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AAA Pokemon Viability Rankings
[last updated October 14th, 2022]
Click on the link of each Pokemon's name to see sample sets.

S Rank:
:Mew: Mew (Dauntless Shield, Regenerator, Unaware, Magic Guard)

A Rank:
A+

:Ferrothorn: Ferrothorn (Regenerator, Flash Fire, Bulletproof)
:Heatran: Heatran (Desolate Land, Mold Breaker, Bulletproof, Regenerator, Magic Guard)
:Tapu Koko: Tapu Koko (Magic Guard, Pixilate, Primordial Sea, Levitate, Refrigerate)

A
:Barraskewda: Barraskewda (Primordial Sea, Magic Guard)
:Blissey: Blissey (Regenerator, Unaware, Magic Guard)
:Corviknight: Corviknight (Intimidate, Wandering Spirit, Volt Absorb, Flash Fire, Primordial Sea, Regenerator, Unaware, Drizzle, Drought)
:Garchomp: Garchomp (Regenerator, Skill Link, Magic Guard)
:Jirachi: Jirachi (Regenerator, Magic Guard)
:Mandibuzz: Mandibuzz (Unaware, Dauntless Shield, Flash Fire, Volt Absorb)
:Talonflame: Talonflame (Magic Guard)
:Tapu Fini: Tapu Fini (Regenerator)
:Terrakion: Terrakion (Adaptability, Sniper, Download, Tough Claws)
:Zapdos: Zapdos (Primordial Sea)
:Zapdos-Galar: Zapdos-Galar (Tough Claws, Magic Guard, Regenerator, Tinted Lens)
:Zarude: Zarude (Grassy Surge, Tough Claws, Adaptability)

A-
:Azelf: Azelf (Psychic Surge)
:Chansey: Chansey (Unaware, Regenerator, Sticky Hold, Magic Guard)
:Cinderace: Cinderace (Desolate Land, Tinted Lens, Magic Guard, Sheer Force)
:Kommo-o: Kommo-o (Regenerator, Dauntless Shield, Galvanize, Triage)
:Landorus-Therian: Landorus-Therian (Regenerator, Water Absorb, Flash Fire, Wandering Spirit, Aerilate)
:Skarmory: Skarmory (Dauntless Shield, Wandering Spirit, Delta Stream, Mold Breaker, Flash Fire, Intimidate, Volt Absorb, Water Absorb)
:Swampert: Swampert (Regenerator)
:Tapu Lele: Tapu Lele (Sheer Force, Triage, Tinted Lens)
:Toxapex: Toxapex (Prankster, Volt Absorb, Regenerator)
:Zygarde-10%: Zygarde-10% (Adaptability, Power Construct)

B Rank
B+
:Dhelmise: Dhelmise (Grassy Surge, Tinted Lens, Adaptability)
:Inteleon: Inteleon (Primordial Sea)
:Latios: Latios (Adaptability, Tinted Lens, Magic Guard, Dragon's Maw)
:Moltres: Moltres (Magic Guard, Desolate Land)

B
:Chandelure: Chandelure (Sheer Force, Desolate Land, Magic Guard)
:Latias: Latias (Regenerator, Magic Guard)
:Moltres-Galar: Moltres-Galar (Primordial Sea)
:Nidoqueen: Nidoqueen (Regenerator, Dry Skin)
:Salamence: Salamence (Aerilate, Magic Guard)
:Suicune: Suicune (Regenerator)
:Tapu Bulu: Tapu Bulu (Triage)
:Togekiss: Togekiss (Triage)
:Volcanion: Volcanion (Magic Guard, Desolate Land, Primordial Sea, Swift Swim)
:Volcarona: Volcarona (Desolate Land, Magic Guard, Sheer Force)

B-
:doublade: Doublade (Regenerator)
:Entei: Entei (Desolate Land, Magic Guard, Refrigerate, Galvanize, Pixilate)
:Excadrill: Excadrill (Regenerator, Levitate, Water Absorb)
:Hippowdon: Hippowdon (Dauntless Shield, Wandering Spirit, Intimidate, Water Absorb)
:Hydreigon: Hydreigon (Dragon's Maw, Quick Feet, Galvanize, Mega Launcher)
:Nihilego: Nihilego (Regenerator)
:Primarina: Primarina (Primordial Sea, Triage)
:Slowbro: Slowbro (Dauntless Shield, Regenerator)
:Slowking-Galar: Slowking-Galar (Dauntless Shield, Lightning Rod)

C Rank
C+

:Bisharp: Bisharp (Adaptability)
:Lucario: Lucario (Magic Guard, Tough Claws, Adaptability, Sheer Force, Refrigerate, Galvanize)
:Mamoswine: Mamoswine (Adaptability, Water Absorb, Sheer Force)
:Runerigus: Runerigus (Regenerator, Prankster)
:Silvally-Dragon: Silvally-Dragon (Regenerator)
:Vaporeon: Vaporeon (Regenerator, Corrosion)
:Xurkitree: Xurkitree (Surge Surfer, Electric Surge, Magic Guard)

C
:Alakazam: Alakazam (Psychic Surge, No Guard, Tinted Lens)
:Blastoise: Blastoise (Regenerator)
:Cobalion: Cobalion (Regenerator, Magic Guard)
:Conkeldurr: Conkeldurr (Triage, Tinted Lens, Tough Claws)
:Darmanitan-Galar: Darmanitan-Galar (Zen Mode, Magic Guard)
:Diancie: Diancie (Regenerator, Triage)
:Golisopod: Golisopod (Tinted Lens, Regenerator, Triage)
:Heracross: Heracross (Tinted Lens)
:Marowak-Alola: Marowak-Alola (Adaptability, Magic Guard)
:Milotic: Milotic (Regenerator, Dauntless Shield, Prankster, Corrosion)
:Palossand: Palossand (Water Absorb, Dauntless Shield)
:Pikachu: Pikachu (Galvanize)
:Polteageist: Polteageist (Queenly Majesty)
:Porygon2: Porygon2 (Dauntless Shield, Regenerator, Sticky Hold)
:Raikou: Raikou (Electric Surge)
:Regieleki: Regieleki (Refrigerate, Electric Surge)
:Scizor: Scizor (Flash Fire, Regenerator)
:Thundurus: Thundurus (Magic Guard)
:Toxtricity: Toxtricity (Refrigerate)
:Zamazenta-Crowned: Zamazenta-Crowned (Dauntless Shield)
:Stakataka: Stakataka (Steelworker, Tinted Lens, Levitate, Regenerator)
 
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AAA Speed Tiers

This list of speed tiers is based on the Viability Rankings (VR) above. It serves as a tool by which one can easily find out which benchmarks are most noteworthy while settling EVs for their Pokemon. Speed stats near the pokemon you're using can assist teambuilding by revealing pokemon with speed stats that are close by and giving an idea of what's necessary to speed creep them. Open the tab below and use Ctrl + F to find stats on specific Pokemon.

Total SpeedPokemonBase SpeedNatureEVsIVsBoosts (±)
822:regieleki: Regieleki200Positive25231+1
748:regieleki: Regieleki200Neutral25231+1
670:nihilego: Nihilego103Positive25231+2
666:garchomp: Garchomp102Positive25231+2
656:volcarona: Volcarona100Positive25231+2
652:genesect: Genesect99Positive25231+1
612:moltres-galar: Moltres-Galar90Positive25231+2
610:nihilego: Nihilego103Neutral25231+2
598:volcarona: Volcarona :charizard: Charizard100Neutral25231+2
594:genesect: Genesect99Neutral25231+2
591:tapu koko: Tapu Koko130Positive25231+1
580:volcarona: Volcarona100Neutral21631+2
580:genesect: Genesect99Neutral22431+2
578:darmanitan-galar: Darmanitan-Galar95Neutral25231+2
558:moltres-galar: Moltres-Galar90Neutral25231+2
548:regieleki: Regieleki200Positive252310
541:azelf: Azelf :zygarde-10%: Zygarde-10%115Positive25231+1
530:xurkitree: Xurkitree83Neutral25231+2
525:latios: Latios110Positive25231+1
519:terrakion: Terrakion108Positive25231+1
514:necrozma: Necrozma79Neutral25231+2
508:zarude: Zarude :Mienshao: Mienshao105Positive25231+1
499:regieleki: Regieleki200Neutral252310
499:garchomp: Garchomp102Positive25231+1
498:toxtricity: Toxtricity75Netural25231+2
492:mew: Mew :volcarona: Volcarona100Positive25231+1
486:hydreigon: Hydreigon98Positive25231+1
478:volcanion: Volcanion :Polteageist: Polteageist70Neutral25231+2
478:genesect: Genesect99Positive22431+1
475:tapu lele: Tapu Lele95Positive25231+1
463:landorus-therian: Landorus-Therian91Positive25231+1
454:garchomp: Garchomp102Neutral25231+1
448:volcarona: Volcarona100Neutral25231+1
442:Celesteela: Celesteela61Neutral25231+2
436:xurkitree: Xurkitree83Positive25231+1
435:volcarona: Volcarona100Neutral21631+1
433:tapu lele: Tapu Lele95Neutral25231+1
426:chandelure: Chandelure80Positive25231+1
421:landorus-therian: Landorus-Therian91Neutral25231+1
417:heatran: Heatran77Positive25231+1
412:mew: Mew100Neutral15631+1
409:genesect: Genesect99Neutral15631+1
409:zapdos-galar: Zapdos-Galar100Neutral14831+1
409:tapu fini: Tapu Fini85Positive17231+1
409:toxtricity: Toxtricity75Positive25231+1
408:barraskewda: Barraskewda136Positive252310
394:tapu koko: Tapu Koko130Positive252310
390:zamazenta-crowned: Zamazenta-Crowned128Positive252310
386:talonflame: Talonflame126Positive252310
375:Tornadus-Therian: Tornadus-Therian121Positive252310
372:inteleon: Inteleon :alakazam: Alakazam120Positive252310
370:cinderace: Cinderace119Positive252310
361:azelf: Azelf :zygarde-10%: Zygarde-10%115Positive252310
353:thundurus: Thundurus111Positive252310
350:latios: Latios :latias: Latias110Positive252310
348:heliolisk: Heliolisk109Positive252310
346:terrakion: Terrakion :cobalion:Cobalion108Positive252310
339:zarude: Zarude :mienshao: Mienshao105Positive252310
335:nihilego: Nihilego103Positive252310
333:garchomp: Garchomp102Positive252310
328:zapdos: Zapdos :mew: Mew :entei: Entei :zapdos-galar: Zapdos-Galar :volcarona: Volcarona
:salamence: Salamence
100Positive252310
326:genesect: Genesect99Positive252310
324:hydreigon: Hydreigon98Positive252310
319:genesect: Genesect99Positive224310
317:tapu lele: Tapu Lele :arcanine: Arcanine :darmanitan-galar: Darmanitan-Galar95Positive252310
309:zarude: Zarude :mienshao: Mienshao105Neutral252310
309:landorus-therian: Landorus-Therian91Positive252310
306:lucario: Lucario :moltres: Moltres :moltres-galar: Moltres-Galar90Positive252310
305:nihilego: Nihilego103Neutral252310
303:garchomp: Garchomp102Neutral252310
299:zapdos: Zapdos :entei: Entei :volcarona: Volcarona :salamence: Salamence :charizard: Charizard100Neutral252310
297:genesect: Genesect99Neutral252310
292:garchomp: Garchomp102Positive104310
291:xurkitree: Xurkitree83Positive252310
290:genesect: Genesect99Neutral224310
290:volcarona: Volcarona100Neutral216310
289:tapu lele: Tapu Lele :darmanitan-galar: Darmanitan-Galar95Neutral252310
285:cobalion: Cobalion108Neutral132310
284:chandelure: Chandelure :mamoswine: Mamoswine80Positive252310
281:landorus-therian: Landorus-Therian91Neutral252310
279:lucario: Lucario :moltres-galar: Moltres-Galar :pikachu: Pikachu90Neutral252310
279:celebi: Celebi100Neutral172310
278:heatran: Heatran77Positive252310
273:zapdos-galar: Zapdos-Galar100Neutral148310
273:tapu fini: Tapu Fini85Positive172310
269:heracross: Heracross85Neutral252310
268:dhelmise: Dhelmise40Neutral25231+1
265:xurkitree: Xurkitree83Neutral25231
262:bisharp: Bisharp70Positive252310
259:togekiss: Togekiss :chandelure: Chandelure :mamoswine: Mamoswine80Neutral252310
257:necrozma: Necrozma79Neutral252310
254:zapdos: Zapdos100Neutral72310
254:garchomp: Garchomp102Neutral56310
254:tapu lele: Tapu Lele95Neutral112310
253:heatran: Heatran77Neutral252310
249:tapu bulu: Tapu Bulu :toxtricity: Toxtricity75Neutral252310
242:nihilego: Nihilego103Neutral0310
239:volcanion: Volcanion :bisharp: Bisharp :Polteageist: Polteageist70Neutral252310
236:mew: Mew :zapdos: Zapdos :jirachi: Jirachi :celebi: Celebi100Positive252310
221:Celesteela: Celesteela61Neutral252310
219:tapu bulu: Tapu Bulu75Neutral132310
219:primarina: Primarina60Neutral252310
218:landorus-therian: Landorus-Therian91Neutral0310
216:moltres: Moltres90Neutral0310
215:Pangoro: Pangoro58Neutral252310
208:togekiss: Togekiss80Neutral48310
208:nidoqueen: Nidoqueen76Neutral80310
207:heatran: Heatran77Neutral68310
206:tapu fini: Tapu Fini 85Neutral0310
197:nidoqueen: Nidoqueen76Neutral32310
196:mandibuzz: Mandibuzz80Neutral0310
192:tapu bulu: Tapu Bulu75Neutral24310
190:heatran: Heatran77Neutral0310
189:Conkeldurr: Conkeldurr :marowak-alola: Marowak-Alola45Neutral252310
188:nidoqueen: Nidoqueen76Neutral0310
186:dhelmise: Dhelmise40Neutral4031+1
185:tapu fini: Tapu Fini85Negative0310
179:dhelmise: Dhelmise :golisopod: Golisopod40Neutral252310
176:skarmory: Skarmory70Neutral0310
175:silvally-dragon: Sivally-Dragon95Negative000
170:corviknight: Corviknight67Neutral0310
156:primarina: Primarina60Neutral0310
155:claydol: Claydol75Negative000
154:celesteela: Celesteela61Negative56310
150:milotic: Milotic81Negative000
148:mandibuzz: Mandibuzz80Negative000
146:blissey: Blissey55Neutral0310
144:blastoise: Blastoise78Negative000
136:chansey: Chansey :diancie: Diancie50Neutral0310
131:Conkeldurr: Conkeldurr45Neutral20310
130:hippowdon: Hippowdon47Neutral0310
126:dhelmise: Dhelmise :golisopod: Golisopod40Neutral40310
125:corviknight: Corviknight67Negative000
124:dragalge: Dragalge44Neutral0310
121:vaporeon: Vaporeon :scizor: Scizor65Negative000
112:swampert: Swampert :primarina: Primarina :incineroar: Incineroar :porygon2: Porygon260Negative000
106:toxapex: Toxapex :palossand: Palossand35Neutral0310
103:blissey: Blissey55Negative000
96:slowbro: Slowbro :slowking-galar: Slowking-Galar30Neutral0310
94:hatterene: Hatterene29Neutral0310
94:chansey: Chansey50Negative000
85:marowak-alola: Marowak-Alola45Negative000
76:ferrothorn: Ferrothorn20Neutral0310
58:slowbro: Slowbro30Negative000
40:ferrothorn: Ferrothorn20Negative000
27:stakataka: Stakataka13Negative000
 
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Almost Any Ability VR Update
(June 13, 2021)

Notes:
  • The VR has been reworked to better reflect relative viability within each subtier.
  • If you don't see a Pokemon you think deserves a ranking, feel free to post in this thread defending its case!
AAA Pokemon Viability Rankings
[last updated June 13, 2021]
Click on the link of each Pokemon's name to see sample sets.

S Rank:
S

:Swampert: Swampert (Regenerator)
:Tapu Fini: Tapu Fini (Regenerator)

A Rank:
A+
:Archeops:
Archeops (Magic Guard)
:Cobalion:
Cobalion (Magic Guard, Regenerator)
:Corviknight: Corviknight (Intimidate, Delta Stream, Mummy, Unaware, Wandering Spirit, Magic Bounce, Regenerator, Drizzle, Drought, Volt Absorb, Flash Fire
:Heatran: Heatran (Desolate Land, Regenerator, Mold Breaker, Magic Guard, Levitate)
:Talonflame: Talonflame (Magic Guard)
:Tapu Koko: Tapu Koko (Magic Guard, Adaptability, Magic Bounce, Refrigerate, Primordial Sea)
:Weavile: Weavile (Magic Guard, Technician, Adaptability, Tough Claws, Galvanize)

A
:Blacephalon: Blacephalon (Magic Guard, Desolate Land, Sheer Force)
:Garchomp: Garchomp (Regenerator, Magic Bounce, Magic Guard)
:Genesect: Genesect (Sheer Force, Tinted Lens, Regenerator, Galvanize, Magic Guard, No Guard, Refrigerate)
:Landorus-Therian: Landorus-Therian (Regenerator, Aerilate, Magic Guard, Queenly Majesty)
:Mew: Mew (Dauntless Shield, Unaware, Psychic Surge, Intimidate, Regenerator, Magic Bounce, Mold Breaker)
:Tapu Bulu: Tapu Bulu (Triage)
:Volcarona: Volcarona (Magic Guard, Desolate Land, Sheer Force)
:Zapdos: Zapdos (Primordial Sea, Delta Stream, Intimidate, Magic Bounce)

A-
:Alakazam:
Alakazam (Psychic Surge, No Guard, Tinted Lens)
:Barraskewda:
Barraskewda (Primordial Sea)
:Blissey:
Blissey (Magic Bounce, Regenerator, Unaware)
:Kommo-o: Kommo-o (Unburden, Triage, Regenerator, Galvanize, Dauntless Shield)
:Latios: Latios (Adaptability, Magic Guard, Dragon's Maw, Tinted Lens, Psychic Surge)
:Mandibuzz: Mandibuzz (Unaware, Magic Bounce, Flash Fire, Volt Absorb)
:Moltres: Moltres (Magic Guard, Desolate Land, Delta Stream, Volt Absorb)
:Tapu Lele: Tapu Lele (Tinted Lens, Triage, Sheer Force)
:Toxapex: Toxapex (Prankster, Volt Absorb, Levitate, Regenerator)
:Zapdos-Galar: Zapdos-Galar (Magic Guard, Tough Claws, Tinted Lens, Regenerator, Adaptability)
:Zarude: Zarude (Grassy Surge, Tough Claws, Adaptability)

B Rank:
B+

:Azelf: Azelf (Psychic Surge, Teravolt)
:Bisharp: Bisharp (Adaptability, Tinted Lens)
:Chansey:Chansey (Magic Bounce, Unaware, Regenerator, Sticky Hold)
:Cinderace: Cinderace (Magic Guard, Tinted Lens, Desolate Land, Sheer Force)
:Ferrothorn: Ferrothorn (Regenerator, Flash Fire, Dauntless Shield, Mold Breaker, Intimidate, Primordial Sea, Magic Bounce)
:Latias: Latias (Magic Guard, Regenerator, Magic Bounce)
:Mamoswine: Mamoswine (Adaptability, Sheer Force)
:Primarina: Primarina (Primordial Sea, Triage)
:Skarmory: Skarmory (Delta Stream, Unaware, Dauntless Shield, Mold Breaker, Intimidate, Magic Bounce, Flash Fire, Volt Absorb, Water Absorb)
:Terrakion: Terrakion (Adaptability, Regenerator, Queenly Majesty)
:Togekiss: Togekiss (Triage)
:Volcanion: Volcanion (Swift Swim, Desolate Land, Primordial Sea)

B
:Dhelmise: Dhelmise (Grassy Surge, Tinted Lens, Adaptability)
:Entei: Entei (Desolate Land, Magic Guard, Refrigerate, Galvanize, Pixilate)
:Golisopod: Golisopod (Tinted Lens, Regenerator, Triage)
:Hydreigon: Hydreigon (Magic Bounce, Galvanize, Dragon's Maw, Sheer Force, Queenly Majesty, Regenerator)
:Incineroar: Incineroar (Regenerator, Tinted Lens, Magic Guard)
:Jirachi:Jirachi (Regenerator, Magic Guard)
:Lucario: Lucario (Magic Guard, Tough Claws, Sheer Force, Refrigerate, Galvanize)
:Necrozma: Necrozma (Unburden, Magic Bounce)
:Regieleki: Regieleki (Refrigerate, Magic Bounce, Electric Surge)
:Slowbro: Slowbro (Magic Bounce, Dauntless Shield, Regenerator)
:Zygarde-10%: Zygarde-10% (Adaptability)

B-
:Arcanine:
Arcanine (Magic Guard)
:Conkeldurr: Conkeldurr (Triage, Tinted Lens, Tough Claws)
:Diancie:Diancie (Regenerator, Triage)
:Doublade: Doublade (Regenerator, Flash Fire, Levitate)
:Dracozolt:Dracozolt (Adaptability, Surge Surfer)
:Hippowdon:
Hippowdon (Magic Bounce, Dauntless Shield, Wandering Spirit, Intimidate, Water Absorb, Bulletproof)
:Nihilego:
Nihilego (Regenerator, Unburden)

:Polteageist:Polteageist (Queenly Majesty)
:Scizor:Scizor (Flash Fire, Regenerator)
:Stakataka: Stakataka (Steelworker, Levitate, Regenerator, Tinted Lens)
:Xurkitree: Xurkitree (Electric Surge, Surge Surfer, Magic Guard)
 
AAA Pokemon Viability Rankings
[last updated June 13, 2021]
Click on the link of each Pokemon's name to see sample sets.

S Rank:
S

:Swampert: Swampert (Regenerator)
:Tapu Fini: Tapu Fini (Regenerator)

A Rank:
A+
:Cobalion:
Cobalion (Magic Guard, Regenerator)
:Corviknight: Corviknight (Intimidate, Delta Stream, Mummy, Unaware, Wandering Spirit, Magic Bounce, Regenerator, Drizzle, Drought, Volt Absorb, Flash Fire)
:Heatran: Heatran (Desolate Land, Regenerator, Mold Breaker, Magic Guard, Levitate)
:Talonflame: Talonflame (Magic Guard)
:Tapu Koko: Tapu Koko (Magic Guard, Adaptability, Magic Bounce, Refrigerate, Primordial Sea)
:Weavile: Weavile (Magic Guard, Technician, Adaptability, Tough Claws, Galvanize)

A
:Blacephalon: Blacephalon (Magic Guard, Desolate Land, Sheer Force)
:Garchomp: Garchomp (Regenerator, Magic Bounce, Magic Guard)
:Genesect: Genesect (Sheer Force, Tinted Lens, Regenerator, Galvanize, Magic Guard, No Guard, Refrigerate)
:Landorus-Therian: Landorus-Therian (Regenerator, Aerilate, Magic Guard, Queenly Majesty)
:Mew: Mew (Dauntless Shield, Unaware, Psychic Surge, Intimidate, Regenerator, Magic Bounce, Mold Breaker)
:Tapu Bulu: Tapu Bulu (Triage)
:Volcarona: Volcarona (Magic Guard, Desolate Land, Sheer Force)
:Zapdos: Zapdos (Primordial Sea, Delta Stream, Intimidate, Magic Bounce)

A-
:Alakazam:
Alakazam (Psychic Surge, No Guard, Tinted Lens)
:Barraskewda:
Barraskewda (Primordial Sea)
:Blissey:
Blissey (Magic Bounce, Regenerator, Unaware)
:Kommo-o: Kommo-o (Unburden, Triage, Regenerator, Galvanize, Dauntless Shield)
:Latios: Latios (Adaptability, Magic Guard, Dragon's Maw, Tinted Lens, Psychic Surge)
:Mandibuzz: Mandibuzz (Unaware, Magic Bounce, Flash Fire, Volt Absorb)
:Moltres: Moltres (Magic Guard, Desolate Land, Delta Stream, Volt Absorb)
:Tapu Lele: Tapu Lele (Tinted Lens, Triage, Sheer Force)
:Toxapex: Toxapex (Prankster, Volt Absorb, Levitate, Regenerator)
:Zapdos-Galar: Zapdos-Galar (Magic Guard, Tough Claws, Tinted Lens, Regenerator, Adaptability)
:Zarude: Zarude (Grassy Surge, Tough Claws, Adaptability)

B Rank:
B+

:Azelf: Azelf (Psychic Surge, Teravolt)
:Bisharp: Bisharp (Adaptability, Tinted Lens)
:Chansey:Chansey (Magic Bounce, Unaware, Regenerator, Sticky Hold)
:Cinderace: Cinderace (Magic Guard, Tinted Lens, Desolate Land, Sheer Force)
:Ferrothorn: Ferrothorn (Regenerator, Flash Fire, Dauntless Shield, Mold Breaker, Intimidate, Primordial Sea, Magic Bounce)
:Latias: Latias (Magic Guard, Regenerator, Magic Bounce)
:Mamoswine: Mamoswine (Adaptability, Sheer Force)
:Primarina: Primarina (Primordial Sea, Triage)
:Skarmory: Skarmory (Delta Stream, Unaware, Dauntless Shield, Mold Breaker, Intimidate, Magic Bounce, Flash Fire, Volt Absorb, Water Absorb)
:Terrakion: Terrakion (Adaptability, Regenerator, Queenly Majesty)
:Togekiss: Togekiss (Triage)
:Volcanion: Volcanion (Swift Swim, Desolate Land, Primordial Sea)

B
:Dhelmise: Dhelmise (Grassy Surge, Tinted Lens, Adaptability)
:Entei: Entei (Desolate Land, Magic Guard, Refrigerate, Galvanize, Pixilate)
:Golisopod: Golisopod (Tinted Lens, Regenerator, Triage)
:Hydreigon: Hydreigon (Magic Bounce, Galvanize, Dragon's Maw, Sheer Force, Queenly Majesty, Regenerator)
:Incineroar: Incineroar (Regenerator, Tinted Lens, Magic Guard)
:Jirachi:Jirachi (Regenerator, Magic Guard)
:Lucario: Lucario (Magic Guard, Tough Claws, Sheer Force, Refrigerate, Galvanize)
:Necrozma: Necrozma (Unburden, Magic Bounce)
:Regieleki: Regieleki (Refrigerate, Magic Bounce, Electric Surge)
:Slowbro: Slowbro (Magic Bounce, Dauntless Shield, Regenerator)
:Zygarde-10%: Zygarde-10% (Adaptability)

B-
:Arcanine:
Arcanine (Magic Guard)
:Conkeldurr: Conkeldurr (Triage, Tinted Lens, Tough Claws)
:Diancie:Diancie (Regenerator, Triage)
:Doublade: Doublade (Regenerator, Flash Fire, Levitate)
:Dracozolt:Dracozolt (Adaptability, Surge Surfer)
:Hippowdon:
Hippowdon (Magic Bounce, Dauntless Shield, Wandering Spirit, Intimidate, Water Absorb, Bulletproof)
:Nihilego:
Nihilego (Regenerator, Unburden)

:Polteageist:Polteageist (Queenly Majesty)
:Scizor:Scizor (Flash Fire, Regenerator)
:Stakataka: Stakataka (Steelworker, Levitate, Regenerator, Tinted Lens)
:Xurkitree: Xurkitree (Electric Surge, Surge Surfer, Magic Guard)
Reposting from the AAA discussion thread, sorry for the mess and lmk if I’m doing something wrong with this
:weavile:: A+ to S
weavile is the meta atm. weavile and heatran and bulky waters are the name of the game, so i think weavile absolutely deserves a spot in S tier. if you dont have a fully physically defensive fini or cobalion or dstream corv, you may as well have lost the game from the very start. and even those two are weak to weavile's coverage in poison jab or low kick. and all of this is just on the technician set, which is obv the most dangerous variant, but mglo is also extremely dangerous due to mimicking tech. if you send in your coba to check it and it uses swords dance, then you will die to a +2 low kick every single time. not to mention the speed tier is phenomenal, with mainly koko and scarfers exclusively outspeeding it. the bulk is also serviceable enough to make it tank one crucial hit in a pinch(252 SpA Life Orb Tapu Koko Thunderbolt vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Weavile: 175-208 (62.2 - 74%) -- guaranteed 2HKO, 252 SpA Heatran Earth Power vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Weavile: 113-133 (40.2 - 47.3%) -- guaranteed 3HKO). so yeah, weavy boy should be S tier imo
 
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I am going to disagree and argue that Weavile should stay in A+ tier. To be clear, Weavile is a very, very good mon, one of the best offensive mons in the meta, and a threat every team needs to have a gameplan for. However, S-tier is generally reserved for mons that fit on a wide range of teams and have no real downside to using, and I don't believe that is true of Weavile.

Compared to the current two S-tier mons, Weavile is not nearly as splashable. Swampert is on 6 of the 9 saaample teams and brings a tremendous amount of utility to any non-HO team. It has good bulk and typing, multiple viable sets, access to pivoting, hazards, trapping, status, and good coverage options. The only mons that can reliably stop it from generating momentum are ones that are immune to Water and Ground moves, and while they do exist (like Desolate Land Moltres), they are rare. Really the only downside to using Swampert on your team is that it takes a regenerator slot, but it brings so much to the table that it's absolutely worth it.

Tapu Fini is very similar. It checks a plethora of physical attackers, clears hazards, resets status, provides Knock Off support, and can viably run Choice Scarf sets to provide a more offensive presence on teams that want it. It is on a full third of AAA teams right now because (again, outside of HO) it can find a home on almost every team. Again, there are very few mons that can stop Fini from doing what it is supposed to do.

Weavile, while it is arguably (and probably) the best physical breaker in the tier, has significantly more drawbacks than the S-tier mons. The most notable drawback is that two of it's biggest checks are the two most common mons in the tier, Corviknight and Tapu Fini, each used on 33% of teams (you can argue this is a sign of Weavile being broken, and I'm sympathetic to that, but if Weavile was banned tomorrow I still think these mons would see very similar usage). That means in most matches, the opponent will have a mon that directly frustrates Weavile from doing its job. Additionally, other than being a fantastic breaker, it does not provide other utility, and it usually needs significant team support to get in safely, meaning there are a larger number of teams that it just can't fit on. This is reflected by its lower usage (a still-respectable 15% to be sure).

Weavile is stupidly powerful, and a force in the AAA metagame, and I think A+ tier reflects that. It is arguably, if not definitively, the best at what it does, and what it does is important. But I don't think it has the versatility or splashability to be considered S tier and think A+ fits it great.

To not just be contrarian, I also have some VR suggestions of my own:

Remain A+, but add Mold Breaker to main sets
I think Heatran is fine in A+, and it's Desolate Land sets are still very good, but I think it's time to add the Mold Breaker sets as well. Reliably getting Stealth Rock up through Magic Bounce, threatening Flash Fire mons with Magma Storm, and general team utility it can provide through Toxic, Taunt, and Protect make it a very formidable mon.

Tapu Bulu to A-/B+, Zarude to A, Dhelmise to B+/A-
Grouping these together as I feel like they're always viewed similarly as Grass type priority users. I think the meta has generally been unkind to Tapu Bulu, as Corviknight and Heatran continue to be everywhere and stop it from sweeping cold. Bulu also provides very little utility outside of sweeping, so that is a huge problem for it. Zarude (with pivoting, bulk similar to Corv, and Grassy Terrain) and Dhelm (with Rapid Spin, Grassy Terrain, and powerful Ghost STAB) have much more utility and can help make progress even when Corv or Tran are still alive.

Drop to A-, but add RegenVest Set
I have been underwhelmed by Garchomp's offensive sets recently, but it's typing, natural bulk, and still-serviceable offenses make it a nice AV user. It can Dragon Tail away set-up sweepers and switch in (semi)-reliably to Heatran and Volcarona sets, a nice trait.

Rise to A/A-
Azelf is such a fantastic glue mon and great speed controller. Psychic Surge stops priority cold, and with a Choice Scarf it outpaces most offensive threats up to Adamant Kommo-o after Unburden (but not Jolly, sadly). Expanding Force gives it credible offensive presence while Knock Off, U-Turn and Trick give it plenty of utility.

Add to B-
I do think Silvally, particularly Dragon, deserves a spot on the VR. In a meta with like, one relevant water resist, a decently-bulky Water (and Fire) resist with access to pivoting is a welcome addition. It's weak, and in most cases it's best option is to U-Turn away, but the RegenVest sets make a nice blanket check to Heatran, Volcarona, Genesect, Zapdos, and other special attackers. It can also carry coverage to KO Gene and Volc, preventing them from setting up on it. It's not great, and probably shouldn't be higher than B, but I do think it deserves to be on the VR.

Add to B-
Similar to Silv, it's a bulky water resist pivot, but also comes with Rapid Spin. I think Rapid Spin is underrated as a move as a lot of teams rely on keeping their Regenerators near full to check the dangerous attackers in this tier, and getting and keeping Spikes up really puts a damper on that plan. Also non-Magic Guard attackers see their switchins limited even more. I don't think Blastoise has a large niche, but I think it has one.


Drop from VR
I have a hard time seeing the niche for these mons. Zolt sounds nice in theory, but is endlessly frustrated by Swampert and I think has a tough time on anything other than a full Electric Spam team; maybe that's enough of a niche, but I don't see it. Scizor is very weak without Technician, and I think is too passive to justify. Doublade I would almost argue for keeping on as the most reliable Terrakion check, but being a Dark weak physical wall is really rough in AAA, and too many things come in for free on it.
 
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I am going to disagree and argue that Weavile should stay in A+ tier. To be clear, Weavile is a very, very good mon, one of the best offensive mons in the meta, and a threat every team needs to have a gameplan for. However, S-tier is generally reserved for mons that fit on a wide range of teams and have no real downside to using, and I don't believe that is true of Weavile.

Compared to the current two S-tier mons, Weavile is not nearly as splashable. Swampert is on 6/9 saaample teams and brings a tremendous amount of utility to any non-HO team. It has good bulk and typing, multiple viable sets, access to pivoting, hazards, trapping, status, and good coverage options. The only mons that can reliably stop it from generating momentum are ones that are immune to Water and Ground moves, and while they do exist (like Desolate Land Moltres), they are rare. Really the only downside to using Swampert on your team is that it takes a regenerator slot, but it brings so much to the table that it's absolutely worth it.

Tapu Fini is very similar. It checks a plethora of physical attackers, clears hazards, resets status, provides Knock Off support, and can viably run Choice Scarf sets to provide a more offensive presence on teams that want it. It is on a full third of AAA teams right now because (again, outside of HO) it can find a home on almost every team. Again, there are very few mons that can stop Fini from doing what it is supposed to do.

Weavile, while it is arguably (and probably) the best physical breaker in the tier, has significantly more drawbacks than the S-tier mons. The most notable drawback is that two of it's biggest checks are the two most common mons in the tier, Corviknight and Tapu Fini, each used on 33% of teams (you can argue this is a sign of Weavile being broken, and I'm sympathetic to that, but if Weavile was banned tomorrow I still think these mons would see very similar usage). That means in most matches, the opponent will have a mon that directly frustrates Weavile from doing its job. Additionally, other than being a fantastic breaker, it does not provide other utility, and it usually needs significant team support to get in safely, meaning there are a larger number of teams that it just can't fit on. This is reflected by its lower usage (a still-respectable 15% to be sure).

Weavile is stupidly powerful, and a force in the AAA metagame, and I think A+ tier reflects that. It is arguably, if not definitively, the best at what it does, and what it does is important. But I don't think it has the versatility or splashability to be considered S tier and think A+ fits it great.

To not just be contrarian, I also have some VR suggestions of my own:

Remain A+, but add Mold Breaker to main sets
I think Heatran is fine in A+, and it's Desolate Land sets are still very good, but I think it's time to add the Mold Breaker sets as well. Reliably getting Stealth Rock up through Magic Bounce, threatening Flash Fire mons with Magma Storm, and general team utility it can provide through Toxic, Taunt, and Protect make it a very formidable mon.

Tapu Bulu to A-/B+, Zarude to A, Dhelmise to B+/A-
Grouping these together as I feel like they're always viewed similarly as Grass type priority users. I think the meta has generally been unkind to Tapu Bulu, as Corviknight and Heatran continue to be everywhere and stop it from sweeping cold. Bulu also provides very little utility outside of sweeping, so that is a huge problem for it. Zarude (with pivoting, bulk similar to Corv, and Grassy Terrain) and Dhelm (with Rapid Spin, Grassy Terrain, and powerful Ghost STAB) have much more utility and can help make progress even when Corv or Tran are still alive.

Drop to A-, but add RegenVest Set
I have been underwhelmed by Garchomp's offensive sets recently, but it's typing, natural bulk, and still-serviceable offenses make it a nice AV user. It can Dragon Tail away set-up sweepers and switch in (semi)-reliably to Heatran and Volcarona sets, a nice trait.

Rise to A/A-
Azelf is such a fantastic glue mon and great speed controller. Psychic Surge stops priority cold, and with a Choice Scarf it outpaces most offensive threats up to Adamant Kommo-o after Unburden (but not Jolly, sadly). Expanding Force gives it credible offensive presence while Knock Off, U-Turn and Trick give it plenty of utility.

Add to B-
I do think Silvally, particularly Dragon, deserves a spot on the VR. In a meta with like, one relevant water resist, a decently-bulky Water (and Fire) resist with access to pivoting is a welcome addition. It's weak, and in most cases it's best option is to U-Turn away, but the RegenVest sets make a nice blanket check to Heatran, Volcarona, Genesect, Zapdos, and other special attackers. It can also carry coverage to KO Gene and Volc, preventing them from setting up on it. It's not great, and probably shouldn't be higher than B, but I do think it deserves to be on the VR.

Add to B-
Similar to Silv, it's a bulky water resist pivot, but also comes with Rapid Spin. I think Rapid Spin is underrated as a move as a lot of teams rely on keeping their Regenerators near full to check the dangerous attackers in this tier, and getting and keeping Spikes up really puts a damper on that plan. Also non-Magic Guard attackers see their switchins limited even more. I don't think Blastoise has a large niche, but I think it has one.


Drop from VR
I have a hard time seeing the niche for these mons. Zolt sounds nice in theory, but is endlessly frustrated by Swampert and I think has a tough time on anything other than a full Electric Spam team; maybe that's enough of a niche, but I don't see it. Scizor is very weak without Technician, and I think is too passive to justify. Doublade I would almost argue for keeping on as the most reliable Terrakion check, but being a Dark weak physical wall is really rough in AAA, and too many things come in for free on it.
I do agree with most of your post, but I don’t agree with every single Corviknight being a Weavile check. While Delta Stream is a very strong and prominent set, it doesn’t fit on every team. Some teams may not even use Corviknight, opting for Skarmory instead. And if a team does use corviknight, the insane variety of sets makes it a bit difficult to slap on Delta Stream and call it a day. Some teams may want Flash Fire or Intimidate or even Volt Absorb, and against those types of Corviknight, Weavile excels. Apart from Corviknight in general not being a check, I agree with everything else
 

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In the spirit of VR noms today, I have 2 quick noms to make.

:ss/primarina:
To (at least) A-

Primarina is a very strong special breaker that has a very spammable high power stab moves and somewhat limited switchins. It has solid bulk but low speed, and is a non threat to most faster mons. Its switchins are limited to things such as dragonvally, bulky waters and grasses and mons that have water immunities (not including desolate land heatran which gets hit hard by weather ball). I may come back and add calcs later but one that sticks out to me is primarinas ability to guaranteed 2hko av spdef swampert using weather ball. In short, primarina is a very strong special breaker that is capable of breaking and crippling its resists. Onto number two

:ss/terrakion:
To A-

Terrakion is a very strong, albeit occasionally unreliable, physical breaker. Terrakions biggest difficulty is the notorious unreliability of stone edge. Despite this, close combat is able to severely dent even resists like tapu fini and flyings. It like my nom above is most often choice locked, but its raw power can ease predictions and I have taken to carrying toxic to poison incoming switchins such as tapu fini and dauntless mew, making them easier to pressure in the future. In short, terrakion is able to break through its checks despite its relative unreliability.

Thanks for reading and have a good night/day :)
 
I've already mentioned this plenty of times in the past, but especially rn I feel like speed and role compression are much more important factors than raw breaking power is. More and more I see games that are decided by which player had the faster breakers, and I realise how challenging it can be to support a slower breaker, to a point where you wonder if their breaking brings enough to the table.

While it's fun to look at a mon that has no switchins on paper, you have to take a step back and ask yourself, how much does it actually contribute to the team? Can it come in often? Does it rk or force out a lot of mons to actually get those 2HKO opportunities? In practice some of the broken breakers start to tall short in a lot of categories.

For example I think sflo Lele is a very fun mon rn, because it forces out a lot and never has to predict, you pretty much always attack the mon in front and do enough damage to the switchin to pick the appropriate coverage on the following turn. Tinted lele has fewer switching, but it forces a lot less out so how many 2HKOs it can get is far less relevant. And because it's more prediction reliant, it has to come in more often, this means finding more opportunities to get it in without chipping it. Latios is in the same vein where nothing seems to be able to switch onto it, but it's very hard to put on a team.

On top of that, while it's fun to look at a team that has no water resist and blow up how broken Primarina is. I find it a lot more useful to see how much a mon can help you make progress on a matchup where it's not good. Koko is not a great breaker, but it can come in as many times as it wants, forces everything out all the time and generates momentum, so even if they have a hard wall, koko is still good. It;s why it remains consistently one of the best mons in the meta. It's the same for azelf who seems to make every single weakness of your team dissapear like magic. or heatran who might just be the best progress maker rn. A lot of the top mons (fini, pert, koko, weavile, zarude...) are defined by their ability to consistently make progress and support the team, in any matchup.

So while you certainly have to take Heracross or Prim into account when you build, I don't think that automatically makes them amazing mons.

Anyway my thoughts on the current noms:
:Heatran: A+, One of the most consistent progress makers in the meta. Insane defensive glue. Potentially weather control and scary wall breaking capabilities. Hard to take advantage of in a game. Also one of the biggest headaches in the builder trying to prep for it. This mon deserves A+
:Tapu-Bulu: B+/B, Out of the grass spam mons, I find it is the hardest to justify putting on a team. Bulu was much more valuable defensively when everyone was running Garchomp. But now it's typing doesn't give it a useful immunity, and it's bulk makes it hard to take advantage of the few good resistances it has. It's also accounted for by default when you prepare for Zarude. We're kinda using it wrong tho, as it is much more of a mid game breaker than it is a sweeper. but it's very limited in the things it provides, and very hard to justify over the other two grass mons.
:Zarude: A, Insane mon. Back in ompl I actually found it kinda hard to justify running a team without a Zarude. It's not quite at that level now, but it's still a fantastic glue. It has uturn which is insane as it always gains momentum on waters and whatnot. It's a psychic immunity. It has insane bulk meaning its resistances to water and ground are actually much more useable. It checks demon mew and keep Dshield Skarm/Corv at bay. The priority is actually noticeably stronger than Bulu's Horn Leech. But most importantly, Grassy terrain makes it much easier to build teams around it. All of a sudden your Fini walls Garchomp or your Heatran is getting extra recovery. You get chipped less because you recover a little. You actually have terrain control for teams such as Eterrain spam or psychic spam. This mon is really good and definitely deserving of A rank.
:Dhelmise: B+, Dhelm is the strongest of the grass mons, and it also has the strongest stab of the grass mons, which also happens to have much better neutral coverage, so it can be pretty hard to answer reliably with your normal grass answers. Mainly what usually tilts the scale is Dhelm's immunity to fighting. Meaning you get a strong deterrent to mons like Terrak or Heracross from just spamming CC on your whole team. This goes especially well with stuff like protect heatran as it can really limit your opponent's ways of taking advantage of you. Or with Midgrounds such as Swampert that can afford to take a hit, but not two. On top of bringing all the advantages of having a gterrain mon on your team, Dhelm also has a few cool tricks up its sleeve, like the ability to Switcheroo its ban away, being a timely spinner on HO or simply having access to SD which zarude doesn't, which makes it a very good pick on given teams. It's still noticeably more fragile than Zarude, super slow and doesn't have access to uturn. Definitely a worse mon altogether tho, B+ is good placement for it.
:Garchomp: No opinion here honestly.
:Azelf: A, I agree with everything Talon said. Azelf seems to magically patch up all the wholes in your team. It's strong enough that it can run scarf and still do damage, while barely clutching the outspeed on adamant unburden kommo-o. And because uturn actually hits dark types, you often don't need anymore coverage than that so you can run utility such as trick which keeps many setup sweepers at bay, or koff which helps clear AVs from the opposing team. While Azelf doesn't actually beat triage pixies, putting terrain up and uturning out is still incredibly valuable to patch up a team. Azelf's specs set is also still very threatening and the speed tier is enough to put you over breakers such as Terrrak, Blace and Latios.
:Alakazam: Nobody actually runs this mon anymore, Azelf is just better.
:Silvally: B/B+, Silvally pivots and checks a lot of the more annoying mons to check in the meta (Heatran, zapdos, Barra, Prima, Triage, Volcarona, Genesect, Koko...). His best option is often to pivot out, but it's still the only pure dragon who can actually do that. While Silv's bulk is often dissapointing, it makes up for it by having exactly the coverage it needs in flamethrower and rock slide, and having enough annoying movepool options to adapt to different teams. Pfang keep other regen mons who think they can get free recovery at bay. While Snarl can really help vs Demon mew or other fat setup. Explosion is another pretty decent option on more offensive teams. Honestly it's a good mon, and it;s probably the best water resist we have on the special side. B/B+.
:Blastoise: B-, Toise is a silvally with spin, except it also kinda sucks and hates dland. Really only there for spin, but not many things get spin so it;s worth noting. It's kind of a patchup mon more than it is a good mon tho.
:Dracozolt: :Scizor: :Doublade: Scizor is the only one we should keep imo. Spd Scizor is very similar to spd corv, checks the same stuff like Latios, Heatran, Pixies etc, but it checks pixies slightly better and has knock off. It can also run similar BU uturn sets but it kinda just checks pixies better imo. Seldom worth but has its niche.
:Weavile: A+, personally I think Weavile fits right in here in terms of power. It can be hard walled and often will be, but it has speed, power, access to knock, priority and psychic immunity which makes it always useful. Weavile also forces a lot of things out, truly a lot. Anything that's not physically defensive is forced out of the most part, so it gets plenty of opportunities to click buttons. But Weavile is still somehow extremely hard to build with and very inconsistent performance wise. And while in theory Weavile also has the mg set to fix its problems, this set kinda just sucks so it's not really fixing anything.
:Primarina: B+, Prim is fine where it is for most of the reasons I mentioned above. Primarina has the advantage of being hard to OHKO from full, I actually think it's better than Volcanion because of that. But it's still piss slow, provides little defensive utility and is kinda still wallable.
:Terrakion: A-, I agree with this one mainly because Terrak seems to have a much easier time coming in and forcing things out than basically any other breakers. It seems to get more opportunities to click its moves and so makes toxicing a mew easier for example. Not taking much rock chip is appreciated.

Other things:
:Zapdos-galar: Should be lower.
:Cinderace: A-, Cinderace has been seen quite a bit on fast teams now, either on mg spam to pivot spam and ignore rocks, or as weather control that can take at least one weather ball. The fact that Cinderace can hit Fini is hugely valuable, especially with Physdef pert falling out of fashion since Arch ban. Gunk shot also makes it a good check to triage pixies. It's also the only mon ever with access to court change and that's worth smt. Good mon honestly, often better than tflame imo.
:Kommo-o: Update Kommo-o sets imo: https://pokepast.es/3a3a6dfb762cd4aa
 

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Notes:
> Updated sample sets
> Ranked Zamazenta-Crowned
> If you don't see a Pokemon you think deserves a ranking, feel free to post in this thread defending its case! Also, if you think a Pokemon has been ranked too high or too low, you're welcome to discuss that here as well :]



AAA Pokemon Viability Rankings
[last updated September 15th, 2021]
Click on the link of each Pokemon's name to see sample sets.

S Rank:
S

:Swampert: Swampert (Regenerator)
:Tapu Fini: Tapu Fini (Regenerator)

A Rank:
A+
:Cobalion:
Cobalion (Magic Guard, Regenerator)
:Corviknight: Corviknight (Intimidate, Dauntless Shield, Wandering Spirit, Delta Stream, Unaware, Mummy, Magic Bounce, Regenerator, Drizzle, Drought, Volt Absorb, Flash Fire)
:Heatran: Heatran (Desolate Land, Mold Breaker, Regenerator, Magic Guard, Levitate)
:Talonflame: Talonflame (Magic Guard)
:Tapu Koko: Tapu Koko (Magic Guard, Primordial Sea, Magic Bounce, Adaptability, Refrigerate, )
:Weavile: Weavile (Technician, Magic Guard, Adaptability, Tough Claws, Galvanize)
:Zapdos: Zapdos (Primordial Sea, Delta Stream, Intimidate, Magic Bounce)

A
:Azelf:
Azelf (Psychic Surge)
:Blacephalon: Blacephalon (Magic Guard, Sheer Force, Desolate Land)
:Garchomp: Garchomp (Regenerator, Magic Guard, Magic Bounce)
:Genesect: Genesect (Sheer Force, Regenerator, Tinted Lens, No Guard, Serene Grace, Galvanize, Magic Guard, Refrigerate)
:Landorus-Therian: Landorus-Therian (Regenerator, Queenly Majesty, Aerilate, Magic Guard, Queenly Majesty)
:Mew: Mew (Dauntless Shield, Magic Guard, Magic Bounce, Unaware, Psychic Surge, Intimidate, Regenerator, Magic Bounce, Mold Breaker)
:Volcarona: Volcarona (Desolate Land, Magic Guard, Sheer Force)
:Zarude: Zarude (Grassy Surge, Tough Claws, Adaptability)

A-
:Barraskewda:
Barraskewda (Primordial Sea)
:Blissey:
Blissey (Magic Bounce, Regenerator, Unaware)
:Cinderace: Cinderace (Desolate Land, Tinted Lens, Magic Guard, Sheer Force)
:Kommo-o: Kommo-o (Unburden, Triage, Galvanize, Dauntless Shield, Regenerator)
:Moltres: Moltres (Magic Guard, Desolate Land, Delta Stream, Volt Absorb)
:Tapu Lele: Tapu Lele (Sheer Force, Triage, Tinted Lens)
:Terrakion: Terrakion (Adaptability, Regenerator, Sniper, Queenly Majesty)
:Toxapex: Toxapex (Prankster, Volt Absorb, Levitate, Regenerator)

B Rank:
B+

:Dhelmise: Dhelmise (Grassy Surge, Tinted Lens, Adaptability)
:Tapu Bulu: Tapu Bulu (Triage)
:Chansey:Chansey (Magic Bounce, Unaware, Regenerator, Sticky Hold)
:Entei:Entei (Desolate Land, Magic Guard, Refrigerate, Galvanize, Pixilate)
:Ferrothorn: Ferrothorn (Regenerator, Flash Fire, Dauntless Shield, Mold Breaker, Intimidate, Primordial Sea, Magic Bounce)
:Latios: Latios (Adaptability, Magic Guard, Dragon's Maw, Tinted Lens, Psychic Surge)
:Mandibuzz: Mandibuzz (Unaware, Magic Bounce, Flash Fire, Volt Absorb)
:Primarina: Primarina (Primordial Sea, Triage)
:Silvally-Dragon: Silvally-Dragon (Regenerator)
:Skarmory: Skarmory (Dauntless Shield, Wandering Spirit, Delta Stream, Mold Breaker, Flash Fire, Intimidate, Magic Bounce, Volt Absorb, Water Absorb)
:Togekiss: Togekiss (Triage)
:Volcanion: Volcanion (Primordial Sea, Swift Swim, Desolate Land)
:Zamazenta-Crowned: Zamazenta-Crowned (Dauntless Shield)
:Zapdos-Galar: Zapdos-Galar (Magic Guard, Regenerator, Tough Claws, Tinted Lens, Adaptability)

B
:Bisharp: Bisharp (Adaptability)
:Golisopod: Golisopod (Tinted Lens, Regenerator, Triage)
:Hydreigon: Hydreigon (Magic Bounce, Galvanize, Dragon's Maw, Sheer Force, Queenly Majesty, Mega Launcher, Regenerator)
:Incineroar: Incineroar (Regenerator, Tinted Lens, Magic Guard)
:Jirachi:Jirachi (Regenerator, Magic Guard)
:Latias:
Latias (Magic Guard, Regenerator, Magic Bounce)
:Lucario: Lucario (Magic Guard, Tough Claws, Sheer Force, Refrigerate, Galvanize)
:Mamoswine: Mamoswine (Adaptability, Sheer Force)
:Necrozma: Necrozma (Unburden, Magic Bounce)
:Regieleki: Regieleki (Refrigerate, Magic Bounce, Electric Surge)
:Slowbro: Slowbro (Magic Bounce, Dauntless Shield, Regenerator)
:Zygarde-10%: Zygarde-10% (Adaptability)

B-
:Alakazam:
Alakazam (Psychic Surge, No Guard, Tinted Lens)
:Arcanine:
Arcanine (Magic Guard)
:Blastoise: Blastoise (Regenerator)
:Conkeldurr: Conkeldurr (Triage, Tinted Lens, Tough Claws)
:Diancie:Diancie (Regenerator, Triage)
:Hippowdon:Hippowdon (Magic Bounce, Dauntless Shield, Wandering Spirit, Intimidate, Water Absorb, Bulletproof)
:Nihilego:
Nihilego (Regenerator, Unburden)

:Polteageist:Polteageist (Queenly Majesty)
:Scizor:Scizor (Flash Fire, Regenerator)
:Stakataka: Stakataka (Steelworker, Levitate, Regenerator, Tinted Lens)
:Xurkitree: Xurkitree (Electric Surge, Surge Surfer, Magic Guard)

 
Time for some nominations

Genesect A -> A-
Take this with a grain of salt, I suppose, because I've always been a genesect skeptic, but I don't think it does enough to warrant A rank alongside Pokemon like Blacephaon, mew, Zarude, Azelf, etcetera. None of its individual sets are remotely as good as these, and even when you consider them all together it doesn't match up, at least until the day Think stops discriminating and lets us run 4 ability 6 move genesect.

Toxapex A- -> B+ / B
In theory, this mon is great. Checks weavile, checks talonflame, can set tspikes, absorb tspikes, scald, knock, all in one package. In practice though he's just so bad. Bringing him on a team means you just bleed momentum, which is more critical in AAA than just about any other tier, and he doesn't even do a good job at any of his roles. Weavile beats him long term with MGLO sets, and just 2hkoes its way straight through him with beat up. Talonflame can end up beating him over the long game as well, and generates free momentum on him for their team. He's not an amazing tspikes setter (and it's only so so atm) and his ability to knock and scald is just so pathetic compared to fini it's not even funny. Only selling point is prank haze, for if you're really weak to Kommo-O and hate yourself.

Dragonvally Updated by Thinkerino

Togekiss Updated by Thinkerino

Zamazenta-C B+ -> B- This mon is actually so bad, you have no idea. He's basically impossible to build with and he doesn't do anything. Even mons he's supposed to check, like Zarude and Weavile, have ways to get around him, and when he comes in its an enormous momentum sink. He's not quite fast enough to get things done there and howl is such an awful boosting move it doesn't let him work with that either without immense team support, which means he's basically unviable considering how many other good offensive pokemon we have that are way more immediately deadly, self sufficient, or impossible to wall after a boost.
 
Id like to nominate Latias B>B+/A-

This mon has incredible special defensive capabilites, which allows it to consistently switchin to, setup on, and threathen out many special attackers such as Heatran/Zapdos/Pretty much every weather attacker except primarina, and toxapex/tapu fini/non bug buzz volc/most electric spam and most psychic spam moves, while offering a viable midground for some of the strongest special nukes it cannot 1v1 if switching in, like specs xurxitree under terrain, specs eruption desolate heatran, etc. for your av swampert for example to not get specs grass-moved

The main set is the sample one, with mglo to invalidate toxic from the heatrans you switch into, cm/roost/psyshock. The last slot can be coverage with what your team struggles with, if you need lati to come in on fini and threathen it consistently (without needing to spend many turns setting up+roosting) then you can opt for thunder/thunderbolt, if you are running max speed and have troubles with zarude, aura sphere/ice beam can help latias sweep. Latias also gets other utility like status, defog, and wish/healing wish but id reccomend against it. The standard is max hp/max speed, but you can experiment with more spdef, more spatk, etc. pretty comfortably. The main goal is not to sweep, but to come in on and 1v1 these mons in the tier and still keep up an offensive threat.

Its great speed tier leaves it very hard to revenge kill (the only mon that can really do it naturally is weavile, but many of the mons you switch latias in on cannot safely pivot weavile in, leaving them to struggle with 50/50s on whether or not you attack). Latias's excellent natural uninvested bulk will let you eat talonflame brave birds, any non crunch move from barraskewda, everything from koko and eleki, and resists most triage/priority. Even fairy triage has usually low bp, and you often will have one calm mind set up meaning you can comfortably tank it from the likes of togekiss trying to revenge you and ohko back with your coverage. Often times you can calm mind after you switchin, making it harder to RK. After a calm mind you can even live a SFLO lele moonblast. While, (especially faster) uturns can be pretty annoying, you can pretty comfortably tank and roost up on most of them (especially ones from mons like corv) , bar mons like max attack LO genesect. However none of these mons like switching in and often have poor recovery.

Latias in the early/mid game can consistently check these threats and can easily win outright if they dont have something that can reliably ohko, and you dont even need to be at full to do so; lati functions usually the same as long as its not below 70, not hard with mg and roost, and this is only for the more nuki-er mons as you can easily outspeed and roost even if switching in low. Calm mind gives you an extra very real endgame wincon to your team, often the moment thier weavile or something dies. Latias can come in on not only all those special attackers, but it can come in and setup on almost every fat/utility mon, such as the pink blobs, swamperts, cobalions, etc as they cannot meaningfully interact with you. Latias is similar to a regenvest dragonvalley, except with more souped up stats and far less pasivity, trading it for a lack of uturning. You will often outlast the mons like heatran you come in on through the combination of free roosts on many mons and magic guard. Latias can even 1v1 tapu fini as moonblast never 2hkos BEFORE calm mind boosts, and unboosted thunder/thunderbolt will outpace its regenerator and also fish for paras. Its a great mon for adding an answer to mons like zapdos and heatran which are usually headaches in the builder in terms of limitting the progress they can make, which latias does completely.

I reccomend more to try this mon and for it to be bumped up in the vr, as i believe its much better than the other mons in B and equal to many of the mons in b+/a-.

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8almostanyability-1412515474-qgjl4ehr29i48btaatja1byvuopll6xpw
In this replay my thunder latias consistently comes in on chansey/tapu fini, prevents them from making progress and chips down the zarude, outlasting it. Once the zarude is gone, he forfiets as blaceph cannot come in safely and is outsped, and the rest of his team loses to latias. The game would be over much sooner if i ran ice beam/aura sphere but my particular team here appreciated the thunder support.

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8almostanyability-1419981342
While this team was a pretty weak to it, this replay shows how easily latias can win if the opponent lacks a mon to RK it

Sorry i could not find much more replays that showcase it well (i do not save many q_q )
 
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So I briefly mentioned the idea of adding a C rank in the VR to give a more complete view of the meta, I feel it is a good idea for mainly two reasons:
- Covering sample sets for nicher mons makes the VR a better resource for newer players.
- Some of those mons have actually seen successful use in tournament on top of appearing on ladder, proving their niche in the meta.

Browsing through my teams, here are some mons that I feel would be relevant to add.
AAA Pokemon Viability Rankings
[last updated September 15th, 2021]
Click on the link of each Pokemon's name to see sample sets.

S Rank:
S

:Swampert: Swampert (Regenerator)
:Tapu Fini: Tapu Fini (Regenerator)

A Rank:
A+

:Cobalion: Cobalion (Regenerator, Magic Guard)
:Corviknight: Corviknight (Intimidate, Dauntless Shield, Wandering Spirit, Delta Stream, Unaware, Mummy, Magic Bounce, Regenerator, Volt Absorb, Flash Fire, Drizzle, Drought)
:Heatran: Heatran (Desolate Land, Mold Breaker, Regenerator, Magic Guard, Levitate)
:Talonflame: Talonflame (Magic Guard)
:Tapu Koko: Tapu Koko (Magic Guard, Primordial Sea, Magic Bounce, Adaptability, Refrigerate)
:Weavile: Weavile (Technician, Magic Guard, Adaptability, Tough Claws, Galvanize)
:Zapdos: Zapdos (Primordial Sea, Delta Stream, Intimidate, Magic Bounce)

A
:Azelf: Azelf (Psychic Surge)
:Blacephalon: Blacephalon (Magic Guard, Sheer Force, Desolate Land)
:Garchomp: Garchomp (Regenerator, Magic Guard, Magic Bounce)
:Genesect: Genesect (Sheer Force, Regenerator, Tinted Lens, No Guard, Serene Grace, Magic Guard, Galvanize, Refrigerate)
:Landorus-Therian: Landorus-Therian (Regenerator, Queenly Majesty, Aerilate, Magic Guard)
:Mew: Mew (Dauntless Shield, Magic Guard, Magic Bounce, Unaware, Psychic Surge, Intimidate, Regenerator, Magic Bounce, Mold Breaker)
:Silvally-Dragon: Silvally-Dragon (Regenerator)
:Volcarona: Volcarona (Desolate Land, Magic Guard, Sheer Force)
:Zarude: Zarude (Grassy Surge, Tough Claws, Adaptability)

A-
:Barraskewda: Barraskewda (Primordial Sea)
:Blissey: Blissey (Magic Bounce, Regenerator, Unaware)
:Cinderace: Cinderace (Desolate Land, Tinted Lens, Magic Guard, Sheer Force)
:Kommo-o: Kommo-o (Unburden, Triage, Galvanize, Dauntless Shield, Regenerator)
:Moltres: Moltres (Magic Guard, Desolate Land, Delta Stream, Volt Absorb)
:Tapu Lele: Tapu Lele (Sheer Force, Triage, Tinted Lens)
:Terrakion: Terrakion (Adaptability, Regenerator, Sniper, Queenly Majesty)
:Togekiss: Togekiss (Triage)
:Toxapex: Toxapex (Prankster, Volt Absorb, Levitate, Regenerator)

B Rank:
B+

:Dhelmise: Dhelmise (Grassy Surge, Tinted Lens, Adaptability)
:Tapu Bulu: Tapu Bulu (Triage)
:Chansey: Chansey (Magic Bounce, Unaware, Regenerator, Sticky Hold)
:Entei: Entei (Desolate Land, Magic Guard, Refrigerate, Galvanize, Pixilate)
:Ferrothorn: Ferrothorn (Regenerator, Flash Fire, Dauntless Shield, Mold Breaker, Intimidate, Primordial Sea, Magic Bounce)
:Latios: Latios (Adaptability, Magic Guard, Dragon's Maw, Tinted Lens, Psychic Surge)
:Mandibuzz: Mandibuzz (Unaware, Magic Bounce, Flash Fire, Volt Absorb)
:Primarina: Primarina (Primordial Sea, Triage)
:Skarmory: Skarmory (Dauntless Shield, Wandering Spirit, Delta Stream, Mold Breaker, Flash Fire, Intimidate, Magic Bounce, Volt Absorb, Water Absorb)
:Volcanion: Volcanion (Primordial Sea, Swift Swim, Desolate Land)
:Zamazenta-Crowned: Zamazenta-Crowned (Dauntless Shield)
:Zapdos-Galar: Zapdos-Galar (Magic Guard, Regenerator, Tough Claws, Tinted Lens, Adaptability)

B
:Bisharp: Bisharp (Adaptability)
:Golisopod: Golisopod (Tinted Lens, Regenerator, Triage)
:Hydreigon: Hydreigon (Magic Bounce, Galvanize, Dragon's Maw, Sheer Force, Queenly Majesty, Mega Launcher, Regenerator)
:Incineroar: Incineroar (Regenerator, Tinted Lens, Magic Guard)
:Inteleon: Inteleon (Primordial Sea)
:Jirachi: Jirachi (Regenerator, Magic Guard)
:Latias: Latias (Magic Guard, Regenerator, Magic Bounce)
:Lucario: Lucario (Magic Guard, Tough Claws, Sheer Force, Refrigerate, Galvanize)
:Mamoswine: Mamoswine (Adaptability, Sheer Force)
:Necrozma: Necrozma (Unburden, Magic Bounce)
:Regieleki: Regieleki (Refrigerate, Magic Bounce, Electric Surge)
:Salamence: Salamence (Magic Guard, Queenly Majesty, Aerilate)
:Slowbro: Slowbro (Magic Bounce, Dauntless Shield, Regenerator)
:Zygarde-10%: Zygarde-10% (Adaptability)

B-
:Alakazam: Alakazam (Psychic Surge, No Guard, Tinted Lens)
:Arcanine: Arcanine (Magic Guard)
:Blastoise: Blastoise (Regenerator)
:Diancie: Diancie (Regenerator, Triage)
:Hatterene: Hatterene (Triage)
:Heracross: Heracross (Tinted Lens)
:Hippowdon: Hippowdon (Magic Bounce, Dauntless Shield, Wandering Spirit, Intimidate, Water Absorb, Bulletproof)
:Nihilego: Nihilego (Regenerator, Unburden)
:Polteageist: Polteageist (Queenly Majesty)
:Scizor: Scizor (Flash Fire, Regenerator)
:Stakataka: Stakataka (Steelworker, Tinted Lens, Levitate, Regenerator)
:Xurkitree: Xurkitree (Electric Surge, Surge Surfer, Magic Guard)

C Rank:
:Celebi: Celebi (Magic Bounce, Triage)
:Charizard: Charizard (Unburden)
:Conkeldurr: Conkeldurr (Triage, Tinted Lens, Tough Claws)
:Claydol: Claydol (Regenerator)
:Drampa: Drampa (Prankster)
:Heliolisk: Heliolisk (Lightning Rod)
:Marowak-Alola: Marowak-Alola (Adaptability)
:Milotic: Milotic (Regenerator, Dauntless Shield, Prankster, Corrosion)
:Nidoqueen: Nidoqueen (Regenerator, Dry Skin)
:Pangoro: Pangoro (Triage, Technician)
:Palossand: Palossand (Dauntless Shield, Klutz)
:Pikachu: Pikachu (Galvanize)
:Silvally-Rock: Silvally-Rock (Regenerator)
:Vaporeon: Vaporeon (Regenerator, Corrosion)

:Celebi: Celebi (Magic Bounce, Triage) — Celebi's come up a few times and from a few different players, both as a water/ground resist which helps answer Zygarde and Primsea mons which can be a nightmare to switch on for some teams. Celebi also provides teams with a much needed Psychic resist as well as an additional pivot. Offensively Celebi is hardly remarkable but it has good coverage, Nasty Plot and 1 more speed point than genesect.
:Charizard: Charizard (Unburden) Drum zard is significantly harder to setup than Kommo-o, but it makes up for it by being immune to burns, resisting every triage move, outspeeding scarf azelf but mainly by being notably more powerful than Kommo-o because of Acrobatics' base power. Quick Attack also comes in useful vs Weavile and Barraskewda.
:Claydol: Claydol (Regenerator) —Claydol would be amazing with better stats tbh. It resists Terrakio's double stab while also acting as a koko answer, volt switch blocker and psychic resist. It also has a bunch of neat moves like Rapid Spin, Teleport and Future Sight.
:Drampa: Drampa (Prankster) — Drampa's powerful af. Prankster nets him a strong prio in stab Tri-Attack while Fire Blast hits both Weavile and Zarude. Because it's a fat setup mon it's not stopped by regenvest mons.
:Heliolisk: Heliolisk (Lightning Rod) — Sometimes it just wins. The set is important, sub tilts the predictions heavily in the Heliolisk user's favour while charge beam stops the opponent from just brainlessly switching between 2 regens.
:Marowak-Alola: Marowak-Alola (Adaptability) —Prime TR mons kills everything, low kick hits Ttar/Hydreigon
:Milotic: Milotic (Regenerator, Dauntless Shield, Prankster, Corrosion) — Milotic is kinda just insanely Bulky. Access to reliable recovery and a surprisingly good movepool opens up the possibility for different sets to patch a team's weaknesses.
:Nidoqueen: Nidoqueen (Regenerator, Dry Skin) — Probably the best Tspike mon in the current meta while also having a lot of the same defensive capabilities as Claydol.
:Pangoro: Pangoro (Triage, Technician) — Drain Punch + Swords Dance is pretty rare already but Pangoro has the tools to hit all of the common answers while also providing the team with a psychic immunity.
:Palossand: Palossand (Dauntless Shield, Klutz) — See what atha said
:Pikachu: Pikachu (Galvanize) — Mad strong prio, picks off any neutral target from full such as volcarona, Zapdos or Genesect while also having coverage for Pert and Garchomp, hates Landorus and psychic terrain tho.
:Silvally-Rock: Silvally-Rock (Regenerator) — The Silvaly-Dragon version that also deals with Tflames. Resisting Hurricane and having stab Rock slide is an extra bonus.
:Vaporeon: Vaporeon (Regenerator, Corrosion) — Wish + Pivot is a rare combination and Vaporeaon is just the best at it.

I haven't included things like Bewear, Moltres-G or Roserade as althought they've been pretty good on some teams, I don't feel like they've figured themselves a place in the meta for now, maybe in the future? (Bewear is goated on paper)

I also took the liberty of adding:
:Hatterene: B- — Hat is mostly a worse version of Lele because of its truly abysmal speed tier. its main niche is having access to Triage boosted Healing Wish making it a nice addition on more offensive balance or HO.
:Heracross: B- — Heracross has seen a number of tournament appearances, it's mostly there to click Band boosted moves and net 2HKOs on everything that doesn't have intimidate or quad resists. Hera and other similar mons are definitely threats to take into account when building, Heracross' other notable attributes are its ability to 2HKOs DShield Mew, access to spikes and Knock Off being able to remove Helmets giving Hera more longevity.
:Inteleon: B — We all know what this mon does at this point. Inteleon good rn because of its remarkable speed tier and ability to net a 2HKO on the majority of the meta (neutral AV mons included), while also forcing out a number of common offensive and defensive mons which makes it easy to rak up KOs.
:Salamence: B — God Mence.

I'm also not sure how this entry for Hydreigon came to be but that is not representative of the meta. Hydreigon Should really be in C with like Sflo, Mega Launcher and Dmaw, the other sets I've never seen and don't seem very good. Can anyone who has used Hydreigon provide clarification?
 
Hey guys,

I would like to nominate:

:dragalge: Dragalge for B (or less) rank. This mon is quite similar to Dragvally which is a great RegenVest mon. Here a table to compare the strengths and weaknesses of each.
:silvally-dragon::dragalge:
An unblockable pivot move (U-Turn).An immunity to Poison and a Tspikes absorber.
Few weaknesses which provides a switch-in to many special threats.Access to Sludge Bomb and Scald to threaten with Poison or Burn.
Access to Poison Fang against certain setup (not MG) and more basically to effectively threaten many fat things.Dragon Tail to prevents setup (non Fairy).
A large coverage to hit many things (Rock Slide against Volcarona/Moltres, BoltBeam, Flamethrower, etc).More resists (Poison and Fighting are the most relevant which can help a bit against Cobalion, Cinderace, Tapu Bulu) with a neutrality to Fairy (help against Tapu Koko, Primarina and Psyshock less Togekiss).
Only 4 resists.A slower pivot than Corv
Can't deal with MG setup.More weakness and especially one to Psychic which is annoying against special threat like Azelf or Alakazam. Can't slow pivot in front of Swampert due to its weakness to Earthquake.
Does not really threaten Poison or Steel due to their immunity to Poison.A blockable pivot move (Flip Turn is blocked by Water immunity abilities like Dland or Dry Skin).

This table shows that, yeah, in general, Dragon-Silvally is better (essentially thanks to U-Turn) but, in some cases, Dragalge is a good alternative to improve certain match-up (considering they do more or less the same job against things like Blace, Xurkitree, Volcanion, Inteleon, Heatran, Zapdos, etc). That's why I wanted to nominate this mon for B (or less) rank.

Importable set

Osake (free hl) and me played with it on the ladd and it was definitely not a bad mon. Can provide replays if needed.
 
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It's a fair shout, but there are a few things that really bite Dragagle in practice that aren't highlighted in this post. Dragalge carries some expectations as a regenvest fire and it's not particularly good at what you would want it to be good at (in large part due to being weak to psychock).

- Defensively answering Blace, this is one of the most important ones because blace is a very hard mon to answer outside of your regenvest mon in general, running a regen fire resist that cannot beat Blace is pretty tough as it makes the rest of the team kinda hard to build because you'll need defensively redundant mons. Tenta, Draglage and Nihi all suffer from that.

- Pivoting on broketran. For what it's worth Dragagle does have the really neat attribute of being able to switch on moldy tran without getting toxiced. But not having uturn means it cannot reliably check/pivot on desotran which again, puts a lot of pressure on the rest of the team to answer it. Focus blast sorta helps with that, but it's still a losing exchange if Dragalge switches on magma storm on a standard protect tran. And in the best case it still means you don't get the momentum unless you predict.

- Pivoting on triage pixies. This is a big one imo as pivot + offensive check remains by far the most reliable and common way to beat triage fairies, and pretty much every regenvest mon is able to do that.

Draglage does have the really neat ability to actually beat standard sflo Lele since it doesn't run psychic. That combined with the fact that ppl have been running more restricted movesets on Blace (adapt or sub cm) makes it a better pick rn that is has perhaps been in the past. It also kinda beats genesect because it resists leech life. But in general I would say its a hard mon to justify. It's definitely annoying when you don't have the key moves to beat it tho.

Note entirely sure where it should go, maybe B- cause there's no way it's as good as Incineroar.

Side note, sludge bomb instead of pfang makes it a worse check to cp bounce mew on HO than silvally is, which can flip games entirely in a last mon scenario.

Ban psychock, broken move
 
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Almost Any Ability VR Update
(October 28, 2021)

Notes:
> By popular request (and based on votes) added a C rank
> created a spreadsheet to keep up with VR rankings from now on (view it here)


AAA Pokemon Viability Rankings
[last updated October 28, 2021]

Click on the link of each Pokemon's name to see sample sets.

S Rank:
:Tapu Fini: Tapu Fini (Regenerator)

A Rank:
A+

:Azelf: Azelf (Psychic Surge)
:Cobalion: Cobalion (Regenerator, Magic Guard)
:Corviknight: Corviknight (Intimidate, Wandering Spirit, Volt Absorb, Flash Fire, Dauntless Shield, Delta Stream, Unaware, Mummy, Magic Bounce, Regenerator, Drizzle, Drought)
:Heatran: Heatran (Desolate Land, Mold Breaker, Regenerator, Magic Guard, Levitate)
:Swampert: Swampert (Regenerator)
:Tapu Koko: Tapu Koko (Magic Guard, Primordial Sea, Magic Bounce, Adaptability, Refrigerate)
:Weavile: Weavile (Technician, Magic Guard, Adaptability, Tough Claws, Galvanize)
:Zapdos: Zapdos (Primordial Sea, Delta Stream, Intimidate, Magic Bounce)

A
:Blacephalon: Blacephalon (Magic Guard, Sheer Force, Desolate Land)
:Genesect: Genesect (Sheer Force, Regenerator, Tinted Lens, No Guard, Serene Grace, Magic Guard, Galvanize, Refrigerate)
:Mew: Mew (Dauntless Shield, Magic Guard, Magic Bounce, Unaware, Psychic Surge, Intimidate, Regenerator, Magic Bounce, Mold Breaker)
:Silvally-Dragon: Silvally-Dragon (Regenerator)
:Talonflame: Talonflame (Magic Guard)
:Tapu Lele: Tapu Lele (Sheer Force, Triage, Tinted Lens)
:Terrakion: Terrakion (Adaptability, Regenerator, Sniper, Queenly Majesty)
:Zarude: Zarude (Grassy Surge, Tough Claws, Adaptability)

A-
:Barraskewda: Barraskewda (Primordial Sea)
:Blissey: Blissey (Magic Bounce, Regenerator, Unaware)
:Cinderace: Cinderace (Desolate Land, Tinted Lens, Magic Guard, Sheer Force)
:Garchomp: Garchomp (Regenerator, Magic Bounce, Magic Guard)
:Kommo-o: Kommo-o (Unburden, Triage, Galvanize, Dauntless Shield, Regenerator)
:Landorus-Therian: Landorus-Therian (Regenerator, Queenly Majesty, Aerilate, Magic Guard)
:Moltres: Moltres (Magic Guard, Desolate Land, Delta Stream, Volt Absorb)
:Togekiss: Togekiss (Triage)
:Volcarona: Volcarona (Desolate Land, Magic Guard, Sheer Force)

B Rank:
B+

:Dhelmise: Dhelmise (Grassy Surge, Tinted Lens, Adaptability)
:Ferrothorn: Ferrothorn (Regenerator, Flash Fire, Dauntless Shield, Mold Breaker, Intimidate, Primordial Sea, Magic Bounce)
:Incineroar: Incineroar (Regenerator, Tinted Lens, Magic Guard)
:Primarina: Primarina (Primordial Sea, Triage)
:Skarmory: Skarmory (Dauntless Shield, Wandering Spirit, Delta Stream, Mold Breaker, Flash Fire, Intimidate, Magic Bounce, Volt Absorb, Water Absorb)
:Toxapex: Toxapex (Prankster, Volt Absorb, Levitate, Regenerator)
:Zapdos-Galar: Zapdos-Galar (Magic Guard, Regenerator, Tough Claws, Tinted Lens, Adaptability)

B
:Arcanine: Arcanine (Magic Guard)
:Bisharp: Bisharp (Adaptability)
:Chansey: Chansey (Magic Bounce, Unaware, Regenerator, Sticky Hold)
:Entei: Entei (Desolate Land, Magic Guard, Refrigerate, Galvanize, Pixilate)
:Jirachi: Jirachi (Regenerator, Magic Guard)
:Latias: Latias (Magic Guard, Regenerator, Magic Bounce)
:Latios: Latios (Adaptability, Magic Guard, Dragon's Maw, Tinted Lens, Psychic Surge)
:Mandibuzz: Mandibuzz (Unaware, Magic Bounce, Flash Fire, Volt Absorb)
:Necrozma: Necrozma (Unburden, Magic Bounce)
:Slowbro: Slowbro (Magic Bounce, Dauntless Shield, Regenerator)
:Tapu Bulu: Tapu Bulu (Triage)
:Vaporeon: Vaporeon (Regenerator, Corrosion)
:Volcanion: Volcanion (Primordial Sea, Swift Swim, Desolate Land)
:Zamazenta-Crowned: Zamazenta-Crowned (Dauntless Shield)
:Zygarde-10%: Zygarde-10% (Adaptability)

B-
:Alakazam: Alakazam (Psychic Surge, No Guard, Tinted Lens)
:Blastoise: Blastoise (Regenerator)
:Conkeldurr: Conkeldurr (Triage, Tinted Lens, Tough Claws)
:Golisopod: Golisopod (Tinted Lens, Regenerator, Triage)
:Hatterene: Hatterene (Triage)
:Heliolisk: Heliolisk (Lightning Rod)
:Heracross: Heracross (Tinted Lens)
:Hippowdon: Hippowdon (Dauntless Shield, Magic Bounce, Wandering Spirit, Intimidate, Water Absorb, Bulletproof)
:Hydreigon: Hydreigon (Magic Bounce, Galvanize, Dragon's Maw, Sheer Force, Queenly Majesty, Mega Launcher, Regenerator)
:Inteleon: Inteleon (Primordial Sea)
:Lucario: Lucario (Magic Guard, Tough Claws, Sheer Force, Refrigerate, Galvanize)
:Mamoswine: Mamoswine (Adaptability, Sheer Force)
:Nidoqueen: Nidoqueen (Regenerator, Dry Skin)
:Nihilego: Nihilego (Regenerator, Unburden)
:Palossand: Palossand (Dauntless Shield, Klutz)
:Regieleki: Regieleki (Refrigerate, Magic Bounce, Electric Surge)
:Scizor: Scizor (Flash Fire, Regenerator)
:Stakataka: Stakataka (Steelworker, Levitate, Regenerator, Tinted Lens)
:Xurkitree: Xurkitree (Electric Surge, Surge Surfer, Magic Guard)


C Rank
:Celebi: Celebi (Magic Bounce, Triage)
:Charizard: Charizard (Unburden)
:Conkeldurr: Conkeldurr (Triage, Tinted Lens, Tough Claws)
:Claydol: Claydol (Regenerator)
:Diancie: Diancie (Regenerator, Triage)
:Dragalge: Dragalge (Regenerator)
:Drampa: Drampa (Prankster)
:Marowak-Alola: Marowak-Alola (Adaptability)
:Milotic: Milotic (Regenerator, Dauntless Shield, Prankster, Corrosion)
:Pangoro: Pangoro (Triage, Technician)
:Polteageist: Polteageist (Queenly Majesty)
:Pikachu: Pikachu (Galvanize)
:Silvally-Rock: Silvally-Rock (Regenerator)
 

Osake

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Hello there !
I know it's a little bit late as the VR just been updated but I'd like to nominate some adds :

-Add Adaptability as an option on Blacephalon ; I haven't used it a lot but it looks like a decent niche on this mon to get off the beaten track

-Add Tough Claws as an option on Terrakion ; I find it as a good middleground between the instant power of Adaptability but the incapacity to reliably beat Fini and mainly DS Mew, and the insane 2 turns power of Sniper-Laser Focus but without instant damages.

-Add Skill Link as an option on Garchomp ; I used it a bit during the last AAA tours and it's honestly super good, having a 125 Dragon Stab without drawback (except the accuracy lol) and being super hard to revenge kill after that, I sincerely think that Skill Link Garchomp is one of the two best offensive Chomp sets

-Add Adaptability as an option on Lucario ; mixed Luc is super powerful (until you miss focus blast) to erase corvi from the game
252 Atk Life Orb Adaptability Lucario Close Combat vs. +1 248 HP / 252+ Def Corviknight: 143-169 (35.8 - 42.3%) -- 91.6% chance to 3HKO after Leftovers recovery
0- SpA Life Orb Adaptability Lucario Focus Blast vs. 248 HP / 0 SpD Corviknight: 260-307 (65.1 - 76.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
and again I think it's a good middleground between full physical Tough Claws and mixed Steel Beam.

-Lastly, I'd like to nominate two mons on the VR :

*:Porygon2: Porygon2 (Regenerator, Magic Bounce, Unaware) to C/B- as a decent alternative to Chansey, more specific, but that can be cool sometimes. The access to Foul Play matches particularly well with Unaware as a cool anti set-up mon. motherlove used it sometimes and I think it deserved its niche in the tier.

*:Salamence: Salamence (Magic Guard, Sheer Force) to B/B- Personally I don't like so much SFLO Mence but I know it has been used in the past so it's an option, but I'm nominate it mostly for Magic Guard as it's a decent setup sweeper imo, I stole it from motherlove Hyper Offense and it allowed me to win a lot of games thanks ot its great bulk and typing. Also I think Mence is under exploited in general as bulkier/semi defensive sets could be used too, and I think it would be a good step to add it in the VR to encourage people to use it more.

Well, I think that's all, have a good day everyone, stay safe and happy if possible :heart:

waiting for Siamato sign up in wcup pls tag him everywhere so he signs up
 

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ROLE COMPENDIUM IN

Hi :]

While VR update and sample submissions are still waiting in the works for at least a few more days, we figured it won't hurt to reveal something the council has been working on for a while now: our very own AAA role compendium! As the name implies, this is an official breakdown of what role(s) each Pokemon can viably play in the tier, with distinction given to Pokemon that fall under niche usage (i.e. decent but typically only used sometimes or for a very specific purpose). If you see something you disagree with (or even just something you think should be listed but isn't), feel free to present your case in this thread!

AAA Role Compendium
[last updated December 9th, 2021]
Utility

Entry Hazards
Spikes -
:Ferrothorn: :Mew: :Skarmory:
Toxic Spikes - :Mew: :Nidoqueen: :Toxapex:

Niche - :Nihilego:
Stealth Rock - :Blissey: :Chansey: :Cobalion: :Ferrothorn: :Garchomp: :Heatran: :Hippowdon::Landorus-Therian: :Mew: :Skarmory: :Swampert: :Terrakion:
Niche - :Diancie: :Jirachi:
Sticky Web - :Galvantula::Shuckle: :Ribombee:

Hazard Control
Defog -
:Corviknight::Mew::Mandibuzz::Tapu Fini::Zapdos:
Niche - :Landorus-Therian::Tapu Koko:
Magic Bounce - :Blissey::Chansey::Garchomp::Kommo-o::Mew:
Niche - :Celebi::Hippowdon::Tapu Koko: :Regieleki:
Rapid Spin - :Blastoise::Dhelmise::Excadrill::Regieleki:
Niche - :Avalugg:

Clerics
Heal Bell / Aromatherapy -
:Blissey::Chansey::Mew::Vaporeon:
Niche - :Celebi:
Lunar Dance - :Cresselia:
Healing Wish - :Hatterene::Latias:
Wish - :Blissey::Chansey::Jirachi::Vaporeon:

Item Removal
Knock Off -
:Azelf::Bisharp::Blacephalon::Golisopod::Ferrothorn::Incineroar::Landorus-Therian::Mandibuzz::Mew::Nihilego::Tapu Fini::Toxapex:
Trick / Switcheroo - :Alakazam::Azelf::Blacephalon::Dhelmise::Mew::Tapu Fini:

Offensive

Wallbreakers
Physical Adaptability - :Bisharp: :Mamoswine: :Terrakion: :Zygarde-10%:
Niche - :Marowak-Alola: :Zapdos-Galar: :Zarude:
Special Adaptability - :Latios:
Niche - :Blacephalon: :Tapu Lele:
Physical Desolate Land - :Cinderace:
Niche - :Entei:
Special Desolate Land - :Heatran: :Volcanion: :Volcarona:
Niche - :Entei: :Moltres: :Zapdos:
Physical Primordial Sea - :Barraskewda:
Special Primordial Sea - :Inteleon: :Primarina: :Volcanion: :Zapdos:
Physical Magic Guard (typically + Life Orb) - :Arcanine::Talonflame::Tapu Koko:
Niche - :Entei::Barraskewda:
Special Magic Guard (typically + Life Orb) - :Blacephalon: :Genesect: :Tapu Koko:
Niche - :Volcarona:
Sheer Force (typically + Life Orb) - :Genesect: :Tapu Lele:
Niche - :Blacephalon: :Hydreigon:
Electric Surge: :Xurkitree:
Niche - :Regieleki:
Grassy Surge - :Dhelmise: :Zarude:
Psychic Surge - :Alakazam: :Azelf:
Niche - :Mew:
Physical Tinted Lens - :Heracross: :Zapdos-Galar:
Niche - :Conkeldurr: :Cinderace: :Golisopod:
Special Tinted Lens - :Latios:
Niche - :Tapu Lele:
-ate/ize: :Kommo-o: (Galvanize) :Landorus-Therian: (Aerilate) :Pikachu: (Galvanize, Refrigerate)
Niche - :Entei: (Galvanize, Pixilate) :Landorus: (Aerilate) :Regieleki: (Refrigerate)​

Choice Item Users
Choice Band -
:Cinderace: :Dhelmise: :Mamoswine: :Pangoro: :Stakataka::Terrakion::Zapdos-Galar: :Zarude: :Zygarde-10%:
Choice Specs - :Alakazam: :Azelf: :Blacephalon: :Heatran: :Hydreigon: :Inteleon: :Latios: :Primarina: :Tapu Koko: :Tapu Lele: :Volcanion: :Zapdos:
Choice Scarf - :Azelf: :Genesect: :Zapdos-Galar: :Tapu Koko:

Setup Sweepers
Belly Drum -
:Kommo-o:
Calm Mind - :Blacephalon: :Hatterene: :Latias: :Latios: :Necrozma: :Primarina: :Tapu Fini: :Tapu Lele: :Tapu Koko:
Dragon Dance - :Kommo-o: :Salamence:
Niche - :Mew:
Growth - :Venusaur:
Nasty Plot - :Alakazam: :Azelf: :Lucario: :Mew: :Togekiss:
Shell Smash - :Polteageist:
Swords Dance - :Bisharp: :Dhelmise::Garchomp: :Golisopod: :Landorus-Therian::Marowak-Alola: :Talonflame: :Tapu Bulu: :Terrakion:
Unburden - :Charizard: :Kommo-o: :Necrozma: :Nihilego:

Priority
Aqua Jet -
:Barraskewda:
Bullet Punch - :Scizor:
Grassy Glide - :Dhelmise: :Zarude:
Extreme Speed - :Arcanine: :Entei: :Genesect: :Lucario: :Pikachu:
Ice Shard - :Mamoswine:
Mach Punch - :Conkeldurr:
Physical Triage - :Conkeldurr: :Pangoro: :Tapu Bulu:
Niche - :Kommo-o:
Special Triage - :Tapu Lele: :Togekiss:
Niche - :Hatterene: :Primarina:
Pivots
:Azelf: :Barraskewda: :Cobalion: :Genesect: :Landorus-Therian: :Inteleon: :Mew: :Regieleki: :Talonflame: :Tapu Koko: :Zapdos-Galar: :Zapdos: :Zarude:

Defensive

Walls
Niche - :Claydol: (Regenerator)
Dauntless Shield - :Hippowdon: :Mew: :Skarmory:
Niche - :Corviknight: :Palossand:
Intimidate - :Corviknight:
Physical Regenerator - :Kommo-o: :Mew: :Swampert: :Tapu Fini:
Niche - :Nidoqueen:
Unaware - :Mandibuzz: :Mew:
Niche - :Toxapex:
Prankster - :Toxapex:
Physical Primordial Sea - :Zapdos:
Niche - :Corviknight:
Special - :Blastoise: :Blissey: :Chansey: :Diancie: :Dragalge: :Ferrothorn: :Heatran: :Incineroar: :Jirachi: :Milotic: :Silvally-Dragon: :Silvally-Rock: :Swampert: :Toxapex: :Zapdos:
Special Regenerator - :Blissey: :Diancie: :Dragalge: :Ferrothorn: :Incineroar: :Jirachi: :Silvally-Dragon:(Dragon) :Swampert:

Niche - :Blastoise: :Milotic: :Silvally-Rock:(Rock)
Special Desolate Land - :Heatran:
Special Primordial Sea - :Corviknight: :Mandibuzz:
Prankster - :Toxapex:
Unaware - :Blissey: :Chansey:
Volt Absorb - :Corviknight: :Toxapex:
Mixed - :Ferrothorn: :Mew: :Mandibuzz: :Swampert: :Tapu Fini: :Zapdos:

Pivots
:Blastoise: :Blissey: :Chansey: :Corviknight: :Incineroar: :Jirachi: :Landorus-Therian: :Mandibuzz: :Milotic: :Mew: :Moltres: :Scizor: :Silvally-Dragon: :Silvally-Rock: :Slowbro: :Swampert:

Other
None yet!
Edit: Also decided to retire the ability rankings as that wasn't helpful in the ways a role compendium is.
 
while this is here, figure i'd nominate my beloved
:Ferrothorn: Ferrothorn (Regenerator, Flash Fire, Dauntless Shield, Mold Breaker, Intimidate, Primordial Sea, Magic Bounce, Bulletproof)
bulletproof ferro is the one set i've been trying to get onto the vr for a while, but i havent actually nominated that, so this post rectifies that mistake. with bulletproof ferrothorn becomes a near perfect sflo lele counter, along with checking triage variants pretty well if it carries gyro ball. it can also bluff flash fire allowing you to make it a semi-check to desotran if you dont need bulletproof that game(it has to be either flash fire, magic bounce, or bulletproof, and flash fire is the most common). but bulletproof ferro isnt just a lele checking machine, either. it acts as a general good utility mon with access to leech protect and twave. the mbouncers in the tier, while a bit annoying, dont really make ferro worse. paralysis does basically nothing and leech seed does literally nothing to ferro.
tl;dr bulletproof ferro is a good lele check, bluffs flash fire, and acts as good utility
 

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First of all, I'd like to thanks the AAA council for making this Role Compendium, and more generally for being really active and listening to the community, it's p cool !
And I think I should also thanks all the players, good or just casual, that give their opinion and help the meta to grow and be fun to play.

Moving to the main subject :

Opinion on the Role Compendium :
I think it's a pretty solid Role Compendium that gives a good vision of the metagame; however, I have some additions to suggest (none all of them are probably worth, enough, but it costs nothing to suggest them because I think they deserve it, and then let Council/other players to decide)

:Nihilego: as a niche Stealth Rock setter (as long as it's a Tspikes setter, I think it can be as well as Rock setter, especially since it's able to threaten Corv/Fini, which are the most common defoggers)

:Slurpuff: as a Sticky Web wetter (maybe niche ?) : Despite being slower than other Sticky Web setters (except Shuckle ofc), the ban of Weavile means it cannot be OHKO'd by Triple Axel, and its speed makes it faster than most of the Heatran, the most common user of Taunt (so it can almost always setup the Web) : in addition to other Web setters, Slurpuff has access to Magic Coat and Misty Explosion, which is imo worth enough to mention it.

:Moltres: as a Defogger (niche maybe) nothing much to say, but Moltres is a decent Defog imo

:Latios: as a Trick user : Specs Tios, and even Scarf, is definitely viable and it's a good user of Trick

:Lucario: as Physical/Mixed Adaptability This set for example is actually solid ngl (of with SD over Steel Beam, etc) - in the same trend, Luc as a niche MG user is probably a decent shot too

:Darmanitan-galar: how dare did you NOT mention the MONKE as Physical MGLO ? I'm shocked, and XxSevagxX too ! In niche probably, but add the Monke pls - it's also worth mentioning in Physical Tinted Lens imo, aesf used it sometimes and it's not bad

:Salamence: as MGLO Good set and eventually as SFLO and Aerilate (I'm not 100% convinced, but Salamence is a cool mon so...)

:Cobalion: as a MGLO Mixed user with Steel Beam, just like Lucario above

:Thundurus: or :thundurus-therian: as MGLO/SFLO, they are pretty threatening ngl

:Volcarona: as a niche SFLO user (motherlove used it in the past, and I tried it, and honestly it's savage : +1 252+ SpA Life Orb Sheer Force Volcarona Fire Blast vs. 252 HP / 4+ SpD Blissey: 360-425 (50.4 - 59.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO)

:Mienshao: as a Physical Tinted Lens (it's just like Heracross)

:Genesect: as Physical Tinted Lens : Band/Shift Gear Explosion is honestly very powerful

:Lucario: as an -ate user (Galvanize in fact) and :Toxtricity: as a niche one (refrigerate boomburst is cool) (actually the SFLO one is cool too but I haven't played it a lot so I'll not suggest it here)

:Tornadus-therian: and :Thundurus-therian: as Nasty Plot Users (Tornadus is cool ngl esp since it can koff the regenvest)

:Lucario: as a Swords Dance user :d

:Latias: as an Unburden Mon (that's the reason I wanted to post in first LOL I think it's a huge omission as it's one of the best Unburden mon ngl) (and tbh it's probably worth mentioning in MGLO too)

:Landorus-therian: :Blacephalon: :Tapu-fini: and even :Garchomp: are probably worth mentioning as Choice Scarf users (I mean, it's sad that there is only 4 mons mentioned and one of them is Tapu Koko)

I am not a huge fan of how the defensive section is displayed (i.e. it seems like there is a list of Specially Defensive Pokemon, but not for Physically Defensive ; why is Claydol there ? it's the only one with an ability mentioned and it looks like it's a wall but why does it stand alone ? if you are mentioning VA mons, it would be logical to also mention Flash Fire/Water Absorb mons I think, and I would add stuff like Dragalge in pivots) but it still gives a good overview of what's good/in what roles in the tier, so it's very nice.

I realize by re-reading my last part that it maybe looks like a bit disdainful but it's really absolutely not the case I'm just terrible at explaining it ;_; and as I said at the beginning I'm very grateful for all the work you are putting in AAA, and I'm just trying to like add my stone to the building. And overall, it's a pretty good and accurate Role Compendium, and I hope it'll help players !

Obviously, feel free to disagree or to discuss, all of the things I said are not worth mentioning, that's just how I personally feel them.

Have a good day/night everyone, stay safe and take care, ily :heart:

(Happy birthday in the hills :heart::heart::heart: I wish you all the best <3)
 
shorter post bc smogon washed my draft away

S Rank:
:Tapu Fini: Tapu Fini (Regenerator)
Still very good, but meta trends are not kind to it. Poison coverage are more common, Regen LO Chomp 2HKOs it comfortably, Zap and Koko are common as ever.

A Rank:
A+

:Azelf: Azelf (Psychic Surge)
:Cobalion: Cobalion (Regenerator, Magic Guard)
Looks ridiculous, but I have not seen a single Coba in 2022. Previously one of the best checks to Weavile but that doesn't exist anymore. Loses to every special attacker. Rise of Bounce Mew and Chomp denies progress. Role of physical blanket check outclassed by Lando/Mew. Nevertheless, it still has Taunt + Rocks + pivoting in one, making a good lead, and Chople Regen can check Terrak in a pinch.
:Corviknight: Corviknight (Intimidate, Wandering Spirit, Volt Absorb, Flash Fire, Dauntless Shield, Delta Stream, Unaware, Mummy, Magic Bounce, Regenerator, Drizzle, Drought)
:Heatran: Heatran (Desolate Land, Mold Breaker, Regenerator, Magic Guard, Levitate, Bulletproof, Tinted Lens)
:Swampert: Swampert (Regenerator)
Not sure, just feels worse than the other A+ mons.
:Tapu Koko: Tapu Koko (Pixilate, Magic Guard, Primordial Sea, Magic Bounce, Adaptability, Refrigerate, Levitate)
:Zapdos: Zapdos (Primordial Sea, Delta Stream, Intimidate, Magic Bounce, Wandering Spirit)

A
:Genesect: Genesect (Sheer Force, Regenerator, Tinted Lens, No Guard, Serene Grace, Magic Guard, Guts, Primordial Sea, Galvanize, Refrigerate)
Last year there were one side of players that wanted Gene gone and the other side that thought it can't run that many sets and is mid. I think we all now can agree that any of its sets is very good and the mon is very splashable in general. Scarf Regen is one of the best speed control options, SFLO/MGLO are formidable breakers that can choose what mon to kill, Tinted Explosion is amazing for HO to lure Tran, No Guard paralysis is incredibly annoying to deal with, Guts is the newfound funny HO mon, Douse PSea is also underrated because it is one of the few mons that switches into Tran 100% of the time. Great defensive utility too.
:Mew: Mew (Dauntless Shield, Regenerator, Magic Guard, Magic Bounce, Unaware, Psychic Surge, Intimidate, Regenerator, Magic Bounce, Mold Breaker)
Even more splashable than Gene. Dauntless is among the best physical walls in the tier, Regen Scarf is the one of the best role compressor + soft checks a lot of stuff, both Cosmic and CM demon mew are very difficult to stop, Unaware is a decent blanket check, Mold Breaker could find use on HO leads. Mew can tech coverage for literally any mon that your team struggles with, or provide any utility like pivoting or hazards or Wisp or Knock. Can fit on literally any team.
:Silvally-Dragon: Silvally-Dragon (Regenerator)
Now largely outclassed by RegenVest Lando and Rachi, and DragonVally cannot check key threats like Azelf and Lele and Koko. The worst thing about Silvally is its coverage do absolutely nothing, and the only attraction is Poison Fang which can deter stuff like Zapdos. Resistance to primal weather is also useful I guess.
:Talonflame: Talonflame (Magic Guard)
:Tapu Lele: Tapu Lele (Sheer Force, Triage, Tinted Lens)
:Terrakion: Terrakion (Adaptability, Download, Regenerator, Sniper, Queenly Majesty)
:Zarude: Zarude (Grassy Surge, Tough Claws, Adaptability)

A-
:Barraskewda: Barraskewda (Primordial Sea)
:Blissey: Blissey (Magic Bounce, Regenerator, Unaware)
:Cinderace: Cinderace (Desolate Land, Tinted Lens, Magic Guard, Sheer Force)
Boots Desoland is strong and has great utility in Taunt and Court Change, Bulk Up Life Orb with any abil is good, Band is very hard to switch into, and if you want longevity you can just go MGLO. I think popularizing Tinted made it a lot better, though either way it should deserve A.
:Garchomp: Garchomp (Regenerator, Magic Bounce, Skill Link, Dauntless Shield, Magic Guard)
The chomper is fucking broken why does it do 60 to Fini
I mean, bulky offensive sets are extremely good rn. Regen LO, SpD SD, Dauntless SD, Sub SD with Skill Link are all very strong and many teams are not prepared for it. At the same time it checks many key threats like Zap Tran Terrak Ace, and can set rocks.
:Kommo-o: Kommo-o (Regenerator, Unburden, Triage, Galvanize, Dauntless Shield, Magic Bounce, Triage, Regenerator)
Regen LO still broken lol. Similar to chomp, great defensive utility with formidable power, and can set rocks. Fully defensive sets are also great with either Dauntless or Bounce. Alternatively, it Drums on your Corv and 6-0s. Galvanize Rocks also has a great hazards mu. It feels a bit worse than Chomp in general, not sure if it should be A+.
:Landorus-Therian: Landorus-Therian (Regenerator, Wandering Spirit, Queenly Majesty, Aerilate, Water Absorb, Galvanize Magic Guard)
One of the best if not the best Regen user, both Scarf and AV are excellent at blanket checking the majority of the meta because everything is weak to Ground somehow. Wandering Spirit is a really good scarfer on offense teams, can take away Regen and check Unburden. Aerilate Scarf is another option, though Aerilate is probably best used with lead Explosion sets. Sub BU Water Absorb sets have also seen usage. Also adding Galvanize because it is a good Corv lure.
:Moltres: Moltres (Magic Guard, Desolate Land, Delta Stream, Volt Absorb)
Never seen this guy since last OMPL lol, looks ok on paper but I don't see why you would use it over Tran or Lando, for example.
:Togekiss: Togekiss (Triage)
:Volcarona: Volcarona (Desolate Land, Magic Guard, Sheer Force)

B Rank:
B+

:Dhelmise: Dhelmise (Grassy Surge, Tinted Lens, Adaptability)
Previously facing stiff competition from Zarude, it's now unique enough to warrant its own checks, like itemless Gene. Ghost resists are lacking so Poltergeist is usually free to click, plus when it SDs up it actually could break Corv, unlike Zarude. It also offers Spin support in a pinch. Ghost-typing is also useful for things like Terrak, as well as U-turn neutrality.
:Ferrothorn: Ferrothorn (Regenerator, Flash Fire, Dauntless Shield, Mold Breaker, Intimidate, Primordial Sea, Magic Bounce)
:Incineroar: Incineroar (Regenerator, Tinted Lens, Magic Guard)
Never seen this mon. Blace is gone so presumably it's lost its biggest niche.
:Primarina: Primarina (Primordial Sea, Triage)
:Skarmory: Skarmory (Dauntless Shield, Wandering Spirit, Delta Stream, Mold Breaker, Flash Fire, Intimidate, Magic Bounce, Volt Absorb, Water Absorb)
:Toxapex: Toxapex (Prankster, Volt Absorb, Levitate, Regenerator)
:Zapdos-Galar: Zapdos-Galar (Magic Guard, Regenerator, Tough Claws, Tinted Lens, Adaptability)

B
:Arcanine: Arcanine (Magic Guard)
Not sure why this mon is here, never seen it.
:Bisharp: Bisharp (Adaptability)
:Chansey: Chansey (Magic Bounce, Unaware, Regenerator, Sticky Hold)
:Entei: Entei (Desolate Land, Magic Guard, Refrigerate, Galvanize, Pixilate)
:Jirachi: Jirachi (Regenerator, Magic Guard)
Best RegenVest user alongside Lando probably, one of the best switchins to Azelf and Lele, and setting up Doom Desire / Future Sight is very useful. I think MG is also very viable (previously not bolded), 3A + Rocks is strong, can set Rocks reliably, and can choose its checks between Thunderbolt / Energy Ball / Psyshock / Aura Sphere. Scarf Regen is also a decent speed control option.
:Latias: Latias (Magic Guard, Regenerator, Magic Bounce)
:Latios: Latios (Adaptability, Tinted Lens, Magic Guard, Dragon's Maw, Tinted Lens, Psychic Surge)
i love dropping dracos
+1 252 SpA Soul Dew Tinted Lens Latios Draco Meteor vs. 252 HP / 188+ SpD Heatran: 278-328 (72 - 84.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
+1 252 SpA Soul Dew Tinted Lens Latios Draco Meteor vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Corviknight: 434-512 (108.5 - 128%) -- guaranteed OHKO

Whether it is Specs or Soul Dew, Adapt or Tinted, it frequently finds opportunities to heavily chip or OHKO something with Draco. His destructive power should place him above his sister.
:Mandibuzz: Mandibuzz (Unaware, Magic Bounce, Flash Fire, Volt Absorb)
Excellent Unaware user, good Zydog check, best Dhelmise answer, decent fogger. Removing Flash Fire because of Blace.
:Necrozma: Necrozma (Unburden, Magic Bounce)
Never seen this mon, sounds like one of those good on paper cleaners.
:Salamence: Salamence (Aerilate, Magic Guard, Queenly Majesty, Aerilate)
If Koko's Facade is strong then Mence's Facade is destructive. 2HKOs the entire tier and Flying resists are lacking. The only switchin to that is Intim Corv but that gets 2HKOed by Fire Blast. Only problem is Rocks weakness and it takes half from Corv's Brave Bird. MGLO could also be a set which I have not explored.
:Slowbro: Slowbro (Magic Bounce, Dauntless Shield, Regenerator)
:Tapu Bulu: Tapu Bulu (Triage)
:Vaporeon: Vaporeon (Regenerator, Corrosion)
:Volcanion: Volcanion (Primordial Sea, Swift Swim, Desolate Land)
:Zamazenta-Crowned: Zamazenta-Crowned (Dauntless Shield)
:Zygarde-10%: Zygarde-10% (Adaptability, Power Construct)
TArrows has zero switchins why tf is this thing in B anyway? Adapt Band alone should be at least A-.
Too lazy to talk about Zygod again, it's a God. Both things combined that should be a solid A.

B-
:Alakazam: Alakazam (Psychic Surge, No Guard, Tinted Lens)
:Blastoise: Blastoise (Regenerator)
Good RegenVest user, has Spin and phazing, notably checks primal weather.
:Conkeldurr: Conkeldurr (Triage, Tinted Lens, Tough Claws)
:Golisopod: Golisopod (Tinted Lens, Regenerator, Triage)
:Hatterene: Hatterene (Triage)
:Heliolisk: Heliolisk (Lightning Rod)
Niche mon that seems to belong to the C-rank mess.
:Heracross: Heracross (Tinted Lens)
Great Tinted user with good STABs, and can set Spikes.
:Hippowdon: Hippowdon (Dauntless Shield, Magic Bounce, Wandering Spirit, Intimidate, Water Absorb, Bulletproof)
:Hydreigon: Hydreigon (Magic Bounce, Galvanize, Dragon's Maw, Sheer Force, Queenly Majesty, Mega Launcher, Regenerator)
:Inteleon: Inteleon (Primordial Sea, Adaptability)
Similar to Primarina, trades the bulk for the speed, is very hard to switch into, and takes advantage of teams relying on Lando as their blanket special check. Also has U-turn. Adding Adapt because that shit is broken on rain teams.
:Lucario: Lucario (Magic Guard, Refrigerate, Tinted Lens, Tough Claws, Sheer Force, Refrigerate, Galvanize)
Frig is an amazing cleaner and priority user, once their Corv/Fini is chipped it cleans because nothing deals with Fighting/Ice coverage. Recent trends (Zap Lando Chomp) also benefits Ice coverage. replay
Never tried Tinted but it makes sense for it to be there
:Mamoswine: Mamoswine (Adaptability, Sheer Force)
Classic Mamo things, like Lucario, recent trends (Zap Lando Chomp Kommo-o Rachi) are all kind to it.
:Nidoqueen: Nidoqueen (Regenerator, Dry Skin)
:Nihilego: Nihilego (Regenerator, Unburden)
:Palossand: Palossand (Dauntless Shield, Water Absorb, Klutz)
Main attraction point is one of the best walls to Terrak, but with Water Absorb you can also wall Barra and annoy Flip Turn users. Sets rocks.
:Regieleki: Regieleki (Refrigerate, Magic Bounce, Electric Surge)
unmon frig is weak non-frig is walled by any ground
:Scizor: Scizor (Flash Fire, Primordial Sea, Regenerator)
:Stakataka: Stakataka (Steelworker, Levitate, Regenerator, Tinted Lens)
Never seen, not sure if Levitate and Regen will do anything. Steelworker has a niche in TR I guess.
:Xurkitree: Xurkitree (Electric Surge, Surge Surfer, Magic Guard)


C Rank
:Celebi: Celebi (Magic Bounce, Triage)
:Charizard: Charizard (Unburden)
:Claydol: Claydol (Regenerator)
:Diancie: Diancie (Regenerator, Triage, Water Absorb)
:Dragalge: Dragalge (Regenerator)
:Drampa: Drampa (Prankster)
:Marowak-Alola: Marowak-Alola (Adaptability)
:Milotic: Milotic (Regenerator, Dauntless Shield, Prankster, Corrosion)
:Pangoro: Pangoro (Triage, Technician)
:Polteageist: Polteageist (Queenly Majesty)
:Pikachu: Pikachu (Galvanize)
:Silvally-Rock: Silvally-Rock (Regenerator)


Additions:
:mienshao: to b- good tinted abuser replay
:darmanitan-galar: to b-/c return to monke
:tornadus-therian: to b-/c np cane is powerful, can knock regenvest
:thundurus: to b-/c mglo is neat, nice speed tier
:moltres-galar: to c np user that matches decently against lando/rachi
:toxtricity: to c probably refrigerate has a niche

Also nominating :celesteela: to B-.
A ripoff Corv except it actually deals damage. Flash Fire 3a is my favourite set, straight up claims lives with EQ as they click a fire move, and even without the surprise factor it checks all Fire-types well. Volt Absorb is an actual Koko check because it doesn't get Taunted unlike Corv. I also experimented with Steely Spirit, lost in open finals but I believe it did put in the work. Lack of recovery is obviously a problem though, so I have only been using it on BO teams.
 

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Notes:
> Spreadsheet with individual votes
> If you have any questions about the shifts, feel free to post them in this thread! As long as they're posted within 48 hours of this post going up, I or another council member will answer them!

Rises
:Mew: from A to A+
:Garchomp: from A- to A
:Kommo-o: from A- to A
:Dhelmise: from B+ to A-
:Jirachi: from B to A-
:Tapu Bulu: from B to A-
:Zygarde-10%: from B to A-
:Chansey: from B to B+
:Entei: from B to B+
:Latios: from B to B+
:Mandibuzz: from B to B+
:Inteleon: from B- to B
:Lucario: from B- to B
:Palossand: from B- to B
:Chandelure: from UR to B-
:Mienshao: from UR to B-
:Moltres-Galar: from UR to B-
:Slowking-Galar: from UR to B-
:Thundurus: from UR to B-
:Celesteela: from UR to C
:Darmanitan-Galar: from UR to C
:Porygon2: from UR to C
:Tornadus-Therian: from UR to C
:Toxtricity: from UR to C

Drops
:Tapu Fini: from S to A+
:Azelf: from A+ to A
:Corviknight: from A+ to A
:Swampert: from A+ to A-
:Zarude: from A to A-
:Moltres: from A- to B+
:Togekiss: from A- to B+
:Volcarona: from A- to B+
:Silvally-Dragon: from A to B
:Arcanine: from B to B-
:Bisharp: from B to B-
:Cobalion: from A+ to B-
:Necrozma: from B to B-
:Slowbro: from B to B-
:Zamazenta-Crowned: from B to B-
:Incineroar: from B+ to C
:Blastoise: from B- to C
:Conkeldurr: from B- to C
:Hatterene: from B- to C
:Heliolisk: from B- to C
:Scizor: from B- to C



Speed tiers/role compendium will be updated soon as well :] Goalpost right now is before ompl week 1
 

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AAA Speed Tiers UPDATE
March 1st, 2022

Huge shout out to Osake for doing like half of this, go find a random post of his and like it so he gets reacts too.

This list of speed tiers is based on the Viability Rankings (VR) above. It serves as a tool by which one can easily find out which benchmarks are most noteworthy while settling EVs for their Pokemon. Speed stats near the pokemon you're using can assist teambuilding by revealing pokemon with speed stats that are close by and giving an idea of what's necessary to speed creep them. Open the tab below and use Ctrl + F to find stats on specific Pokemon.

Total SpeedPokemonBase SpeedNatureEVsIVsBoosts (±)
822:regieleki: Regieleki200Positive25231+1
748:regieleki: Regieleki200Neutral25231+1
670:nihilego: Nihilego103Positive25231+2
666:garchomp: Garchomp102Positive25231+2
656:volcarona: Volcarona100Positive25231+2
652:genesect: Genesect99Positive25231+2
612:moltres-galar: Moltres-Galar90Positive25231+2
610:nihilego: Nihilego103Neutral25231+2
598:volcarona: Volcarona :charizard: Charizard100Neutral25231+2
594:genesect: Genesect99Neutral25231+2
591:tapu koko: Tapu Koko130Positive25231+1
590:kommo-o: Kommo-o85Positive25231+2
580:volcarona: Volcarona100Neutral21631+2
580:genesect: Genesect99Neutral22431+2
578:darmanitan-galar: Darmanitan-Galar95Neutral25231+2
558:moltres-galar: Moltres-Galar90Neutral25231+2
548:regieleki: Regieleki200Positive252310
541:azelf: Azelf :zygarde-10%: Zygarde-10%115Positive25231+1
538:kommo-o: Kommo-o85Neutral25231+2
530:xurkitree: Xurkitree83Neutral25231+2
525:latios: Latios110Positive25231+1
519:terrakion: Terrakion108Positive25231+1
514:necrozma: Necrozma79Neutral25231+2
508:zarude: Zarude :Mienshao: Mienshao105Positive25231+1
499:regieleki: Regieleki200Neutral252310
499:garchomp: Garchomp102Positive25231+1
498:toxtricity: Toxtricity75Netural25231+2
492:mew: Mew :volcarona: Volcarona100Positive25231+1
486:hydreigon: Hydreigon98Positive25231+1
478:volcanion: Volcanion :Polteageist: Polteageist70Neutral25231+2
478:genesect: Genesect99Positive22431+1
475:tapu lele: Tapu Lele95Positive25231+1
463:landorus-therian: Landorus-Therian91Positive25231+1
454:garchomp: Garchomp102Neutral25231+1
448:volcarona: Volcarona100Neutral25231+1
442:Celesteela: Celesteela61Neutral25231+2
436:xurkitree: Xurkitree83Positive25231+1
435:volcarona: Volcarona100Neutral21631+1
433:tapu lele: Tapu Lele95Neutral25231+1
426:chandelure: Chandelure80Positive25231+1
421:landorus-therian: Landorus-Therian91Neutral25231+1
417:heatran: Heatran77Positive25231+1
412:mew: Mew100Neutral15631+1
409:genesect: Genesect99Neutral15631+1
409:zapdos-galar: Zapdos-Galar100Neutral14831+1
409:tapu fini: Tapu Fini85Positive17231+1
409:toxtricity: Toxtricity75Positive25231+1
408:barraskewda: Barraskewda136Positive252310
394:tapu koko: Tapu Koko130Positive252310
394:kommo-o: Kommo-o85Neutral22431+1
390:zamazenta-crowned: Zamazenta-Crowned128Positive252310
386:talonflame: Talonflame126Positive252310
375:Tornadus-Therian: Tornadus-Therian121Positive252310
372:inteleon: Inteleon :alakazam: Alakazam120Positive252310
370:cinderace: Cinderace119Positive252310
361:azelf: Azelf :zygarde-10%: Zygarde-10%115Positive252310
353:thundurus: Thundurus111Positive252310
350:latios: Latios :latias: Latias110Positive252310
348:heliolisk: Heliolisk109Positive252310
346:terrakion: Terrakion :cobalion:108Positive252310
339:zarude: Zarude :mienshao: Mienshao105Positive252310
335:nihilego: Nihilego103Positive252310
333:garchomp: Garchomp102Positive252310
328:zapdos: Zapdos :mew: Mew :entei: Entei :zapdos-galar: Zapdos-Galar :volcarona: Volcarona
:salamence: Salamence
100Positive252310
326:genesect: Genesect99Positive252310
324:hydreigon: Hydreigon98Positive252310
319:genesect: Genesect99Positive224310
317:tapu lele: Tapu Lele :arcanine: Arcanine :darmanitan-galar: Darmanitan-Galar95Positive252310
309:zarude: Zarude :mienshao: Mienshao105Neutral252310
309:landorus-therian: Landorus-Therian91Positive252310
306:lucario: Lucario :moltres: Moltres :moltres-galar: Moltres-Galar90Positive252310
305:nihilego: Nihilego103Neutral252310
303:garchomp: Garchomp102Neutral252310
299:zapdos: Zapdos :entei: Entei :volcarona: Volcarona :salamence: Salamence :charizard: Charizard100Neutral252310
297:genesect: Genesect99Neutral252310
295:kommo-o: Kommo-o85Positive252310
292:garchomp: Garchomp102Positive104310
291:xurkitree: Xurkitree83Positive252310
290:genesect: Genesect99Neutral224310
290:volcarona: Volcarona100Neutral216310
289:tapu lele: Tapu Lele :darmanitan-galar: Darmanitan-Galar95Neutral252310
285:cobalion: Cobalion108Neutral132310
284:chandelure: Chandelure :mamoswine: Mamoswine80Positive252310
281:landorus-therian: Landorus-Therian91Neutral252310
279:lucario: Lucario :moltres-galar: Moltres-Galar :pikachu: Pikachu90Neutral252310
279:celebi: Celebi100Neutral172310
278:heatran: Heatran77Positive252310
273:zapdos-galar: Zapdos-Galar100Neutral148310
273:tapu fini: Tapu Fini85Positive172310
269:kommo-o: Kommo-o :heracross: Heracross85Neutral252310
268:dhelmise: Dhelmise40Neutral25231+1
265:xurkitree: Xurkitree83Neutral25231
263:kommo-o: Kommo-o85Neutral224310
262:bisharp: Bisharp70Positive252310
259:togekiss: Togekiss :chandelure: Chandelure :mamoswine: Mamoswine80Neutral252310
257:necrozma: Necrozma79Neutral252310
254:zapdos: Zapdos100Neutral72310
254:garchomp: Garchomp102Neutral56310
254:tapu lele: Tapu Lele95Neutral112310
253:heatran: Heatran77Neutral252310
249:tapu bulu: Tapu Bulu :toxtricity: Toxtricity75Neutral252310
242:nihilego: Nihilego103Neutral0310
239:volcanion: Volcanion :bisharp: Bisharp :Polteageist: Polteageist70Neutral252310
236:mew: Mew :zapdos: Zapdos :jirachi: Jirachi :celebi: Celebi100Positive252310
221:Celesteela: Celesteela61Neutral252310
219:tapu bulu: Tapu Bulu75Neutral132310
219:primarina: Primarina60Neutral252310
218:landorus-therian: Landorus-Therian91Neutral0310
216:moltres: Moltres90Neutral0310
215:Pangoro: Pangoro58Neutral252310
208:togekiss: Togekiss80Neutral48310
208:nidoqueen: Nidoqueen76Neutral80310
207:heatran: Heatran77Neutral68310
206:tapu fini: Tapu Fini :kommo-o: Kommo-o85Neutral0310
197:nidoqueen: Nidoqueen76Neutral32310
196:mandibuzz: Mandibuzz80Neutral0310
192:tapu bulu: Tapu Bulu75Neutral24310
190:heatran: Heatran77Neutral0310
189:Conkeldurr: Conkeldurr :marowak-alola: Marowak-Alola45Neutral252310
188:nidoqueen: Nidoqueen76Neutral0310
186:dhelmise: Dhelmise40Neutral4031+1
185:tapu fini: Tapu Fini85Negative0310
179:dhelmise: Dhelmise :golisopod: Golisopod40Neutral252310
176:skarmory: Skarmory70Neutral0310
175:silvally-dragon: Sivally-Dragon95Negative000
170:corviknight: Corviknight67Neutral0310
156:primarina: Primarina60Neutral0310
155:claydol: Claydol75Negative000
154:celesteela: Celesteela61Negative56310
150:milotic: Milotic81Negative000
148:mandibuzz: Mandibuzz80Negative000
146:blissey: Blissey55Neutral0310
144:blastoise: Blastoise78Negative000
136:chansey: Chansey :diancie: Diancie50Neutral0310
131:Conkeldurr: Conkeldurr45Neutral20310
130:hippowdon: Hippowdon47Neutral0310
126:dhelmise: Dhelmise :golisopod: Golisopod40Neutral40310
125:corviknight: Corviknight67Negative000
124:dragalge: Dragalge44Neutral0310
121:vaporeon: Vaporeon :scizor: Scizor65Negative000
112:swampert: Swampert :primarina: Primarina :incineroar: Incineroar :porygon2: Porygon260Negative000
106:toxapex: Toxapex :palossand: Palossand35Neutral0310
103:blissey: Blissey55Negative000
96:slowbro: Slowbro :slowking-galar: Slowking-Galar30Neutral0310
94:hatterene: Hatterene29Neutral0310
94:chansey: Chansey50Negative000
85:marowak-alola: Marowak-Alola45Negative000
76:ferrothorn: Ferrothorn20Neutral0310
58:slowbro: Slowbro30Negative000
40:ferrothorn: Ferrothorn20Negative000
27:stakataka: Stakataka13Negative000
 
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Just here to nominate an ability on Zydog and not much else
:Zygarde-10%: Zygarde-10% (Adaptability, Power Construct, Hustle)
Hustle has an admittedly niche usage on Zydog, but it is a legitimate one. With Substitute being easier to fit thanks to Zygod, you can afford a set of TArrows/Coil/Sub/Toxic to break through most checks. The biggest factor is surprise, since most things won’t try to attack a subbing Zydog, giving you ample time to set up a Coil. It does have quite a few flaws, mainly being quite bad against faster teams, but it excels against the slower and bulkier. Not much else to say, just a good breaker overall
 

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AAA council is pleased to present the updated Role Compendium!

As the name implies, this is an official breakdown of what role(s) each Pokemon can viably play in the tier, with distinction given to Pokemon that fall under niche usage (i.e. decent but typically only used sometimes or for a very specific purpose). If you see something you disagree with (or even
just something you think should be listed but isn't), feel free to present your case in this thread, we will be happy to listen to you!



AAA Role Compendium
[last updated March 12th, 2022]
Utility

Entry Hazards
Spikes -:Ferrothorn: :Mew: :Skarmory:

Niche -:golisopod:
Toxic Spikes - :Mew: :Nidoqueen: :Toxapex:
Niche -:Nihilego:
Stealth Rock - :Blissey: :Chansey: :Cobalion: :Ferrothorn: :Garchomp: :Heatran: :Hippowdon::kommo-o: :Landorus-Therian: :Mew::nidoqueen::Skarmory: :Swampert: :Terrakion:
Niche -:Diancie::excadrill: :Jirachi::mamoswine::nihilego:
Sticky Web - :Galvantula: :Ribombee::Shuckle::slurpuff:

Hazard Control
Defog - :Corviknight::Mew::Mandibuzz::Tapu Fini:

Niche -:Landorus-Therian::moltres::Tapu Koko::Zapdos:
Magic Bounce - :Blissey::Chansey::Garchomp::Kommo-o::Mew:
Niche - :Celebi::Hippowdon::latias: :regieleki::Tapu Koko:
Rapid Spin - :Blastoise::Dhelmise::Excadrill:
Niche -:Avalugg::Regieleki:

Clerics
Heal Bell / Aromatherapy - :Blissey::Chansey::Mew::Vaporeon:

Niche -:Celebi:
Lunar Dance - :Cresselia:
Healing Wish - :Hatterene::Latias:
Wish - :Blissey::Chansey::Jirachi::Vaporeon:

Item Removal
Knock Off - :Azelf::Bisharp::Golisopod::Ferrothorn::heracross::Incineroar::Landorus-Therian::Mandibuzz::Mew::Nihilego::pangoro::Tapu Fini::Toxapex:
Trick / Switcheroo - :Alakazam::Azelf::chandelure::Dhelmise::jirachi: :latios::Mew::Tapu Fini:

Offensive

Wallbreakers
Physical Adaptability - :Bisharp::lucario::Mamoswine::Terrakion::Zygarde-10%:

Niche -:Marowak-Alola: :Zapdos-Galar: :Zarude:
Special Adaptability - :Latios:
Niche -:chandelure::Tapu Lele:
Physical Desolate Land - :Cinderace:
Niche - :Entei:
Special Desolate Land - : :chandelure::Heatran: :Volcanion: :Volcarona:
Niche - :Entei: :Moltres: :Zapdos:
Physical Primordial Sea - :Barraskewda:
Special Primordial Sea - :Inteleon: :Moltres-Galar::Primarina: :Volcanion: :Zapdos:
Physical Magic Guard (typically + Life Orb) - :salamence::Talonflame:
:zapdos-galar:
Niche - :Arcanine::Barraskewda::darmanitan-galar::Entei::Tapu Koko:
Special Magic Guard (typically + Life Orb) - :Genesect::latias::Tapu Koko::volcarona:
Niche - :heatran: :lucario: :thundurus:
Sheer Force (typically + Life Orb) - :Genesect: :Tapu Lele:
Niche -:cinderace::Hydreigon::volcarona:
Electric Surge: :Xurkitree:
Niche -:Regieleki:
Grassy Surge - :Dhelmise: :Zarude:
Psychic Surge - :Alakazam: :Azelf:

Niche -:Mew:
Physical Tinted Lens - :Heracross: :Zapdos-Galar:
Niche -:Cinderace::conkeldurr: :genesect::Golisopod::mienshao:
Special Tinted Lens - :Latios:
Niche -:Tapu Lele:
-ate/ize: :Kommo-o: (Galvanize) :Landorus-Therian: (Aerilate) :Pikachu: (Galvanize, Refrigerate) :tapu koko: (Pixilate)
Niche -:Entei: (Galvanize, Pixilate) :Landorus: (Aerilate) :lucario: (Galvanize) :Regieleki: (Refrigerate) :salamence: (Aerilate)​

Choice Item Users
Choice Band - :Cinderace::Dhelmise::heracross::Mamoswine::mienshao::Pangoro::Stakataka::Terrakion::Zapdos-Galar::Zarude::Zygarde-10%:
Choice Specs - :Alakazam::Azelf::chandelure::Heatran::Hydreigon::Inteleon::Latios::Primarina::Tapu Koko::Tapu Lele::Volcanion::Zapdos:
Choice Scarf - :Azelf::chandelure::Genesect::landorus-therian: :latios: :mew: :tapu fini::Tapu Koko::zapdos-galar::zarude:


Setup Sweepers
Belly Drum - :Charizard::darmanitan-galar::Kommo-o:
Calm Mind - :Hatterene: :Latias: :Latios: :Necrozma: :Primarina: :Tapu Fini: :Tapu Lele: :Tapu Koko:
Quiver Dance - :Volcarona:
Dragon Dance - :Kommo-o: :Salamence: :zygarde-10%:

Niche - :Mew:
Growth - :Venusaur:
Nasty Plot - :Alakazam: :Azelf: :Hydreigon::Lucario: :Mew::Moltres-Galar: :Togekiss:

Niche -:thundurus-therian::tornadus-therian:
Shell Smash - :Polteageist:
Niche -:cloyster:
Swords Dance - :Bisharp::Dhelmise::Garchomp::Golisopod::Landorus-Therian::lucario::Marowak-Alola::Talonflame::Tapu Bulu::Terrakion:
Unburden - :Charizard::darmanitan-galar::Kommo-o: :Necrozma: :Nihilego:


Priority
Aqua Jet - :Barraskewda:
Bullet Punch - :Scizor:
Grassy Glide - :Dhelmise: :Zarude:
Extreme Speed - :Arcanine: :Entei: :Genesect: :Lucario: :Pikachu:
Ice Shard - :Mamoswine:
Mach Punch - :Conkeldurr:
Physical Triage - :Conkeldurr: :Pangoro: :Tapu Bulu:

Niche - :Kommo-o:
Special Triage - :Tapu Lele: :Togekiss:
Niche -:celebi::Hatterene::Primarina:
Pivots
:Azelf::Barraskewda::cinderace::Cobalion::Genesect::inteleon::Landorus-Therian::Inteleon::Mew::Regieleki::Talonflame::Tapu Koko::Zapdos-Galar::Zapdos::Zarude:


Defensive

Walls
Physical - :corviknight::hippowdon::kommo-o::mew::skarmory::palossand::slowking-galar::zamazenta-crowned::ferrothorn::swampert::tapu fini::vaporeon::claydol::cobalion::golisopod::nidoqueen::zapdos-galar::mandibuzz::toxapex::zapdos: :landorus-therian:
Dauntless Shield - :corviknight: :Hippowdon::kommo-o::Mew::Skarmory:

Niche - :Palossand::slowking-galar::zamazenta-crowned:
Intimidate - :Corviknight::mew:
Physical Regenerator - :ferrothorn::Kommo-o: :Mew: :Swampert: :Tapu Fini: :vaporeon:
Niche - :claydol::cobalion::golisopod::Nidoqueen: :zapdos-galar:
Unaware - :Mandibuzz: :Mew:
Niche - :Toxapex:
Prankster - :Toxapex:
Physical Primordial Sea - :Zapdos:
Niche - :Corviknight:
Flash Fire - :corviknight: :ferrothorn:
Niche - :landorus-therian:
Water Absorb - :landorus-therian::palossand:
Niche - :mamoswine:
Special -:Blastoise: :Blissey: :Chansey: :Diancie: :Dragalge: :Ferrothorn::garchomp::Heatran: :Incineroar: :Jirachi::landorus-therian::Milotic::nihilego::Silvally-Dragon:(Dragon):Swampert::tapu fini::Toxapex: :Zapdos:
Special Regenerator - :Blissey: :Diancie: :Dragalge: :Ferrothorn::garchomp::Incineroar: :Jirachi: :Landorus-Therian::milotic::Silvally-Dragon:(Dragon) :Swampert::tapu fini:

Niche - :Blastoise: :heatran::Milotic:

Prankster - :Toxapex:
Unaware - :Blissey: :Chansey:
Special Desolate Land - :Heatran:
Special Primordial Sea - :Corviknight: :Mandibuzz:
Volt Absorb - :Corviknight: :Toxapex:
Flash Fire - :corviknight::ferrothorn::scizor:
Bulletproof - :ferrothorn::heatran:
Mixed - :Ferrothorn: :Mew: :Mandibuzz: :Swampert: :Tapu Fini: :Zapdos:

Pivots

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