Now that SCL is nearing the end of its main season, VR rises on the horizon unless
Fc is a dirty liar, i think its time i say my pieces on the tier and some things that can change to make it more accurate since it has been awhile.
B to A- (Behind Xerneas)
This thing is insane dude. It's tour usage throughout both SCL and World Cup (including when it stomped me out) has shown its a force to be reckoned with. Nothing in the game is switching into this thing besides like a Phys Def Crogre, and that's not extremely common. Being paired with Magnezone to traps the Steels to just click Icicle Crash and 6-0 has seen insane usage lately, and is proof of how threatening this mon is in the builder that people are running Shed Shell on their Dusk manes again to stop Magnezone. This mon is a force and if you want more proof look through the myriad of replays of it smashing through a team or missing icicle crash and losing.
C+ to B-/B
Speaking of Magnezone hey guys wassup, it's the babies first Gothitelle replacement! Jokes aside this mon has been kicking ass recently and as i stated, the fact that people are starting to run shed shells again is indicative of its prowess, and personally I'd put it at B rn but because of how it feels like its gonna fall off from overpopularity, B- may be a more safe choice. It's very good at what it does and even if you aren't trapping a Dusk mane it still has some utility in Twave, trapping other Steels like Ferrothorn, and kinda soft checks Zekrom to a degree.
Another big loser of Groudon getting popular. Sure, special sets are a thing but it was ranked this highly to begin with cause of its DDance set, and its gotten much worse. Same as for Sand, Buzzwole and Landorus-Therian also getting more usage dont help it at all. Still a good Pokemon, but its not that good anymore. Would probably put it in
A- on top of Ho-Oh.
Speaking of Zekrom I'm personally going to Disagree with this and say keep Zekrom where it stands. Personally i think Zekrom still remains as a strong presence in the tier and actually functions as a solid partner to Groudon, bouncing off eachother nicely and pressuring pokemon who double down on them to sometimes pick and choose which one it can handle because often times it can't do both. Its also nice at Luring Groudon out with sets like Life Orb Draco Meteor or Magnet Rise DD forcing its hand, and honestly its not extremely hard to weaken Groudon to where Zekrom can clean house. It's still just as dangerous as ever and i think it should stay where it is.
A to A but behind Ferrothorn.
POLTERGEIST SUCKS STOP USING IT. If the Sitrus berry and Air Balloon Xerneas, Eternatus and Clefables aren't enough of an indication, people should be realizing this move blows earwax and should stop using that shit. Spectral Thief is still fantastic but the rise of those sets makes me feel it's less impressive than Ferrothorn My Lord And Savior, who remains as good as ever
at being a Magnezone Victim at checking Kyogre!
A- to A (Ahead of Marshadow, behind Ferrothorn)
People are finally realizing that this mon is still strong as before, and running more offensive sets on it removes alot of its shortcomings. People have been experimenting with Choice Band Ho-oh stalls, fatfighter used Corviknight + CB Ho-oh and even Boots T-wave is a good lure to things like Eternatus, while remaining a generally tanky pokemon. Switching into invested stabs isn't very easy as pokemon like Kyogre don't appreciate Brave Bird and Eternatus doesn't appreciate T-wave into a Brave Bird. This one i feel less strongly on than some others but i do think Ho-oh remains a great presence.
A- to B
Tangrowth theorum applied here poor Dada. Dada just kinda struggles to find it's footing rn as it's more teams find alternative ways to answer mons and pokemon it doesn't like propping further up in the meta, like Darm-G. Not much else to say, it's not bad by any means but it's far past it's peak.
C+ to B/B-
This mon is a prophet, it's so good i love it. I remember seeing
London Beats load Heatran into a Stall and outright dismantle Poek with absolutely nothing he could've done to stop it. Even beyond that replay, Heatran is amazing at trapping Pokemon like Eternatus, Fat Xerneas and non EQ Ho-oh, which is most of them tbf, and absolutely destroys stall better than arguably any other pokemon in the meta, while also being Magnezone immune unless you miss ALOT of storms. It's also fairly strong and not passive atall.
C+ to B-
Suicune is surprisingly effective in this tier, threatening a vast majority of the tier over time and depletes alot of the low PP moves, like Astral Barrage, Dynamax Cannon and Sunsteel Strike. It's not easy to splash on a team but it's nice as a solid slowball threat which threatens to dismantle bulky teams, as well as being generally tanky enough to swallow any 1 neutral hit, even something like a +1 Caly-G Astral Barrage.
B to C
Imma be real i'd rather use Reshiram over this. It's shit Eternatus, a bad Kyogre check, rarely breaks teams if atall, and struggles to switch in. and it's not beating Yveltal without some juicy crits or thunder paras either, and that mon is on every team so don't use this trash and just use the Goat Eternatus.
C to B-/B
Best knock absorber in the Franchise is a quite a claim to faim and hard stopping what's frankly the most common mon in the tier is a powerful and valuable niche to have, while packing other mons it soft checks such as Xerneas, Zekrom, and Scarf Caly-Gs. Also is Zone Proof too so that's another plus. Solid Darm-G check aswell, finally this mon can have it's day.
C to C+
This mon is somehow so threatening but NEVER wins bro idk how it does it. Through some way it just never wins, it will never see a W i do not get it. Despite that it remains a strong force despite missing Triple Axels like absent parents miss child support. Smashing through mons like Eternatus, Zekrom, Groudon, Lunala and more. Struggles to come in but when it does it's a big threat.
B to B-
I love you but you aren't good. Blissey real estate and Lunala estate sucks but while it's dangerous when it predicts correctly it's not easy to do and inviting other things in for free after you get it right anyway it's even less fun, especially when dusk manes run sp def. Also sucks vs HO and other mons like Groudon which is even worse.
B to bottom of A-
This mon nice w it, absolutely 0 switchins in the game and dusk manes running sp def over phys def is huge for it. Not much else to say, meta is kinder to it and allows it more chances to get kills more easily.
S- tier entries
Too lazy to explain but i stand by what i said.
Anyway thats all i got for now, probably more noms to make but im lazy and need to farm ZU reqs so i'll potential talk more on it later