:Ampharos: Could be a cool slow pivot that can run tanky offense or bulky resttalk sets.
:Banette: One of the few Pokemon with Knock Off and I anticipate this to be a terrific wallbreaker, especially with gained access to Swords Dance and its two priority moves. Shame it still doesn’t have a strong Ghost STAB, even after 6 generations.
:Beartic: Talked about Beartic here, I am excited to use this.
:Dedenne: A usable revenge killer? Still not impressed even with its great Speed and being one of the few Fairy-types.
:Delibird: Despite hazard control being more demanded, it’s still the same horrible Pokemon it was in previous gens…
:Eiscue: Could be okay as a cleaner but i find it hard to justify over other Ice-types and cleaners.
:Electrode: Got better with terastalization. Shame Light Clay got banned and how it lost Reflect.
:Falinks: Would be great once it lans here. Great setup sweeper with No Retreat and First Impression comes in handy.
:Flareon: It gets Calm Mind and Tera Blast now! Could be used for the same reasons Glaceon is used, but the Fire-typing feels less effective for offense
:Glaceon: See Beartic.
:Glalie: No Explosion hurts, but it still does suicide lead sets great!
:Gothitelle: Worse than Pawniard at punishing Defog, but could be a good alternative, especially with its higher Speed, Focus Blast, and Tera.
:Greedent: A generic Normal-type that is too slow to set up Belly Drum reliably.
:Gumshoos: Stakeout is great, not great on Gumshoos.
:Hypno: Losing Wish was one thing, but Belly Drum is another level of cruelty.
:Kricketune: It still has Webs! I don’t think it’ll be good considering the shakiness of the archetype, and it lost Knock Off and Endeavor.
:Leafeon: No Knock Off hurts, but the Speed is nice!
:Lumineon: Could still Pivot and be annoying with Encore. Otherwise hard to use over other Waters.
:Luvdisc: It gets Wish now! Otherwise, still the same old Luvdisc.
:Luxray: Could be a cool wallbreaker with Guts or a pivot with Intimidate. A cool Pokemon to try out for the first few weeks.
:Oinkologne: could probably pull off some weird Glutonny tricks or be a generic wall with Thick Fat.
:Oinkologne-F: Oinkologne but with slightly more unfavorable stats.
:Oranguru: might be worth trying out with its bulk and decent coverage.
:Pachirisu: Hard to justify over Pikachu, Raichu, or even Dedenne. Super Fang might be the only reason to use it.
:Persian: No Return or Double-Edge feels very hard to justify using the cat. It feels too weak and frail otherwise, Fake Out or Nasty Plot sets.
:Pincurchin: A defensive spiker that has a neat electric immunity and recovery. Can be good to use over longer games.
:Raichu: Actually pretty scared of this mouse. One of the fastest revenge killers that can rip apart teams with coverage and nasty plot. I’d definitely keep an eye on this.
:Rotom-Fan: The black sheep of Rotom formes does Rotom things, without being outclassed at last!
:Sawsbuck: Serene Grace sets can be pretty annoying, and it’s a great Scarfer too!
:Seviper: I’d rather use Swalot. Special coverage can be worth noting.
:Slaking: Probably will still be bad even in the first stages. It’s good in OMs though!
:Stantler: I still like Girafarig better. Having intimidate and megahorn is okay i guess
:Stonjourner: SS ZU’s former hero will likely return to stardom once more!
:Sudowoodo: No explosion sucks, but it can still be a decent suicide lead.
:Sunflora: Gets Dazzling Gleam, but otherwise, same ol’ Sunflora being outclassed.
:Swalot: A neat Pokemon with Toxic Spikes and Body Press. I anticipate it’ll be a premier wall and tspikes setter, probably as good as its ORAS version.
:Tropius: Hard to justify over other grasses. SubSeed is pretty bad and Dragon Dance sets are still not good.
:Wigglytuff: Highest HP Wishes and Stealth Rock makes it a good defensive Pokemon. I want to try this out.
:Wugtrio: Aside from Mareanie, it might be the best Water in the tier with its amazing Speed!
NFEs:
:Carkoal: A passive but good rapid spinner that can be annoying with Flame Body.
:Fraxure: Covered this in my post above.
:Glimmet: Will be a popular HO lead that annoys physical attackers a lot.
:Murkrow: Can be a pretty threatening Nasty Plot sweeper or a decent mixed attacker.
:Toedscool: One of our few spinners and knock off users. Would be pretty neat to try out!
:Vigoroth: Excited to try this, as it’s a fast bulk up user with reliable recovery and a wide offensive movepool.
:Zweilous: Hard to justify over Fraxure or loads of other wallbreakers. RestTalk sets may be the way to go, though I’m still not sold.
