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RIP pult, what happened to you :( I still see the wisp hex sets like everywhere and they seem to be doing their job, so why the drop? are people just running more things that match well into that set?

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Given that we no longer are doing monthly drops but rather 3-month cycles, I think we can do the usual 60% suspect rulings. The meta is pretty stable in any case, so if a suspect would happen it'd have to be about something that maybe should only be getting banned with 60%+ anyway.

I suppose I will throw my hat into the Skymin ring. From what I have seen so far it seems that the consensus on what kind of tiering philosophy we should have here is something closer to Ubers but more lenient for absurdly broken things (like Zekrom). With that philosophy, I do not believe...

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Well that sucks ... I guess Roar is a utility option you can use instead of that then. Or you could use Magearna as a good TR setter with Volt Switch and/or Eject Pack Fleur Cannon, since it does get Spikes.

I think TR is quite playable, especially as there are a lot of incredibly powerful slow attackers that can set TR for themselves (Dialga, NDW). Solgaleo is also a great setter with access to Stealth Rocks and Teleport (and not quite as flawed as either of the Deoxys forms we have ...)

I think Scarf is pretty nice on this mon honestly, it's got a decent speed tier at +1 and the moves it gets do big damage to a lot of targets. I feel that Scarf is quite prediction reliant, but if you get the predicts right you can put some serious pressure on whatever your opponent switched in...

The OU discussion thread can be found here: https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/sv-ou-metagame-discussion-v4-see-post-2380-for-jan-usage-stats.3732644/page-122#post-9923546

Just wanted to mention some of the insane Zekrom "countermeasures" people are thinking of in the Discord: - Scarf Mewtwo/Deoxys, which seem to be able to reliably weaken it and threaten it even if it Teras. - Trick Room in general, especially with the monstrous Dawn Wings Necrozma which...

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Kyogre will drop. That's my hot take for the week

Single Strike is allowed int the tier, it's just not very good. Zacian and Magearna completely walling it doesn't help, and more importantly, it dies to powerful neutral hits from things like Arceus, Palkia-O, Chi-Yu, etc. It's also slow, which means it needs to sacrifice power if it wants to go...

You need it to be full 31 IVs in every stat (for now).

No, we consider them to be separate mons for tiering purposes - three of them (Fairy, Ground, Normal) are above 4.52% usage in Ubers, thus are above the cutoff and not allowed in Ubers UU. Five more (Electric, Flying, Ghost, Steel, Water) are below the cutoff but banned from Ubers UU due to...

The viability rankings were made by the tiering council, not based on usage stats entirely. Arceus-Dark is high on the list because Stored Power is a fairly relevant threat between Espathra, Cosmic Power Arceus, and the rare boosting Magearna. Additionally, Dark type provides enough defensive...

I would like to add that Shed Tail is far less broken than you might think because Cyclizar's HP stat is so low that any reasonably common unboosted hit (say, Fleur Cannon from defensive Magearna, or Judgment from Arceus) will break the Sub. It's a very, very good pivoting move for sure, but...

To answer your second question, Hippowdon is generally considered better in the tier, as it has a neutral type matchp into top attackers like Zacian, Palafin, and Palkia-Origin. Hippowdon also learns Whirlwind which is a very useful move against setup sweepers and to generally disrupt the...

Unfortunately, Annihilape somehow manages to reach over 4.52% usage in Ubers, so it is unavailable to play in Ubers UU.