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Hello all! At long last, here is the fourth (and final?) Viability Rankings thread for SS Ubers.
This is a list of the sixty-nine viable Pokemon in SS Ubers, sorted top-to-bottom from most to least viable.
- Post intelligently. One-liners saying things like "X should be Y rank" without context or supporting evidence are likely to be disregarded or deleted.
- Be civil when debating other users. Any flaming will not be tolerated.
- This thread is for discussion of the viability rankings only. Those wanting to ask simple questions about why something is ranked or how to build a team should look to our SQSA or our various resources outlined in the Forum Guide for guidance.
- Be aware of our subforum rules and the global forum rules — they all apply here, too.
The VR Council
The VR Council is a group of experienced players selected to assess any new nominations from the community and vote on them before they become accepted into the rankings. This same council has the same jurisdiction over the Sample Teams thread. The VR Council also can internally nominate changes to the thread — it then votes on these, just as an individual user would in a post in this thread. We will document all changes to the Viability Rankings in the form of update posts, where votes and associated reasoning are collected in a spreadsheet. Be on the lookout for these.
The current VR Council is:
steelskitty
SiTuM
Fc
Icemaster
Terracotta
Manaphy
TrueNora
TonyFlygon
Staxi
Rankings
Every rank, not just A- and above, is ordered internally from most to least viable. This is a change from previous Viability Ranking threads. Note that D Rank is reserved for Pokemon that are Ubers by tiering yet have no niche in the metagame — they are only in the Viability Rankings because we are obligated to put them there.
At some point in the near future, each Pokemon's name will link to a pokepaste with a given set that it runs. These pokepastes will gradually be phased out into Strategy Dex entries as those go onsite.
S Rank



A Rank
A+




A





A-





B Rank
B+



B






B-








C Rank
C+














C










C-






D Rank
A reminder that these Pokemon are only Ubers by tiering and possess no real metagame niche.




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