Slowbro is being suspect tested due to the immense impact it has had on the NU tier both in-game and in the teambuilder. With excellent mixed bulk which compliments its defensive typing and access to the extraordinary ability 'Regenerator', Slowbro is far and away the best defensive piece in the tier with unmatched longevity. To compound this, it has access to Scald as it's main attacking move, giving it a relatively strong and spammable move which has a 30% chance to burn anything that switches into it. This is significant, as it immediately makes all forms of potential physical attacking switch-ins far less safe, as they will be unable to break it after a burn. Special breakers that try to switch into Slowbro can similarly have a difficult time between hazards, slowbro's offensive presence, and residual burn damage slowly racking up, as it safely switches out and regains HP with regenerator. Slowbro's premier set has become one which runs Calm Mind / Scald / Psychic Noise / Slack Off in order to become an extremely resilient win condition that has extreme staying power and the ability to boost it's way through special attackers that would otherwise scare it out. With Tera Poison, Slowbro is able to dodge Sludge Bomb poisons and Toxic, letting it turn would be defensive checks like Umbreon, Muk-Alola, Bellibolt, Goodra, and Dragalge into setup fodder. Slowbro has become a cornerstone of balance, with many balance v balances games turning into a match of who has more speed creep on Slowbro, or who can preserve the Covert Cloak on their Slowbro till endgame to win the 1v1. Other Pokemon in the tier have started to adapt by running Covert Cloak and Lum Berry as a means of circumventing Slowbro's Scald and Psychic Noise. That being said, those who are more inclined to using offensive builds may argue that Slowbro can be handled fairly comfortably by the myriad of strong breakers and sweepers we have, for example Nasty Plot Mew, Nasty Plot Thundurus, Gallade, Venusaur, Scovillain, Basculegion, and Toxtricity. Another point of argument is that Slowbro is often forced to switch into U-Turn users such as Mienshao, Flygon, and Talonflame, which constantly put the Slowbro player on the back foot to be taken advantage of by offensive builds. Furthermore, Slowbro is quite predictable and forcing it to tera can at times be simple when putting stress onto the more passive builds it finds itself on, leaving it to be taken advantage of post-tera. Overall, it's presence is a controversially contested one, and the NU Council believes that it is deserving of a public suspect test to let the community determine its fate.
- ***WE ARE USING A NEW METHOD FOR SUSPECT REQS*** Reading this is mandatory for participating in the suspect test. We will be trialing a new method for reqs that does NOT utilize GXE. Instead, the voting requirements are that you achieve an 80% winrate with a minimum of 32 games won. For example, a record of 32 wins to 8 losses is an 80% winrate which totals at 40 games overall, thus you would qualify for reqs with this. A record of 32-0 would also qualify for reqs, and is the minimum amount of games that can be played to qualify. There is NO maximum game limit, so you may take as many games as you need to achieve reqs as long as you arrive at an 80% winrate. For example, a record of 46 wins to 11 losses would also qualify me for reqs, as 80% of 57 is 46 wins.
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- We will be using the regular NU ladder for this suspect test. We will not be creating a new Suspect Ladder. At the beginning of every battle, there will be an announcement denoting the ongoing suspect with a link to this thread.
- Slowbro will be allowed on the ladder.
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- The suspect test will last until Monday, June 3rd @ 11:59pm (GMT-4), and then the voting thread will be posted in the Blind Voting subforum.
I agree with GXE that Flygon is S tier, second only to Slowbro imo. Best speed control in the tier atm, with Scarf and CB First Impression. Choice Band in particular is something I throw on literally every single team because it checks an insane number of boxes in one slot.
Rain is broken and needs to be addressed, but we can't even get sun out of the picture. Basculegion in Rain has genuinely 0 counterplay outside of the 2 immunities available in the tier, both of which are admittedly quite terrible in the current metagame (mostly Gastrodon, Vaporeon is useable I guess). I have proposed a Basculegion ban for a while now, but Rain often feels more oppressive than Sun at times and when Basculegion nets easy 2HKO's on some of the bulkiest Water resists in the tier like Vileplume and Slowbro and doesn't even drop below half after recoil + Helmet? How is that okay? This Pokemon facilitates a playstyle devoid of skill and counterplay and is a net negative in the tier.
Many players whom opinions I greatly respect think that Oricorio Pom-Pom should be banned but currently I can't help but disagree. I think its stats are simply too terrible for the tier at the moment and the only thing netting it wins is a blatant lack of prep because nobody was really using it until now. I can see a point where optimization from both sides of the coin result in this Pokemon being too oppressive for the tier but at the moment I think it's just a solid anti-meta Pokemon that's farming the Water, Grass, Fighting, and Ground-dominated tier.
Grassy Terrain is super strong right now, also buffing the aforementioned Oricorio Pom-Pom, but facilitating Unburden Pokemon capable of dominating opposing offensive teams (like Sun, Rain, and general HO's) due to their insane speed tiers. I don't think the playstyle is broken at all, but maybe some Grassy Seed + Calm Mind Pokemon becomes really dumb, idk. 
Mew is broken. Not even the "oh I don't know which set it is!" it's Nasty Plot. Nasty Plot is way too insane of a breaker while being difficult to KO due to 100/100/100 bulk and Tera Draining Kiss being conceptually broken. I think the recent development of Weakness Policy has really pushed Mew over the edge for me, as Mew is admittedly pretty weak, but getting a free +2 just for getting Knocked Off or U-turn'd is super unfair. Despite the advent of Psychic Noise from special walls like Assault Vest Reuniclus, Mew can just Nasty Plot until the Noise wears off, then heal all the way back with Draining Kiss every other turn, and god forbid Reuniclus goes for a Knock Off. I think the other Mew sets are straight up bad; Dragon Dance is too weak, Swords Dance is probably fine but lacks the OP coverage of Psychic + Dkiss + Earth Power.
Meloetta's stats and movepool are way too good for Meloetta to be bad. Assault Vest, Choice Specs / Scarf, and I've been using Echoed Voice + Metronome which does really comical things like 2HKOing Muk-A after a single boost.
Articuno-G is a Psychic-type that owns Krookodile and sets up on Slowbro and Vileplume; it's a perfect anti-meta Pokemon. Have used Adrenaline Orb for Scarf Krookodile, Grassy Seed on Terrain teams, etc..
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