Ok something I feel personally has been overlooked for a while is the C and below section of the VR. Generally we just sort mons that may eventually find a niche or mons that already have a niche, albeit a middling niche, into somewhere in C. I feel generally this list is glossed over unless a mon finds a niche that may move up a rank. This usually leads to a lot of mons that just aren’t worthwhile anymore sitting around somewhere in C. To try and resolve this issue I am doing:
THE C PURGE
I’ll be going over every mon currently residing in C and saying where I think they belong and why. (not a lot of actual purging until later tho)
Bewear is basically a worse Diggersby/Darm-G but it’s distiction from the two is beating Diggersby/Dark-G. I think it belongs here for that small edge over its contemporaries.
A really gimmicky mon notable for having CounterCoat and Shell Smash. Its pretty bad stats hold it back but it’s definitely unmatched at what it does, albeit what it does isn’t that noteworthy.
Mon lost its already dwindling usefulness when fairies no longer ruled in addition to the fact that other mons it liked to beat such as Corv are also falling off. Couple this w/ its atrocious spdef and recent better alternative Zone you’re going to have a rough time justifying this thing is anything outside of “worse Zone that’s a dragon.” C+ -> C-
Constantly struggling to find a reason to use this over other stall mons and I don’t think DLC has really helped or hurt it. Always in a spot of mediocrity. C+ -> C
This thing’s glory days are long over. I managed to peak ladder during Mimi meta using a team of Goli/Dural/Hydregion which looking at it now has aged incredibly poorly. This mon stuck around as a good Mimi check before Charm rose to prominence and of course really early meta was a Mew check. However, Goli has not really found anything outside of checking brokens. Sure, its monstrous physical bulk lets it beat the sturdies not named Zone assuming you run Charti but it has almost nothing outside of that. It’s one of the more reliable sturdy cheese mons but that’s becoming less and less impressive especially considering Zone is now a presence. I wouldn’t necessarily put it any lower but the mon has seen better times.
Super ugly mon held back by atrocious stats and typing is never really helpful, usually a detriment. C+ -> C
Just a unique case of a shit ton of good tools that don’t really come together to form a super noteworthy niche. By no means bad, just middling.
Basically its counterpart w/ a worse typing that’s situational. Makes sense here.
Primarina if you want to cheese a special attack w/ Mirror Coat. Moving on.
Nothing else really threatens BPs that strong in addition to Scizor getting Counter+SD it’s like marginally usable.
Weaker than Thwackey but it’s like somewhat decent at MU fishing since some teams just don’t account for priority flying moves.
If you want a frail strong specs attacker that beats fairies use Toxtricity, the CHAD fairy beater. Also gets options such as Acid Spray which are nice.
Typing is just very wack for 1v1. Very customizable however and Chople is fine.
Going to ignore new mons since those really are just settling in and I don’t really have qualms w/ their current placing.
The second Mimi was removed this mon lost its niche. It has devolved to a Sturdy/Rotom beater. I strongly feel that you have much stronger options such as Gastro and Meowstic. If your goal is winning games, I strongly advise against using Exca. C -> UR
Supposed to be doing drops not rises dammit. Got 120 BP STAB move but those stats are super bad makijg Indeedee unsalvagely frail. Dies to a stray bullet and PZ is starting to tank Expanding Force (252 SpA Indeedee Expanding Force (120 BP) vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Porygon-Z in Psychic Terrain: 277-327 (89 - 105.1%) -- 31.3% chance to OHKO) so C -> C+ seems reasonable considering nothing else really outdoes it at Psychic attacks.
Typing isn’t even exclusive anymore but it gets a faster Taunt than Ursi so yay! Still pretty outdone by Ursi for the most part.
If you can avoid the crit this mon is a stall monster still and it’s a stall monster that beats Rotoms which is neat. I actually still see success w/ Meowstic and would move towards a rise C -> C+.
Rotom that sacrifices a shit ton of MUs so you can beat your mortal enemy Gastro. Not much more to say.
CounterCoat w/ Spite. Nothing else does it, but why would they want to.
Falls short of being bulky or strong enough to pull most MUs w/o super effective moves off. Rock/Fighting isn’t seen elsewhere and Terrak still isn’t weak but far from anything but niche.
Really good if you’re really lucky. Elsewise very mid but fastest Sturdy and Nuzzle is super annoying, especially to other sturdies.
Straight up outclassed by other options but it can’t be crit which is something you just can’t say about the other.
Ugly snake mon. It has sleep over its much better friend Prim unless you’re
nolenot in which case you always get 3 turns of sleep so for him it’s slightly better Prim.
Ability is nice for some MUs but it’s just pitifully weak. Speed tier ain’t helping either. I would recommend other Sturdy cheese.
Now it’s time to get down to business.
Alcremie is worse than Arom in basically every way but you can beat Vish w/ Baby Doll Eyes which is super not noteworthy but something.
SUPER OUTCLASSED. Goli does a better job at having its typing and most water mons perform wayyyy better than it. Doesn’t even have Mirror Coat to its name since Milo does that way better.
UR
Has nothing over other Flyings especially now that we have Talon/Skarm.
UR
Can still run like hella lure sets so it can chill here.
Does nothing over other way better steels.
UR
Can’t think of anything this mon does over Crustle.
UR
I think personally it’s super bad and a mon you should only ever use if you are okay w/ losing. Nothing else gets bounce ig so put it in D
Why would you run this over Diggersby. Yawn and Curse is the immediate response but does very little imo and generally I would rather run one of Krook, Maro, or Diggersby before Hippo. Ig you can’t deny it has Yawn but still this mon is super wack, put it in D.
Better sturdy/PZ cheese exists, namely Togedemaru if you really want to beat sturdies/PZ.
UR
Stall beater that beats the stall birds isn’t impressive when Rotoms exist.
UR
Doesn’t really have anything going for it.
UR
Walking 50/50. While it’s something, it’s a really bad smth. Drop it to D.
See above.
What. Why would I ever run this over over a better offensive normal. The answer is Chople Counter. So yeah idk ig that’s smth but it’s still super awkward.
Stats are ass but terrain Rising Voltage can nab some suprise KOs. Couple this w/ water coverage, I actually think Pincurchin deserves C- -> C
Outdone at every facet. Stall mon has better options. I doubt anyone vouched for it as an offensive mon but regardless it’s now outclassed at that as well. New addition of Slowbro made a Double Boost Stored Power set completly obsolete.
UR
Hasn’t been useful since Sable meta. It’s now super outdone both as counter cheese and offensively by Ursi.
UR
Can very reasonably tank a PZ Hyper Beam and actually nabs some notable MUs such as Lax and Prim. Would actually nom this C- -> C
Still isn’t outdone at pure Pressure stall since Corv is slower and thus Band Darm-G food. Pure Pressure stall is super wack in this meta but nothing does it better and Weavile can cheese some stall mons such as Chansey.
Ok so D is also quite inflated w/ random malarkey so expect a post in the coming days but for now it is late and I must sleep. Peace.