I like how no one has nominated Lele for a rise since P2's post, yet half the responses since the ban are arguing against one. P2's post was all that was needed. That and the fact that it's literally been like 6 hours since the ban so it's not like we can see how much better Lele is doing so far.
RIDDIKULUS443 is right on with ScarfNihilego and Magearna - Nihilego is a damned good rkiller for most of the sweepers in the meta, it's a check to all the tapus, and it provides a nice little wincon with beast boost. Makes complete sense that it should be one subrank below its more versatile scarf brethren, Garchomp and Keldeo. Magearna definitely should have risen in this last update and Volc going to A+ over it is a damn travesty. If you expect shift gear magearna and switch into your scarfer and it's TR, you're fucked. If you expect the vice versa, you're fucked. Meanwhile it could always be AV Magearna in which case it's going to volt switch out on your switch in and get something in that'll fuck you. Reminds me of Celesteela and Zygarde - it has an amazing defensive set (SpD, SubCoil), but if you assume that's the set and are wrong, that might be game. Oh and Soul Heart is a fucking amazing ability hello Special Moxie.
I was wrong about Charti. Didn't really consider that it would QD again on the rock type move. No one mentioned it, and I prefer Psychium when running Volc so no, I haven't ran it. I have had it used against me, and 2/3 times the player just attacked instead of QDing to +2. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ My bad. Also theirs, come to think of it. I'm sorry for my ignorance.
However, that doesn't take away from my other arguments against a Volc rise (and now my arguments for a volc drop I suppose). I'm pretty sure there's some sort of logical fallacy that warns against that. I don't know.
A+ --> A
Because it shouldn't have gone to A+ in the first place.
Look at the A+/S mons (Not including Volc). Name one of them that absolutely requires a mon to support them to function effectively. There are none. Landorus, Tangrowth, Zygarde, and Gren can be put on basically every team, and Celesteela, A-Gren, and Lele aren't far off from that virtue. Volcarona is not a mon that you can just put on any team, because that means you're filling not one, but two teamslots. Hazard Removal is always part of the package with Volc, because 99% of teams on the ladder run Stealth rock on at least one mon, and Lando, the most consistent user of it, is still sitting at its stupid usage rates. Every team including Volc is pressured from the get go by having to spend turns on defogging or spinning or otherwise keeping rocks off the field. That's kind of a big deal, and it's really being downplayed.
I've posted long and mostly still relevant (rip my charti argument) arguments on the matter.
To recap them, Volcarona is:
1. not splashable
2. not versatile
3. predictable
4. rocks weak
5. not self sufficient
6. one dimensional
7. prepared for along with other common sweepers by scarfers and priority.
The closest mon to Volcarona in A+ is A-Gren. All the others share none of those points. A-Gren is:
1. Splashable - fastest mon in tier barring a couple megas, hits hard as shit and has strong priority to boot. There's not much reason to not run this if you're not running Gren.
2. Not versatile - A-Gren has Specs with Hydro Pump (maybe surf Ig), Dark pulse, Water shuriken, and u turn (maybe ice beam). That's basically it. There's other options, but that's the bread and butter set.
3. You'd think it would be, but it has a twin, which means you can't be sure until it's used a move which mon it is. Unpredictable.
4. Nope.
5. It's pretty self sufficient - only argument against that would be needing help to transform or the removal of stuff like fini. Once it's transformed though...
6. Got him there. Ash-Gren is definitely that.
7. Ash Gren has priority himself, and has no worries about losing boosts or coming into SR again.
They're both powerful - A-Gren's Hydro Pump hits just a bit harder than +1 Volc's Fire Blast. They both need to set up. They both have a bread and butter set and little else. But Ash-Gren doesn't require another specific mon for it to work. Ash-Gren does not find trouble fitting on teams not built for it. Ash-Gren is splashable. Ash-Gren isn't weak to rocks. All of these are qualities shared by every A+/S mon. By Magearna. Even though Volc does the one thing so amazingly well, its flaws are still there. Same with Dugtrio, a mon that was suspected for how well it did its one thing. There's a running theme throughout the A+/S mons and Volc doesn't fit it.
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I agree with a M-Scizor drop, but I think people are downplaying its SD capabilities against offense a bit. It's bulky and has roost, which means it has a chance to get to +4. Bullet punch can sweep at +4. Even so, its main reason for its ranking just disappeared. A fall is inevitable.