Project Personal OU Viability Rankings

[Kazt_5]

Saw some people doing their own VRs and thought why not doing mine, based from the original VR and doing my own changes to it. This list is also organized from best to worst in their respectives subranks.

S Rank
Landorus-Therian
Dragapult

S- Rank
Heatran
Tapu Fini
Tornadus-Therian
Weavile

A+Rank
Urshifu-Rapid Strike
Corviknight
Slowking-galar
Ferrothorn
Melmetal
Tapu Lele
Toxapex
Tapu Koko

A Rank
Garchomp
Kartana
Ninetales-Alola
Arctozolt
Clefable
Kyurem
Magnezone
Dragonite
Buzzwole

A- Rank
Zeraora
Hippowdon
Skarmory
Volcanion
Tyranitar
Volcarona
Rillaboom
Scizor

B+ Rank
Hydreigon
Bisharp
Blacephalon
Excadrill
Blissey
Nidoking
Zapdos
Tapu Bulu
Rotom-Wash
Victini
Mew
Slowbro

B Rank
Gastrodon
Slowking
Seismitoad
Pelipper
Barraskewda
Mandibuzz
Aegislash
Zapdos-Galar
Dracozolt
Tangrowth
Hawlucha
Reuniclus

B- Rank
Crawdaunt
Toxtricity
Mamoswine
Amoonguss
Latios
Moltres-Galar
Swampert
Jirachi
Blaziken
Glastrier

C+ Rank
Thundurus-Therian
Kingdra
Terrakion
Hatterene
Conkeldurr
Suicune
Rotom-Heat
Zarude
Gengar
Grimmsnarl
Latias
Cresselia
Keldeo
Kommo-o

C Rank
Primarina
Marowak-Alola
Azumarill
Togekiss
Chansey
Regieleki
Torkoal
Venusaur
Celesteela
Ditto
Umbreon
Quagsire
Porygon2
Lycanroc-Dusk
Darmanitan

C- Rank
Azelf
Shedinja
Ribombee
Alakazam
Xatu
Moltres
Klefki
Slowbro-Galar
Weezing-Galar
Shuckle
Charizard
Necrozma


This is all, I probably missed some, there are some mons I think are underrated, others that I added that weren't on the VR and some I eliminated because they are terrible. If you dont agree with this list you are nitpicking an biased, I win bye bye

 

[Red Raven]

People seem to be reviving this thing so out of boredom, Imma do mine. Only the A ranks will be arranged on which I think are the most viable which means that the S and B ranks won't be. Also, I'm only gonna do until B- since I don't have enough experience with the mons in the C ranks

S Rank

Dragapult

Garchomp

Landorus Therian

S-

Corviknight
Heatran
Weavile

A+

Toxapex
Ferrothorn
Tapu Koko
Galarian Slowking
Tapu Fini
Tornadus Therian
Tapu Lele

A

Kyurem
Kartana
Urshifu
Melmetal
Alolan Ninetales
Hippowdon

A-

Scizor
Clefable
Rillaboom
Zeraora
Blacephalon
Hydreigon
Volcarona
Skarmory
Buzzwole
Dragonite
Tyranitar
Tapu Bulu

B+

Arctozolt
Bisharp
Blissey
Rotom Wash
Victini
Zapdos
Slowbro
Nidoking
Tangrowth
Milotic
Volcanion
Magnezone

B

Aegislash
Gastrodon
Hawlucha
Kommo o
Mew
Reuniclus
Swampert
Blaziken
Slowking

B-

Pelipper
Mandibuzz
Galarian Moltres
Galarian Zapdos
Latios
Latias
Excadrill
Dracozolt
Zaruda
Barraskewda

Probably missed one or two things but that's mostly what I think

 

[AM]

S



A+



A



A-



B+



B



B-



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[Cratersmash]

Not ranked within the tiers
S:
S-:
A+:
A:
A-:
B+:
B:
B-:

WIP

 

[Pietrym]

wip obviously (zeraora invasion)



S

Dragapult

Heatran

Landorus-Therian

S-

Corviknight

A+

Tapu Fini

Garchomp

Weavile

Toxapex

Rapid Strike Urshifu

Galarian Slowking

Zeraora

Tornadus-Therian

Melmetal

Clefable

A

Rillaboom

Kyurem

Tapu Koko

Ferrothorn

Volcarona

Tapu Lele

Kartana

Slowking

Scizor

Alolan Ninetales

A-

Barraskewda

Hydreigon

Hippowdon

Arctozolt

Zapdos

Dragonite

Slowbro

Magnezone

Victini

Bisharp

Blacephalon

Wash Rotom

Tyranitar

B+

Blissey

Mew

Tapu Bulu

Nidoking

Gastrodon

Pelipper

Excadrill


B

Volcanion

Swampert

Hawlucha

Kommo-o

Reuniclus

 

[BT89]

my super cool (and objectively correct) vr

S
Landorus-Therian
Heatran

S-
Dragapult
Tornadus-Therian

A+

Weavile
Urshifu Rapid Strike
Kyurem
Toxapex
Ferrothorn
Garchomp
Melmetal
Tapu Koko
Slowking-Galar
Kartana

A
Corviknight
Tapu Fini
Zeraora
Victini
Magnezone
Volcarona
Tapu Lele

A-
Blacephalon
Dragonite
Hippowdon
Tapu Bulu
Rotom-Wash
Buzzwole
Slowbro
Hydreigon
Scizor
Zapdos

B+
Bisharp
Mew
Skarmory
Arctozolt
Ninetales-Alola
Tyranitar
Moltres-Galar
Regieleki
Aegislash
Zapdos-Galar
Clefable
Volcanion
Gastrodon

B
Blissey
Nidoking
Pelipper
Barraskewda
Seismitoad
Terrakion

B-
Slowking
Crawdaunt
Swampert
Reuniclus
Nihilego
Keldeo
Amoonguss
Glastrier
Mandibuzz
Gengar
Tangrowth

C+
Excadrill
Shedinja
Jirachi
Dracozolt
Hawlucha
Latios
Grimmsnarl
Torkoal
Venusaur
Cresselia
Porygon2
Marowak-Alola
Blaziken

C
Latias
Moltres
Quagsire
Necrozma
Thundurus-Therian
Primarina
Avalugg
Lycanroc-Dusk
Mienshao
Togekiss
Suicune
Dhelmise
Kingdra
Sylveon
Conkeldurr
Chansey

C-
Zarude
Hatterene
Haxorus
Incineroar
Ribombee
Tyrantrum
Shuckle
Arcanine
Ditto
Bronzong
Salamence
Umbreon

 

[AquaVanilla]

SS OU PERSONAL VIABILITY RANKINGS (these are in abc btw)

S Rank:

the best mon in the metagame:
Dragapult

S Rank:
Landorus-Therian

S- Rank:
Heatran
Melmetal
Weavile

A Rank:

A+ Rank:
Clefable
Ferrothorn
Garchomp
Kartana
Rotom-Wash
Tapu Koko
Tapu Lele
Tornadus-Therian
Urshifu-R
Zapdos

A Rank:
Buzzwole
Dragonite
Ninetales-Alola
Rillaboom
Slowking-Galar
Tapu Fini
Toxapex

A- Rank:
Barraskewda
Blacephalon
Corviknight
Excadrill
Gastrodon
Pelipper
Slowbro
Tyranitar
Victini
Volcanion
Volcarona
Zeraora

B Rank:

B+ Rank:
Aegislash
Hydreigon
Magnezone
Nidoking
Seismitoad
Slowking

B Rank:
Arctozolt
Bisharp
Blaziken
Hawlucha
Hippowdon
Keldeo
Moltres-Galar
Scizor
Skarmory
Tapu Bulu
Zapdos-Galar

B- Rank:
Blissey
Crawdaunt
Kommo-o
Mew
Nihilego
Reuniclus
Suicune

C Rank:

C+ Rank:
Celesteela
Gengar
Jirachi
Latias
Latios
Tangrowth
Terrakion
Thundurus-Therian

C Rank:
Amoonguss
Cresselia
Dracozolt
Hatterene
Marowak-Alola
Torkoal
Venusaur

C- Rank
Alakazam
Azumarill
Blastoise
Ditto
Glastrier
Kingdra
Lycanroc-Dusk
Mandibuzz
Necrozma
Omastar
Polteagiest
Porygon2
Quagsire
Regieleki
Shedinja
Swampert
Toxtricity

 

[InvisibleWater]

Personal OU VR

S:
Heatran
Landorus-Therian

S-:
Dragapult

A+:
Clefable
Corviknight
Ferrothorn
Kyurem
Slowking-Galar
Tapu Fini
Tapu Koko
Tapu Lele
Tornadus-Therian
Toxapex

A:
Buzzwole
Kartana
Melmetal
Urshifu-Rapid-Strike
Weavile
Zeraora

A-:
Arctozolt
Blacephalon
Blissey
Garchomp
Hydreigon
Magnezone
Ninetales-Alola
Slowbro
Victini
Volcarona

B+:
Dragonite
Gastrodon
Hippowdon
Moltres-Galar
Nidoking
Rillaboom
Rotom-Wash
Skarmory
Tyranitar
Volcanion
Zapdos
Zapdos-Galar

B:
Aegislash
Barraskewda:
Bisharp
Hawlucha
Mew
Pelipper
Scizor
Tapu Bulu

B-:
Blaziken
Excadrill
Jirachi
Kommo-o
Mandibuzz
Nihilego
Reuniclus
Slowking
Tangrowth

C+:
Crawdaunt
Cresselia
Dracozolt
Gengar
Grimmsnarl
Kingdra
Mamoswine
Primarina
Seismitoad
Terrakion
Thundurus-Therian
Zarude

C:
Azumarill
Celesteela
Conkeldurr
Darmanitan
Glastrier
Keldeo
Marowak-Alola
Latias
Latios
Porygon2
Shedinja
Swampert
Torkoal
Venusaur

C-:
Amoonguss
Avalugg
Azelf
Ditto
Diancie
Hatterene
Heracross
Regieleki
Ribombee
Roserade
Shuckle
Slurpuff

 

[smokeyinferno]

hi (changes i made are colored blue. do note that this is subject to change maybe probably)

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S Rank:

S

Ferrothorn (such an insanely versatile gluemon rn, fantastic defensive stats and typing let it check off a number of difficult-to-check boxes and leech gives it solid longevity + spikes let it enable a plethora of scary breakers, off the top of my head there's lele and defiant mons but there are a ton of mons that benefit from added pressure on pretty much any grounded defensive mon lacking boots and ferrothorn is the easiest to justify out of all the viable spikers by a mile)

Landorus-Therian

S-

Dragapult

Heatran

Tornadus-Therian (fuck kart)

Weavile (still really strong)

A Rank:

A+

Corviknight

Kyurem

Slowking-Galar

Tapu Fini

Tapu Koko

Tapu Lele (specs hits absurdly hard and scarf is a fantastic revenger/cleaner)

Toxapex

Urshifu-R (idk why this mon dropped its still annoying af to prep for)

A

Garchomp

Kartana

Magnezone

Melmetal

Victini (has 5 billion sets and pretty decent defensive utility)

Scizor

Zeraora

A-

Arctozolt

Buzzwole

Hydreigon

Ninetales-Alola

Rotom-Wash (really good at maintaining momentum being a volt switcher that abuses grounds and all + wisp twave defog pain split are good moves)

Slowbro

Volcarona

Zapdos (idk why this dropped)

Zapdos-Galar (could this stay b+? eh probably but banded +2 cc is really funny)

B Rank:

B+

Barraskewda (feel like the current VR underrates rain a bit)

Bisharp

Blacephalon

Clefable (don't really feel like this mon is on par with the rest of A atm, it compresses a lot of valuable roles on fatter builds for sure but dual steel being everywhere this mon having moveslot issues and just fat as a whole not being in a great spot rn make clef harder to justify than ever)

Dragonite

Gastrodon

Hippowdon

Moltres-Galar

Nidoking

Pelipper (read what i said about skewda)

Rillaboom

Skarmory

Tapu Bulu (if only this mon got glide )

Tyranitar

Volcanion

B

Aegislash

Blissey (kyurem being arguably banworthy does not change the fact that this mon is hopelessly passive)

Hawlucha

Mew

Seismitoad (cool on rain)

Thundurus-Therian (also cool on rain)

B-

Blaziken

Chansey (chansey's better raw bulk than blissey is nice sometimes)

Grimmsnarl (prankster screens are really nice to have)

Jirachi

Kommo-o

Mandibuzz

Reuniclus

Slowking (maybe a bit harsh but whatever this mon fell off + L + ratio)

Swampert

Tangrowth (0 SpA Tangrowth Giga Drain vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Garchomp: 100-118 (28 - 33%) -- 85.3% chance to 4HKO after Leftovers recovery)

C Rank:

C+

Alakazam (lelezam is fun)

Crawdaunt

Dracozolt (when the grounds are specially defensive)

Excadrill (mediocre sweeper, fake steel, ground that sucks vs zera, bad removal/rocker. at least it has access to spin i suppose)

Cresselia

Gengar

Glastrier (gargantuan bulk, great coverage, and sky-high attack equate to this mon being a threat in its own right, even if its speed is balls)

Kingdra

Mamoswine

Nihilego

Polteageist (pretty funny on some HOs)

Primarina

Rotom-Heat

Suicune

Terrakion

Toxtricity

Zarude

C

Amoonguss

Avalugg

Azumarill

Conkeldurr

Marowak-Alola

Moltres

Latias

Latios

Porygon2

Regieleki

Snorlax (shoutout to that guy in ou cord who keeps yelling about lax)

Shedinja

Togekiss

Tyrantrum (banded head smash kills everything)

Torkoal

Venusaur

C-

Celesteela

Darmanitan

Ditto

Hatterene

Haxorus

Necrozma

Quagsire

Shuckle

Slowbro-Galar

Xatu

Zard Tier:

lol

Charizard

 

[coral fan]

Hey, this seems fun, here are my thoughts:

S
S-
A+
A
A-
B+
B
B-
C+
C
C-

D+ (i need to test/see more of these guys high ladder first but they potentially have a niche)
UR

 

[NotInMyChristianServer]

very subjective rankings but here I go (ordered best to worst)

S Rank:

S- Rank:

A + Rank:

A Rank:

A- Rank:

B+ Rank:

B Rank:

B- Rank:

 

[VTMagno]

will mostly be playing bdsp for a while so gonna make one of these again
ordered up until B ranks, although my A- order probably sucks

S Rank:

S Rank

Landorus-Therian

Heatran

S-Rank

Dragapult

Tornadus-Therian

A Rank:

A+ Rank

Weavile

Kyurem

Tapu Fini

Ferrothorn

Tapu Lele

Slowking-Galar

Garchomp

Urshifu-RS

Toxapex

Kartana

Melmetal

Tapu Koko

A Rank

Blacephalon

Zapdos-Galar

Magnezone

Victini

Zeraora

Corviknight

Slowbro

Hippowdon

A- Rank

Volcarona

Dragonite

Zapdos

Ninetales-Alola

Arctozolt

Gastrodon

Tyranitar

Clefable

Buzzwole

Hydreigon

B Rank:

B+ Rank

Bisharp

Blissey

Mew

Moltres-G

Pelipper

Regieleki

Rillaboom

Rotom-Wash

Scizor

Seismitoad

Tapu Bulu

Volcanion

B Rank

Aegislash

Barraskewda

Blaziken

Gengar

Jirachi

Kommo-o

Nidoking

Skarmory

Slowking

Terrakion

B- Rank

Amoonguss

Excadrill

Mamoswine

Mandibuzz

Marowak-Alola

Nihilego

Shedinja

Swampert

Tangrowth

Torkoal

Venusaur

C Rank:

C+ Rank

Celesteela

Crawdaunt

Dracozolt

Glastrier

Hatterene

Hawlucha

Keldeo

Kingdra

Porygon2

Reuniclus

Thundurus-Therian

Toxtricity

Xatu

C Rank

Avalugg

Azumarill

Conkeldurr

Cresselia

Diggersby

Grimmsnarl

Latias

Latios

Lycanroc-D

Moltres

Necrozma

Quagsire

Rotom-Heat

Salamence

Sylveon

Togekiss

C- Rank

Charizard

Darmanitan

Ditto

Haxorus

Mantine

Mienshao

Polteageist

Shuckle

Suicune

Tyrantrum

Zarude

 

[658Greninja]

Just got to the 1700s. In celebration, I will be making a VR.

S

(Forces progress easily, fantastic offensive/defensive utility, best rocker)

(Role compression as speed control and as a breaker)

S-

(Hazards)

(Self-Explanatory)

A+

(Easily splashable, checks Pult, not hit by spikes, scary wincon)

(Speed control, wincon, and cleaner)

(Breaker with good defensive utility, forces easy progress)

(Future Sight + Port, that is all)

(Trapper, Speed control, wincon, Weavile/Pult/Rapid-Strike check)

(Pivot with longevity and speed)

(AV Torn is a fantastic pivot, defog is also great)

(Its Pex)

(Three attacks Roost provides offensive and defensive utility, can also defog)

A

(Checks most of the physical attackers, hates status, fs, and spikes though)

(Great on BO, checks Tran, Volc, and Urshifu, wincon, but has 4mss)

(Fantastic Rocker, great wincon, checks offensive fire types)

(Speed control, breaker, and switches into Ferro)

(Unless you have Aegi or Rachi, you finna lose something everytime it comes in)

(Ground immunity, pivot, Tran, Melm, and Volcanion check, can also run Defog)

(Breaker with priority and U-Turn, checks Weavile and Tran)

(Haha Specs Steam Eruption goes brrr)

(Fastest unboosted mon in the tier, wincon, knock, keep Lando/Chomp alive or die)

A-

(Hates hazards, but breaks shit in half)

(Traps Ferro/Corv/Choice-Locked Kart, checks Koko and Weavile)

(Can consistently setup cause of defensive typing and dumb bulk)

(Everytime Nido comes in, something dies)

(Veil)

(Hard to switch into, questionable special wall, but versatile movepool + Regen)

(Breaker with U-Turn, versatile movepool, checks Lele)

(Spikes immune, punishes defoggers, no counters other than Zapdos)

B+

(Volcanion and Zapdos made rain good again)

(Slow U-Turn, Defog, but it needs something like Weavile to check chomp/lando)

(Demon Mew or Support, pick your poison)

(Steels can be worn down, wincon, also a scarfer that checks Volcarona)

(Rain is better)

(Ground immune Swift Swim user, also sets up rocks and knocks items off)

(Blissey but good)

(CB Ttar is a menace to society, people forget its base atk is higher than Urshifu’s)

(More support heavy this time around cuz of Dnite, Tran, and Volcanion)

B

(Too much Ferro, heavily prediction reliant, but still can break shit)

(Slower Weavile that switches into non-Flame Pult and punishes defog)

(Pivot, but a special sponge that gets pressured by knock and spikes)

(Automize Cele is surprisingly cracked now that it can actually beat Zapdos)

(Hard to splash but murders rain teams or trolls Barb Clef, checks most dumb shit)

(Checks electrics, Tran, and Pult, a ground-type with longevity)

(Rilla with defensive utility and better coverage)

B-

(Aegis nuts)

(Who?)

(Decent rocker and short term check to several threats)

(Volcanion that checks Tran/Weavile/Urshifu, and provides momentum)

(Forcing switch ins = Free Spin)

(No defensive utility, outclassed by Scarf Kart, U-Turn is still nice tho)

(Checks grounds and Weavile, sets spikes but lacks Knock)

(Rocker and slow pivot that can check Balloon Tran, Melm, Nihi, and Koko)

C+

(Strong when it gets to set up, bad becuz no one lets it set up)

(Outclassed by Urshifu but can still break unsuspecting teams)

(Double Dance, overs alot of defensive utility while checking Volc/Tran)

(Lele that has longevity and checks Volcanion/Tran)

(Slightly better now since it is a defogger that beats SD Rocks Chomp, checks Pult)

(Air Balloon Tran, and Volcarona check with offensive power)

(I doubted this mon until I realized it is Celesteela but with more push)

(More difficult to setup in this meta)

(It really wishes Kyurem was here rn)

(Checks Kart, and Urshifu, walls Ferro, cripples things with Knock and Sleep)

(Sun is scarier than people think)

(The Sun is a deadly laser)

C

(Don’t use this as your only hazard remover on stall)

(Good on paper, mediocre in practice)

(4x weak nuker in Sun)

(Breedable)

(Not good these days but it can still break things)

(Willem DaGrimm)

(Not being 4x weak to Ice Shard means it could catch teams offguard)

(Immune to Sball, Zap check, and Water Immune on Rain)

(Has too many checks for the small upside of switching into Blace, and Volcanion)

(Very MU specific, but destroys stall and fatter archetypes, counters Volc)

(Its only purpose is to wall Lele)

(Here because of the fact that it doesn’t fear Static or Barbs/Helmet unlike Shifu)

(Swift Swim abuser that outspeeds Scarf Kart not much else here)

(Very specific niche in rain. Otherwise don’t use)

(Rkilled by priority and Scarfers, but the lack of ghost resists in the meta helps)

(No defensive utility but it nukes tf out of everything so its here)

(Awkward 4mss makes it very awkward to use over something like Tran)

(Stall mon that hard counters Lele/Urshifu/Koko, bad against everything else)

(Niche Urshifu)

(Breaker on rain that is immune to both grounds and volt switch)

(The “2HKOs Lando” thing is already filled by Zapdos. Flimsily check to Koko)

(Your only using this on Shed stall, therefore it should be ranked next to it)


Unranked

(Use Tangrowth)

(Requires too much support and even then it gets walled by Buzz)

(TR died once Melm existed)

(Funny but also Tini can do the same thing while not killing itself)

(Just use Aegislash, Blacephalon, or Pult)

(Someone ranked it here and no one ever used it since)

(The best TR lead, but the playstyle is dead, not like it was thriving)

(Almost half of the entire metagame beats it)

(No longer the unwallable menace of before thanks to Buzz)

(Remember when ppl thought this mon was gonna be good)

(TR is doo doo)

(Physical attackers in the meta have too much raw power for it to handle)

(With Boots, priority, hazard removal and BO, nobody gives a shit about webs)

(See Ribombee)

(Be honest, has anyone ever used this in a serious game?)

(In a meta where Zapdos and Koko are everywhere, just use Goltres)

(Beats Ferro and Demon Mew, thats it)

 

[Thunder Pwoell]

(S tier if used by Omari P, mediocre otherwise

Lmaooooo idek what to say

 

[VTMagno]

hello hello i am here to spit out objectively correct opinions for like the 5th time this gen wowwwwww not ordered btw

S Rank:

S Rank

Heatran

Weavile

S-Rank

Ferrothorn

Landorus-Therian

Tornadus-Therian

A Rank:

A+ Rank

Buzzwole

Clefable

Dragapult

Garchomp

Kartana

Melmetal

Slowbro

Tapu Fini

Tapu Lele

Toxapex

Zapdos

A Rank

Blacephalon

Corviknight

Slowking-G

Tapu Koko

Urshifu-RS

Volcanion

Zeraora

A- Rank

Bisharp

Dragonite

Gastrodon

Moltres-G

Rotom-Wash

Tyranitar

Volcarona

Zapdos-G

B Rank:

B+ Rank

Barraskewda

Magnezone

Nidoking

Nihilego

Pelipper

Regieleki

Seismitoad

Slowking

Victini

B Rank

Aegislash

Arctozolt

Blaziken

Blissey

Celesteela

Hawlucha

Kommo-o

Mew

Ninetales-Alola

Rillaboom

Tapu Bulu

B- Rank

Gengar

Jirachi

Hydreigon

Reuniclus

Scizor

Thundurus-Therian

C Rank:

C+ Rank

Conkeldurr

Crawdaunt

Excadrill

Glastrier

Hippowdon

Lycanroc-D

Mandibuzz

Skarmory

Swampert

Tangrowth

Terrakion

Togekiss

Torkoal

Venusaur

C Rank

Amoonguss

Diggersby

Hatterene

Keldeo

Kingdra

Latios

Mamoswine

Moltres

Necrozma

Porygon2

Salamence

Shedinja

Toxtricity

Xatu

C- Rank

Charizard

Cresselia

Ditto

Dracozolt

Grimmsnarl

Haxorus

Latias

Mantine

Marowak-Alola

Mienshao

Polteageist

Quagsire

Raikou

Rotom-Heat

Shuckle

Suicune

Sylveon

Tyrantrum

Zarude

 

[That_Dwayneee]

Please Note

Mons not ordered within their respective tiers, mons not in B- and above are mons that I think have fun niches in ou, and may not include every mon worthy of the vr
mons that I feel need explaining will have one of these spoiler boxes for explanation

S
The best of the best, not necessarily ban worthy, but at the forefront of the metagame and needs a check/counter on the majority of teams
S+
n/a
S

Explanation

This boy is still going strong in the current state of SS OU, specs has lost out but other sets I feel have gotten better, and with mixed sets seeing more usage I don't see dragapult ever dropping out of top 5

S-

Explanation

Sponges every single neutral unboosted hit in the metagame, along with several boosted ones, a quality made more pronounced by its lack of 4x weaknesses

A
These mons are extremely strong, and are either huge components of the metagame or are great at countering it
A+

Explanation

This mon's only switch real counters are bulky steel types, and only one of them has passive recovery outside of leftovers in ferrothorn, if lele and its team manages to take a mon from its sparse pool of checks into range, it tends to be lights out for something every time it switches in, and unlike the other special attackers in the tier which lack switch-ins lele has respectable bulk and sits in a speed tier that allows it to viably run both modest and timid natures on specs and a scarf instead of it's big power boost

Explanation

If the scarf variant of blacephalon picks up a ko, let alone two, it gets a free sweep; no setup required. Outside of that specs is extremely powerful and both sets are able to trick away their choice item, potentially crippling a wall such as blissey

A

Explanation

Defensive sets are essentially a physical version of blissey, and other sets maintain those formidable defenses whilst bringing buzzwole's incredible attacking power to the table

Explanation

DD sets are fucking dumb, run ice punch/eq/roost or flying coverage in case you're worried about buzzwole

Explanation

The last of the quartet of special mons that lack switch-ins, consisting of lele, blacephalon, volcanion, and itself, nidoking is the only one that truly has no switch-ins outside of the requisite mention of the blissey line, trading in volcanion's bulk for more speed, stab poison, truly unresisted coverage, no rocks resist, and the ability to switch moves (although volcanion doesn't always run specs)

A-

Explanation

mew finds itself in a strange spot where it is simultaneously fucked by weavile's prominence hard and also functions as a great lure for one of the tier kings with colbur berry and cc. You already know how dumb cosmic power mew is so I don't want to mention it, what I will mention - however - is that that set can run not only body press (for dark types) but also potentially heal bell to remove status in case you fuck up and let it get hit with a poison.

B
These mons exist. They function as threats to account for but are really just kinda average.
B+

Explanation

Choice band dummy strong

B

B-

C
These mons are definitely viable, however I think that all hope of them being OU is thoroughly extinguished, these boys range from questionable to just plain weird and this is where mons that are actually on the official vr will be ignored; weather it is because I think they are dogshit or because I forgot to put them on is up to you to decide.
C+

C

Sun Part 1

C-

Sun Part 2

​

 

[Cdijk16]

Here is my personal VR.

Tier Descriptions:

S: Meta Defining mons.
A: Excellent picks that conistenly put in work.
B: Solid picks with significant drawbacks.
C: Niche Picks that work on certain builds.
UR: Not viable.

Note: All ranks above C+ are ordered by viability.

S:
S-:
A+:
A:
A-:
B+:
B:
B-:
C+:
C:
C-:
UR:

 

[coral fan]

okay, i'll make one for real this time.

S+
super glue

S
meta defining for sure

S-
very good mons

A+
rest of top 12 (unordered)

A
important mons

A-
corv plus all the relatively mid usage mons that are good, actually

B+
hail rain and HO mons + washtom slowking as good bulky waters

B
epic guys that aren't as reliable as you might hope

B-
good mons u gotta watch out for that tend to fit uncommon but specific needs better than other options. also sun because im biased

C+
a few more HO mons, good but stall-only mons, and then some good reliable bulky offense mons that u might use now and again

C
chansey (see my nomination), a bunch of weird mons you can build around and do well with, a few TR and HO mons, generally worth using on certain teams

C-
build around this mon and you'll still have a viable ou team. or use one of these as a substitute for a higher tier mon due to a specific trait that's needed (eg quag's typing on stall despite clef being a better unaware mon, rotom-heat's good hail matchup and weird typing or haxorus' access to CC. corsola is copium)

UR
use victini/tran/darm, don't use webs, xatu sucks, even espeon is better on that one cheese HO team

 

[SetsuSetsuna]

I really like the current VR and I don't really feel like doing an entire list, I am also only a ladder player so I don't really know what's going on in tours and don't feel comfy posting in the actual VR thread, but I just really wanted to mention that in my eyes

B/B+

This mon is a disgusting breaker and I don't remember a game where it fell flat. The very worst I've seen it do is put slowbro/pex to 20 which you can still exploit. For a long time I felt as if it was restricted to HO/offense builds, but after seeing 3d (his name in PS) use it in hazards stack for R1 of OURLT I don't think that any longer. Cool mon.

btw Registeel > half the mons in C- but we aren't ready for that conversation.

 

[658Greninja]

Bored. So I’m making another VR

S Ranking: The Meta Big Guns

S

A Ranking: The Meta Defining Mons/Very Splashable

A+

A

A-

B Ranking: Has defined niches but is not splashable

B+

B

B-

C Ranking: Fringe Options that only fit on one specific team structure

C+

C

C-

Unranked

Edit: VR is complete

 

[clementinabroccolina]

Not going to even try and order the subranks so it's all just visual lol

S (the big three, near-flawless fits on most teams):

S- (the slightly less big three):

A+ (consistent and meta-defining):

A (top picks):

A- (great mons, just need a slightly steadier hand):

B+ (potent but not quite as splashable):

B (good but flawed):

B- (usual teambuilding cutoff):

C+/C/C- (niche or don't care):

:

Regidrago:

 

[Cdijk16]

Here's my new personal VR:

Tier Descriptions

S: Meta Defining mons.
A: Excellent picks that conistenly put in work.
B: Solid picks with significant drawbacks.
C: Niche Picks that work on certain builds.
UR: Not viable.

S+:
S:
S-:
A+:
A:
A-:
B+:
B:
B-:
C+:
C:


C-:
UR:

 

[BT89]

probably my last VR of the gen, explanations for all coming soon

S
- Most definitive defensive presence of the tier, while still being supreme offensively, only has one truly bad matchup in the tier, actively enhances the viability of checks in the tier.

S-
- Most definitive offensive presence of the tier, has very little in terms of true counters, only real issue is frailty, which is at least somewhat compensated with that blazing Speed tier
- Best utility mon in the tier, a team that cannot break it is unviable. Capable of checking half the tier while still being capable of annoying the other half.
- #2 usage in WCOP must mean something, right? That aside, this mon can just do anything it wants, from CM and Stealth Rock to Tricky Barb and Unaclef. This unparalleled versatility, combined with Clefable’s frankly vast defensive profile, make it a great Pokemon right now.
- Super splashable utility mon, probably the best Stealth Rock setter in the tier, but can’t help but feel that it’s somewhat overrated in terms of its S-tier placement. One of the more abusable presences in the tier due to said ubiquity, which keeps it from the top spot in my eyes.
- Superb offensive and defensive capabilities, can pull off multiple, equally dangerous sets that do not really have a consistent counter. Not to mention it’s spectacular performance in WCOP as of late.

A+
- Best Defogger in the tier, it literally fits on any team style bar sun (lol). Has access to a shit ton of utility (Defog, Knock Off, U-Turn + Regen) and can still be a fairly potent offensive threat in its own right.
- Extremely potent breaker and just one of the best offensive Pokemon in the tier in general. Scarf Kart carries certain offenses, and is a stellar cleaner vs a wide majority of the tier. Band and SD sets are also still excellent. Pads SD in particular is quite neat.
- Chomp is very good right now, has a decent array of equally offensively potent sets, while still boasting an impressive defensive profile thanks to its defensive stats and typing. TankChomp is love, TankChomp is life.
- This Pokemon has very few reliables, consistent checks, this guy is ludicrous. Super easy chip on the Ground-types that aren't named Gastrodon and Hippowdon, and any checks in general.
- Another extremely potent offensive Electric-type with Roost, except this time it is slower and has STAB Hurricane! Yeah, I love Zapdos in this current meta. Offensive Zapdos is super versatile, one of the scariest Pokémon in the tier. Defensive isn’t too bad either, checking Kartana is always good.

A
- Rise of ChompCorvKing teams is an absolute godsend for this guy. It’s a great blanket special check, keeping rising threats like Rotom-W in check.
- If you’ve been following WCOP, you know that Rotom-W has been absolutely popping off. With the advent of ORAS-style teams becoming evident, Rotom-W is a nigh compulsory addition to those teams. In addition, turns out an Electric-type that can beat all of the Ground-types in the tier is very good.
- Pult’s been feeling not nearly as good as it was months ago right now, Specs is fairly underwhelming as a breaker, and Band / DD is very inconsistent. It’s still solid, a Pokemon with that Speed and that typing can’t really be bad, it’s just not nearly as potent as I have seen some people say it is.
- Slowbro’s doing the same stuff it always has - enabling breakers and being fat. Slowbro is my second best bulky water, mainly because it’s simply such a potent defensive presence, both in terms of its supportive capabilities and the amount of stuff it walls. Knock Off weakness is kind of cringe though.
- Gastrodon has been popping off on fat builds as an answer to Volcanion and other offensive threats that the teams it often fits on are unable to cover efficiently. It is a premier staple on a lot of fatter builds.
- Urshifu has been popping off in recent times due to the upsurge in WeavShifu cores. An absolutely monstrous core, and Urshifu is a big part of why. It doesn’t have many checks bar Toxapex, who can still be overwhelmed throughout the course of the game.
- Volcanion is simple to explain - an absolutely monstrous breaker with very few reliable checks due to its monstrous coverage and great stats.
- Toxapex is still a fantastic defensive presence, capable of walling all sorts of Pokemon and acting as a nice general blanket check. However, half the tier is able to easily exploit Toxapex’s rather passive presence, and it is heavily reliant on cores to consistently be able to check the stuff it has to beat.
- One of the tier’s best physical walls, the amount of physical attackers it checks is ludicrous, literally makes niche options like Aerial Ace Kartana and Acrobatics Rillaboom genuinely usable strategies, which is just insane.

A-
- Good mon, don't really know which set is the absolute best at the moment, but I really like trapping sets and Choice Scarf in the current meta. Only reason it is this low is that competition for bulky Water type has never been higher in this meta in my eyes, but Fini is still very unique from them.
- Absolutely nuclear wallbreaker, no bona fide counters in the tier. However, I find it to be a bit overrated. Steel-types are often bulky enough to operate as generally good checks to this thing. In addition to this, Specs sets are easy to revenge kill while Scarf sets face more struggles with Steel-types. Having to rely on Focus Blast's bad accuracy for these threats is painful.
- Veil offense is super good at the moment, Ninetales-A's reliability in terms of putting up Aurora Veil is a big part of why this is so. Ninetales-A has a lot of cool utility tools that make it the current best Screen setter in the tier.
- This thing is capable of beating every team in the tier, literally ludicrous wallbreaker. It would be A if the surge in Tyranitar usage wasn't so prominent, but it can still chip it down and eventually beat it over time.
- I don't know why people say this thing is bad and one of the worst OU mons, its completely fine. Bulk Up is a very scary mid-to-late game wincon, and Zera is easily capable of wearing down Ground-types over time. It's like Koko in that regard, in which its only truly safe check is Hippowdon. Choice Band is also still solid, I like Toxic last as it means Hippowdon is practically dead, so you can go crazy on everything else. However, Koko's existence will always prove to be major competition, and considering Koko is so prominent, I think this is probably the highest I'd put it.
- Sand is the best weather in the tier, and I'm sick of pretending it isn't. Enabling offensive threats like Excadrill is stellar, considering Excadrill is actually a scary wallbreaker too. Tyranitar is one of the best sand abusers itself, as Choice Band Tyranitar has approximately 0 safe switch-ins in the tier. It's a monstrous wallbreaker that can still check the stuff it needs to (i.e. Zapdos, Blacephalon, etc). SpDef is usable too I guess.
- Sand is good, so Excadrill is good. The mighty drop in Corviknight usage and PDef Landorus-T being all but extinct are absolute godsends for this Pokemon. Genuinely really trick for a lot of teams to handle. However, with CorvChompKing teams becoming more defined in the metagame, I feel like Excadrill may have a slight "flavor-of-the-month" syndrome.
- Dragonite is a solid set up sweeper, Ice Punch + EQ is the best coverage right now, hits everything DNite checks very well. Defensive Dragonite is still OK, the best viable Heatran counter in the tier is guaranteed some sort of niche.
- Corviknight fell off hard, but still finds itself on quite a few stallish and BO teams, namely the upsurge of success in CorvChompKing + WeavShifu + Last teams in WCOP. I just find Corviknight is too exploitable by too many Pokemon. It's for sure a centralizing defensive Pokemon, however, every team is prepared for this thing in one way or another.
- Encore Victini is broken guys USE IT. In all seriousness, this thing is a pretty neat wallbreaker with great coverage and a nuclear STAB in V-Create. Its currently on the best team in the tier, so that probably gives it some bonus points.

B+
- Moltres-G is an incredibly potent Pokemon on both hyper and bulky offense, NP + Agility sets are very hard to stop in the late game once they get going. Has a surprising amount of versatility despite its rather meager movepool, stuff like Rest + Chesto, NP + Taunt, and other surprise sets have succeeded. Also acts as a Dragapult check for hyper offense, which is a blessing.
- Zapdos-G has kind of fallen off in recent times. It's still decent on SpikeStack teams as a Defog deterrent. However, I can't help but feel that Urshifu's rising presence in the tier is making this slightly drop off.
- Corviknight usage is lower than ever currently, and I don't find to be very reliable at trapping Ferrothorn. Trapping Corviknight can still be useful though.
- Nidoking is a dummy strong wallbreaker thanks to impeccable coverage and Sheer Force. I still think this thing is an absolute monster, tears through defensive cores like they are cake.
- Rain is pretty good, so Pelipper is pretty good. Definitely one of the better weather setters due to U-Turn, but I feel like it doesn't really do anything besides that. Also, I feel like Rain is super hard to vary up in terms of Pokemon picked, making it easy to scout and outplay over time.
- Rain is pretty good, so Barraskewda is pretty good. An almost guaranteed pick on rain teams, its pretty hard to wall. Bulky Water generally do the job well enough though.
- What I said for Slowbro except its weaker to Knock Off and U-Turn but can check Tapu Lele and other monstrous special wallbreakers.
- Still a funny sweeper with Swords Dance, but there has been an upsurge in set variety for SD Rillaboom, with sets like SD Leftovers now existing while already acknowledged sets like LO Acrobatics still prosper. Don't use Choice Band, its really bad.


B
- Blissey does what it has always done, and in that role it's rather solid - it's a generally decent blanket special check. However, overwhelming Blissey is a rather easy task, as many special attackers boast ways to easily get around it, i.e. pivot move spam and Fighting-type coverage/Psyshock.
- Hail is OK, Arctozolt is a rather inconsistent, if incredibly potent sweeper under hail. The increased presence of Steel-types is a pain in the ass for it though.
- Bisharp is just OK. It fits perfectly fine on those hazard-stacking offenses, but outside of them, it faces competition with one of the best offensive Pokemon in the tier.
- I am an Aegislash stan, this guy is pretty neat. Ghost/Steel is an incredible typing, and it finds a decent amount of good matchups in the current meta, its just very slow and inconsistent as a breaker.


- Nihilego is a good hyper offensive Pokemon right now, despite its general inconsistency as a set up sweeper due to the ubiquity and rise of Ground-types in the tier right now. Once the Grounds are gone, it can more or less pelt through everything else due to its good STAB combination and Beast Boost. However, the presence of Ground- and Steel-types in the tier really hurt it right now.

B-












C+







C















C-

























D (End of Viability)















- This guy is an absolute chad. I think this has fringe use cases, as shown by some player's ladder achievements (not the project) with the mon. It can be a relatively strong Pokemon, it just suffers from competition as an offensive Water-type. It is also paper.
- Murderer of Volcanion and Urshifu-Rapid Strike everywhere, this is highkey underrated and could go into a proper tier.
- Strong motherfucker

 

[NeonJolteonWasUsed]

Just found out about this thread so I figured I'd post my Personal VR just for fun

Tiering Descriptions

S: The Best of the Best, not using them on your team either requires an incredibly good reasoning, or you're using Stall.

S-: Just Below that of being one of the best mons in the tier, maybe with one or two flaws holding it back.

A+: Incredibly Reliable and Self Sufficient Pokémon in the metagame, usually need extremely minimal team support to function properly, and/or open up very few or even no weaknesses that need to be addressed.

A: Still incredible Pokémon in their own right, but may struggle to fit on teams as easily as those ranked above them.

A-: Great Pokémon that while you can't really go wrong using them, they may not be as self-sufficient as one would hope, or are underwhelming into Specific Matchups.

B+: Flawed but still useful Pokémon, may have gaping weaknesses but can still hold their own for the most part.

B: Decent Pokémon that may be harder to justify over a higher tier Pokémon, but fill their more specific role excellently.

B-: Niche Picks that have massive flaws, but can be made work with the correct team supporting it

C+: Pokémon with more Flaws than Good Traits, but may have a very small niche that they can fill if needed by a team.

C: Fringe Options that may borderline on being Matchup-Fishy, unreliable if not given extremely heavy support, and still end up unreliable even with proper support, just less so.

C-: Closest to Bad a Pokémon can get without being directly unviable. These Pokémon either have an extremely small niche filled better by other mons in a vast majority of cases, or while usable, have too many issues in to too many matchups to be legitimately considered for a serious team.

UR: Using these Pokémon is a direct detriment to the user, they bring absolutely no positive benefits not fufilled by vastly superior Pokémon

This was made a while ago, and some of my opinions have changed on some mons (like the Sun Core being in C- When more recently I'd be fine with bumping them to C, Quagsire in maybe C-, and dropping Urshifu Rapid to A-.) But I didn't feel like redoing the entire VR just to make minimal changes like that.

 

[coral fan]

Final Personal VRs of Gen 8
These opinions are objectively correct so @ OU Council i expect you to implement these changes to the VRs immediately.

S+
S
S-
A+
A
A-
B+
B
B-
C+
C
C-
D
F	+everyone else

F tier is for the deceptively bad mons. You really want them to be good. That one guy in the 1700s is always telling you they're broken. But they're not. In the case of the and like half of D tier, I'm that one 1700s guy.
Also probably applies to me being an Arctovish truther but that's completely unironic on my part he's so broken fr fr.
S+ to B tier should be OU, B- to C+ have clear niches, C to D mons are good but dont fit on most teams, anything else is like deliberately suboptimal but maybe fun.