SS NeverUsed Viability Rankings

By Rabia and the VR council. Art by Albinson.
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Welcome to the official SS NU Viability Rankings. We as a community will be ranking every single usable Pokémon into "tiers." The general idea of the topic is to rank each NU Pokémon under "rankings" that go in descending order. Since this is a tier list for the entire metagame, everything is lumped together. There won't be any segregation between offense, defense, and supportive presences in the metagame within this article. For example, Celebi can be ranked in the A tier as a supportive presence, Mienshao can be ranked in the A as an offensive presence, and Bronzong can be ranked in the A tier as a defensive presence. While these three examples can also be found in the initial rankings, the viability of Pokémon and their roles within the metagame can and will change over time, so we will be sure to keep an open mind to this as well and adjust the thread accordingly during each update.

The ranks are organized in alphabetical order.

S Rank

S

copperajah sprite
Copperajah

S-

rotom-mow sprite
Rotom-M
salazzle sprite
Salazzle

A Rank

A+

bronzong sprite
Bronzong
dragalge sprite
Dragalge
flygon sprite
Flygon
sirfetch'd sprite
Sirfetch'd
sylveon sprite
Sylveon
talonflame sprite
Talonflame

A

blastoise sprite
Blastoise
diancie sprite
Diancie
guzzlord sprite
Guzzlord
starmie sprite
Starmie
vaporeon sprite
Vaporeon

A-

drapion sprite
Drapion
glastrier sprite
Glastrier
golurk sprite
Golurk
machamp sprite
Machamp
mudsdale sprite
Mudsdale
toxicroak sprite
Toxicroak
tyrantrum sprite
Tyrantrum

B Rank

B+

arcanine sprite
Arcanine
decidueye sprite
Decidueye
dhelmise sprite
Dhelmise
escavalier sprite
Escavalier
exploud sprite
Exploud
heliolisk sprite
Heliolisk
kingdra sprite
Kingdra
tauros sprite
Tauros
vileplume sprite
Vileplume
xatu sprite
Xatu

B

aerodactyl sprite
Aerodactyl
braviary sprite
Braviary
goodra sprite
Goodra
mantine sprite
Mantine
passimian sprite
Passimian
silvally-ghost sprite
Silvally-Ghost
weezing sprite
Weezing

B-

celebi sprite
Celebi
comfey sprite
Comfey
garbodor sprite
Garbodor
inteleon sprite
Inteleon
ninjask sprite
Ninjask
virizion sprite
Virizion
zoroark sprite
Zoroark

C Rank

C+

absol sprite
Absol
exeggutor-alola sprite
Exeggutor-Alola
araquanid sprite
Araquanid
arctozolt sprite
Arctozolt
gigalith sprite
Gigalith
hitmonlee sprite
Hitmonlee
scrafty sprite
Scrafty

C

raichu-alola sprite
Raichu-Alola
espeon sprite
Espeon
articuno-galar sprite
Articuno-Galar
indeedee-f sprite
Indeedee-F
omastar sprite
Omastar
pincurchin sprite
Pincurchin
qwilfish sprite
Qwilfish
sceptile sprite
Sceptile
scyther sprite
Scyther
silvally-steel sprite
Silvally-Steel
uxie sprite
Uxie
vikavolt sprite
Vikavolt