Doubles OU Viability Rankings

By Paraplegic and the VR council.

Rankings
Tier 1
Tier 2
Tier 3
Tier 4
Tier 5

Welcome to the Doubles OU Viability Ranking project, where we rank the viability of Pokémon in DOU. The rankings and tier descriptions have been assigned to describe each Pokémon's state within the metagame, and the Pokémon in each tier are listed in alphabetical order.

Rankings

Tier 1: Pokémon that dominate a large portion of the metagame. They are either quite powerful or offer great team support and can fit on almost any team. You can't really go wrong by using these Pokémon.
Tier 2: Pokémon that are generally strong and can easily be placed on a variety of teams, but don't have the same level of prowess as the threats in Tier 1.
Tier 3: Pokémon that are generally strong but less powerful than those in Tier 2 or Pokémon that require a decent amount of support or a specific team style to function well but are defining pieces to said archetypes.
Tier 4: This tier contains either Pokémon that have broad applications on a variety of teams but are simply less effective than those in higher tiers or are only particularly useful for certain team styles.
Tier 5: Pokémon that, while they have a niche in the metagame, often struggle to find situations where they thrive, either because of the support required or their poor matchups.