Some post-SCL thoughts dont mind me if i do since not everything is bw pu even if i wish it was
:arcanine: A+ to A - The mon offers some hella nice role compression slot with access to strong prio, recovery, setup and useful resists, however i feel like the entire meta feels TOO ready for it. Its not too common seeing curse sweep as of lately and CB has its old problems of dying real quickly, great mon still but has not been putting in A+ mon performances
:salazzle: A+ to A- - Has not felt anything like A+ ever since the Tera Blast ban, still annoying on HO with Endeavor (we do not talk about Mud Slap), can annoy teams overrelying on Rhydon, but its a bit too frail to be risking to click non-offensive moves.
:sandslash-alola: A- to A - I actually rate this as much as I rate every other good removal option in the tier all having different defensive aspects to work with, sure lack of recovery different to Hecid and Cram can make it feel a bit high maintenance to get in and Spin but it has Spikes and that shit is so good, and its also the only common Steel in the tier, it deserve some kind of praise still
:rotom-mow: B+ to A+ - Call me crazy, I really think this mon dictates momentum in every match, u just cannot block it reliably outside of a fatter Kilo spread, Wisp is good, NP is good, Scarf is not THAT good but it has its own merits and it pairs well with like every offensive mon in the tier basically, also super nice defensive profile.
:golurk: :mesprit: :shaymin: :grimmsnarl: B+ to A- - They have all been feeling nice for months now, except for Grimm which has found more success recently in SCL. Golurk is almost unwallable and really enjoys getting entries on stuff like GBro, I especially like AV on it since it trades so damn well into offensive teams (basically the majority of teams), Mesprits Rocks and Scarf set feel meh altho def useful and it has the rare HWish but the A- rank worthy set is ofc NP, a well positioned Mesp can at least trade with offensive teams but it basically 6-0s fatter stuff by itself, Shaymin could even be deserving of A soon, really hard to wall, solid speed and solid bulk for an offensive mon and great coverage ever since Heattom left. Grimm is basically what Metallica alr wrote about it, BU variants are really cool still but 3A PShot is actually p good.
:hariyama: :palossand: A- to B+ - Hari is also more of an agreement to Metallicas take but B might be a bit harsh for a not SO obvious falloff, Palo is my own nom and its because it feels shit to use most of the time, it feels like the Ghost typing hinders it more often than it helps while its a Ghost that cannot block Slash, it also feels passive and reliant on fishing for status with SSands and SBomb.
:porygon2: B to A - What others have alr said basically
:tentacruel: B+ to B - This is one of the worst if not the worst current PU tiered mon imo, the typing is alright and the movepool is p cool, but the stats man.......... The stats make so it can never stand out in some way without creating a problem bigger than the solution, if you go bulky its too passive mainly for a mon with no recovery, if you go offensive it gets 2hkod by way too much.
:amoonguss: B+ to B- - Why was it this high? Like actually it is so hard to justify using this mon, GBro does almost everything it wants to do much better and much much more, and even if ur thinking about a Grass Poison option its still comleting with Venu which has arguably a much more threatening toolkit to work with.
:electrode-hisui: :emboar: :sneasel: :virizion: B to B- or even C+ - This is a group of mons that i just dont get why its this high, most of them have been far from the status for a long time. HTrode competes with what I currently consider to be one of the best mons in the tier, its much frailer and weaker than Mowtom and hasnt seen success for a while now. Emboar is still ok as a hardcore Tauros sidegrade, it has just also not seeing success as of recently while also having its core problems of being too slow of a breaker and altho it can get past GBro with Reckless Blitz have fun with the recoil coupled with Helmet. Sneasel is literally just a worse Ambipom, identical speed with worse bulk and a slightly stronger Knock, Ambi is still much more valuable with access to U-turn and its prowess on beating offensive mons, Sneasel is too frail to run SD effectively often and CB competes with a whole bevy of other Dark breakers. Virizion hurts me to say but B is def too much for it, but out of the 4 mons its the most deserving of B- instead of C+, SD Synthesis still has some hope cuz CC Edge is a nice combo and it can beat GBro while retaining defensive utility as an offensive mon (checking stuff like Rhydon and Tatsugiri).
:mismagius: B- to HELL - Can we stop pretending this has any value?
:glastrier: C+ to B - Has actually gotten online with these past months, it has always been the mon that was only permawalled by Milotic, however Milos have not been running Haze/DTail often in a minute which opens honse a LOT, both SD 3A and Curse Resttalk enjoy how much it abuses common defensive structures to setup and immediately pose a threat while also being very versatile with tera options. It basically statmogs the tier
:lanturn: B to B- - No one uses it anymore since Heattom ban, its very passive and its only excuse to get usage is Kilo maybe? Not even that ideal cuz Kilo just U-turns out on it.
:vileplume: B- to C - Outclassed by an outclassed mon, no hope for it atp, maybe if it could still do Infestation + Leech like before it couldve stand out somehow but welp.
S/o
Regiboob for being such a good builder for me during the entire scl and for all the talks about the tier, made the tour this much more enjoyable for me
