Monotype stats notes: (most of this stuff will only be noticed by someone like me who spends time looking at the bottom stuff that no one else notices :])
Flying: Above 10% usage in 1630 weighted stats (
Freeroamer this is what I meant by finally--it was 9.72% in December, I was basing it off of the 1630 weighted stats that is what pops up automatically when you click the link to the stats page) and has 2.49% more usage than the next type. Moltres is up from under 2% usage up to over 4%, pushing Sigilyph off of the list. I guess people feel the power of Choice Specs Fire Blast or Flamethrower or Overheat/Hurricane or the speed and ability to hit hard or pivot out offered by Scarf outweighs the 4x Stealth Rock weakness. BandNite increased in popularity, and Dragonite has passed Thundy-T for 7th most common Flying type Pokemon. Tornadus and Aerodactyl both increase in usage, most likely because of the Core challenge. Staraptor lost 5% usage :( The top 5 as a group all clustered closer to 50%. Dazzling Gleam has almost doubled in usage on Togekiss, probably to hit Mega Sableye harder. Thunderbolt got more popular on Zappy Burd. Altaria increased in usage, and Heal Bell got more popular on it (EQ fell, but D-Dance is now the most common move).
Psychic: Cresselia got more usage. Deo-D pushed Bobbafett off the list and has 7% usage. This is funny since that core challenge was only created on January 31st, I guess people are just liking them more. Band and Assault Vest are getting slightly more popular on Victini. Scarf Jirachi is getting more popular than paraflinchax Jirachi. Only 29% of Gallades run Close Combat which is surprising to me--72% run Drain Punch. I guess they prefer longevity over sheer power. Shadow Sneak also has ~47% usage, and Psycho Cut/Zen Headbutt/SD only have 28%/21%/40% usage respectively. Calm Mind attacker is more popular on Espeon than bulky unDefoggable/unTauntable Screens/Wish passing Espeon. Suicide Lead Azelf went down in usage. Both priority moves Medicham has increased in usage (Fake Out and Bullet Punch).
Water: Still holding down third. I'm happy to see based penguin Empoleon has 4% more usage. Its underrated imo, and is a Skymin counter.Greninja fell over 13% and Azumarill passed it for most used Pokemon on Water. 1.3% of people actually use Torrent on Greninja, fml. If you see Lanturn, it will be Scald/Volt Switch/Heal Bell/Toxic or Thunderwave like 90% of the time lol, #LuckyLanturn is pretty generic. Slowbro decreased in usage by 14%. Assault Vest on Tentcruel decreased in usage. LO Keldeo increased slightly in usage, pushing Scarf/Lefties/Specs sets down a bit. Politoed increased in usage by 10%.
The return of Swift Swim Probably to help out Mega Swampert and Kabutops who pushed Alomomola off the list and has 4.76% usage. Ludicolo went up 5% usage. CroCune increased slightly in usage
Sae has been laddering with SaeCune o3o Mega Shark has doubled in usage to around 13%.
Steel: Dropped 1.62% usage and is now 4th, so it has exactly 7.5% usage. Generic steel got more used, with Heatran now having over 95% usage on Steel. Mawile dropped in usage not that Mega Mawile is banned, and Mega Metagross has taken over, causing Metagross to increase to around 70% usage and third, passing Excadrill. Mega Steelix has over 1% usage, too OP, needs nerf o3o. Based penguin once again has more usage. Scizorite has exactly 50% usage on Scizor, and Bullet Punch has 99.9% usage lol. But, Technician only has 85.9% usage, should be 100%. Registeel increased in usage. Escavalier replaces Probopass on the list and has 0.69% XD.
Bug: Volcarona got even MORE usage, up to 91.43%. Genesect and Galvantula switched places with Genesect jumping to second and gaining 7%, and Galvantula dropping to 5th, losing 10%. Pinsir/Scizor also switched places, with Pinsir staying the most popular Mega and increasing to 3rd, and Scizor dropping down to 6th. Bug still has 7 Pokemon with over 50% usage. The top 24 Pokemon are the same, just with some position realignment. People use Shedinja more often now, why <.< Crustle dropped in usage.
Fighting: Terrakion and Breloom dropped in usage, and now Infernape is up to second most used <3 Probably because it is the second most viable special attacker after Keldeo, even if it is usually mixed or LeadApe. The next best one is Lucario, so I can see why it is used a lot. Gallade and Heracross both moved up 3 places, with Conk falling 1, Cobalion rising 2, and Hawlucha holding down 7th. Emboar and Hariyama replace Poliwrath and Primeape on the list, with 1.71% and 1.03% usage respectively. Sawk also kicked out Throh which I think is kinda funny, taking its 22nd place ranking and with 1.15% usage. Band Terrakion increased in usage and the Sash lead fell, which I personally think is good--Cobalion sets Rocks better with its extra bulk imo, and Terrakion should aim at nailing everything as hard as possible. BulkyRaptor Up seems to be these up move of choice for Fighting users, as Dragon Dance fell by about 12% and Bulk Up went up by about 11%. Conkeldurr is still pretty generic with Ice Punch/Mach Punch/Drain Punch/Knock Off and Guts and Assault Vest all having between 76.8% and 97.5% usage. Once again, Drain Punch has more usage than Close Combat on Gallade, so people must like longevity over sheer destructiveness.
Dark: Sableye gained a percent in usage, knocking Greninja out of top spot, who fell 10%. Hydro Pump has become more common and Gunk Shot less common on Greninja. Bisharp dropped about 2% but is still third. Mandibuzz/Tyranitar are still fourth and fifth respectively, but dropped around 3% usage each. Bisharp is also still generic as Knock Off/SD/Sucker Punch/Iron Head and Defiant all have minimum 79.5% usage, and up to 99%. Honchkrow is up 4% and some people actually don't run Moxie o.o Krookodile also is up, gaining 16%. Half the time it runs Scarf Moxie sweeper, half the time it runs Lefties or Sash Rocks setter/Taunter. Sharpedo dropped 8%. Crawdaunt is still generic, and deservedly up 13% in usage as one of the premier wallbreakers in the game with stuff like Mega Medicham and Landorus-I. Mega Tyranitar has seen more usage as Mega Shark and Mega Sableye fell slightly. Zoroark and Umbreon fell and Weavile rose a couple percent. Houndoom has exactly 10%, which is up from 7.01%. No changes to the top 24 here.
Normal: Chansey, Staraptor, Porygon2 and Lopunny all fell slightly in usage, but are still the top 4. Ditto dropped 6%, from 5th to 7th. Meloetta and Diggersby both gained 9% and occupy 5th and 6th respectively. Mega Pidgeot gained a couple of percent, and Defog became more popular on it. Coincidentally, Defog also happened to lose 6% usage on Staraptor. Swallow knocked Chatot off thelist and now occupies 22nd place with 3.09% usage. Soaking lost over 1%, Exploud gained over 1% and StallTank gained almost 8% <3 Porygon-Z dropped 9% usage. They have 7 Pokemon with over 50% usage.
Ground: If you run Ground, you will run Hippo/Excadrill/Mamoswine/Garchomp/Lando-I/Gastrodon. These all have over 70% usage, and Nidoking, in 7th, only has 18%. The top 7 remain the same, as do the top 24, with only Seismitoad jumping to 8th while gaining 5% usage. Core challenge again, I presume. There was some other movement, but Ground is so generic o.o Every Piloswine runs Eviolite, Thick Fat, and Earthquake lol, not surprising, but kinda funny.
This is the halfway point. Most of the above types are top-tier or competitive with the top tier types. From here down the types start to get worse. The ideal 5.56% usage for every type also lands in this middle area, is that good or bad? I personally think it's good that the average is where it should be--right smack dab in the middle.
Dragon: Mega Altaria is the new Mega of choice for Dragon, offering its Dragon immunity, and causing MegaChomp to fall slightly. Garchomp and Kyurem-Black will be on almost every Dragon team. Garchomp offers tremendous revenge killing potential with Scarf, or sweeping potential with Swords Dance. It is also commonly used as a Sashed Rocks lead. Kyurem-B offers tremendous synergy with Dragon, being neutral to Ice. It is a potent Band or Scarf user, with a great ability in Teravolt, meaning Sturdy Skarmory is ignored, Volt Absorb Lanturn is ignored, and Levitaters such as Rotom formes and Weezing are bopped by Earth Power among other uses. It also has a great SubShuffler set, as well as SubRoost sets. Dragonite, Latios, Latias, Hydreigon, and Goodra all dropped a couple of percent. Salamence gained 3%, usually as a mixed Scarfer. Druddigon gained some popularity as a defensive wall/Rocks lead. It is also one of only a few Pokemon with Glare, a move that can paralyze Ground types and Electric types but not Ghost types. Bagon, Tyrunt, Axew, and Deino were replaced by Gabite, Fraxure, Noibat, and Sliggoo rof, they have 0.00% usage and no usage statistics XD. Shelgon passed Dragonair for 19th place lol, gaining 0.05% usage to reach 0.19%. I literally laughed so hard, Dragon is one of the most limited types, and Flygon is actually deservedly in the top 18 (btw, I personally think it sucks, so that's kind of sad).
Fire: My personal favourite type, but I have never used it except for some horrible team I created when I first came to monotype (that experience was so bad, I haven't built another Fire team since rof). Charizard fell 1% in usage, but still occupies first place with over 96% usage. Infernape is second on this type too <3 gaining 9% usage to reach 79.89% (so close to 80% <.<). Victini gained 11% to reach 3rd and Torkoal fell 7% to sit in 4th. Heatran dropped 2% to fifth, and Entei leaped 14% to round out the top 6. Screens Rotom-Heat increased in usage, as did Life Orb Entei (Band decreased in usage). Band Darmanitan increased in usage. Oh lawd, Band Darmanitan Sheer Force Flare Blitz in Sun. /me dies. Volcarona dropped 5% usage. Ninetales gained around 3% usage, so I guess people use it as an alternate sun setter, or if they use MegaDoom/Zard X. Arcanine dropped 5% usage, which is sad, I've always liked it, 2majestic4me. Chandelure dropped 2% in usage, but gained a spot in the ranking order, as others dropped more than it did. Delphox increased in usage whle Emboar fell. I thought it would see more usage, now that Reckless is released, and it has access to Flare Blitz, Wild Charge, and Head Smash
and Take Down. People actually run Blaze on Combusken, when its only niche is as a Baton Passer of Speed Boosts and SD/Bulk Up <.< Houndoom also gained 1% usage, but Solarbeam lost almost 40% usage on it. Rapidash knocked Magcargo off of the list.
Fairy: Azumarill is still used ~97% of the time and now Klefki is also above 90%. Mawile fell becasue Mawilite is banned. Togekiss, Clefable, Gardevoir, and Diancie rased 11%, 8%, 5%, and 28% respectively (Diancie rose drastically as the new best Mega for Fairy). Choice Specs got less popular on Sylveon. Slurpuff also gained 6% usage as the next most viable physical attacker after Azumarill. Swirlix knocked Togepi off the list. Btw,
scpinion, there are 2 Pokemon that I can't see their sprites, the last one and the one before Carbink, and after Granbull (I think that one is Mr. Mime based on its detailed usage statistics, but I can't see the last one's usage stats, so I have no idea what that is). Nuzzle is used more and Petaya Berry less on Dedenne, and Choice Specs increased in usage on it.
Electric: Raikou, Thundurus-I, Ampharos, and Magnezone increased in usage, while Zapdos, Rotom-Wash, Manectric, Electivire, and Eelektross fell. Luxray, Jolteon, and Galvantula also dropped in usage. Stunfisk more than doubled in usage to over 26% as the only Stealth Rock setter on Electric. Choice Scarf rose on Rotom-W, while Lefties fell, as did the popularity of ChestoRest sets. HP Ice and Substitute rose in usage on Raikou and Calm Mind fell. Lawn Mower fell in usage and Microwave rose (Rotomz ftw). Zebstrika, Emolga, and Eelektrik replaced Minun, Magneton, and Luxio on the list. Thunderbolt increased in usage on Manectirc by about 12%. Choice Band got more popular on Electivire as Scarf fell slightly.
Ghost: Aegislash and Chandelure didn't gain too much usage, but they have passed Sableye (1st-->4th) and Gengar (2nd-->3rd) for the top 2 spots as both Gengar and Sableye fell. Trevenant dropped 3% usage, and now Gourgeist has passed it as the most common Ghost/Grass type, jumping 25% from 11th to 7th. Trevenant still occupies 8th. Rest/Lum Berry got slightly more usage on Trevenant, but Sitrus Berry is still the most common set. Froslass also dropped 17% usage. Jellicent also gained 12% usage. As you can see, ghost was shaken up quite a bit, with many Pokemon moving in double digits percentages. Life Orb and Choice Specs got more usage on Gengar, while Focus Sash and Black Sludge fell. Mismagius is Ghost's only Heal Beller, yet dropped in usage to under 5% and Heal Bell is even then only used 16.2% of the time. Haunter replaced Misdreavus on the list.
Poison: Gengar, Venusaur, and Drapion fell in usage, while Nidoking got more usage. ScarfKing got more popular. Scolipede got over 21% increase and LO and Choice Band variants got more popular. Tentacruel dropped 10% and Assault Vest got more usage. Golbat more than doubled in usage, and Qwilphish dropped like 0.5%. Muk dropped in usage as well, but Band got slightly more popular on it. Garbodor and Victreebel replaced Whirlipede and Swalot on the list.
Grass: Serperior leaped from off of the list to 42% usage and 5th place in the rankings because of Contrary. Ferrothorn and Cradily dropped in usage, with Breloom gaining a bit. Skymin also gained around 3% to 79.65%. Sceptile dropped in usage as Serperior does the whole fast Leaf Stormer thing better with Contrary (although Sceptile can still go physical). Whimsicott fell in usage, I guess people are starting to realize it isn't as amazing as it seems. Attacking sets are outclassed (aside from Moonblast, but Serperior will usually hit hard enough after one boost (+2>+1 imo)) and Prankster Paralysis would be more useful on a more offensive type. Shiftry, Virizion, Roserade, and Ludicolo all fell in usage, with Celebi rising a bit :) Leavanny and Serperior knocked Abomasnow and Leafeon off the list. Apparently I'm the only person who runs Dual Screens/Heal Bell Celebi :I Surprisingly HP Rock is more popular on Serperior than HP Ground and HP Fire. I guess to hit the Fire/Flying types that are SE on Grass, but it leaves it walled by every Steel type ever. Damp Rock and Scald got more popular on Ludicolo, allowing it to deprive Hippo/Zard Y of their weather and nail them with Scald or Giga Drain, while making the rain last longer. Spiky Shield/Drain Punch/Leech Seed got more popular on Chesnaught with Hammer Arm falling in usage. Tangela fell drastically (4%ish) to last place in the rankings.
Ice: Mamoswine fell slightly, Kyurem-White rose. Weavile and Avalugg both rose more than 10% with Froslass falling over 15%. Cryogonal rose a couple percent, once again I blame Sae o3o Abomasnow, Articuno, and Glalie all rose a bit. Sneasel pushed off Delibird :( I've always hated Sneasel since one swept my team when it refused to be captured in Diamond (my only loss ever in that game lol, and I still remember it). Zoom Lens surprisingly gained 16% usage on Articuno, probably to give Blizzard/Hurricane more accuracy. Rotom-Frost fell in usage, but HP Fire increased in usage. People are starting to realize it is a good Scizor check I guess, so when they do use it they run it to beat Scizor more. Aurorus more than doubled in usage, and Freeze-Dry, Ancientpower, and Hyper Beam got more popular (Refrigerate Hyper Beam ftw). Lax Incense fell and Brightpowder rose in usage on Glaceon lmao.
Rock: Tyranitar, Terrakion, Cradily, and Diancie fell slightly in usage and Omastar rose. Shuckle rose in usage while Rhyperior fell. Rhydon and Crustle replaced Barbaracle and Rampardos in the top 24. Choice Band moved up in usage on Terrakion (for a while I thought I was the only person who thought that was good :s). The top 4 moves on Cradily (Recover, Toxic, Giga Drain, and Stockpile) all fell slightly in usage. People must be getting less generic. But seriously, Cradily's main niche is being immune to Water type attacks with Storm Drain, so there is like, no reason for 6.4% of people to use Suction Cups.
So uh, this is me
geeking out for 3 days analyzing some changes for each type, I hope somebody gets something useful out of this :s
EDIT: gdi, I missed Electric and Fairy <.< will edit them in sometime in the next coupla days
EDIT 2: Added Fairy
EDIT 3: Added Electric. NOW the whole thing is done. Enjoy c: