Smogon Usage-Based Tier Update: January 2015

[Antar]

Arcticblast, I really don't want to get in the business of answering a million specific questions about the stats that'll be online *hopefully* later today.

 

[darkie]

I have to say this shift is overall pretty disappointing, almost all the stuff that rose resided in a BL already, so it's not like the shifts are actually relevant :/ The most "exciting" one is probably the quag drop tbh. Looking forward to next month :c

tbh I find this super exciting. it means for the most part the suspect testing process is "working"

 

[theDSC]

For some reason people are still using Hitmonchan and Claydol on around 5% of ru teams. What even.

Did expect the rises though.

 

[Da Pizza Man]

For some reason people are still using Hitmonchan and Claydol on around 5% of ru teams. What even.

Did expect the rises though.

You can point that finger at Blametruth, we should make a rule for not messing with tier shifts just for this guy

 

[Akkeshi]

Quagsire in RU. Stalluminati are going to have a field day with a cress/quag/guss core.

 

[G-Beast]

Can't wait to see that lovely OU tag on my boy Azelf again... love using him

 

[Swede]

Three cheers for the long-awaited tier descent of Mawile!

 

[Da Pizza Man]

Three cheers for the long-awaited tier descent of Mawile!

Hold your horses its still facing its toughest challenge yet, getting out of RU

 

[Nimaa]

Why are Hidden Powers besides Ground still not showing up on moveset stats?

 

[Rapicrash]

Thank you for this Antar!

 

[Antar]

Why are Hidden Powers besides Ground still not showing up on moveset stats?

That's weird. I'll look into it.

 

[ShatteredSummers]

"Wobbuffet moved from NU to PU"
Whaaaat?

 

[Aqqq]

"Wobbuffet moved from NU to PU"
Whaaaat?

Shadow Tag is banned in UU (and below), so Wobbuffet is useless. Similarly, Politoed is in PU because Drizzle is banned in UU.

 

[ooh keil em]

very disappointed that more stuff didnt get bumped down to NU. The NU metagame really needs something to refresh it. Hint Hint Mawile

 

[TheTraininator]

very disappointed that more stuff didnt get bumped down to NU. The NU metagame really needs something to refresh it. Hint Hint Mawile

Mawile couldn't have fallen to NU at all on this tier shift anyways, seeing as it was in UU at the time. Wait until the next one.

 

[Swagodile]

very disappointed that more stuff didnt get bumped down to NU. The NU metagame really needs something to refresh it. Hint Hint Mawile

Mawile will likely go there next shift. Pokemon can only drop one tier at a time.

 

[ooh keil em]

Mawile will likely go there next shift. Pokemon can only drop one tier at a time.

i know im thinking ahead of myself lol. But anyways, would love to see some mons like Skuntank and Claydol, or possibly even Clawitzer (I dont know the usage of it but i feel like its lower, so just making suggestion), come down from RU.