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Resource VGC Reg F 2.0 Viability Rankings

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These are the official Viability Rankings for VGC 2026 Regulation F. In this thread, we as a community will be ranking each and every usable pokemon into different tiers based on how viable we believe them to be. We encourage you to post your thoughts and opinions on on the various usable Pokemon in VGC and what tier you think they should belong in. Posts in this thread will be taken into consideration when deciding changes to the VR.

The general idea of this is to rank every usable Pokemon in VGC into different rankings that will go in descending order. Since we are evaluating the entirety of the metagame, we will not be splitting Pokemon based on their roles within teams - supportive and offensive Pokemon will be ranked based on their impact that they have on the meta and the teams they will be brought for.

Finally, there will be a Council of experienced players who will discuss and vote on the ranking of each Pokemon. As the Series tend to be fairly short, we will be attempting to keep this up-to-date based on what's going on in the tournament scene and adapting our list based on both tournament results and ladder success as the metagame evolves. Keep in mind, your posts and insights are still very valuable to us and will be a factor in any changes that we make. This thread would be nothing without the community and all of your input, so if you feel you have a good grasp on the metagame and fully understand the forum rules, then don't be hesitant to post.

VGC 2026 Regulation F Viability Rankings

S
:Flutter Mane: Flutter Mane
:Incineroar: Incineroar
:Urshifu-Rapid-Strike: Urshifu-Rapid-Strike
:Raging Bolt: Raging Bolt

A+
:Rillaboom: Rillaboom
:Landorus: Landorus-Incarnate
:Ogerpon-Hearthflame: Ogerpon-Hearthflame
:Ogerpon-Wellspring: Ogerpon-Wellspring

A
:Amoonguss: Amoonguss
:Chien-Pao: Chien-Pao
:Tornadus: Tornadus-Incarnate
:Ursaluna: Ursaluna-Hisui
:Iron Crown: Iron Crown
:Indeedee-F: Indeedee-Female

A-
:Urshifu: Urshifu-Single-Strike
:Gholdengo: Gholdengo

B+
:Arcanine-Hisui: Arcanine-Hisui
:Dondozo: Dondozo
:Tatsugiri: Tatsugiri
:Dragonite: Dragonite
:Farigiraf: Farigiraf
:Roaring Moon: Roaring Moon
:Regidrago: Regidrago
:Whimsicott: Whimsicott
:Porygon2: Porygon2

B
:Chi-Yu: Chi-Yu
:Torkoal: Torkoal
:Ogerpon-Cornerstone: Ogerpon-Cornerstone
:Gouging Fire: Gouging Fire
:Kingambit: Kingambit
:Ting-Lu: Ting-Lu
:Cresselia: Cresselia

B-
:Glimmora: Glimmora
:Landorus-Therian: Landorus-Therian
:Moltres-Galar: Moltres-Galar
:Okidogi: Okidogi

C+
:Articuno: Articuno
:Ninetales-Alola: Ninetales-Alola
:Heatran: Heatran
:Iron Hands: Iron Hands
:Ursaluna-Bloodmoon: Ursaluna-Bloodmoon
:Smeargle: Smeargle
:Entei: Entei
:Archaludon: Archaludon

C
:Zapdos-Galar: Zapdos-Galar
:Pelipper: Pelipper
:Grimmsnarl: Grimmsnarl
:Hatterene: Hatterene
:Weezing-Galar: Weezing-Galar
:Lilligant-Hisui: Lilligant-Hisui
:Orthworm: Orthworm
:Sneasler: Sneasler
:Sinistcha: Sinistcha
:Thundurus: Thundurus-Incarnate

C-
:Iron Bundle: Iron Bundle
:Walking Wake: Walking Wake
:Ogerpon: Ogerpon-Teal
:Annihilape: Annihilape
:Iron Boulder: Iron Boulder
:Scream Tail: Scream Tail
:Corviknight: Corviknight
:Gallade: Gallade

Thank you to our VR Team: thacrow Finabas Code SeaWolfMikes SlycedBread
 
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Is Urshifu Single Strike trending these days or why is A-? I can swear that i almost never saw it ingame, mainly because of how hard it loses to Flutter without tera
 
I think torkoal should be B+ because when its on a team, usually its carrying that team and without it the team is either worthless or significantly weaker. Like its one of the main trick room sweepers and on sun teams is the sun setter. Also is supports around a third-fourth of the other things on the list.
 
Eviolite Bisharp said:
Is Urshifu Single Strike trending these days or why is A-? I can swear that i almost never saw it ingame, mainly because of how hard it loses to Flutter without tera
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While Urshifu-S is a bit outshined by its counterpart, it has seen a fair amount of play on both Hyper Offense (with Tornadus, Flutter Mane, Hearthflame or with Glimmora, Tornadus, Flutter Mane, Chi-Yu, Waterpon--which by the way, Flutter Mane, Ogerpon-W, and Urshifu-S is a well-proven core) and on hard Trick Room. It had 17 appearances in Day 2 of EUIC and 19 in Day 2 of Seattle, and its merit as a Pokemon is very high. At the end of the day it's still an Urshifu, and it's pretty hard to not judge it as a nearly broken Pokemon; although Flutter Mane can be an issue, Urshifu-S still can be brought with Focus Sash, and it helps against Psyspam, Dondozo, and generally anything that doesn't resist Wicked Blow, so we believed this reflected A-.
 
Gholdengo at A- feels a little odd to me. It is strong, but is it really in the same tier as Urshifu-S and above mons like Dnite and Farig? I feel like it should be B+ at most.
Also, what is Tealpon's fraud ass doing here
 
Might be worth considering lowering Rilla since balance is on the downtrend right now (Considering Recent VR) however its a much smaller tour and balance is always prevalent so i can understand keeping it where it is
Archaludon below Goltres and Okidogi is kinda crazy considering it came 2nd seattle and won VR, probably worth moving it up
 
thacrow said:
Gholdengo won 3/6 regionals in reg F 2
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fair
On a separate note I think gapdos should be switching places with a9/articuno, the former won a special event during this half of the reg and is a key piece on the thundy/gapdos/ting/gouger team which isn't super common but is seeing play. The latter two meanwhile have not done anything aside from the utrecht special event win during the first half of the reg
 
Rainpelt103 said:
fair
On a separate note I think gapdos should be switching places with a9/articuno, the former won a special event during this half of the reg and is a key piece on the thundy/gapdos/ting/gouger team which isn't super common but is seeing play. The latter two meanwhile have not done anything aside from the utrecht special event win during the first half of the reg
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Articuno snow has had presence during the entire format, even if it didnt win anything. Gapdos ting lu was a thing for like one or two weeks and fell off quite hard, the special event that it won was pretty small as well
 
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