Howdy, making quite a few nominations but I'll try to keep this short.
to S
Wo-Chien is a very prominent influence within the tier. this might just be the biggest offender in the tier for mons that you cannot ignore while building as some teams can be dictated as good or bad based on their ability to break this mon. it's defensive profile, set versatility, and ability to make progress against any team consistently makes a standout contender to be among the other S ranks.
to A+
The trends last shift and this newer shift have favored ttar a lot in it's ability to keep rain teams at ease, and also being able to take on the each of the newest drops to an extent. it's defensive sets are solid, but the offensive sets it can run in Choice Band and DD sets can really shred some of the more common defensive cores atm, like Salamence/Slowbro/Ttar or Talon/Ground/Grass cores. This mon always finds a way to keep up with tier changes and is definitely worth rising a rank.
to A
Our resident ghost type, while still potent, has been finding itself in unkind trends within the tier. the addition of Greninja and Cyclizar have only reinforced this further in giving it even less freedom to really do the things it wants to in a lot of matchups. dropping a sub rank would be a more accurate reflection of where this mon stands in the meta.
to A
Can't speak too much on this mon personally but based on how I've seen it perform, it's a good pivot into many balance cores and a few offensive cores like Scizor/Quaqaval/Dragon so i support a rise for this.
to A
I haven't really thought highly of Slowbro in general, but to say that it hasn't been performing consistently would be wrong. this mon has only gotten better and can really hold some teams together very well while being able to maintain a decent offensive presence depending on it's coverage and ID + body press sets can make for a threatening wincon too.
to A
I also happen to share in the sentiment that many aren't giving this mon enough credit in how threatening it really is. even if many think it's damage output is disappointing, it's a major threat to many team compositions especially on the fact that it has the means for threatening most water resists in the tier so dealing with it in practice isn't as easy as it's made out to be. It's movepool and set versatility is very good as well and it's another mon that you legit cannot ignore in the builder. I personally think spikes on it are only worth running on dedicated lead or specs sets. I'm a big fan of it's 4atks coverage sets and 3atks T-spikes sets. i also find that loaded dice water shuriken sets are pretty good. I could see this mon in A+ rank as well.
to A-
Very cool mon in UU, great utility, speed tier, and a movepool that you have to respect in practice. AV sets can put in lots of work, and i think people should try exploring offensive sets more. It's only real drawbacks are that it is frail, and bulkier sets can have a weak damage output so i think A- is a good starting point for it.
to A-
The demon has returned. a very good balance breaker, especially now that it's arguably best check Slowking is no longer around, and can heavily punish Slowbro builds, which is a good quality to have as a fire type. this mon alone also gave a boost to Psychic Terrain teams and having good matchups into stuff like Talon and Scizor as an offensive mon is very neat. it's set up sets in CM/weakness policy/Iron Defense sets remain lethal and can still randomly sweep some teams, which is surprising when the trends, on paper, would appear to be against it.
to B+
Slither, while definitely underrated, has fallen off a lot. It can be effective when you build around it, but it's not as splashable as it once was believed to be. Additionally, with the switch to more pivot-oriented sets, missing out on atk investment makes it an unreliable means as a revengekiller, which can be costly. At this point in the tier, the title for second best bug following Scizor is easily Lokix. I've never been a fan of Slither's pivot set, but protective pads and scarf sets are the only things worth using on it atm.
to A-
This might be a big jump that im vouching for, but i think it's appropriate for how well it thrives in the more offensive meta that UU had/has pre-shift and currently. Before the most recent shift, i genuinely saw this mon as a top 10 in the metagame. Much remains the same besides the slight comeback of terrain teams. This thing can obliterate rain teams and many offense builds that lack good bug resist by virtue of just revengekilling and claiming each time it comes in. this is another mon that can pose a serious threat into Slowbro/Mence builds and continues to have one of the most commanding influences in the tier when it hits the field. some may not agree with such a massive jump, but it's current ranking on the VR heavily undersells how capable this mon really is so even if it doesn't jump to the proposed rank, i think it should be placed above Slither to reflect how the trends favor Lokix much better.
to B+
This thing is the pinnacle of a matchup fish. the addition of rain and rain checks, priority being common, and ghost wo-chien dominance all make it much tougher for it to sweep often. It's a mon with no real defensive value to teams either and heavily tera reliant to actually break stuff, this mon just doesn't have the consistency to where B+ would be more accurate to how it performs.
to A-
some may disagree with mowtom's place in the meta, but this mon has been picking up and for good reason too. this is a good balance breaker and is a grass that can non-rest wo-chien and can even potentially beat terad wo-chien too. having a naturally decent matchup into rain too, mowtom can also soft check some offensive mons, being especially lethal into Scizor/Quaqaval cores and the ability to run volt switch makes it a solid offensive pivot that the grounds of the tier dont want to switch into. i will agree that scarf mowtom is pretty mid, but sub plot and plot + protect are very good into many matchups. I think it has qualities that make it worthy of rising.
to A-
It's been talked about already a little bit, but mag + fairy cores are very good in the tier atm and magnezone alone can be very threatening with specs and scarfed sets. not much else to say here.
Fairies:
to A-
to B+
to B
All these fairies are worthing rising. i see Garde as the best special fairy in it's ability to hard punish some team structures, namely rain, teams that rely on Scizor as their steel type, and how dangerous it can be into some bulkier teams in using trace to take advantage of Alo and non twave Slowbro as well. It's a great partner into Magnezone as well and is also the easiest fairy to enable mag into trapping steels thru the form of Teleport. The recent trends favor it more too in scarf sets posing major threats into Greninja/Cyclizar cores and Armarouge is a fairy resist that doesn't switch into it kindly either. Definitely worth rising.
Florges and Sylveon are fairies that require a bit more support compared to garde, but can put in work. of the two, i personally think more highly of Florges in that i feel it does everything better than Sylv outside of purely wishpassing sets. when speaking of CM and Specs sets, i think Florges pulls off both better on the basis of it's speed tier (for specs) being relevant in letting it outspeed things like CB Ttar and Specs Magnezone, something that sylveon cannot do and it's only for the cost of some damage output since Florges doesn't get Pixilate but the speed certainly makes up for it. One could argue that these are basically the same, but I'd rank Florges higher than Sylveon.
to B+
A worthwhile pick for rain teams, good typing defensively for the playstyle and decent offensive presence. can be tough for it to break some of the special walls in the tier without tera though, which makes me think only rising a subrank for now would be better for it.
to B+
Another rain mon, one that i think is worth ranking on par with Floatzel in that I'd argue they have essentially a similar presence in a battle just on opposite spectrums of special and physical. a great movepool naturally for rain teams to utilize as well, but no real defensive presence.
Terrain:
to B- /
to B
It might seem weird to rank mons from the same playstyle differently but i think this is a similar case to rain where there are some standout mons of the playstyle. In this case, the slight revival of terrain teams should make indeedee rise, but admittedly it's not a great mon by itself the same way some of the other terrain mons are. Hawlucha, despite droping to RU, has good merit for the playstyle in being able to outspeed Floatzel in rain and i think hawlu should be ranked equally to Polteageist.
to B-
this is a mon that does require proper support, but it is something that does benefit from Magnezone teams well while having unique defensive traits for the playstyle while maintaining a good offensive presence. Truly only held back by being rather slow and the ever popular ground types, but it is a step above the C+ ranks.
to B-
The trends repeatedly get worse for this mon and its peak has long past. All it has going for it in this meta is the speed tier and stabs, assuming you can manage to get it on the field. It's not a mon with any real defensive value and it doesn't perform as consistently as the other B ranks; performs about as well as some of the other B- mons like Staraptor so i think a drop would suit it more accurately.
to B
Despite dropping to RU, this is a mon that had a decent matchup into the trends on the basis of Timid speed boosting SD sets with tera grass. this is the only set worth using on it as this point in time even if loaded dice rock blast sets are neat but these sets dont have the consistency that booster sd does. Thorns is a very good balance breaker and offense slayer and the timid spread gives it good bulk which can make it difficult to take down. this thing can legitimately sweep teams a lot easier than many of the other set up mons can and it's base typing alone has good defensive qualities for offense, most importantly being a flying and electric resist for the playstyle. I see this mon more along the lines of the other B ranks than the B- ones.
Last thing, i support
rising and think everything else is fine where it it for now.
Thanks for reading.