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Project SV NU Personal Viability Rankings Discussion
- Thread starter Lucario
- Start date
hocus pocus
Main things to note:
I once again believe in
#1. Dragon Dance is stupid but mixed LO sets are also very good. It sounds paradoxical: Flygon is a good scarfer but scarf is a bad Flygon.
and 
are honorary S-, they are so dominant and influential to the meta and make an amazing pairing for hazard stack and/or Steel overwhelm teams. Duraludon is the ultimate offense glue mon that provides strong anti-offense tools like Thunder Wave and Phasing, or Stealth Rock support. Use SpDef.
is suddenly the GOAT - top used mon in recent tours so I gotta put respect on his name, use SpDef.
the backbone of any good HO, and single-handedly makes webs viable cuz he does well into Flamigo. Can greed Modest.
love this guy but he's competing with a lot of good Ground-types. Sorry swampy.
really struggles in the meta, top mons like 
are a headache to deal with
kind of impossible to switch into, and turns out Tailwind is really good anti-offense tech even without 
This might be irrelevant in a week with the shifts but we will see what actually happens!!
Main things to note:
I once again believe in
#1. Dragon Dance is stupid but mixed LO sets are also very good. It sounds paradoxical: Flygon is a good scarfer but scarf is a bad Flygon. and are honorary S-, they are so dominant and influential to the meta and make an amazing pairing for hazard stack and/or Steel overwhelm teams. Duraludon is the ultimate offense glue mon that provides strong anti-offense tools like Thunder Wave and Phasing, or Stealth Rock support. Use SpDef. is suddenly the GOAT - top used mon in recent tours so I gotta put respect on his name, use SpDef. the backbone of any good HO, and single-handedly makes webs viable cuz he does well into Flamigo. Can greed Modest. love this guy but he's competing with a lot of good Ground-types. Sorry swampy. really struggles in the meta, top mons like are a headache to deal with kind of impossible to switch into, and turns out Tailwind is really good anti-offense tech even without This might be irrelevant in a week with the shifts but we will see what actually happens!!
Got inspired by Shengineer to put things together and drop some thoughts so here they are. These are mostly ordered within their respective tiers from S-B+ as well:
- I think SpDef Dura with support options like T Wave has really been the thing to push this mon to a different level. The offensive Duras people were running before were just way worse and it's showed in the versatility and results this mon has nowadays. I am and was a hater, but it's getting harder to hate
- I think Vap in A+ in an overreaction in full honesty. I think the Pokemon is good, but that Vap balance is being used more like a bandaid for boredom and a lack of creativity than anything else. It reminds me a lot of the end of SS and I think most teams should be 10% more aware of beating Vap and they'll win. I suspect this mon drops to A once people start using more offense and/if they get more creative
- I got the rat higher because I think it has a lot of really good traits for balance and offense alike, a playstyle I think is the best in the tier. I get why someone might have it lower, but I'm a rat fan
- I think Volt Switch sets are B and CM Sub Tera Blast sets are clear A so I'm balancing it out at A- until people use more of the better sets
- I think Scream Tail is a better Sylveon is most ways. Offensively it's pretty cool with its sweeper sets and I believe it's a super underrated defensive demon. I'm not sure how I feel about Sylveon right now either, but I didn't want to think on it too much
- I love Brute Bonnet (once again, offense is awesome and much better than bad balance right now)
I know it dropped to PU, but I was never really sure why. Another Pokemon with great utility for offense. I choose to believe.
- Lucario needs to add this mon, but I'd put it in B+/A-. I think Milo stocks are going up and up
- I think SpDef Dura with support options like T Wave has really been the thing to push this mon to a different level. The offensive Duras people were running before were just way worse and it's showed in the versatility and results this mon has nowadays. I am and was a hater, but it's getting harder to hate - I think Vap in A+ in an overreaction in full honesty. I think the Pokemon is good, but that Vap balance is being used more like a bandaid for boredom and a lack of creativity than anything else. It reminds me a lot of the end of SS and I think most teams should be 10% more aware of beating Vap and they'll win. I suspect this mon drops to A once people start using more offense and/if they get more creative - I got the rat higher because I think it has a lot of really good traits for balance and offense alike, a playstyle I think is the best in the tier. I get why someone might have it lower, but I'm a rat fan - I think Volt Switch sets are B and CM Sub Tera Blast sets are clear A so I'm balancing it out at A- until people use more of the better sets - I think Scream Tail is a better Sylveon is most ways. Offensively it's pretty cool with its sweeper sets and I believe it's a super underrated defensive demon. I'm not sure how I feel about Sylveon right now either, but I didn't want to think on it too much - I love Brute Bonnet (once again, offense is awesome and much better than bad balance right now) I know it dropped to PU, but I was never really sure why. Another Pokemon with great utility for offense. I choose to believe. - Lucario needs to add this mon, but I'd put it in B+/A-. I think Milo stocks are going up and up