There's a decent chunk of matchup where Yama isn't favored in 1v1 scenario (Vaporeon, Donphan, Dusclops, and more depending on moveslot), and while Knock Off is certainly great support it doesn't always allow it to really spread the lefties removal because it still has an hard time getting past Weezing or other checks (unless you really commit into bringing it down with Guts + Facade but you're obviously sacrificing Thick Fat utility and a moveslot on top of a ton of health in the process of weakening Weezing). One drawback that Yama has is that it's not the best Blaziken check and Houndoom can carry Will-O-Wisp which really hurts Thick Fat Yama, so Yama can't just be slapped and cover a fire weakness automatically. I personnally think it belongs to A, just under Medicham, but if it becomes a clear staple in more meta defining archetypes in the near future or see/hear more about its importance then I'll concede.
: Doom drop could be happening. I think very highly of it because it's a gatekeeper for a lot of stuff weak to Pursuit and it has a ton of utility with two useful abilities, a great speed tier, its plethora of options in the filler slot like Beat Up allowing it to get past Chansey (making it a special attacker that can get past thespecial wall trio of Registeel, Regice, and Chansey), WoW to cripple Yama, regirock and even Heal Bell users like Dnite and Miltank, Hidden Power, taunt etc. and the ability to support a large amount of Pokemon by trapping ghosts, psychics and even forcing progress against Weezing make Houndoom very strong. But I can't deny that pretty much all of its targets can retaliate against it and thus hurt its reliability: Houndoom can't be slapped to patch an Alakazam weakness due to Hidden Power Water being a thing, which applies to otherpsychics and Haunter, Haunter can also use Explosion or even destiny bond, Dusclops can use EQ or Focus Punch which have use beyond just hitting Houndoom, etc. You're not the only one who nominated Houndoom for a drop.
: Definitely rising to A+ next update, I've been considering it for a while and a lot of players think it belongs there as well. Best physical wall and is also kind of a pain to play around since covering WoW + Sludge Bomb + Pain Split isn't that easy and make Weezing useful beyond that, like switching on Toxic users like Registeel and forcing them out with WoW or Pursuit, and then there are utility options like Haze and taunt offensive Weezing is solid too.
: From my experience Alakazam fits the definition of super scary on paper but inconsistent in practice. It is very threatening and has plenty of options but also quite a 4 moveslot syndrome and sometimes you use a utility move (or one that isn't HP Water or CM) on a Houndoom switch-in and your Alakazam might just die the next turn because of it. Since it provides little defensive utility it can also be sometimes difficult to fit. Nonetheless, Zam being so threatening that it rises back to A+ isn't something that's out the realm of possibility, I may just need to see it more.
: I think Qwil sharing the same rank as Omastar is fine as is. The competition between spikers in the tier imo is currently at a point where there isn't one that is clearly beyond the other, and actually Glalie could get closer to them as well. Qwil isquite customizable between the spread, moves, and even abilities to suit your needs and the typing is great but it's still held back by its stats. that make it quite shaky against a lot of things it should be good against by the typing alone.
: Regice seems to have disappointed a few people so it could drop but I wouldn't call it passive. It's an offense staple because it serves as a special tank that can handle Raikou, Zam, add a safety layer against Dragonite and other relevant Pokemon while being scary to try to take advantage of for wallbreakers like Medicham, Dragonite, Marowak, Rhydon, and Ursaring, spikers like Qwilfish, Oma, and Smeargle, and other annoyances like Weezing, Haunter, and Venusaur; all of whom would use competing special walls Registeel and Chansey as relatively easy entry points and pose big issues for offensive builds. I also don't find Regice to be really yearning for more moveslots too much, as I think stuff like HP and Explosion aren't really that essentials and just occasionnally useful if you can afford the moveslot, though I'll admit there are cases where I'd like to have Seismic Toss over Psych Up but needed the reliability against CMers. Nonetheless, I think Regice is such a huge backbone for offense in particular that it deserves its rank, but maybe the meta will stem away and use Regsiteel more even in teams where Regice should fit best.
: I'm quite a big Lanturn enjoyer myself so could be a bit biased, but to answer the question of what it does, Lanturn is both a Raikou check (for non Sub or Rest Raikou without HP Grass, Lanturn is typically the last thing you want to see) and something that does very well into things that are used to take on Raikou and electrics in a general manner. The matchup against Regice can be dicy but Lanturn can at least it bring it into a level of health that'll prevent non Rest Regice from checking anything else, and Sub Toxic Lanturn in particular dominates non Rest Regice. So essentially, if your only mean to take Thunderbolt is one or several of Regice, Steelix, your own Raikou, specially defenisve Donphan, Bonemerang marowak, or more niche stuff like Camerupt, then chances are your team is weak to Lanturn, which typically can find plenty of opportunities against offensive builds between the spiker, the Raikou, the other waters and fires, etc. Lanturn doesn't naturally hit very hard but it can go full into special attack while maintaining a solid defensive profile. However, against bulkier team featuring Registeel and/or Chansey, it can definitely be harder to make progress with Lanturn.
: Haunter's biggest merits as a ghost-type is its Toxic and EQ immunity which allows it to completely negate standard variants of Registeel and Chansey while helping a ton against grounds like Donphan, Steelix, and other meta staples like Weezing, Qwilfish, and Venusaur. Of course, its Normal and fighting immunity are other selling points. Standard haunter uses taunt + Will-O-Wisp, which can be very painful for bulky teams to handle, and is a great option in offense alongside spikers, notably Smeargle, balance revolving around Spikes, and special offense for its matchup against Chansey and Registeel while being able to potentially lure out Houndoom and take it down with explosion to enable a psychic or Entei in the back. Its frailty and horrid houndoom weakness are definitely big issues, but I certainly think it has enough traits to stay ranked in B+.
: A drop could happen. I consider B+ to be a rank where Pokemon are solid and metagame relevant threats that need to be taken into account when teambuilding and Jynx might not meet the criteria because it usually is kept in check by a lot of staples that you use to check Zam or somethign else. PerishTrap Jynx might be worth exploring more and could maybe save Jynx rank, but 75% and the Houndoom weakness will still hold it back.
: Rise to A- will very likely happen. Steelix usage is high for good reasons. the main issue I have with steelix is that Registeel can also, albeit with less margin, check Raikou and the normal and Dnite CBers while checking a ton more stuff that Steelix can't like Regice, Vaporeon, Alakazam, Lanturn, Kingdra, etc. which leads to Steelix build being weak to at least one of them generally. But Steelix has other perks like Roar and being a great initial switch-in to Registeel. Steelix's matchup spread against the A ranks isn't the best, but if you ever need something to at least help against the current 3 S rank Pokemon, Steelix might be the closest you can get.
: A- Tenta might happen. It's the best at spinning and it has great resistances, notably a great Fire check that bulky teams definitely appreciate on top of spinning, although the low physical defense is unfortunate as it limites Tenta's ability to check fighters, as is the EQ weakness. A big complaint about Donphan is how it offers free switch-ins to Weezing, while Tenta is actually pretty good into it instead, although it lets other stuff like Registeel coming in that Donphan doesn't.
: I actually heard people think it could rise back to B+ instead, but I agree with you that Sceptile isn't great due to how weak (non Overgrow boosted Leaf Blade doesn't 2HKO defensive Vap) and frail it is and is one of those mons that can be limited by Houndoom's Pursuit. Maybe it'll stay in B rank, we'll see.
: Imo Eggy shares the same problems as Jynx if not worse: very Houndoom weak, walled by Registeel and Scizor (unless HP fire but gotta make room for that), forced to explode against a ton of stuff like Regice, Chansey, and even Dragonite to some extent. Ideally you can sleep something and boom on another thing, but from my experience what happens the most often is that the thing put to sleep can stay in on Exeggutor even snoring, so it may not cripple more than one target. It has a ton of cool moves like Wish, Leech seed, Stun Spore, etc. but it's already hard to fit the options you want with 4 moveslots. My opinion may change in the future but I haven't been very impressed by Eggy personnally.
And yes, there a few things in the lower ranks that could be rising. I mentioned Glalie, Misdreavus and Slaking are other examples of mons that could rise.
Regarding Raikou, you're not the only one feeling that it is oppressive. I don't think it's as broken as some make it sound to be but the UUBL metagame certainly is much kinder to it than OU between the lack of sand, Dugtrio, or even less strong EQ users that are able to take a boosted hit or simply outspeed before KOing it, leading to that snowballing effect you mentioned. I was happy to see it drop back in 2019 because it brought a good Electric-type in a meta where forcing out Vaporeon through sheer offensive power was difficult while making the other good Electric-type (Lanturn) better, which I think was an healthy dynamic, and then Regice dropped as well which was a very welcome addition. The other UU Electric-types are very flawed because of their frailty or speed (Ampharos) making them significantly worse at covering Vaporeon and just overall not too good in UUBL, but the meta changed and has gathered a bigger playerbase since then so Vaporeon staying in and quitting only to let something else absorb or cure it of Toxic might no longer be within view. I'll gather more opinions regarding potential bans like Raikou and additional BP clauses after ladder and tours come to a close.
Feel free to respond to my comments or discuss anything else you would want.
I definitely was over exaggerating slightly when I said it can 1v1 any pokemon, but only slightly. With the exception of dnite, weezing, dusclops, physdef donphan/vaporeon, and similarly bulky mons, it can come out on top in a 1v1, and even those pokemon can be threatened by moveset variations. It’s checks are pretty small and most things that can stave it off sacrifice a lot to do it. houndoom has will o wisp as counterplay to yama but it has to give up on a coverage move which can be a big ask. Especially since it needs at least 3 attacks and wants beat up or HP ice/grass as well. I’d put this mon at the top of A+ or bottom of S personally, it definitely has a couple notable flaws but they are so outweighed by the strength and consistency this guy has. drop just makes sense, too difficult to get onto the field without taking some serious hits in return and can have issues with its checks carrying moves that naturally do high damage to it. Can absolutely dominate certain things tho. is crazy good, feels like the skarmory of the tier sometimes with how hard it is to actually take down. Deserves a higher spot for sure. having 4mss and being physically frail, but I think the 4mss is actually more of an opportunity to experiment with it and try new things to beat certain checks. CM-less alakazam could be an idea on certain types of balance teams that wanna use more utility moves as an example. But this makes sense to me as well, wouldnt be totally upset if this stays at A. because its stats definitely hold it back, but for me the speed tier and great moves make up for it big time. Even though it can get worn down quickly or even just busted through sometimes, its a great mediator pokemon and can take advantage of passive teams better than almost anything else. Omastar is also great at this but feels to me as if being so weak to special attacks as a spiker is deadly. qwilfish is no special hit taker but the more desirable typing can let it get a layer or make a play while blowing up while omastar just dies. Omastar is also a much slower pokemon. definitely has an argument to stay where it is, it is so consistent where it is strong, but it also has no way to beat its natural checks, anything that is physically based and resists ice beam immediately puts regice on the back foot which is a big problem, and forces it to play much more passively than it actually wants to. It’s definitely not a passive wall but its weaknesses force it into a passive action quite often. seems like a decent set, but I’m not sure if im totally convinced. I did see it in a couple games and it was a cool hittaker with some good offensive capabilities but the speed and low power really made it easy to just play around for me every time I saw it. It could be that people werent using it right, and it WAS mildly annoying to fight, but I don’t know yet. Not sold in him. being immune to eq and toxic are definitely noteworthy traits but the frailty and pursuit weakness really hurt it big time for me. It also is somewhat lacking in special attacking options, relying on mostly the tbolt+psychic combo which is good but has some hard stops. explosion is great but its a weak attack on him, and of course wisp+taunt is a classic but I do not feel that it accurately depicts gengar in OU and has MUCH more severe weaknesses and is in contest with more applicable ghosts like dusclops and even misdreavus who I think is honestly more useful if not just as useful. is out of place in B+, I didn’t note this in my original post, I’ll edit it, but is also too high. Great against stall but thats it, Tauros miltank or even kanghaskhan are more desirable in the majority of cases. is a beast and is a must rise. is also an easy candidate for a rise but it’s definitely got a couple more exploitable points than steelix does. I love this mon but in this tier I’d rather use any of Venusaur Exeggutor or Ludicolo first. Its fast subseed is deadly but the lack of power is such a serious problem against warring grass types and it can struggle to enter safely. argument but I think the amount of resists compared to Jynx and the bulk are what separate the two to me. Jynx is also very one dimensional while eggy is not. Eggy being slow hurts a lot though. Definitely can see this staying down, its impressed me in comparison to where it is but not as a whole.
no sand to balance them; this also causes protect to be rampant for chip healing
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| Nickname (Species) @ Item | Ability: | Nature & Values | Moves | |
| =let(a,unique('1760'!A$2:A),b,index(a,countunique(A$2:A121)+1),d,counta(filter('1760'!AA:AA,'1760'!A:A=b)),e,makearray(d*10,1,lambda(r,c,if((r-1)/10=floor(r/10),b,))),e) | =let(a,match($A2,'1760'!$A:$A,0),b,match("Spreads",filter('1760'!$S:$S,'1760'!$A:$A=$A2),0),indirect("1760!R"&a+b&"C"&column('1760'!$X$1),0)) | =let(a,match($A2,'1760'!$A:$A,0),b,match("Spreads",filter('1760'!$S:$S,'1760'!$A:$A=$A2),0)+counta(filter($A$2:$A2,$A$2:$A2=$A2))-1,indirect("1760!R"&a+b&"C"&column('1760'!$Y$1),0)) | =let(a,match($A2,'1760'!$A:$A,0),b,match("Spreads",filter('1760'!$S:$S,'1760'!$A:$A=$A2),0)+counta(filter($A$2:$A2,$A$2:$A2=$A2))-1,indirect("1760!R"&a+b&"C"&column('1760'!$Z$1),0)) | =let(a,match($A2,'1760'!$A:$A,0),b,match("Spreads",filter('1760'!$S:$S,'1760'!$A:$A=$A2),0)+counta(filter($A$2:$A2,$A$2:$A2=$A2))-1,indirect("1760!R"&a+b&"C"&column('1760'!$AA$1),0)) |
| =C2 | ||||
| =left(D2,find("e E",D2)) | ||||
| =let(a,len(D2),b,find("EVs:",D2)-1,right(D2,a-b)) | ||||
| IVs: 30 SpA / 30 SpD / 30 Spe | ||||
| =let(a,find("-",E2,2),b,find("-",E2,a+1),c,find("-",E2,b+1),d,{left(E2,a-2);mid(E2,a,b-a-1);mid(E2,b,c-b-1);mid(E2,c,len(E2)-c)},map(d,lambda(e,ifs(e="- DoubleEdge","- Double-Edge",e="- WillOWisp","- Will-O-Wisp",1,e)))) | ||||
| - Earthquake | ||||
| - Dragon Dance | ||||
| - Ice Beam | ||||
| Dragonite | =let(a,match($A12,'1760'!$A:$A,0),b,match("Spreads",filter('1760'!$S:$S,'1760'!$A:$A=$A12),0)+counta(filter(A$2:A11,A$2:A11=$A12)),indirect("1760!R"&a+b&"C"&column('1760'!$X$1),0)) | =let(a,match($A12,'1760'!$A:$A,0),b,match("Spreads",filter('1760'!$S:$S,'1760'!$A:$A=$A12),0)+counta(filter($A$2:$A12,$A$2:$A12=$A12))-1,indirect("1760!R"&a+b&"C"&column('1760'!$Y$1),0)) | =let(a,match($A12,'1760'!$A:$A,0),b,match("Spreads",filter('1760'!$S:$S,'1760'!$A:$A=$A12),0)+counta(filter($A$2:$A12,$A$2:$A12=$A12))-1,indirect("1760!R"&a+b&"C"&column('1760'!$Z$1),0)) | =let(a,match($A12,'1760'!$A:$A,0),b,match("Spreads",filter('1760'!$S:$S,'1760'!$A:$A=$A12),0)+counta(filter($A$2:$A12,$A$2:$A12=$A12))-1,indirect("1760!R"&a+b&"C"&column('1760'!$AA$1),0)) |
| =C12 | ||||
| =left(D12,find("e E",D12)) | ||||
| =let(a,len(D12),b,find("EVs:",D12)-1,right(D12,a-b)) | ||||
| =let(a,find("-",E12,2),b,find("-",E12,a+1),c,find("-",E12,b+1),d,{left(E12,a-2);mid(E12,a,b-a-1);mid(E12,b,c-b-1);mid(E12,c,len(E12)-c)},map(d,lambda(e,ifs(e="- DoubleEdge","- Double-Edge",e="- WillOWisp","- Will-O-Wisp",1,e)))) | ||||
| - Earthquake | ||||
| - Dragon Dance | ||||
| - Ice Beam | ||||
| Dragonite | =let(a,match($A22,'1760'!$A:$A,0),b,match("Spreads",filter('1760'!$S:$S,'1760'!$A:$A=$A22),0)+counta(filter(A$2:A22,A$2:A22=$A22))-1,indirect("1760!R"&a+b&"C"&column('1760'!$X$1),0)) | =let(a,match($A22,'1760'!$A:$A,0),b,match("Spreads",filter('1760'!$S:$S,'1760'!$A:$A=$A22),0)+counta(filter($A$2:$A22,$A$2:$A22=$A22))-1,indirect("1760!R"&a+b&"C"&column('1760'!$Y$1),0)) | =let(a,match($A22,'1760'!$A:$A,0),b,match("Spreads",filter('1760'!$S:$S,'1760'!$A:$A=$A22),0)+counta(filter($A$2:$A22,$A$2:$A22=$A22))-1,indirect("1760!R"&a+b&"C"&column('1760'!$Z$1),0)) | =let(a,match($A22,'1760'!$A:$A,0),b,match("Spreads",filter('1760'!$S:$S,'1760'!$A:$A=$A22),0)+counta(filter($A$2:$A22,$A$2:$A22=$A22))-1,indirect("1760!R"&a+b&"C"&column('1760'!$AA$1),0)) |
| =C22 | ||||
| =left(D22,find("e E",D22)) | ||||
| =let(a,len(D22),b,find("EVs:",D22)-1,right(D22,a-b)) | ||||
| IVs: 30 SpA / 30 SpD / 30 Spe | ||||
| =let(a,find("-",E22,2),b,find("-",E22,a+1),c,find("-",E22,b+1),d,{left(E22,a-2);mid(E22,a,b-a-1);mid(E22,b,c-b-1);mid(E22,c,len(E22)-c)},map(d,lambda(e,ifs(e="- DoubleEdge","- Double-Edge",e="- WillOWisp","- Will-O-Wisp",1,e)))) | ||||
| - Earthquake | ||||
| - Dragon Dance | ||||
| - Ice Beam | ||||
| Dragonite | =let(a,match($A32,'1760'!$A:$A,0),b,match("Spreads",filter('1760'!$S:$S,'1760'!$A:$A=$A32),0)+counta(filter(A$2:A32,A$2:A32=$A32))-1,indirect("1760!R"&a+b&"C"&column('1760'!$X$1),0)) | =let(a,match($A32,'1760'!$A:$A,0),b,match("Spreads",filter('1760'!$S:$S,'1760'!$A:$A=$A32),0)+counta(filter($A$2:$A32,$A$2:$A32=$A32))-1,indirect("1760!R"&a+b&"C"&column('1760'!$Y$1),0)) | =let(a,match($A32,'1760'!$A:$A,0),b,match("Spreads",filter('1760'!$S:$S,'1760'!$A:$A=$A32),0)+counta(filter($A$2:$A32,$A$2:$A32=$A32))-1,indirect("1760!R"&a+b&"C"&column('1760'!$Z$1),0)) | =let(a,match($A32,'1760'!$A:$A,0),b,match("Spreads",filter('1760'!$S:$S,'1760'!$A:$A=$A32),0)+counta(filter($A$2:$A32,$A$2:$A32=$A32))-1,indirect("1760!R"&a+b&"C"&column('1760'!$AA$1),0)) |
| =C32 | ||||
| =left(D32,find("e E",D32)) | ||||
| =let(a,len(D32),b,find("EVs:",D32)-1,right(D32,a-b)) | ||||
| IVs: 30 SpA / 30 SpD / 30 Spe | ||||
| =let(a,find("-",E32,2),b,find("-",E32,a+1),c,find("-",E32,b+1),d,{left(E32,a-2);mid(E32,a,b-a-1);mid(E32,b,c-b-1);mid(E32,c,len(E32)-c)},map(d,lambda(e,ifs(e="- DoubleEdge","- Double-Edge",e="- WillOWisp","- Will-O-Wisp",1,e)))) | ||||
| - Earthquake | ||||
| - Ice Beam | ||||
| - Roar | ||||
| Dragonite | =let(a,match($A42,'1760'!$A:$A,0),b,match("Spreads",filter('1760'!$S:$S,'1760'!$A:$A=$A42),0)+counta(filter(A$2:A42,A$2:A42=$A42))-1,indirect("1760!R"&a+b&"C"&column('1760'!$X$1),0)) | =let(a,match($A42,'1760'!$A:$A,0),b,match("Spreads",filter('1760'!$S:$S,'1760'!$A:$A=$A42),0)+counta(filter($A$2:$A42,$A$2:$A42=$A42))-1,indirect("1760!R"&a+b&"C"&column('1760'!$Y$1),0)) | =let(a,match($A42,'1760'!$A:$A,0),b,match("Spreads",filter('1760'!$S:$S,'1760'!$A:$A=$A42),0)+counta(filter($A$2:$A42,$A$2:$A42=$A42))-1,indirect("1760!R"&a+b&"C"&column('1760'!$Z$1),0)) | =let(a,match($A42,'1760'!$A:$A,0),b,match("Spreads",filter('1760'!$S:$S,'1760'!$A:$A=$A42),0)+counta(filter($A$2:$A42,$A$2:$A42=$A42))-1,indirect("1760!R"&a+b&"C"&column('1760'!$AA$1),0)) |
| =C42 | ||||
| =left(D42,find("e E",D42)) | ||||
| =let(a,len(D42),b,find("EVs:",D42)-1,right(D42,a-b)) | ||||
| =let(a,find("-",E42,2),b,find("-",E42,a+1),c,find("-",E42,b+1),d,{left(E42,a-2);mid(E42,a,b-a-1);mid(E42,b,c-b-1);mid(E42,c,len(E42)-c)},map(d,lambda(e,ifs(e="- DoubleEdge","- Double-Edge",e="- WillOWisp","- Will-O-Wisp",1,e)))) | ||||
| - Earthquake | ||||
| - Ice Beam | ||||
| - Focus Punch | ||||
| Dragonite | =let(a,match($A52,'1760'!$A:$A,0),b,match("Spreads",filter('1760'!$S:$S,'1760'!$A:$A=$A52),0)+counta(filter(A$2:A52,A$2:A52=$A52))-1,indirect("1760!R"&a+b&"C"&column('1760'!$X$1),0)) | =let(a,match($A52,'1760'!$A:$A,0),b,match("Spreads",filter('1760'!$S:$S,'1760'!$A:$A=$A52),0)+counta(filter($A$2:$A52,$A$2:$A52=$A52))-1,indirect("1760!R"&a+b&"C"&column('1760'!$Y$1),0)) | =let(a,match($A52,'1760'!$A:$A,0),b,match("Spreads",filter('1760'!$S:$S,'1760'!$A:$A=$A52),0)+counta(filter($A$2:$A52,$A$2:$A52=$A52))-1,indirect("1760!R"&a+b&"C"&column('1760'!$Z$1),0)) | =let(a,match($A52,'1760'!$A:$A,0),b,match("Spreads",filter('1760'!$S:$S,'1760'!$A:$A=$A52),0)+counta(filter($A$2:$A52,$A$2:$A52=$A52))-1,indirect("1760!R"&a+b&"C"&column('1760'!$AA$1),0)) |
| =C52 | ||||
| =left(D52,find("e E",D52)) | ||||
| =let(a,len(D52),b,find("EVs:",D52)-1,right(D52,a-b)) | ||||
| IVs: 30 SpA / 30 SpD / 30 Spe | ||||
| =let(a,find("-",E52,2),b,find("-",E52,a+1),c,find("-",E52,b+1),d,{left(E52,a-2);mid(E52,a,b-a-1);mid(E52,b,c-b-1);mid(E52,c,len(E52)-c)},map(d,lambda(e,ifs(e="- DoubleEdge","- Double-Edge",e="- WillOWisp","- Will-O-Wisp",1,e)))) | ||||
| - Earthquake | ||||
| - Ice Beam | ||||
| - Focus Punch | ||||
| =let(a,unique('1760'!A$2:A),b,index(a,countunique(A$2:A61)+1),d,counta(filter('1760'!W:W,'1760'!A:A=b)),e,makearray(d*10,1,lambda(r,c,if((r-1)/10=floor(r/10),b,))),e) | =let(a,match($A62,'1760'!$A:$A,0),b,match("Spreads",filter('1760'!$S:$S,'1760'!$A:$A=$A62),0)+counta(filter($A$2:$A62,$A$2:$A62=$A62))-1,indirect("1760!R"&a+b&"C"&column('1760'!$X$1),0)) | =let(a,match($A62,'1760'!$A:$A,0),b,match("Spreads",filter('1760'!$S:$S,'1760'!$A:$A=$A62),0)+counta(filter($A$2:$A62,$A$2:$A62=$A62))-1,indirect("1760!R"&a+b&"C"&column('1760'!$Y$1),0)) | =let(a,match($A62,'1760'!$A:$A,0),b,match("Spreads",filter('1760'!$S:$S,'1760'!$A:$A=$A62),0)+counta(filter($A$2:$A62,$A$2:$A62=$A62))-1,indirect("1760!R"&a+b&"C"&column('1760'!$Z$1),0)) | =let(a,match($A62,'1760'!$A:$A,0),b,match("Spreads",filter('1760'!$S:$S,'1760'!$A:$A=$A62),0)+counta(filter($A$2:$A62,$A$2:$A62=$A62))-1,indirect("1760!R"&a+b&"C"&column('1760'!$AA$1),0)) |
| =C62 | ||||
| =left(D62,find("e E",D62)) | ||||
| =let(a,len(D62),b,find("EVs:",D62)-1,right(D62,a-b)) | ||||
| =let(a,find("-",E62,2),b,find("-",E62,a+1),c,find("-",E62,b+1),d,{left(E62,a-2);mid(E62,a,b-a-1);mid(E62,b,c-b-1);mid(E62,c,len(E62)-c)},map(d,lambda(e,ifs(e="- DoubleEdge","- Double-Edge",e="- WillOWisp","- Will-O-Wisp",1,e)))) | ||||
| - Surf | ||||
| - Ice Beam | ||||
| - Hidden Power Grass | ||||
| Omastar | =let(a,match($A72,'1760'!$A:$A,0),b,match("Spreads",filter('1760'!$S:$S,'1760'!$A:$A=$A72),0)+counta(filter($A$2:$A72,$A$2:$A72=$A72))-1,indirect("1760!R"&a+b&"C"&column('1760'!$X$1),0)) | =let(a,match($A72,'1760'!$A:$A,0),b,match("Spreads",filter('1760'!$S:$S,'1760'!$A:$A=$A72),0)+counta(filter($A$2:$A72,$A$2:$A72=$A72))-1,indirect("1760!R"&a+b&"C"&column('1760'!$Y$1),0)) | =let(a,match($A72,'1760'!$A:$A,0),b,match("Spreads",filter('1760'!$S:$S,'1760'!$A:$A=$A72),0)+counta(filter($A$2:$A72,$A$2:$A72=$A72))-1,indirect("1760!R"&a+b&"C"&column('1760'!$Z$1),0)) | =let(a,match($A72,'1760'!$A:$A,0),b,match("Spreads",filter('1760'!$S:$S,'1760'!$A:$A=$A72),0)+counta(filter($A$2:$A72,$A$2:$A72=$A72))-1,indirect("1760!R"&a+b&"C"&column('1760'!$AA$1),0)) |
| =C72 | ||||
| =left(D72,find("e E",D72)) | ||||
| =let(a,len(D72),b,find("EVs:",D72)-1,right(D72,a-b)) | ||||
| IVs: 0 Atk | ||||
| =let(a,find("-",E72,2),b,find("-",E72,a+1),c,find("-",E72,b+1),d,{left(E72,a-2);mid(E72,a,b-a-1);mid(E72,b,c-b-1);mid(E72,c,len(E72)-c)},map(d,lambda(e,ifs(e="- DoubleEdge","- Double-Edge",e="- WillOWisp","- Will-O-Wisp",e="- SelfDestruct","- Self-Destruct",1,e)))) | ||||
| - Surf | ||||
| - Ice Beam | ||||
| - Toxic |
Registeel Dragonite Raikou Houndoom
Medicham
Vaporeon Regice Weezing
Chansey
Donphan Alakazam
Omastar Hariyama Qwilfish
Venusaur
Blaziken
Kingdra Steelix Lanturn
Tauros
Miltank
Did you base this off of the official VR? It's very close to it.============ TIER LIST ============
Partly based on official VR, for the lower tiers at least. It's pretty hard to decide where each mon should go in the "very niche" tier honestly ahah. Anyways, thanks!
Registeel- Curse bowls over unprepared teams. There's a few ways to handle it, but as a physical and special wall it's pretty good. If you have an answer, you have an answer. I don't think the S ranks here are much higher than the As Dragonite- Wide set variety and heal bell make this S tier. Fairly easy to handle once you know what set it is. I personally think dragon dance on it in this tier gets it sacked more often than it sweeps. It's like there's a sunk cost fallacy- "I committed to dd so I must stay in on the physical wall to get value out of it" Raikou-
Chansey- Would be A+ if not for beat up making it a little bit worse than vaporeon, and the fighting weakness. Would probably rank A+ depending on the day.
Dusclops- Personally, dusclops is the most fun to use pokemon in the tier. Far and away the best ghost and has a lot of set variety
Umbreon- Probably a little high, but as long as Raikou is around I think umb is the best general response to cover all of its sets outside of registeel. Also works well as a second wisher
Linoone- One of my favorite pokemon in UUBL. On its own Linoone does next to nothing. With support, Linoone blows holes in teams and often just sweeps everything if there's a couple spikes down. Also, its supporting cast is all highly ranked anyways, so I don't feel you're losing much going all in on a linoone win con.
Dodrio- Tentacruel seems like the best spinner, because its typing is advantageous against all spikers and then some more. Donphan is strong, but I think it has a harder time if you plan on spinning fast. It needs some spikes agnostic pokemon to help find a way in for it. But then it's bad into basically all the spin blockers. Outside of spin, don is a good defensive wall and offensive presence. Blastoise and 
Armaldo are both okay, I don't worry about them when I throw them on a team but blastoise wants too many moves and armaldo seems to be exploitable, especially against the spin blockers
Articuno is good on stall teams only. 
Entei is a good sub cm user, but needs teammates to nail down whatever resists the HP/Flame combo. 
Regirock always seems to outperform expectations with twave. Haunter is controversial, I don't think it's good but it can mess up a lot of particular pokemon. Blaziken-
P2 is alright as a special wall. Recover + bolt beam + status or other options can go a longer way than I think people give it credit for. 
Sableye actually kinda impressed me while I was using it. Outperformed expectations given its stats. I want to build more with it to see how far I can push it. Steelix isn't bad, it just doesn't have much sustain and seems like a worse registeel. Only thing I feel like it has over curse regi is offensive roar. Also, water types and weezing are everywhere, and steelix needs to blow up against most of them to make progress (we don't talk about the game where I brought 5 water types and got hard walled by steelix though lol)
Kangaskhan is another one of my favorites. Rest early bird is incredibly self-sustaining and has a lot of good move options. 
I don't believe in scizor.
Smeargle- CAN it do nutty things? yes. But I think it really struggles to do its common shenanigans in UUBL due to lum leads, early bird, roar, haze among other things. I would put in C but I think there is some merit to exploring its options that aren't Spore/Spikes/BatonPass. The only mileage I've gotten out of smeargle is rapid spin/heal bell on a single teamslot for emergency situations on an offensive team.
Diglett is not good. It struggles with raikou, because it wants to endure salac to do something against it (doesn't OHKO) but it needs band for everything else. Only reason I have it on here at all is beat up being so good into chansey. 
Trapinch is my #1 favorite Pokemon in the tier and I genuinely believe it has good merits. The problem is that everyone thinks it needs band, which it does not. Unfortunately every turn you are not clicking quick attack, you just lose it if the opponent crits. That, and a handful of awkward revenges like crobat, is the only reason why i don't have it higher
Clefable
Kecleon
