Serperior to A : agree
Serperior is a huge threat due to its speed combined with his ability to go at +2 in SAtk while dealing damage and punches holes in the opponent's team from there; Glare is a nice lure move because helps dealing with some check and counters thus making it one of the best late game cleaners. I see Serperior A rank at maximum due to its middling bulk and limited number of coverage moves with the classic HP dilemma "if I choose HP Fire i can beat some pokemons but i am checked by [...]; if I choose HP x I beat some other threats and I can be checked by others" due to its harsh movepool.
Skarmory to A+ : disagree
I think that the only thing that makes Ferrothorn and Hippowdon A+ worty is the possibility to run a STAB (or even two in Ferrothorn's case) without recoil who leaves it prone to be revenge killed more easily than the other two monster from the threat that eats Brave Bird (from a pokemon with 65 base HP and 70 base Spe) and Counter, while being great, works only against physical attackers. There is no shame of being "only" A-rank worthy.
Serperior is a huge threat due to its speed combined with his ability to go at +2 in SAtk while dealing damage and punches holes in the opponent's team from there; Glare is a nice lure move because helps dealing with some check and counters thus making it one of the best late game cleaners. I see Serperior A rank at maximum due to its middling bulk and limited number of coverage moves with the classic HP dilemma "if I choose HP Fire i can beat some pokemons but i am checked by [...]; if I choose HP x I beat some other threats and I can be checked by others" due to its harsh movepool.
Skarmory to A+ : disagree
I think that the only thing that makes Ferrothorn and Hippowdon A+ worty is the possibility to run a STAB (or even two in Ferrothorn's case) without recoil who leaves it prone to be revenge killed more easily than the other two monster from the threat that eats Brave Bird (from a pokemon with 65 base HP and 70 base Spe) and Counter, while being great, works only against physical attackers. There is no shame of being "only" A-rank worthy.
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