Been playing this metagame for the last few hours, here's my take on some of the major threats.
Darkrai poses a decent threat to the metagame with Hypnosis being so threatening to the opponents team. The only pokemon that are currently immune to Hypnosis are Gholdengo, which gets destroyed by Dark Pulse, and Gliscor, which either gets 2KOed by Dark Pulse or OHKOed by Ice Beam, so its very hard to counter Darkrai without Tera. I do think that this mon will be banned in the future due to lack of counterplay, and I think it should be banned.
Honestly, Deoxys is just annoying. It spams hazards and Knock Off and uses Taunt to stop Gliscor. Even though its super fast, and can do decent damage with Psycho Boost, I don't think this mon should be banned. However, I could still see it getting banned.
Gliscor is very good right now and I'm glad its back. With the crazy amount of hyper offense in the tier right now, Gliscor helps slow down the offense. Also, theres actually a decent Spike setter in the tier so that's exciting. I don't think Gliscor should be banned at all but I could see it getting banned due to Toxic spam and the extreme longevity with Protect+Poison Heal.
Iron Boulder is the new Iron Val. Super crazy fast, and pretty strong. Has a lot of moves outside of STAB such as CC and EQ to hit Steel Types and if your afraid of Balloon Ghold, you could even use Throat Chop. I don't think this mon will be banned unless Gliscor gets banned. Then I could see this mon being a bit too much for the tier.
This is one of the biggest threats in the metagame right now. Can be either physical with Scale Shot+Icicle Spear+Loaded Dice or special with Specs or Scarf Ice Beam, Earth Power, and Draco Meteor. I think this mon should be banned cause its so threatening and has little counterplay. Also, it hard counters Gliscor unless Gliscor uses Tera. I think it will likely be banned too.
Not Snorlax but Terapagos. By far the biggest threat. 600 BST with sweeping options in Rock Polish+Calm Mind and also support options in Toxic and Rapid Spin. Also, after Tera, this mons BST increases to 700? That's more than Calyrex-Shadow, which is currently in AG. This mon should be banned right now and will most likely be the first ban.
Darkrai poses a decent threat to the metagame with Hypnosis being so threatening to the opponents team. The only pokemon that are currently immune to Hypnosis are Gholdengo, which gets destroyed by Dark Pulse, and Gliscor, which either gets 2KOed by Dark Pulse or OHKOed by Ice Beam, so its very hard to counter Darkrai without Tera. I do think that this mon will be banned in the future due to lack of counterplay, and I think it should be banned. Honestly, Deoxys is just annoying. It spams hazards and Knock Off and uses Taunt to stop Gliscor. Even though its super fast, and can do decent damage with Psycho Boost, I don't think this mon should be banned. However, I could still see it getting banned. Gliscor is very good right now and I'm glad its back. With the crazy amount of hyper offense in the tier right now, Gliscor helps slow down the offense. Also, theres actually a decent Spike setter in the tier so that's exciting. I don't think Gliscor should be banned at all but I could see it getting banned due to Toxic spam and the extreme longevity with Protect+Poison Heal. Iron Boulder is the new Iron Val. Super crazy fast, and pretty strong. Has a lot of moves outside of STAB such as CC and EQ to hit Steel Types and if your afraid of Balloon Ghold, you could even use Throat Chop. I don't think this mon will be banned unless Gliscor gets banned. Then I could see this mon being a bit too much for the tier. This is one of the biggest threats in the metagame right now. Can be either physical with Scale Shot+Icicle Spear+Loaded Dice or special with Specs or Scarf Ice Beam, Earth Power, and Draco Meteor. I think this mon should be banned cause its so threatening and has little counterplay. Also, it hard counters Gliscor unless Gliscor uses Tera. I think it will likely be banned too. Not Snorlax but Terapagos. By far the biggest threat. 600 BST with sweeping options in Rock Polish+Calm Mind and also support options in Toxic and Rapid Spin. Also, after Tera, this mons BST increases to 700? That's more than Calyrex-Shadow, which is currently in AG. This mon should be banned right now and will most likely be the first ban.
When making an argument to try it out in the council chat, I hadn't had a clue that Tera Starstorm and Terapagos's blatant ignoration of the one-time Stellar STAB boost would be factors. The latter is seldom a factor ever though because Tera Starstorm in its Stellar form has quite literally absolutely no counterplay. Calm Mind + Rock Polish/Spin + Starstorm and then your choice of Rest, coverage, or utility blatantly runs the tier, especially when before it Terastallizes it has the ability to use Tera Shell as a tool to boost up more consistently. The base form is otherwise an interesting and far from broken addition to the tier so I personally am a bit bummed out about this one.
Raging Bolt is excellent. While I'm not subscribed to the notion that it's broken quite yet I feel like its raw bulk, awkward typing to maneuver around, and access to a good STAB combination with Thunderclap to round it off makes it an excellent tank and wallbreaker that can fit really snuggly onto offense and more dedicated Sun archetypes.
When it gets going, it gets going. Dual Dance is definitely its best option, however the STAB combination is not sufficient into Kingambit structures, so I do believe Tera Blast will be somewhat necessary to get the most from it.
I believe there's potential for Gouging Fire to be insane but I haven't seen it enough nor tried it yet, so I will refrain from speaking about it.
Same with Hydrapple, but I don't think its ceiling is that high compared to Gouging Fire.
