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I'd be more inclined to remove Kerf than MMeta from S.
frankly idt either of them deserve S, IMO the top 3 mons in the meta rn are pretty clearly some variation of Torn > kerf > exca/serp/mmeta

"MMeta requires TPunch in this metagame, and Bullet Punch has felt too useful to turn down."
tpunch isn't /required/, while id argue its its best move that isn't a stab you can def run some bullshit like zenbutt bp hammerarm pursuit, and then have something like toxic lando for bro / jelli. BP is also straight up droppable if you're not running Ada (which is by far my fav mmeta) IMO, its good for revenging the plethora of faster stuff in the tier (weav, mlop, zam, etc) but otherwise I feel its sorta inferior to BP.

while we're talking abt vr changes I feel like serp and mzam could be A+, necturna and volcarona and volcanion in A, mpins mdia and cofa in A-, and dropping keld to B+ I don't feel like clarifying but if spoo writes a sassy responds to these claims I might feel inclined to further elaborate
 
will keep this brief but i agree that both mmeta and kerf aren’t S anymore- i voted mmeta to A+ the last vr slate and i still stand by that, i think it faces more competition than ever in the mega slot and the mon simply can’t do it all the way it used to. kerf on the other hand took a hit after losing focus blast and i agree w garrett that the meta has adapted to it pretty cleanly since. IMO the top 3 are pretty clearly torn > drill > clef (maybe drill and torn are on the same tier, could argue either way), these 3 are just so indispensable to the vast majority of bo/balance in this meta and literally always pull their weight, feels v hard to build solid stuff without one of them. think some of pannus noms are generous, specifically mzam and nect- yea these are great mons but i don’t see zam having the sheer consistency or splashability that lop/meta offer, and nect is a HO staple but again not super consistent against a lot of defensive staples + common rkillers (yes it can tech for stuff in 4th move and whether it’s geo or SS but still struggles to hit everything at once)
 
After playing CAPPL and talking with pannu about some CAP Mons I didn't had enough experience here is my take on the metagame:

S
:clefable: Clefable

S-
:excadrill: Excadrill
:Serperior: Serperior
:Tornadus-Therian: Tornadus-Therian
:Colossoil: Colossoil

A+
:Lopunny-Mega: Lopunny-Mega
:Rotom-Wash: Rotom-Wash
:Weavile: Weavile
:Manaphy: Manaphy
:Ferrothorn: Ferrothorn
:Gliscor: Gliscor
:Metagross-Mega: Metagross-Mega
:Crucibelle: Crucibelle
:Magnezone: Magnezone
:Altaria-Mega: Altaria-Mega

A
:Diancie-Mega: Diancie-Mega
:Skarmory: Skarmory
:Volcarona: Volcarona
:Alakazam-Mega: Alakazam-Mega
:Heatran: Heatran
:Bisharp: Bisharp
:Garchomp: Garchomp
:Kerfluffle: Kerfluffle
:Medicham-Mega: Medicham-Mega
:Tomohawk: Tomohawk
:Gastrodon: Gastrodon
:Scizor-Mega: Scizor-Mega
:Keldeo: Keldeo

A-
:Tyranitar-Mega: Tyranitar-Mega
:Chansey: Chansey
:Slowbro: Slowbro
:Latias: Latias
:Necturna: Necturna
:Volcanion: Volcanion
:Krilowatt: Krilowatt
:Thundurus-Therian: Thundurus-Therian
:Slowbro-Mega: Slowbro-Mega
:Landorus-Therian: Landorus-Therian
:Amoonguss: Amoonguss
:Latias-Mega: Latias-Meg
:Talonflame: Talonflame

B+
:Tyranitar: Tyranitar
:Pinsir-Mega: Pinsir-Mega
:Charizard-Mega-X: Charizard-Mega-X
:Thundurus: Thundurus
:Azumarill: Azumarill
:Tangrowth: Tangrowth
:Dragonite: Dragonite
:Zapdos: Zapdos
:Crucibelle-Mega: Crucibelle-Mega
:Syclant: Syclant
:Kyurem: Kyurem
:Quagsire: Quagsire
:Cloyster: Cloyster
:Crawdaunt: Crawdaunt
:Seismitoad: Seismitoad

B
:Ditto: Ditto
:Jellicent: Jellicent
:Kitsunoh: Kitsunoh
:Volkraken: Volkraken:
:Alomomola: Alomomola
:Latios: Latios
:Hydreigon: Hydreigon
:Shuckle: Shuckle
:Reuniclus: Reuniclus
:Venusaur-Mega: Venusaur-Mega
:Victini: Victini
:Suicune: Suicune
:Kyurem-Black: Kyurem-Black
:Mollux: Mollux
:Cofagrigus: Cofagrigus
:Terrakion: Terrakion
:Hippowdon: Hippowdon
:Gyarados-Mega: Gyarados-Mega
:gardevoir-Mega: Gardevoir-Mega
:Cresselia: Cresselia
:Stratagem: Stratagem
:Gallade-Mega: Gallade-Mega

B-
:Cyclohm: Cyclohm
:Charizard-Mega-Y: Charizard-Mega-Y
:Manectric-Mega: Manectric-Mega
:Blissey: Blissey
:Breloom: Breelom
:Slowking: Slowking
:Starmie: Starmie
:Jirachi: Jirachu
:Mew: Mew
:Heracross-Mega: Heracross-Mega
:Hoopa: Hoopa
:Gengar: Gengar
:Rotom-Mow: Rotom-Mow
:Togekiss: Togekiss
:Magneton: Magneton

Rest is C or below

Most warping:

:Colossoil:

In my opinion the undesputed best Pokemon from all the legal CAP Mons in this Metagame. It is literally a custom Pokemon, it has everything what a Pursuit Trapper always wanted. Great Attack statof 122 witha solid Speed of 95 for a Suiter. Thanks to that, it isn't reliant on Choice Item to further boost one of those Stats. Instead it most commonly opts to run Assault Vest it gets absurd bulky and easily tanks Hits like Focus Blast and will only get 3HKO by weaker effective special attacks at best. I should mention that with Guts you can't even get around with Will-O-Wisp and Toxing it to put on a Timer always comes with a great risk for doubling it already dangerous damage Output. So, it denies nearly alone all fraile and Status Reliant weak to Dark-Type Attacks Pokemon in the Metagame. On top of that it can also be used as solid Rapid Spiner since it can Knock of Rocky Helmet User which Excadrill only wishes in their dreams. Other Options like Sucker Punch or more niche like Aqua Tail, Crunch or a Leftovers/Dark Glasses or Greed Flame Orb can be runned but the most warping Set is the AV one which makes every Pursuit and Status Reliant Pokemona much more difficult time to use.
Tl;dr
All Special Attacker and Dark-Type Weak Pokemon might fear getting trapped or chipped for greatly damaged. It also serves as a Removal Option which ORAS lacks heavily.

:Crucibelle:
To clarify, I am only gonna talk about the non-Mega Variation of this Pokemon since I think it is much more superior. I think the Mega struggles not being able to keep rocks up ever vs drill and offensive Sets being outclassed by Mega Diancie. While I do believe Coil with Double Stabs and Wood Hammer has it place in the Meta since it can solo Teams on it is own. Back to Crucibelle especially the Choice Scarf Sets shifts the whole Metagame of ORAS with being to outspeed everything witha Base Speed of 104. With acess to U-Turn it fullfills a great role of a Pivot. It also is a Poison Type which is incredible since ORAS did not have many viable ones and flexibles to begin with.Other two huge aspects of it is the abbility to threaten Clefable and walling non Twave Sets and depending on Matchup non Knock Off for Years thanks to Regenerator recovering all the Chip. Also being able to live HP Ground once from Volcarona and basically always forcing it to run Ground as the Choice of the Hidden Power make other Counter more reliable. If you would not like to hit on the Switch instantly, you are getting outspeed in return thanks to Choice Scarf and threatened by Stab Rocks Type Attacks. Not only Volcarona but also slow Setuper must fearpotential Trick and beinf crippled that way. A set with Black Sludge can be runned instead to threaten Trick on Excadrill or other Steels to make a Stealth Rock Set more viable.
Tl;dr:
Crucibelle matches well into Tspikes and more Offensive Teams nicely whiel providing overall a good pivot

Other Cap who need to be prepped for (A- or higher):

:Kerfluffle:
With the loss of Focus Blast it lacks sheer power it needed to hit. The Specs Set suffers from Protect Spam and the Life Orb Set end up missing crucial damage. Unlike Keldeo who is very similair with great Typing and Damage Powerhpouses to Kerf it offers 0 Utility with their Attacks unlike Keldeo's Scald. It shines best loading into Fairy Resist Clefabale + Excadrill which some ORAS OU Teams have. The insane speed tier of 119 makes lot of the 100-110 Mons lot weaker and Fodder for Kerf

:Tomohawk:

Flying Type with non Rocks Weakness, beating both good Spinner and making Drill live harder with Helmet. Prankster and Intimidate are both good options depending what u want it to do and has Spin. Best Lop pivot thanks to Intim + Helmet and Taunt helps vs slower Mons. Best Sleep Pick defensively. Prankster + Haze invalidates a lot of Setup Sweeper entirely, which gives it a defining role + the Helmet Intim Set

:Krilowatt:
Heart Swap underated utility with the great Bulk. Hazard + Burn/Tox immune is very cool with Magic Guard and good Typing. Dies to Knock Off unfortunate but has insane Bulk with high 151 hp base

:Necturna:
Nice dogfish matchup fish Pokemon with Geomancy and Shell Smash. EIther 6-0 matchup or u play with 5 Mons. Needs correct moves and correct Set to win or might end up getting walled / Statused / Prio Attack.

I tried to explain some of Placements with the Influence of the best Cap Mons but more explanation might be needed. If anyone wanna engage in the Old Gen Cap Discord or this threat, I would appreciate it. Other reason for some differences from original VR might be my bias ORAS Opinion from OU. But anyhow, lets attempt to revive this
 
:ss/krilowatt: :ss/excadrill: :ss/tangrowth: :ss/clefable: :ss/tyranitar: :ss/tornadus:
https://pokepast.es/80773168cef8eee3 (W) vs gorex
Team around Lure Krilowatt , I wanted to make up for dropping Heat Wave Tornadus so I can touch Steels. SPD Ferrothorn is decent vs standard Krillowratt sets without HP Fire. Excadrill is consistent and is the best spinner in the tier. Its benefits off sand and it’s a consistent win condition that punishes poor team building. AV Tornadus catches Mega Ttar with Superpower and Regenerator is nice sustain right now. Tangrowth, again, Regenerator is nice sustain and it Sleep Powder can shut down threats and paint turns for Excadrill to actually setup rather than playing aggressive. Thunder Wave CM Clefable is a win condition on its own that doesn’t fall short to entry hazards. Thunder Waving Mega Metagross / Tornadus is huge progress. Pursuit Rocks Mega Tyranitar traps Alakzam, Starmie, Paralyzed Pokemon from Clefables Thunder Wave, and more. It provides the team a check to Tornadus if your own Tornadus gets low.

:ss/cofagrigus: :ss/excadrill: :ss/clefable: :ss/starmie: :ss/crucibelle: :ss/scizor:
https://pokepast.es/6ff7c5bcdd9b35af vs Foolycl (W)
Cofagrigus is pretty sick in this meta. It’s a defensive Ghost type that simply does good into Excadrill. It blocks spin and eats and Earthquake. Toxic Spikes forces trades & punishes builds without a Poison and Pain Split puts you right back in the game. Next I added a Gliscor. I wanted Knock Off to force progress and with a Scizor / Scarf Cruci, Clefable, and a Mega Scizor, I felt pretty well rounded into Weavile. I wanted to run a 2-move Clefable set this week because my Starmie and Scizor wasn’t really win conditions on this team. Since Excadrill is so good and common, I wanted to have Starmie in case Cofagrigus got low or Iron Head Flinched, I have like “the better spinner” because I win the 1v1 with Excadrill. In my game I think I had Thunder Wave and I think my reasoning is just if I wanted to thunder wave a metagross or any fast Mon. I rather thunder wave a setup clefable over toxic it since its magic guard ya? Pursuit Scizor was cope probably but you can consistently force progress into Alakzam and U-turn still brings things in. Scarf Crucibelle is offensive compression. I said in my head that “my opponent will assume this has a poison attack” and I really wanted trick in case I wanted to trick a Gliscor at some point. I really wanted Ice Fang Gliscor or just ice coverage but I think Gliscor is just an amazing win condition on its own and you should always keep it in mind from a builder standpoint.

thanks for drafting me Da Pizza Man & Concept Everything, it’s always fun building this tier
 
Surprise, it's a year-overdue VR update!

With CAPCL on the horizon, it's prime time for resource updates – hopefully samples will be soon to follow. Thanks to Spammernoob Steam Buns Micaiah and Lasen for voting with me on this slate. Lots of changes here, read through them below:

Code:
Newly Ranked
Gallade-Mega -> A-
Cresselia -> B
Cloyster -> B-
Seismitoad -> B-
Aerodactyl -> C+
Conkeldurr -> C+
Ditto -> C+
Togekiss -> C

Rises
Clefable A+ -> S-
Excadrill A+ -> S-
Alakazam-Mega A -> A+
Colossoil A -> A+
Lopunny-Mega A -> A+
Serperior A -> A+
Garchomp A- -> A
Necturna A- -> A
Volcanion A- -> A
Volcarona A- -> A
Zapdos A- -> A
Bisharp B+ -> A-
Charizard-Mega-X B+ -> A-
Charizard-Mega-Y B+ -> A-
Diancie-Mega B+ -> A+
Latias-Mega B+ -> A-
Syclant B+ -> A-
Thundurus B+ -> A
Gyarados-Mega B -> B+
Krilowatt B -> B+
Kyurem-Black B -> B+
Latias B -> B+
Suicune B -> B+
Venusaur-Mega B -> B+
Crawdaunt B- -> B
Heracross-Mega B- -> B
Hippowdon B- -> B
Thundurus-Therian B- -> B+
Arghonaut C+ -> B+
Dragonite C+ -> B
Gardevoir-Mega C+ -> B-
Kingdra C -> C+
Kyurem C -> C+
Mamoswine C -> C+
Naviathan C -> B-

Drops
Metagross-Mega S -> A+
Kerfluffle S- -> A+
Ferrothorn A+ -> A
Heatran A -> A-
Landorus-Therian A -> A-
Magnezone A -> A-
Slowbro-Mega A -> A-
Tomohawk A -> A-
Tyranitar A -> A-
Amoonguss A- -> B+
Crucibelle-Mega A- -> B+
Cofagrigus B+ -> B
Gastrodon B+ -> B
Slowking B+ -> B
Fidgit B -> B-
Manectric-Mega B -> B-
Reuniclus B -> B-
Starmie B -> B-
Volkraken B -> C+
Hydreigon B- -> C+
Latios-Mega B- -> C
Quagsire B- -> C+
Alakazam C+ -> C
Plasmanta C -> UR
 
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