I know that a lot of this stuff has already been said butI wanted to express my opinion about the posts that Dice and Le Chiffre made.
Even though it has all these really nice traits it also has some huge flaws. E g: If you run Groundceus you need to run a POgre check. The first one that comes to mind is PDon, because it checks POgre and Xerneas, sets up rocks and is just nice overall. At this point you have two Groud-Types. A lot of peopla have argued that PDon isnt a "real Ground-Type". That is true but to a certain degree it still is a Ground-Type and likes to run EQ/Precipice Blades and Stone Edge. I know that PDon can also run Lava Plume or DTail as attacks, but you kinda double up on coverage. Facing competition from E-Killer, Gostceus and Arceus-Water doesn't help either.
From my experience (doesnt mean anything because I am not nearly as good as most people in this thread) it is really hard to build a team with Groundceus, that wouldn't be better with E-Killer/Ghostceus/Arceus-Water. I find it not splashable at all and I think that it should not be A+.
Also agree with this one.
If I said something that is wrong please tell me so that I can correct it^^
I completly agree with this. Groundceus is an amizing mon. The SD variant has a powerful STAB EQ, good stats, diverse movepool and can threaten a lot of mons that are good in the metagame (Diancie, PDon, Ho-Oh, Klefki, non charti Yveltal, non charti Rayquaza, and so on). The utility variant is less scary to face, but gets its job done and is able to beat the most common rocker.Arceus-Ground: A
Even though it has all these really nice traits it also has some huge flaws. E g: If you run Groundceus you need to run a POgre check. The first one that comes to mind is PDon, because it checks POgre and Xerneas, sets up rocks and is just nice overall. At this point you have two Groud-Types. A lot of peopla have argued that PDon isnt a "real Ground-Type". That is true but to a certain degree it still is a Ground-Type and likes to run EQ/Precipice Blades and Stone Edge. I know that PDon can also run Lava Plume or DTail as attacks, but you kinda double up on coverage. Facing competition from E-Killer, Gostceus and Arceus-Water doesn't help either.
From my experience (doesnt mean anything because I am not nearly as good as most people in this thread) it is really hard to build a team with Groundceus, that wouldn't be better with E-Killer/Ghostceus/Arceus-Water. I find it not splashable at all and I think that it should not be A+.
Arceus-Water on the other hand is one of the most splashable mons in the metagame. Providing a good utility/glue mon for almost any balance or stall team, it has become a very important part of the metagame. Altough it suffers a bit from the 4MSS (Judgment, Ice Beam, Toxic, Recover, Defog, WoW?) it still is able to do its job consistently without hindering teambuilding as much as Groundceus does.Arceus-Water: A+
Also agree with this one.
If I said something that is wrong please tell me so that I can correct it^^