Mega Glalie: I think there's one thing that has really contributed to Mega Glalie falling out of favor, even on hyper offense. And that's the rise of Accelgor's LO Spikes set. With arguably better coverage, a super important Speed tier (outspeeds Scarf Tyrantrum and Medicham!) and ability to bluff a different set early, Accelgor is on the verge of just taking away Mega Glalie's niche as a Spikes attacker.
A-rank is fine for it. Has a lot of competition, but certainly has its merits. And this allows me to transition into my next point fairly nicely.
Accelgor: This was brought up a while back before the Vileplume discussion took over and I wanted to draw some attention back to it. I fully agree with
BrandonBeast on this. Accelgor is a super cool mon for hyper offense right now. Base 145 Speed lets it outspeed Scarf Medicham (barely) and Scarf Tyrantrum. It's also ahead of every unboosted threat in the tier (except lolNinjask) and its coverage is surprisingly solid. Base 100 Special Attack isn't what it used to be, but its enough to clean late-game with Life Orb and it usually still has room to run Spikes. Role compression has been on the rise lately and I think Accelgor is that Pokemon for hyper offense teams. It gives them Spikes, a super fast mon with the means of outspeeding otherwise crippling threats in Scarf Medicham and Scarf Tyrantrum, and has the coverage and power to reliably clean late-game. In fact, the only remotely common Scarf users that outspeed Accelgor are Hitmonlee, Flygon, and Meloetta (don't even know if Scarf Melo is a thing now) Bug is a very underrated offensive typing rn and Accelgor exploits this magnificently imo. Also, it still has the traditional lead set which still does its job nicely. I just think the offensive set has more merit in the current meta. I'd love for it to be
B+ rank as I do think it's the next best cleaner rn behind Sharpedo due to its ability to switch moves and outspeed just about every relevant threat, but I'd be satisfied with
B-rank for now.
Golbat: Basically has Togetic syndrome imo. People use it for Defog when they should be using it for stallbreaking if they use it at all. Taunt, Super Fang, Roost, Brave Bird / Toxic is really the set you should be using with it, but even then, there isn't a ton of merit to it. Knock Off was already common enough, but with the influx of Dark-types, it's p. much everywhere. Aggron dropping did it no favors as it's a wallbreaker that literally doesn't give 2 shits for anything Golbat runs, except maybe Super Fang (all the more reason to use it!) I don't think it should drop to D as Taunt + Super Fang can let it break defensive mons decently, but that's literally all it has.
C- rank seems fitting.
Hitmontop: This seems fitting. Dark spam makes it better due to Intimidate + Fighting STAB. It also has respectable Special Defense to not get insta-boned by special Shark. It also has a cute Rock resistance to deal with Tyrantrum, Aerodactyl, and Aggron. It's sadly bait for virtually any offensive mon w/o a Fighting weakness and decent physical bulk, but it also provides spin support.
B-rank is fine. Good choice over Blastoise if you need a Dark resist, Rock resist, and spinner in one slot. Why does it seem like B and B+ are becoming "role compression" ranks? lol
Agree with
Uxie,
Poliwrath, and
Roselia. Just have nothing to say that hasn't been said with them.
Don't have any experience with
Mawile and
Jumpluff, so I can't really say anything one way or the other about them
