Hydreigon from A- to A rank Disagree - I've been using Hydreigon a lot and all I have to say is, it's a tough mon to use lol. First of all, if a mon is going to be at a high rank, it should be fairly moderate to use not hard to use. With Choiced Hydreigon it takes a lot of guessing and it works best late game but, it's pretty much outclassed by other relevant threats in that department. Hydreigon is definitely a threat that can do a lot but, it needs a lot of team support to really make use of it. Also, it doesn't help that you can't spam it's STABs due to so many fighting, fairy, and steel type mons roaming around like togekiss, clefable, scizor, keldeo, etc. Yes, it has the possibility of 2HKO'ing them but its not that easy. I have replays to prove it.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen7uu-287970 - In this replay from UUPL with poek vs lcannss, right from the beginning Hydreigon on lcannss side has a tough time getting or just breaking anything. I feel like poek was the smarter player in this game as he knew to play Hydreigon later as a choiced Hydreigon has a tough time early game as people are bound to have resists/immunity to both of it's STABs and coverage. Poek's clearly handles Hydreigon better but, his team handles a lot of the meta not just Hydreigon.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7uu-582870410 - Tough match for me as I have to play Hydreigon really well throughout the whole match with Clefable sitting in the back. And although Hydreigon can 2HKO almost the whole tier, at turn 3-4 I knew that the other guy wasn't going to stay in with Clefable; this means a lot as Hydreigon can put in on a lot of work with specs (scarf included) but, many mons can just come on in on the coverage and some mons can just heal up later on. So it took heavy predictions on my part to get Hydreigon to do work even early game.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7uu-583500353 - Another match of mine with Hydreigon, puts in a lot of work defensively and offensively throughout most of the match.
Terrakion from A to A- rank Agree - Terrakion is a tough mon to use and it's hard to set up with. It's a great mon with choice band but, it's really hard to get off when it comes to sweeping. It's choice scarf is great late game but oftentimes you need it early to mid-game and it lacks the power sometimes to stop certain mons from doing whatever.There are better fighting types and rock types in this tier like Mega Aerodactyl, Conkeldurr, Keldeo, Cobalion, and Infernape. Mega Aero has better coverage, Conkeldurr has more power and priority, Keldeo is a better choice scarf user, Infernape is a better band user that isn't weak to so much priority attacks, and Cobalion is a better set up sweeper. People have said a lot about this already so, I think it'll be obvious in the replays.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7uu-582804020 - I fail to put in work with Terrakion but I still manage to set up and put in work with it.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen7uu-277759 - In this replay from UUPL welliou can't manage to do much with Terrakion and fails to do much with it even at +2.
Keldeo from A+ to A rank Disagree - Lord Wallace pretty much said everything that had to be said lol and thanks to Amane Misa for providing these replays to showcase Keldeo, Seriously though, Keldeo has great natural bulk with two great STABs that allow it to put in a lot of work against most of the tier. Not to mention, you have to be careful about how you switch-in to it as each set is extremely dangerous. It's honestly the second best offensive pivot in the tier.
Amane Misa's replays of Keldeo
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7uu-582113821 - Right at team preview Keldeo pretty much gets rid of most of the opposing team.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7uu-582110306 - Keldeo does a lot of work here too with Raikou and Primarina being able to be worn down throughout the game. Primarina gets worn down by toxic while Hippo beats Raikou while Keldeo tears the team apart throughout the whole game.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7uu-582093747 - Hazard War with Keldeo taking it at the end if Bisharp goes down.
Just as a side note by the way, if Keldeo really does move up this tier shift and if Clefable gets banned (it's OP) then I would agree to Hydreigon moving to A rank as it does have ways to wear down it's checks that lack reliable recovery.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen7uu-287970 - In this replay from UUPL with poek vs lcannss, right from the beginning Hydreigon on lcannss side has a tough time getting or just breaking anything. I feel like poek was the smarter player in this game as he knew to play Hydreigon later as a choiced Hydreigon has a tough time early game as people are bound to have resists/immunity to both of it's STABs and coverage. Poek's clearly handles Hydreigon better but, his team handles a lot of the meta not just Hydreigon.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7uu-582870410 - Tough match for me as I have to play Hydreigon really well throughout the whole match with Clefable sitting in the back. And although Hydreigon can 2HKO almost the whole tier, at turn 3-4 I knew that the other guy wasn't going to stay in with Clefable; this means a lot as Hydreigon can put in on a lot of work with specs (scarf included) but, many mons can just come on in on the coverage and some mons can just heal up later on. So it took heavy predictions on my part to get Hydreigon to do work even early game.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7uu-583500353 - Another match of mine with Hydreigon, puts in a lot of work defensively and offensively throughout most of the match.
Terrakion from A to A- rank Agree - Terrakion is a tough mon to use and it's hard to set up with. It's a great mon with choice band but, it's really hard to get off when it comes to sweeping. It's choice scarf is great late game but oftentimes you need it early to mid-game and it lacks the power sometimes to stop certain mons from doing whatever.There are better fighting types and rock types in this tier like Mega Aerodactyl, Conkeldurr, Keldeo, Cobalion, and Infernape. Mega Aero has better coverage, Conkeldurr has more power and priority, Keldeo is a better choice scarf user, Infernape is a better band user that isn't weak to so much priority attacks, and Cobalion is a better set up sweeper. People have said a lot about this already so, I think it'll be obvious in the replays.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7uu-582804020 - I fail to put in work with Terrakion but I still manage to set up and put in work with it.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen7uu-277759 - In this replay from UUPL welliou can't manage to do much with Terrakion and fails to do much with it even at +2.
Keldeo from A+ to A rank Disagree - Lord Wallace pretty much said everything that had to be said lol and thanks to Amane Misa for providing these replays to showcase Keldeo, Seriously though, Keldeo has great natural bulk with two great STABs that allow it to put in a lot of work against most of the tier. Not to mention, you have to be careful about how you switch-in to it as each set is extremely dangerous. It's honestly the second best offensive pivot in the tier.
Amane Misa's replays of Keldeo
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7uu-582113821 - Right at team preview Keldeo pretty much gets rid of most of the opposing team.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7uu-582110306 - Keldeo does a lot of work here too with Raikou and Primarina being able to be worn down throughout the game. Primarina gets worn down by toxic while Hippo beats Raikou while Keldeo tears the team apart throughout the whole game.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7uu-582093747 - Hazard War with Keldeo taking it at the end if Bisharp goes down.
Just as a side note by the way, if Keldeo really does move up this tier shift and if Clefable gets banned (it's OP) then I would agree to Hydreigon moving to A rank as it does have ways to wear down it's checks that lack reliable recovery.