I didn't mention this mon in my last nom post bc I thought that the flaws it had were pretty evident and spoke for themselves but apparently I was wrong, so here I go on a (hopefully) small rant.
A+ -> A
I mentioned most of the big reasons that I find this mon unimpressive in my last post with its major themes, namely how hazards-focused the current meta is. Copper was able to do a lot more stuff last gen bc wearing it down with only Rocks was significantly more difficult. Well, now we're in gen9, and we have a plethora of good Spikes setters, including one of the best mons in the tier and a huge pain to Copper, Gligar. Spikes make wearing down Copper much much easier, which really sucks for Copper bc it is tasked with switching into a ton of mons, so that chip racks up really fast. It doesn't help that Copper matches up poorly into a number of our good Spikers, which brings me to another point. Sure, Copper could run EQ to slam Qwil and Klef or Knock to cripple Gligar, but in the game of mons, we only get 4 moves on a set and Copper is very very starved in this regard. You want Rocks for obvious reasons, but you also want Knock for Gligar and overall utility, Protect to rack up Leftovers recovery, EQ for good coverage and a way to hit some of the aforementioned Spikers (even though Copper won't get out of those matchups unscathed). That's 4 moves right there, and we don't even have STAB and that's not counting recent meta developments. You want Sheer Force Iron Head to not get set up on by the rising threat Glastrier but you want Heavy Metal Heavy Slam for basically everything else. Some people have proposed Earth Power to pack a better punch against certain targets like Qwil. There's a lot of moves seriously worth considering, and missing out on any one of them means you're missing out on something, and this is certainly not a problem exclusive to Copper, but the 4mss is much worse on it fs. But surely all of these flaws are made up for by Copper's otherwise superb matchup spread, right? Wrong, most of the best-case scenarios for Copper involve making at best a risky switch. Thought you were eating a Goodra Draco Meteor? You got Fore Blasted instead and now you gotta switch. Even in the instances where Copper can do its job like against Guno, Tatsu, or Mesprit, the aforementioned Spikes damage is going to pile up quick and lend a lot of crucial chip, not to mention the possibility of Tera. Thought you were gonna scare out a cm Florges? You're 2HKOd by +1 Tera Blast Ground/Fire easily, same logic applies to Specs, except they'll just do it to you on the switch and you won't accomplish anything.
TLDR: Copper does not have the consistency to justify its placement amongst such staples as Brux, Goo, and Hari, and the meta has only become more and more hostile to it. I'm not saying it's bad by any stretch, after all how bad can a strong, bulky Steel in NU really be? But it certainly deserves to be dropped a bit to reflect the tougher times it's fallen on.
Thanks for coming to my unhinged TED Talk!
A+ -> AI mentioned most of the big reasons that I find this mon unimpressive in my last post with its major themes, namely how hazards-focused the current meta is. Copper was able to do a lot more stuff last gen bc wearing it down with only Rocks was significantly more difficult. Well, now we're in gen9, and we have a plethora of good Spikes setters, including one of the best mons in the tier and a huge pain to Copper, Gligar. Spikes make wearing down Copper much much easier, which really sucks for Copper bc it is tasked with switching into a ton of mons, so that chip racks up really fast. It doesn't help that Copper matches up poorly into a number of our good Spikers, which brings me to another point. Sure, Copper could run EQ to slam Qwil and Klef or Knock to cripple Gligar, but in the game of mons, we only get 4 moves on a set and Copper is very very starved in this regard. You want Rocks for obvious reasons, but you also want Knock for Gligar and overall utility, Protect to rack up Leftovers recovery, EQ for good coverage and a way to hit some of the aforementioned Spikers (even though Copper won't get out of those matchups unscathed). That's 4 moves right there, and we don't even have STAB and that's not counting recent meta developments. You want Sheer Force Iron Head to not get set up on by the rising threat Glastrier but you want Heavy Metal Heavy Slam for basically everything else. Some people have proposed Earth Power to pack a better punch against certain targets like Qwil. There's a lot of moves seriously worth considering, and missing out on any one of them means you're missing out on something, and this is certainly not a problem exclusive to Copper, but the 4mss is much worse on it fs. But surely all of these flaws are made up for by Copper's otherwise superb matchup spread, right? Wrong, most of the best-case scenarios for Copper involve making at best a risky switch. Thought you were eating a Goodra Draco Meteor? You got Fore Blasted instead and now you gotta switch. Even in the instances where Copper can do its job like against Guno, Tatsu, or Mesprit, the aforementioned Spikes damage is going to pile up quick and lend a lot of crucial chip, not to mention the possibility of Tera. Thought you were gonna scare out a cm Florges? You're 2HKOd by +1 Tera Blast Ground/Fire easily, same logic applies to Specs, except they'll just do it to you on the switch and you won't accomplish anything.
TLDR: Copper does not have the consistency to justify its placement amongst such staples as Brux, Goo, and Hari, and the meta has only become more and more hostile to it. I'm not saying it's bad by any stretch, after all how bad can a strong, bulky Steel in NU really be? But it certainly deserves to be dropped a bit to reflect the tougher times it's fallen on.
Thanks for coming to my unhinged TED Talk!
probably B-
B-
A+ -> A. I genuinely don't get the hype behind this mon. I was silent on it before since while I face it a ton, I myself have seldom used it. I decided to give it a fair shot soon after my last post and... it just feels very underwhelming. Even when facing it I've almost never struggled to wall it or pick it off after some prior chip. And using it a lot myself lately, it's had only 1 game where it's impressed me. I've tried the bulk up lefties set, belly drum, guts and assault vest sets and none strike me as A+ material. It does have the rare Fighting typing, a trait only commonly shared by 
which plays differently from Hariyama anyway, and it does in fairness eat the Chansey/Avalugg core for breakfast, but it doesn't feel as blanket as the other A+ mons. It's good, but not amazing.
A- -> A+. I would argue it's just as good if not better than 
. Sure, Jolteon has a higher special attack and can set up with Calm Mind, but Hisuian Electrode has so many good traits to differentiate it. I would say the biggest thing is the set flexibility. Jolteon is very rarely changing up it's usual set of Thunderbolt-Tera Blast-Volt Switch-Calm Mind. You might see the odd Shadow Ball or Substitute, but that's about it. With Hisuian Electrode, the only real mandatory moves are Leaf Storm and Volt Switch, and then you can add what you want to the rest. Need a Taunter? It can do that. Want Foul Play for Swords Dancers and BD Hariyama? It can do that. Thunder Wave? Sure. Want to try to cheese with Substitute + Leech Seed? It can do that. And of course there's nothing wrong with running Thunderbolt or Tera Blast. Plus, being able to threaten Ground types with STAB Leaf Storm and even take massive chunks off of 
is massive since Jolteon can't touch said Ground types without Terastalizing. All that said, Jolteon is definitely better as a sweeper, but Hisuian Electrode can provide such good support between the options in its movepool and having Static for an ability while still being able to act as a great offensive pivot like Jolteon tends to do. In my eyes they belong in the same tier.
A -> A-. This is a weird one in that you'll hear a lot of people praise it, but you rarely ever actually see it. What's the issue? Well, it kind of suffers from Four-MoveSlot-Syndrome. It's most often a setup mon, so it often packs Calm Mind and/or Agility. Then for a Psychic STAB move it usually runs Psyshock, but Stored Power isn't uncommon. Then for coverage it either runs Hurricane or Tera Blast (usually Fighting or Ground). It also wants recovery, so then it tries to fit in Recover. Problem is, no matter the set there's always a glaring issue. It wants to run all of Calm Mind, Agility, Psyshock/Stored Power, Hurricane/Tera Blast and Recover but can only run four of those moves. If you run something like Calm Mind-Psychic STAB-coverage-Recover, you find yourself settling for an awkward speed tier without priority. But it hates giving up any of those moves for Agility, because then it either lacks STAB, coverage, setup power or longevity. 
gets away with not being very fast because it has an excellent typing and bulk. There's something to be said about Weakness Policy sets, but the Stealth Rocks weakness hurts its ability to setup, and purposefully tanking a super effective hit on a pokemon that isn't terrible bulky makes it seem like it's more of a hassle for a sweeper that's probably getting deleted by a priority move anyway. Even the rare Future Sight sets aren't very scary either. All of this to say too that if you're running a Psychic type, it's likely going to be 
anyway.
C > C+
C > C+