My First-Impressions on the Metagame!
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The metagame is VERY fun, it feels very fair (well about as fair as a tier with Skymin can be) and games never feel unwinnable. The pool of viable mons is insane and there's a lot cool tech just waiting to be discovered.
This is my current tier list:
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Some standout guys from the high tiers:
Deoxys-A
:deoxys-attack: By far the fastest mon in the tier, it has crazy good coverage and an absurdly good exclusive move. It also is just a huge min-maxxed statball and fits on every team. You can either run a more physically oriented set with Extreme Speed to get ahead of Priority moves that it is very weak to, or can run a specially oriented set with Psycho Boost/Shadow Ball/Ice Beam and cleans teams with ease. Even though it is very exploitable because of exploding into Rocks + Priority, I can absolutely see it getting banned in the future and I'd be happy to see it go.
:deoxys-attack:
Skymin
:shaymin-sky: Very fast, nutty STABs and Serene Grace Air Slash sounds like a horrific combinations of traits for a staple mon to be good in a tier but honestly it doesn't feel completely unfair due to just how awful its typing is. Also another mon I would be happy to see go but that's exclusively because of Air Slash, I think that what is essentially Metal Sound with Grass STAB legs is very neat. Not a lot to say but I'm indifferent on a potential ban.
:shaymin-sky:
Latios
:latios: Quite possibly the coolest support mon I've ever used in a Doubles tier, it has EVERYTHING - Tailwind (1 of like, 4 mons that get it), Thunder Wave, Helping Hand, Defog (another extremely rare sight in this tier), Heal Pulse, Screens, Safeguard and what
really pushes it over the edge: Ally Switch. Ally Switch is still completely unnerfed and can be used multiple times in a row which is very frustrating. It is also extremely oppressive in the front that it has a surprisingly high SpA with no investment so if you read it incorrectly, you need to eat a STAB Draco Meteor or Psyshock. All of this combined makes it basically necessary on all teams due to being one of just a handful of mons that have some really broken support moves. I would genuinely push for a ban on it as Latias can replace it very easily without being nearly as oppressive thanks to less SpA and missing Ally Switch. I know it sounds like a lot to get rid of what should be a passive mon but it just, isn't. We should prolly nuke it.
:latios:
Garchomp
:garchomp: Very solid physical attacker that can abuse a number of item options, mostly Scarf and Life Orb. Earthquake and Dragon Claw are very strong STAB options that hit a significant chunk of damage to basically all of the tier, and possessing alternative options for the few mons that can answer it well. Excellent cleaner with the potential to both fit as a Lead to set up Rocks or in the back to threaten basically anything your opponent could have. It's the first very splashable mon that feels genuinely fair to face and to use, neat overall.
:Garchomp:
Mamoswine
:mamoswine: Bit of an odd sounding inclusion among the absolute powerhouses above it, but this mon is absurdly oppressive when paired with Rocks as STAB Choice Banded Ice Shard off 130 Base attack is just nuts,
especially when all 4 of the mons above it evaporate to Priority and lose 1v1 against it. The issue with Mamoswine is that it often loses to a lot of the mons lower on the tier list, but still really good regardless. If Mamoswine ever goes under Trick Room it is very difficult to position around thanks to STAB Earthquake or Icicle Crash sweeping teams and it's excellent natural bulk meaning Mamoswine will live a lot of attacks with basically no investment. Mamoswine is def my favourite mon in the metagame at the moment but will get gradually worse as the meta develops and more things get banned.
:mamoswine:
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Thats my explanations to the mons I believe to be S tier rn, now I'll talk about some lower tiered mons (but not all bc I'm lazy :3c)
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Bronzong
:bronzong: Bronzong is graced with some of the best typing in the tier, being resistant against the STABs of all of the best mons right now, and also has really good Support moves like Rocks, Screens and Trick Room. Levitate gives it a spectacular matchup into Garchomp and it completely walls Mamoswine and checks it with Gyro Ball (an amazing move to hit the metagame as a whole with). Bronzong is just very consistent with setting up and can hold its own fairly well.
:bronzong:
Purugly
:purugly: Ok so Purugly has Own Tempo with Fake Out and STAB Quick Attack, so what you can do is T1 Fake Out + Latios Tailwind and T2 side Swagger with Latios and Body Slam and Facade (if on Flame Orb because 140 Base Power STAB at +2 is very funny and OHKOs anything without a Sash for the most part). Own Tempo also randomly gives it an immunity to intimidate fsr so once you get that +2, it is very difficult to stop. Just a funny mon that I for sure would keep an eye on as the metagame develops.
:purugly:
Kingler
:kingler: Soda Eesti PULL UP. We got Doubles Kinger at its full power thanks to its access to Ally Switch for some reason because BDSP is the only game where it gets it!!! Queenler has the option of 2 excellent abilities, where it can either get an Intimidate immunity to abuse Knock Off and have a flexible item slot, or can run Sheer Force with a Life Orb to clean up opposing mons with ease. We love the Crab and it has a great niche that it feels excellently. Love to see it.
:kingler:
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Thats all I really wanted to talk about and the tier is amazing right now but absolutely needs some bans to be taken seriously. Here's some action I would like to see:
Deoxys-attack, Shaymin-Sky and Latios all need to be wiped off the face of the earth because it is just impossible to take the metagame as not a parody while they are legal.
Why not Ally Switch?
Ok so I don't think Ally Switch needs to be removed at all, the only relevant abuser of it is Latios (which ideally gets replaced by Latias, who notably doesn't have Ally Switch) and it is awkwardly slapped onto a bunch of lower tiered mons with meh Bulk and Utility. Removing it just clips the wings of a bunch of mons that weren't exactly topping the Viability Rankings with it anyway.
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Thanks for reading my yap, please give the metagame a try c:
