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SS RarelyUsed Viability Rankings

By gorex and the VR council. Art by Kolohe.
  • S Rank
  • A Rank
    • A+
    • A
    • A-
  • B Rank
    • B+
    • B
    • B-
  • C Rank
    • C+
    • C
    • C-
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Welcome to the third SS RU Viability Rankings! Here, we as a community will organize every viable RU Pokémon into rankings. Keep in mind that this is simply a reference list and should not be treated as anything more than that. Pokémon are arranged alphabetically within subranks.

S Rank

togekiss sprite
Togekiss

A Rank

A+

cobalion sprite
Cobalion
mienshao sprite
Mienshao
noivern sprite
Noivern
raikou sprite
Raikou
reuniclus sprite
Reuniclus
zarude sprite
Zarude

A

chandelure sprite
Chandelure
gastrodon sprite
Gastrodon
golisopod sprite
Golisopod
heracross sprite
Heracross
incineroar sprite
Incineroar
metagross sprite
Metagross
necrozma sprite
Necrozma
rhyperior sprite
Rhyperior
roserade sprite
Roserade
toxtricity sprite
Toxtricity
volcanion sprite
Volcanion
xurkitree sprite
Xurkitree

A-

barraskewda sprite
Barraskewda
crobat sprite
Crobat
darmanitan sprite
Darmanitan
diancie sprite
Diancie
flygon sprite
Flygon
registeel sprite
Registeel
salazzle sprite
Salazzle
seismitoad sprite
Seismitoad
sharpedo sprite
Sharpedo
snorlax sprite
Snorlax
stakataka sprite
Stakataka

B Rank

B+

cloyster sprite
Cloyster
dhelmise sprite
Dhelmise
durant sprite
Durant
gardevoir sprite
Gardevoir
golurk sprite
Golurk
klefki sprite
Klefki
milotic sprite
Milotic
mimikyu sprite
Mimikyu
obstagoon sprite
Obstagoon
starmie sprite
Starmie
steelix sprite
Steelix
tyrantrum sprite
Tyrantrum
vileplume sprite
Vileplume

B

aerodactyl sprite
Aerodactyl
arctozolt sprite
Arctozolt
barbaracle sprite
Barbaracle
bewear sprite
Bewear
celebi sprite
Celebi
doublade sprite
Doublade
dragalge sprite
Dragalge
lucario sprite
Lucario
suicune sprite
Suicune
slurpuff sprite
Slurpuff
sylveon sprite
Sylveon
tornadus sprite
Tornadus
toxicroak sprite
Toxicroak
virizion sprite
Virizion
weezing-galar sprite
Weezing-Galar

B-

bronzong sprite
Bronzong
ditto sprite
Ditto
indeedee sprite
Indeedee
marowak-alola sprite
Marowak-Alola
polteageist sprite
Polteageist
porygon2 sprite
Porygon2
regidrago sprite
Regidrago
talonflame sprite
Talonflame
umbreon sprite
Umbreon
vanilluxe sprite
Vanilluxe

C Rank

C+

arctovish sprite
Arctovish
froslass sprite
Froslass
glastrier sprite
Glastrier
heliolisk sprite
Heliolisk
inteleon sprite
Inteleon
kingdra sprite
Kingdra
linoone sprite
Linoone
pangoro sprite
Pangoro
politoed sprite
Politoed
shiftry sprite
Shiftry
sigilyph sprite
Sigilyph
tauros sprite
Tauros
tangela sprite
Tangela
torkoal sprite
Torkoal
xatu sprite
Xatu

C

abomasnow sprite
Abomasnow
aurorus sprite
Aurorus
cresselia sprite
Cresselia
drapion sprite
Drapion
entei sprite
Entei
kabutops sprite
Kabutops
mudsdale sprite
Mudsdale
ninetales sprite
Ninetales
ninjask sprite
Ninjask
omastar sprite
Omastar
tsareena sprite
Tsareena
zoroark sprite
Zoroark

C-

lycanroc sprite
Lycanroc
porygon-z sprite
Porygon-Z
pyukumuku sprite
Pyukumuku
shiinotic sprite
Shiinotic
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