I haven't played as much recently and I probably won't be as active going forward, but I do want to give my thoughts on Cinderace and Magearna, since after Spectrier, they could potentially be the last two Pokemon to get suspected in SS OU, barring any more DLC.
6. How do you feel about Cinderace?
I feel like Cinderace is extremely good and possibly the best offensive Pokemon in the tier, but I'm not convinced that its presence is detrimental to the metagame. Libero is obviously fantastic and Cinderace's relatively expansive movepool allows it to more or less choose its counters, but I don't feel like Cinderace's inclusion in the tier really distorts teambuilding the way that Urshifu and Spectrier did/do. If you assume that Cinderace has Pyro Ball and three of U-turn/HJK or Low Kick/Gunk Shot/Sucker Punch/Zen Headbutt, there is a decent selection of already very common Pokemon that can reliably check it, such as defensive Lando, Garchomp, Rocky Helmet Pex (Cinderace pretty much needs a Zen Headbutt flinch to get past physically defensive Pex and it can't afford to fish against a Rocky Helmet), Rocky Helmet Slowbro (U-turn does sting a little but Cinderace gets chipped by Helmet and Slowbro gets Regenerator recovery, provided you have a decent switch for whatever comes in), Hippowdon, Pelipper, and even the less common, but still good, defensive Dragonite (as an aside, I think that the physically defensive set with Earthquake, Ice Beam, Roost, and Heal Bell used by Storm Zone in
this SPL game is really cool, even though it doesn't face off against a Cinderace in that game). Moltres and Zapdos aren't the best answers to Cinderace since they really don't like switching into Gunk Shot, but they are also a deterrent to it grabbing momentum with U-turn as well. And yeah, I get that it could run Bulk Up or Electro Ball (which we've seen more recently in SPL, particularly paired with Electric Terrain from Tapu Koko) to get past some of those checks, but I really don't think that either of those sets are as good or reliable as the traditional four coverage move ones. Bulk Up also was only used on 9.386% of Cinderaces in January at 1825, while Electro Ball wasn't even one of the 8 most common moves on it, and running either of those options forgoes the ability to threaten other common Pokemon. So the point that I'm trying to make is that all of those Pokemon that I listed as checks are all valuable in their own right and I think that they would likely be about as common even if Cinderace wasn't in the tier, which I feel like is an important distinction between Cinderace and Urshifu/Spectrier. There are more options to check Cinderace than there were for Urshifu and Cinderace's presence isn't really inflating the use of certain Pokemon as substantially as Spectrier is with Tyranitar, Mandibuzz, and Hydreigon. Cinderace also doesn't really force its checks to run suboptimal movesets that they otherwise wouldn't, like Spectrier does with things like defensive Hydreigon with Snarl.
The other thing about Cinderace is that its speed tier isn't as solid as it was before Crown Tundra released, which means that it more often than not is Jolly and makes Sucker Punch more common, preventing it from running a different coverage move that it would rather have. There are also more viable Choice Scarf options, such as Tapu Lele, Tapu Fini, Lando, and Kartana (if Cinderace has been chipped), now that can threaten Cinderace than there were when it was previously banned. Possibly the most annoying thing about Cinderace is how Heavy Duty Boots allows it to repeatedly come in for free, especially in combination with all of the good pivots like Slowbro/Slowking, Blissey, Corviknight, etc., but I think that's more of a general problem (or perhaps saying "aspect" might be better, if "problem" is too harsh) with SS. I previously talked about the impact of Heavy Duty Boots on the meta
here, and I still think that the larger issue with Boots is how they're used on things like Blissey and Slowbro/Slowking. It's obvious that SS games have a tendency to be very long and SS OU has garnered a reputation as the "boring tier" from many players - top players included. I personally have enjoyed SS OU since I like slower, more methodical games, and I don't think that it's necessarily a problem that the tier has taken more of a turn that way, but I do wonder what would happen to the pace of games if Cinderace was removed from the tier. I really don't like using baseless theory and I know that you're not supposed to project out to hypothetical future metagames, but right now, I think that Cinderace is often one of the best Pokemon at forcing progress in games. This is important since it can be so difficult to try to make progress in SS at times and I'm a little fearful that if Cinderace does get removed some day, it will just make the very sturdy defensive backbones rife with Boots/Regenerator/Teleport even harder to get past.
Now I know that the Smogon masses can be kind of fervent with their clamoring for things to be banned (which is kind of pointless when something isn't even being currently suspected and many of the most vocal people don't get reqs anyway, and I'm sorry if that sounds pretentious when I don't have much of a "right" to be, but I think it's kind of indicative of how many things in the real world go as well), so before the angry mob turns their pitchforks on me for being a "Cinderace defender," I will reiterate that I think that Cinderace is excellent. It's incredibly versatile, easy to slot onto teams, and is equally threatening as both a wall-breaker and a cleaner. I'm not trying to downplay Cinderace and say that the fact that it can be checked is really a "weakness" of it; rather, what I'm saying is that I think I'm ok with Cinderace being one of the best offensive Pokemon in the tier. I don't really feel like it distorts teambuilding and it isn't as one-dimensional and "brain dead" as things like Dracovish, Urshifu, and Spectrier (although I don't really feel like something being viewed as one-dimensional or "brain dead" should be taken into account when considering a Pokemon's spot in the meta). There always need to be some Pokemon that are amongst the most threatening offensive options in a meta, and although Cinderace is extremely good and certainly fills that role, I'm not convinced that it is "unhealthy" or that the meta would improve with it being banned down the line. Also, this is a minor side point and I know that citing inaccurate moves as a reason for a Pokemon being "balanced" is kind of a meme, but I do honestly feel like in some ways the imperfect accuracy of moves like Pyro Ball, HJK, Gunk Shot, and Zen Headbutt does somewhat limit Cinderace's effectiveness and consistency. This is exacerbated by the fact that Cinderace is pretty frail so missing a move at an inopportune time (especially HJK) can end up resulting in Cinderace being KOed, and the low PP of Pyro Ball and Gunk Shot can also be an issue over longer games. I know that none of those moves are even as inaccurate as something like Focus Blast and it may not have even been worth mentioning, but to me, the chance to miss crucial moves does make using Cinderace feel less "safe" than something like Urshifu was, just clicking Wicked Blow or CC without a second thought.
7. How do you feel about Magearna?
I'll try to be more brief about Magearna, and this may just be personal bias, but Magearna feels much more "unhealthy" to me than Cinderace does. What I feel like separates Magearna from Cinderace is that Magearna has greater versatility in the sets it can run, has fewer safe switch-ins, and can more easily win games on the spot. Hardly anything in the tier can safely switch into Specs Magearna with Fleur Cannon/Volt Switch/Focus Blast or Aura Sphere/Trick and trying to switch against it frequently feels like a big guessing game. I feel like it's really the combination of Volt Switch and Trick with the massive damage output of Fleur Cannon that makes Magearna so difficult to play around; you have to hope that it doesn't click Fleur Cannon against the Ground type you brought in trying to block Volt Switch but you also give up momentum or get one of your best defensive Pokemon crippled if you bring in one of the few Pokemon that can take a Specs Fleur Cannon, like Blissey or Galarian Slowking, and it clicks Volt Switch or Trick. Now Magearna obviously is fairly slow, and this makes it more difficult to bring onto the field than something faster like Cinderace, but this problem is alleviated by all of the common pivoting options. Magearna is also faster and has substantially better bulk and typing than something like Crawdaunt, which also makes bringing it into play easier.
So the Specs set may be the best Magearna set, and to me it feels kind of "unhealthy" (I keep putting this in quotations, because much like "broken" or "balanced," something being "unhealthy" is obviously subjective) in that it forces high-risk guessing games, but it's the setup sets that I dislike the most about Magearna. I understand that none of the setup sets (some combination of Shift Gear, Calm Mind, and Iron Defense, often with Stored Power and Draining Kiss or a Fighting move) are perfect and that they each have their counters, but it doesn't feel right to me how Magearna can single-handedly 6-0 teams without an answer to its specific set. I get that these setup sets are kind of more cheesy HO sets used on the ladder but they can still work in high-level games, as shown by Niko in their
previous SPL game. Magearna doesn't quite 6-0 the opposing team in that game but bro fist needs to sac his Zapdos and Dragapult to it just so that it can get paralyzed and Hazed by Pex.
The sad part to me is that I do like Magearna and I think that it's an interesting and unique Pokemon. I really like AV and Scarf sets and even though they aren't really used, other specially defensive sets with Fleur Cannon/Volt Switch/Pain Split/Heal Bell are cool, although Heart Swap being cut from SS for some reason is lame. I wish that Magearna never learned Calm Mind/Shift Gear and somehow couldn't hold Specs because I find its other sets to be interesting and "balanced" parts of the tier, but it's meaningless to long for something that's impossible to be changed (and please don't get the impression that I'm advocating for some weird complex bans or anything - I'm not).
So to wrap up this overly-long and meandering post, I wanted to conclude by saying that while Cinderace and Magearna are both two of the best Pokemon in the tier, I feel like Magearna is less "healthy" and should be considered for a suspect test first. I talked a lot about Cinderace and why I hope that it remains in OU, but I still concede that Cinderace could rightfully be suspected if it appears to be too dominant or is thought to be "unhealthy" if Magearna ends up getting banned first. I also wrote a little about how I'm dubious of SS OU continuing to become an increasingly defensive tier where progress is hard to come by thanks to Heavy Duty Boots, Regenerator, and Teleport, but much of that was contemplating potential future metagames and may not be valuable. Again, I also don't think that SS OU being generally a slow and defensive meta is inherently a bad thing, since I enjoy defensive playstyles and I'm not one of those users that irrationally hates stall, but my point was more that I find Cinderace to be an important and varied offensive presence in the tier. I'm not too sure how this post will come across, but I was attempting to contrast that while I find Magearna and Cinderace to both be top threats in the meta, I personally find Cinderace's inclusion far more tolerable than Magearna's. Thanks to anyone who read/skimmed this over and take care everyone!
finally "back" in OU, it's been continually good for a long time and nice to see it picking up more. Surprised that 
hasn't been picking up more as an alternative to Glowking and Bliss, but horse is really restricting special walls so am not too surprised. Also surprised to see 
up so high in usage, rain usage ig? don't play a lot of rain but would've thought thundy and zeraora were more attractive electric immunities.
is the one I'm most surprised with. Toxapex is still around. How in the hell did this thing get more usage
, it is a set of ice beam, scald, teleport and slack off. I rarely ever click future sight on this thing as I would rather get my heavy hitter in safely
is another set that I love using, which I mainly pair with scarf 
. I usually pass up sr for stone edge because I just don't see that much of a need for rocks with just about every pokemon in the tier having boots. I love spamming the fruit from hell aka 
so I value spikes a lot more than sr because I HATE Magearna
. It's just a simple set to use that I don't even bother to use any other set
with u turn, knock off and stabs as its moves. It's a rather decent but I haven't used it enough to give a solid result
and 
and 
will definitely drop out. Their greatest lease in ou has always been stopping Spectrier from trampling your team. If it does get banned by the end of the week, I feel these two will drop to uu almost instantly
is another pokemon that I believe that will decrease in usage. For as long as Zapdos exists, this thing is gonna have nightmares like hell
. This thing is an absolute beast with just a simple specs set and its terrain is my favorite terrain. Lele has won me many battles already since I've been using it a lot lately
. I always loved this core but had to use it sparingly because of a certain damned horse but still my favorite
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