These are the official Viability Rankings for VGC 2023 Regulation D. In this thread, we as a community will be ranking each and every usable pokemon into different tiers based on how viable we believe them to be. We encourage you to post your thoughts and opinions on on the various usable Pokemon in VGC and what tier you think they should belong in. Posts in this thread will be taken into consideration when deciding changes to the VR.
The general idea of this is to rank every usable Pokemon in VGC into different rankings that will go in descending order. Since we are evaluating the entirety of the metagame, we will not be splitting Pokemon based on their roles within teams - supportive and offensive Pokemon will be ranked based on their impact that they have on the meta and the teams they will be brought for.
Finally, there will be a Council of experienced players who will discuss and vote on the ranking of each Pokemon. As the Series tend to be fairly short, we will be attempting to keep this up-to-date based on what's going on in the tournament scene and adapting our list based on both tournament results and ladder success as the metagame evolves. Keep in mind, your posts and insights are still very valuable to us and will be a factor in any changes that we make. This thread would be nothing without the community and all of your input, so if you feel you have a good grasp on the metagame and fully understand the forum rules, then don't be hesitant to post.
VGC 2023 Regulation D Viability Rankings
S-Tier
S
Flutter Mane
Urshifu-Rapid-Strike
S-
Iron Hands
A-Tier
A+
Amoonguss
Chien-Pao
Landorus-Therian
Rillaboom
Heatran
A
Dragonite
Gholdengo
Cresselia
Ursaluna
Tornadus
Chi-Yu
Urshifu-Single-Strike
A-
Dragapult
Thundurus
B-Tier
B+
Basculegion-M
Pelipper
Farigiraf
Dondozo
B
Iron Bundle
Glimmora
Tatsugiri
Zapdos
Indeedee-F
Arcanine
Arcanine-Hisui
Landorus
Regidrago
B-
Thundurus-Therian
Torkoal
Lilligant-Hisui
Gyarados
Grimmsnarl
Regieleki
Annihilape
C-Tier
C+
Kingambit
Armarouge
Goodra-Hisui
Moltres-Galar
Roaring Moon
Mimikyu
Maushold
Ting-Lu
C
Sneasler
Baxcalibur
Great Tusk
Gothitelle
Azumarill
Abomasnow
Scream Tail
Volcarona
Gastrodon
Enamorus
Kleavor
Hatterene
Palafin
Enamorus-Therian
C-
Samurott-Hisui
Spectrier
Glastrier
Scizor
D
Zoroark-Hisui
Zapdos-Galar
Corviknight
Flamigo
Moltres
Brambleghast
Tsareena
The general idea of this is to rank every usable Pokemon in VGC into different rankings that will go in descending order. Since we are evaluating the entirety of the metagame, we will not be splitting Pokemon based on their roles within teams - supportive and offensive Pokemon will be ranked based on their impact that they have on the meta and the teams they will be brought for.
Finally, there will be a Council of experienced players who will discuss and vote on the ranking of each Pokemon. As the Series tend to be fairly short, we will be attempting to keep this up-to-date based on what's going on in the tournament scene and adapting our list based on both tournament results and ladder success as the metagame evolves. Keep in mind, your posts and insights are still very valuable to us and will be a factor in any changes that we make. This thread would be nothing without the community and all of your input, so if you feel you have a good grasp on the metagame and fully understand the forum rules, then don't be hesitant to post.
VGC 2023 Regulation D Viability Rankings
S-Tier
S


S-

A-Tier
A+





A







A-


B-Tier
B+




B









B-







C-Tier
C+








C














C-




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