As the VGC series come to the last acts, I thought it appropriate to analyze what has transpired and create a Tournament Results Tier List, a compilation of the finalists from every Regional to see which Pokémon are succeeding to obtain a rough image of how this metagame is developing. These list will include the finalist from every American and European Regional plus the Japanese ones in the first post of the Official VGC Thread. Since such is an incomplete picture of the VGC, it would be much appreciated if semifinalists and quarterfinalists would post their teams (I combed 30+ pages in the VGC thread to find some information but still with plenty of gaps).
The first tier list is to help with Diegnarok, the foretold and much hyped battle between Smogon and Japan, by checking the plethora of tournament results from Japan. Now, mind you, this list is very rough, based merely on count, sadly not weighted for level of tournament (partly my fault, I will redo it if someone gives me a quick explanation of which were Regionals, National, et cetera). To clarify, by “count”, I mean mere presence in a team, so if Person A used Metagross, good old Metagross would get a check.
The tier list is divided into 5 tiers: S, A, B, C, and D. S, Super, signifies exceptional use (of the 296 Pokemon slots [74 teams, which is really weird, but that is how many Zerowing/Micuat listed], these 3 took up 86), while the other tiers simply stratify by count ranges (16-10, 8-3, 2, and 1). Format is as follows: Pokemon (Count, % found on teams). Two or more Pokemon in same line denote a tie.
*These tier lists are based solely on tournament usage/results and do not signify the effectiveness of a Pokémon in double battling. This is more of a list to see which Pokémon you are more likely to see/which have been used to the most success.
>S (45 – 19)
Metagross (45, 60.8%)
Snorlax (32, 43.2%)
Gyarados (19, 25.7%)
Wow. Metagross was on 60.8% of teams, a pattern followed by the Western Regionals and the only Pokemon in Super OU to do so.
>A (16 – 10)
Zapdos (16, 21.6%)
Infernape (15, 20.3%)
Latios (13, 17.6%)
Cresselia - Duskoir (12, 16.2%)
Kingdra – Abomasnow (10, 13.5%)
OU presents the leading strategies and moves, Fake Out Infernape, TR Dusknoir, and plenty of legends. Micuat kept talking about HP Ground 70 Latios and Cresselia, so keep that in mind. There are shocking amount of Hail Teams, as seen by the amount of Glaceon in UU.
>B (8 – 3)
Glaceon – Ludicolo – Togekiss (8, 10.8%)
Heatran – Salamence (7, 9.46%)
Swampert (5, 6.76%)
Bronzong – Shedinja – Azelf – Smeargle – Latias (4, 5.41%)
Garchomp – Mamoswine – Arcanine – Weavile (3, 4.05%)
Quite a few surprises (WTF Garchomp). This tier seems to be filled with the more specific members of various strategies, with quite a bit of familiar faces. Overall, the Japanese tournament used a greater diversity of teams than we have. I have not heard of any weather teams besides TrickStorm.
>C (2, 2.70%)
Lapras – Scizor – Marowak – PorygonZ – Gengar – Jolteon – Ambipom – Regirock
More weather specific Pokes and random Goodstuffs.
>D (1, 1.35%)
Vaporeon – Hariyama – Lickilicky – Milotic – Azumarrill – Starmie – Lanturn – Clefable – Yanmega –
Moltres – Crobat – Kabutops – Walrein – Typhlosion – Absol – Slowbro – Uxie – Sunflora – Aerodactyl
Hippowdon – Toxicroak – Empoleon
Mainly random pokes, especially Rain Dance candidates.
Now, for the Western Tier List. This one is a tad different. Using all the results I could find, I tallied all Pokémon used and gave said tally weight depending on place of respective “trainer”. Third place gets 0.5 points, second 1, and first 2 [reward winning], all added up to determine place. Data on the semifinals is quite scarce, so the list is derived mainly from finals (obviously) and is quite lacking; however, just post whatever teams you remember defeating/seeing to help update this list. If this thread is good enough, I will update it this weekend until the World Championship.
The West list uses the same tiers, without S due to lack of Pokémon/data present. Format is as follows: Pokémon (Total, sighting on winning finalist team/sighting on losing finalist team/sighting on semifinalist).
*This tier list is based on both usage and winning. So in the case of ties, the Pokémon with the better wins will be placed in superior rank.
>A(6 – 5)
Metagross (6, 2/1/2)
Dusknoir (5.5, 1/2/3)
Garchomp – Gengar (5, 2/1/0)
Once again, Metagross dominates, while the other two reflect Western trends (TR and Good Stuffs).
>B (4.5 – 3.5)
Smeargle (4.5, 1/2/1)
Zapdos (4, 2/0/0)
Lapras (4, 1/2/0)
>C (2.5 – 1.5)
Bronzong (2.5, 1/0/1)
Swampert – Mamoswine – Hippowdon – Shuckle – Machamp (2, 1/0/0)
Spiritomb – Hariyama – Azelf (0/1/1)
>D (1)
Electivire – Camerupt – Golduck – Snorlax – Gyarados – Salamence – PorygonZ (1, 0/1/0)
Weavile (1, 0/0/2)
*These tier lists are based solely on tournament usage/results and do not signify the effectiveness of a Pokémon in double battling. This is more of a list to see which Pokémon you are more likely to see/which have been used to the most success (which seems hypocritical, but I am noting that just because Lucky American Scrub A loves Theorymon, thus bumping such in tier if he gets a good bracket/is blessed by the Hax Goddess, plus the fact that, at least in regionals, the entire pool has not been Smogoners/people who know what they are doing).
I hope this has been resourceful. Good luck to the rest of the competitors and see you in Nashville. Also, if you post any semifinalist results/suggestions, I will respond with the most haste that I can.
The first tier list is to help with Diegnarok, the foretold and much hyped battle between Smogon and Japan, by checking the plethora of tournament results from Japan. Now, mind you, this list is very rough, based merely on count, sadly not weighted for level of tournament (partly my fault, I will redo it if someone gives me a quick explanation of which were Regionals, National, et cetera). To clarify, by “count”, I mean mere presence in a team, so if Person A used Metagross, good old Metagross would get a check.
The tier list is divided into 5 tiers: S, A, B, C, and D. S, Super, signifies exceptional use (of the 296 Pokemon slots [74 teams, which is really weird, but that is how many Zerowing/Micuat listed], these 3 took up 86), while the other tiers simply stratify by count ranges (16-10, 8-3, 2, and 1). Format is as follows: Pokemon (Count, % found on teams). Two or more Pokemon in same line denote a tie.
*These tier lists are based solely on tournament usage/results and do not signify the effectiveness of a Pokémon in double battling. This is more of a list to see which Pokémon you are more likely to see/which have been used to the most success.
>S (45 – 19)
Metagross (45, 60.8%)
Snorlax (32, 43.2%)
Gyarados (19, 25.7%)
Wow. Metagross was on 60.8% of teams, a pattern followed by the Western Regionals and the only Pokemon in Super OU to do so.
>A (16 – 10)
Zapdos (16, 21.6%)
Infernape (15, 20.3%)
Latios (13, 17.6%)
Cresselia - Duskoir (12, 16.2%)
Kingdra – Abomasnow (10, 13.5%)
OU presents the leading strategies and moves, Fake Out Infernape, TR Dusknoir, and plenty of legends. Micuat kept talking about HP Ground 70 Latios and Cresselia, so keep that in mind. There are shocking amount of Hail Teams, as seen by the amount of Glaceon in UU.
>B (8 – 3)
Glaceon – Ludicolo – Togekiss (8, 10.8%)
Heatran – Salamence (7, 9.46%)
Swampert (5, 6.76%)
Bronzong – Shedinja – Azelf – Smeargle – Latias (4, 5.41%)
Garchomp – Mamoswine – Arcanine – Weavile (3, 4.05%)
Quite a few surprises (WTF Garchomp). This tier seems to be filled with the more specific members of various strategies, with quite a bit of familiar faces. Overall, the Japanese tournament used a greater diversity of teams than we have. I have not heard of any weather teams besides TrickStorm.
>C (2, 2.70%)
Lapras – Scizor – Marowak – PorygonZ – Gengar – Jolteon – Ambipom – Regirock
More weather specific Pokes and random Goodstuffs.
>D (1, 1.35%)
Vaporeon – Hariyama – Lickilicky – Milotic – Azumarrill – Starmie – Lanturn – Clefable – Yanmega –
Moltres – Crobat – Kabutops – Walrein – Typhlosion – Absol – Slowbro – Uxie – Sunflora – Aerodactyl
Hippowdon – Toxicroak – Empoleon
Mainly random pokes, especially Rain Dance candidates.
Now, for the Western Tier List. This one is a tad different. Using all the results I could find, I tallied all Pokémon used and gave said tally weight depending on place of respective “trainer”. Third place gets 0.5 points, second 1, and first 2 [reward winning], all added up to determine place. Data on the semifinals is quite scarce, so the list is derived mainly from finals (obviously) and is quite lacking; however, just post whatever teams you remember defeating/seeing to help update this list. If this thread is good enough, I will update it this weekend until the World Championship.
The West list uses the same tiers, without S due to lack of Pokémon/data present. Format is as follows: Pokémon (Total, sighting on winning finalist team/sighting on losing finalist team/sighting on semifinalist).
*This tier list is based on both usage and winning. So in the case of ties, the Pokémon with the better wins will be placed in superior rank.
>A(6 – 5)
Metagross (6, 2/1/2)
Dusknoir (5.5, 1/2/3)
Garchomp – Gengar (5, 2/1/0)
Once again, Metagross dominates, while the other two reflect Western trends (TR and Good Stuffs).
>B (4.5 – 3.5)
Smeargle (4.5, 1/2/1)
Zapdos (4, 2/0/0)
Lapras (4, 1/2/0)
>C (2.5 – 1.5)
Bronzong (2.5, 1/0/1)
Swampert – Mamoswine – Hippowdon – Shuckle – Machamp (2, 1/0/0)
Spiritomb – Hariyama – Azelf (0/1/1)
>D (1)
Electivire – Camerupt – Golduck – Snorlax – Gyarados – Salamence – PorygonZ (1, 0/1/0)
Weavile (1, 0/0/2)
*These tier lists are based solely on tournament usage/results and do not signify the effectiveness of a Pokémon in double battling. This is more of a list to see which Pokémon you are more likely to see/which have been used to the most success (which seems hypocritical, but I am noting that just because Lucky American Scrub A loves Theorymon, thus bumping such in tier if he gets a good bracket/is blessed by the Hax Goddess, plus the fact that, at least in regionals, the entire pool has not been Smogoners/people who know what they are doing).
I hope this has been resourceful. Good luck to the rest of the competitors and see you in Nashville. Also, if you post any semifinalist results/suggestions, I will respond with the most haste that I can.
