My PVR post Gallade ban. Big points include Flygon being above S tier, and well into the broken category. I will be making a NP post soon about why I think it's broken and needs to go ASAP. Vileplume is the biggest winner of the Gallade ban, and the Paldean Tauros rankings are a direct reflection of that increase in viability (I also just think Wauros is overrated).
Incin and Munki both get the nod into S tier, and I also considered Alolan-Muk to join them but he's not quite on their level. Incineroar is easily the most splashable and versatile mon in the tier after Flygon itself, and lends itself well to a lot of playstyle with the variety of tools it has at its disposal. Munkidori is very easily the best scarfer in the tier, and is an excellent enabler to the variety of breakers we have. While it does hate losing Gallade as a teammate, it LOVES not having to face it any more. Gallade was easily able to tank and RK it, or simply eat uturns and kill all its teammates before they could do anything. Gallade leaving should also slow down the meta noticeably, and Munkidori thrives in that environment with its excellent utility and chip damage, especially when you consider how weak our hazard removal is. Another benefit from Gallade leaving is the increased usage of Vileplume and other physical answers that weren't as good before, and Munkidori has a positive matchup into almost all of them.
Porygon-Z also sees a big jump from A- to A+, and that is simply due to it appreciating the tier slowing down. It is the strongest hitting breaker we have, and has all the coverage it needs. Chandelure rising for pretty much the same reason, but it has some noticeable disadvantages when compared to PZ.
Avalugg rose to A- as I think it is quite clearly our best removal option, although it does hate having to choose 2 of its 3 main attacks (BPress, EQ, Ice move). Dudunsparce rose to A- as I think it is VERY underrated as a threat and can solo win a lot of games on preview. That is partly due to people not keeping it in mind when building, but also due to its amazing bulk and the threat of toxic. I think it is quite easily the best bulky setup option we have.
Cresselia dropping all the way to B because I think it is a very fake mon. The scarf set would frankly be a C/UR set if the setup set did not exist, and the setup set is not really all that threatening when you consider how little it provides to a team without taking 2-3 turns to start snowballing. A lot of the time when using it, I feel like I am playing a 5v6 game because of how little it provides.
No one disputes Flygon's status. The tier has completely centralized around it--for better or for worse--and its usage through SCL so far showcases its dominance.
I moved it back up to A+ mostly because teams increasingly lack the good Mienshao punishers like Vileplume and Talonflame. Fighting-type checks like Kilowattrel, Cresselia, Galarian Slowbro, and Munkidori are great Pokemon no doubt, but Mienshao is much happier in these matchups because these checks are either much easier to break down or freer to use U-turn on.
Terrain is showing its ugly self once again, and Cresselia is a major driver for current complaints over the archetype.
Kilowattrel remains integral to the success of many balance builds for its great speed and how reliable of a pivot it is, enabling a myriad of wallbreakers and helping prevent balance teams from getting stuck in those ruts of being too passive to make true progress.
Toxtricity is simply the best special wallbreaker in NU. Boomburst + Volt Switch is a pain to play around because your Volt Switch blockers get absolutely SMACKED if you misplay a single time.
Milotic is on par with Vaporeon at this point mostly because it's less exploitable. It's not mandated to give up two moveslots for recovery, which makes it easier to get multiple options of Ice Beam, Haze, and Flip Turn onto its set.
Scrafty eats a lot of teams right now, especially with the downturn in usage of Sylveon, Diancie, and Florges. You've got so many setup opportunities against Pokemon like Milotic and Vaporeon even if they run Haze because, well, what are they going to do to you? Scald spam and let you get Shed Skin activating? OK bro lol.
She is a demon. The diamond storm/Iron Defense CM Draining Kiss Body press set with Tera water 6-0s you on the spot if you don't have a roar /haze Vapo roar sylveon or haze milotic. There really aren't much better alternatives you have. Tera water sits on inteleons trying to crit pass you and let's you straight up beat demon zong. (if you set up first ofc). 
she is great aswell specs scarf av sub cm u know the package. Consistently good Mon a bit overshadowed by munkidori
The perfect duo. These two make up the core of the 'Anti-Hazard HO' archetype which I think is one of the strongest team styles right now.
CM sets have boomed in popularity (heh) and Scream Tail has become a core offensive AND defensive piece of HO teams. It's guaranteed chip vs special walls, and a top-tier endgame cleaner with Tera Normal Boomburst. I think defensive Wish is still quite solid on bulkier builds.
A powerful Defiant user in a world full of Intimidate, Incredible speed tier, and great set variety as a sweeper or pivot. I prefer physical over special generally, but both are good and mixed is cool.
Great mon into Mienshao and the Cinccino + Scyther core. Might even be better than I ranked it, provided you find the right team for it.
Makes rain what it is. Outside of rain I think Substitute is its best set.
I LOVE FROSMOTH I LOVE FROSMOTH I LOVE FROSMOTH IT IS BEST DEFOGGER SPDEF PIVOT 252 SpA Choice Specs Inteleon Hydro Pump vs. 248 HP / 240+ SpD Ice Scales Frosmoth: 102-120 (29.7 - 34.9%) -- 16.8% chance to 3HKO UNKILLABLE MOTH SUPREMACY
Also I forgor to put Kanto Muk on my tier list but I think its probably C+ as a dedicated Shao check on stall
Fuck Vileplume.
Mienshao has proven on many games to be more threatening than Flygon.Great speed tier and regenerator make it able to do lot of progress on a meta without great hazard removal with an absurb staying power when his checks are likely getting overwhelmed by hazards .From choice scarf to specific AV spreads,shao can fit on every team and arguably has more splashability than Flygon,Flygon's scarf set being in decline.
Best defensive Spiker so far ,compressing Water and Electric immunities is great too.Sticky Hold alongside tera can give an hard time to teams reliant on Knock Off to do progress.
Easy to knock his boots and we've seen clear amulet and competitive/defiant to abuse Intimidate for a while.Magician klefki being good doesn't help either,could drop 1 rank.
A more proactive Spiker than Gastrodon,harder to force progress against it with the threat of twave/foul play.Air balloon is a cool tech to check Flygon while stealing boots from opposing hazard stack team.
Chandelure is slower but Typh speed isn't needed rn.Incineroar being worse also mean Focus Blast has less value then chandy's Energy Ball.
Gastrodon on top,every water packing coverage or tera poison or disruption against him.He had to drop.
Loom and Intel are too weak without band and specs/lens respectively to run boots but they don't like hazard meta.Swampert may have some use but i don't see any appeal over Gastrodon rn.
Fake fighting resist,fake water resist,tspikes aren't enough to get appart from others pivots.
No usages so far for a Reason.
Flygon is not as devastating to stare down as Mienshao, but its sheer utility and versatility makes it an honest candidate for any team. Fast Stealth Rock setter, priority with First Impression, pivoting with U-turn allows for Choiced sets to not be so tied down, great coverage to muscle past just about anything it really needs to, Flygon has it all. Flygon's defensive profile is also amazing, with great resistances and Levitate making it a great pivot into many Pokemon. Dragon Dance Flygon has been a controversial presence in the tier even up until recently, especially as it continued to innovate to bypass checks like Avalugg and Bronzong with Tera Fire Punch or Tera Ghost + Throat Chop, respectively. I think these sets did rely heavily on a surprise factor to get the jump on these defensive Pokemon, but now that they are mainstream it's quite easy to form a game plan accounting for them. I still die on my hill of "Flygon is not broken" and I don't see that changing anytime soon, but Flygon is still the best Pokemon in the tier next to broken Mienshao.
Bronzong is public enemy #1 in this tier, and every Pokemon is clamoring for its own personal methods to effectively beat it. Even despite this Bronzong thrives off sheer bulk and ignorance alone. Small movepool changes featuring moves like Night Shade, Earthquake, and Trick + Toxic Orb allow Bronzong to keep the opponent on their toes even as a passive wall. Double dance sets with CM + IDef ran away with quite a few games in SCL as Body Press and Stored Power are just broken moves that let passive Pokemon dish out absurd amounts of damage. I struggle to not throw a Bronzong onto every team, generally only omitting it when I want to build with a Ghost- or Psychic-type (like Typhlosion-H or Articuno-G) and don't want to stack weaknesses. Very good mon, I could see it dropping in the future as the tier gets more hostile to it but for now Bronzong has been fighting back.
This I know may be a bit of a hot take, but I think Aqua Bull is nearly on par with Mienshao and Flygon. Choice Band sets 2HKO every mon in the tier, there is no exception to this except Defensive Brambleghast and Decidueye (you could run Lash Out if you really wanted to). Despite being an offensive Pokemon, a "bulky Water" with Intimidate and priority in Aqua Jet lets Tauros serve as somewhat of an anchor for the offensive teams it finds itself on. Bulk Up sets with Substitute or whatever can also put in some insane work but the immediate reward of clicking the right button with Choice Band makes it hard to use any other set. 
just a big fat stat monster, can trade with almost anything and has coverage for everything.
I've only really liked the bulky setup sets but NP + Recover or NP + Agility with Sitrus Berry have both felt godlike in tests.
I wish this mon was better like it's so fucking close it has everything but stats. Probably me and 
idk they're cool
- I'm very high on this Pokemon, much more than others. I'm less of a fan of fatter Wish builds with Vap currently and much more into Milotic style balances and BOs that can keep up momentum without sacrificing coverage/utility while being able to take Knock a bit better. I think Tera Fairy Alluring Voice is fantastic into a lot of teams, especially when Wetbull, Breloom, or a rarer Goodra is the Water resist. Also dissuades Scrafty a lot better versus Vaporeon. 
- Sorry Kilo lovers, this mon kept sinking lower and lower on my PVR until it found itself in the middle of A-. This ranking reflects how hard it is to fit onto teams and what it provides. Into and on offenses? Good mon. Into any other mu or balance build? You want just about anything else a lot of the times. This isn't a replacement for Talon's defensive utility, but it's also not strong enough or bulky enough to handle most other mons, so what does it really do for teams? The best sets are on weather offenses.
- I think Overqwil on rain is good, but not A+/A like other people have had it. Utility sets also keep seeing some use, but they're genuinely a tour bannable offense imo and heavily sink how I see this mon. A- felt right to me.
- I think Ditto is one of the better Pokemon in the tier, but in a much healthier way than in previous metas where it was semi mandatory. Ditto being great is a bad sign and should never happen, but Ditto being good is pretty cool. It's a mon that has a very positive matchup into the common HOs and weathers that are legitimate parts of the meta, but it also has a sneaky good matchup into fatter builds as well, copying the ability to up hazards, remove them, grab a Wish, and more. 
- I'm a bit higher on Hail than other people are. I think it's a legitimate playstyle that would border on cancerous if we didn't have common tools to help deal with it. I think it's entirely unexplored and just as legit as Rain if people give it a chance and I expect to see some Hail in NUCL. 100% SCL winrate baby woooo.
I was a big fan of Avalugg because it just checks anything Physical, especially if Tera is still online. Spin enables a ton of broken sets/items and it hits quite hard too. I'd use it more if I wasn't afraid of random Tera Ghosts to play around it. It can pull a mean Mirror Coat set by the way, try it out! (make sure to reduce spdef iv/nature so you can OHKO things like Vaporeon).
Was a big fan of the 3 attack sets, unlike the other Steel, it can retaliate better into Offense between EQ/HeavySlam/Ice Spinner, not to mention TWave. It's also the best Steel on the SpDef side, very solid.
Honestly think it should been used more, it was often on my mind because it's the only Steel with Knock Off, and Whirlwind is also excellent into some Pokemons. It also hits very hard and has just the right bulk to pull some nice Custap sets. Restalk 2Atk is also a nuisance to balance/defense.
Should have been used a lot more imo, strong breaker that doesn't need any support besides maybe just Spin/Defog to avoid dying too quickly. It can often soak a hit and OHKO back too. With Trailblaze, it can even pose a threat to more offensive structures. I was quite a fan of Trailblaze/Knock/CC/Facade with Tera Normal. The only reason I have it there is because often you prefer just using broken Mienshap.
One of the premier offensive Pokemon of the tier imo, just has no real switch ins besides some niche 'mons. The only annoying part is its stabs having to deal with immunities. Shift Gear is very good imo because you honestly barely needs Specs to break with it.
Super broken imo, the tier doesn't have good Salt Cure answers and nobody runs Covert Cloak. You just need to pair it with good anti-hazards and Knock absorbers. Tera Ghost makes it so so good.
High ranking for this, but Grassy is quite strong with a plethora of abusers.
Hits hard. But way too frail imo. Pretty funny on Tailwind but it sucks that almost all of its best answers are good in the tier, like Incineroar, Overqwil or Alolan Muk.
You can kill the man but not the idea.
Kinda passive and not as specially bulky as you'd want it, but it's a Steel that is immune to Ground and can bring both SR and Spikes if you want to, imo a nice profile.
NP Encore sets can snowball so hard but Tera hog. Nice utility sets too.
I found myself often building with it as a tempo machine on Offense, which had the possibility to either provide free setups with Memento or control any setuppers with Encore. Big fan and amazing typing into the most used Pokemon in the tier.
Probably should be explored more. I'm not sure it even needs Hail to be good. +6 Ice Shard owns offensive countermeasure and it's fast enough to kill defensive cores without Slush Rush. Fat enough to setup consistently.
One of the best Grassy Terrain mons. One of the set I "found" at the end of SCL is Sub/Sap/CM/AirSlash, it's like an Oricorio that is better into Offense at the cost of being worse into Haze/Roar. Sub gives you more flexibility with the Tera type too because you don't necessarily need a status/clear smog immunity now.
Former two should be considered more on Rain imo. They're not as hard blanked by anti-rain Mons like Kingdra or Ludicolo.
I thought I'd see this guy more often but after trying it myself, I can understand, it's just too slow or too frail and has annoying weakness.
Imo a stable of weather because Healing Wish is just that good as a tool to position and give a second life to something you just wanna trade with earlier. Works similarily on HO and deter setups with Encore too.
Revival Blessing is very good and outside of that, it's a nice Fighter with great coverage and priority. Two great abilities too.
Sun has felt mid when I tried it but those two are absolute killers.
Was much worse than I anticipated getting into the tier. Has coverage issues but is also just too slow, even at +2. You pretty much need Tera online to counterplay Scarfers, and you still have to deal with all the priorities of the tier.
Mid Pokémons but fast Rapid Spinners with access to useful moves like Knock, Flip Turn or EjectPack+LeafStorm (on an electric immunity) makes them okayish to use and enable some stronger stuff.
I thought I'd spam this guy when I signed up because it's just so bulky and has such good moves in Knock/FoulPlay/Ruination/Leech but the typing is absolutely woeful. You pretty much needs to Tera instantly with it. I'd say though that it's often worth it, despite the commitment.
Only started exploring it late in the season but I think that one has potential if you have a nice anti-hazard core (not too hard to do with Scyther and Cinccino). CB Espeed hits like a truck and can also break with FlareBlitz/Fury/WildCharge/CC, also brings Intimidate to the team.
Not bad honestly, can be a decent trader with Dbond to get rid of the dark types. It's just not strong enough and has to play some very annoying speed tiers with Mienshao.
Natural Cure, Tailwind and Healing Wish, very unique combo and Seed Flare hits hard, but just slightly too slow and Grass isn't a good offensive stab.