Hi guys :)
Rises:
B to A
Many probably don't agree with this nomination, but the thing is, they're cool checks / counters from Hydreigon, Primarina, Porygon-Z, Keldeo, Kommo-o (Sylveon can carry Moonblast) and Hatterene in the same slot and both offer very useful, Sylveon on the one hand has moves like Wish, Heal Bell, Yawn and Mystical Fire and Florges on the other hand has moves like Synthesis, Defog, also Wish and Heal Bell / Aromatherapy, I think that in this generation they have improved a lot especially with the arrival of Kommo-o, Keldeo, Porygon-Z, CM Primarina and Hatterene, I think A rank is fine.
A- to A
Primarina is a massive threat, unlike her Gardevoir-Mega and Diancie-Mega competitions, Primarina does not occupy megaslot, which means that she has free space to carry another mega like Venusaur-Mega or Aerodactyl-Mega and her typing is fantastic, Hydro Pump Specs hits the entire metagame and can also resist monsters like Manaphy or Latias, also the fairy type is an advantage over Manaphy because it hits the ubiquitous dragons, Primarina is highly underrated and must rise to A rank.
A+ to A-
A to A-
Don't get me wrong, they are both good mons, but they are very easy to count at this time by mons like Hydreigon, Primarina, Blacephalon, Latias Z-Move, Weavile, Xurkitree, Gyarados-Mega, Thundurus, Thundurus-T, Venusaur-Mega and Togekiss who manage to easily stop the two slowbros, are still good pivots, but the trends of the metagame are not entirely favorable for them.
A- to A
Gengar is great, SubWoW is a set that breaks easily stall and also has a decent match up against physical attackers, it has enough utility and offense, wherever you see it Gengar is very good, his typing works against threats like Sylveon, Florges , Primarina, Togekiss, Victini, Jirachi and Keldeo Specs locked in Secret Sword and their Nasty Plot sets are a luxury, I can't understand why it still doesn't rise, is very versatile and splashable, A rank for Gengar.
A- to A
I think fairies are very good in this metagame, Altaria-Mega on the one hand is a great sweeper, DD Altaria-Mega can easily sweep many defensive builds from Under Used, not many teams are well prepared to face Altaria-Mega, because it is very versatile too, you can take Phsy Def for Azumarill, Victini and Gyarados-Mega, the aforementioned DD + Roost + 2 Attacks, Sub Dragon Dance or Special Def for Venusaur-Mega and Rotom-H, i think you should have a rise.
Blissey on the other hand is a great special wall with a lot of utility, stall with Terrakion, Primarina, Venusaur-Mega, Victini, Blissey and Filler it seems to me a pretty good playstyle, because they have good synergy and Blissey offers a lot in this playstyle, Also Teleport is a very nice addition for volt turns and Balanced, Blissey has a lot to love and deserves to rise as well.
Thanks to Heavy-Duty Boots, Togekiss no longer has that crippling weakness to Stealth Rock and with Nasty Plot he can sweep much easier, his speed is still somewhat slow which is probably a bit troublesome at times, but Togekiss breaks stall perfectly and also to defensive teams, it definitely doesn't have the potential of an S or an A+, but A is fine, Scarf Kiss is good too, because that variant breaks the offensive teams better.
A+ to S
They really are pokemon that are certainly threatening in every sense of the word, Victini on the one hand does not really have that many counters, Band Tini lacks safe counters, the best counter is Malt Physically Defensive with 92 Speed to beat Victini in speed after reducing its speed with V-Create, Terrakion Scarf is also a good counter and Diancie-Mega also checks it well and that is precisely why I do not think it is completely broken, but except for Malt and Rhyperior it does not have defensive counters, A+ rank is too low for Victini.
Diancie-Mega is without a doubt, like Victini, she is one of the mons who causes the most pressure in team building, she has few checks besides Slowbro, Primarina and Jirachi, which although they are great, still remains a centralization, It is also very versatile, it can have mixed sets, physical, special or Calm Mind, I think it is quite similar to Victini in the sense of centralization, I think it is if not the best, one of the best pokemon in national dex.
B to B+
They really are very valuable mons, although both do not have a reliable recovery, they are two very anti-meta choices and offer a way of counting Victini, Diancie-Mega and Toxtricity if it is Rhyperior and Mamoswine if it is Swampert, which few mons can, it is not. That they are great or mons that deserve to be in the A ranks, but they are very good and anti metas without a doubt.
B to B+ / A-
Suicune SubCM is pretty good, because it easily checks defensive cores and can be a dangerous wincon under proper conditions, this set doesn't have too many counters except for most metagame dragons either, but it can carry Ice Beam, it's really good and I think that one or two ranks could rise.
A to A-
Skarmory is a good mon, but it's a bit outclassed by Jirachi who is a little more versatile with utility moves like Wish and Stealth Rock and has more offensive power, more speed and more special bulk, but Skarmory is still a good mon, just I think it is not at the level of an A rank, A- for Skarmory is perfect.
A to A+
Jirachi is not only a very useful mon, but it is also really versatile and key in many teams, it is a great counter for mons like Togekiss, Conkeldurr and Terrakion for example, Jirachi is really good and also has a large movepool, although It competes a little with Skarmory, Jirachi is usually better except in stall maybe, it deserves to rise.
B+ to A
Specs Keldeo is one of the main reasons why they take Sylveon, AV Hatterene and Florges which means it centralizes a bit and certainly hits hard and lacks switch ins, B+ rank undervalues it too much, still lacks movepool and is Predictable, but you must play cautiously to beat him, he should rise to the A ranks.
B+ to A
AV Hatterene is great, it is a switch in for Keldeo Specs, Gardevoir-Mega, Kommo-o and Hatterene Specs and it has a bit of utility with Mystical Fire, it is like Gardevoir-Mega but without occupying megaslot and with more utility, it can also carry more offensive sets with Trick Room and Calm Mind, slowness is not an advantage because it is difficult for many offensive mons to enter, but it really works well and should rise at least towards A-, but A rank fits better.
A- to B
I mean, Gyarados is still a good mon, but there are better options like Salamence, Manaphy, Primarina, Gyarados with Mega, Thundurus-T, Thundurus and Togekiss, I do not see too much niche for Gyarados Normal, I think it should go down to B rank, still his unique typing + his offensiveness gives him a niche, but he is not great or even deserving of the A ranks.
B- to B
It is a great check from Keldeo, Diancie-Mega, Xurkitree and Primarina and it also offers a lot of utility with Stealth Rock, Recover, Heal Bell is useful sometimes, U-Turn and Leech Seed are great examples, it is a bit outclassed by Venusaur-Mega , but still has a higher niche than B-, NP Celebi is also very nice because it hits things like the aforementioned Venusaur-Mega, Primarina and Diancie-Mega, I think it could go back to B rank.
B to B+
I think it also suffers from some competition with Venusaur-Mega and also suffers from competition with Nidoking, but it is still undervalued, unlike Venusaur-Mega it has a defensive typing that allows it to check things like Blacephalon and Jirachi without Zen Headbutt, also It has Toxic Spikes, which makes it a decent choice for various teams. I also mention that unlike Nidoking, Nidoqueen resists V-Create Victini Scarf better, it is similar to Nidoking, but more bulky and in exchange for being less fast and powerful, I certainly see it on par with Nidoking and it is certainly one of the best B rank (Sylveon and Florges are the best).
B to B+ / A-
Mimikyu can be very threatening in well-built teams and is very splashy in Hyper Offense alongside monsters like Hydreigon and Obstagoon, SD Mimikyu can sweep underprepared teams. It is quite difficult to wall too, because Ghostium Z Mimikyu can 2HKO Venusaur-Mega, so playing well and being able to put the Z-Move at the right time, you can get rid of Venusaur-Mega and an entire team, it is quite underrated.
B to B+ / A-
Like Mimikyu, he is really underrated, his Dragonium Z sets really are very difficult to wall, it works very well in Hyper Offense well built, there is not much more to talk about, it is simply devastating and very useful in certain teams, I think it deserves a raise too.
A+ to A
Many threats generate too much pressure on these two, they are great walls, but now the teams are more offensive or carry things like Celebi instead, I think they could drop a subrank, just one.
PD: Let me know if there is a viability ranking thread, I comment them here because I do not know where I have to do it, by the way, I have seen that there could be two nice additions to the tier.
OU to UU
Not crazy, Dragapult would be a very interesting and healthy addition to the tier, it has counters like Sylveon, Florges, Altaria-Mega, AV Muk Alola, Azumarill SpDef, Mimikyu sometimes, Blissey and Togekiss, so it would not lack counters , It would also give Umbreon some utility by the way and also Gengar and Dragapult would compete quite a bit and offer some things to the metagame, as one more answer for Victini, Hydreigon and Slowbro, I think that in VR it could be in
A+, A or even A- rank.
OU to UU
Grimmsnarl would offer great support with the screens and is stopped by very powerful Taunt users and Wallbreakers, Bulk Up Grimmsnarl would have his checks as Primarina or Altaria-Mega, this addition will be very interesting too, I think it could be
B+ / A- rank.
bye guys :)
S --> A+
A --> A-
A- --> B+
B+ --> B
B --> B-
B --> B-
C --> UR
C --> UR
C --> UR
C --> UR
A+ --> S
A+ --> S
A- --> A
B+ --> A-
UU --> OU
UU --> OU
UU --> OU
UU --> OU
UU --> OU
UUBL --> OU
OU --> UU
OU --> UU
→ A+
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→ C
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A → A+
A → A+
A → A+
A → A+
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A- → A+
A- → A+
A- → A
A- → A
A- → A
A- → A
A- → A
A- → A
B → A
B → A
B → A
B+ → A-
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B+ → A-
B+ → A-
B → B+
B → B+
B- → B+
B- → B
B- → B
B- → B
C → B
C → B
C → B
C → B
C → B-
C → B-
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C → B-
C → B-
A- → B+
A- → B+
B+ → B
B+ → B
B → B-
B → B-
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B → B-
B → C
B → C
B- → C
C → UR
C → UR
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C → UR
C → UR
finally mamoswine, if its knock off mamo over rocks mamo, switching in becomes difficult, because pod without boots is hands down bad. usually its going to click knock early game, so try not to switch in pod for fear of losing boots but pod is an excellent check to rocks mamo. for knock mamo you want to try and neuter it as early as possible with mbanette, if you can't pull it off revenge with passimian.
UU --> OU
UUBL --> OU
