UnderUsed Viability Rankings

By Pak, Pearl, and the VR council. Art by MandyRoh.
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Welcome ORAS UU Viability Rankings! The main goal is to organize all of the usable Pokémon in this tier into "tiers", from best to worst, with no differentiation between offensive and defensive threats.

The S tier contains a select few metagame-defining Pokémon, the best of the best, and the A tiers reflect on the Pokémon which are extremely effective, but flawed, in some aspects. The B tier is slightly more expansive, with the B+ tier representing Pokémon that are fairly common and threatening but don't quite make the cut for A-, while the B- tier represents Pokémon which fill minor, but relevant, niches. Below the B tier, the generic C tier displays the rest of the Pokémon that are usable in UU but don't have a niche that is appreciated by most UU teams. Finally, the D rank will only include Pokémon that are tiered in UU by usage but have no usability in the metagame.

All Pokémon are individually sorted within their rank by viability.

S Rank

hydreigon sprite
Hydreigon
aerodactyl-mega sprite
Mega Aerodactyl

A Rank

A+

conkeldurr sprite
Conkeldurr
celebi sprite
Celebi
florges sprite
Florges
krookodile sprite
Krookodile
slowking sprite
Slowking
empoleon sprite
Empoleon

A

roserade sprite
Roserade
cobalion sprite
Cobalion
metagross sprite
Metagross
nidoqueen sprite
Nidoqueen
swampert-mega sprite
Mega Swampert
mandibuzz sprite
Mandibuzz
crobat sprite
Crobat
suicune sprite
Suicune
seismitoad sprite
Seismitoad
aggron-mega sprite
Mega Aggron

A-

entei sprite
Entei
heracross sprite
Heracross
mamoswine sprite
Mamoswine
tentacruel sprite
Tentacruel
doublade sprite
Doublade
reuniclus sprite
Reuniclus
sceptile-mega sprite
Mega Sceptile

B Rank

B+

steelix-mega sprite
Mega Steelix
whimsicott sprite
Whimsicott
blastoise-mega sprite
Mega Blastoise
jellicent sprite
Jellicent
kyurem sprite
Kyurem
gyarados sprite
Gyarados
rhyperior sprite
Rhyperior
beedrill-mega sprite
Mega Beedrill
escavalier sprite
Escavalier
mienshao sprite
Mienshao

B

alomomola sprite
Alomomola
abomasnow-mega sprite
Mega Abomasnow
swampert sprite
Swampert
blissey sprite
Blissey
sylveon sprite
Sylveon
gligar sprite
Gligar
crawdaunt sprite
Crawdaunt
infernape sprite
Infernape
rotom-mow sprite
Rotom-Mow
sharpedo-mega sprite
Mega Sharpedo
tyrantrum sprite
Tyrantrum
klefki sprite
Klefki
cresselia sprite
Cresselia

B-

nidoking sprite
Nidoking
diancie sprite
Diancie
toxicroak sprite
Toxicroak
durant sprite
Durant
heliolisk sprite
Heliolisk
snorlax sprite
Snorlax
milotic sprite
Milotic
virizion sprite
Virizion
lucario sprite
Lucario
forretress sprite
Forretress
chesnaught sprite
Chesnaught
feraligatr sprite
Feraligatr
rotom-heat sprite
Rotom-Heat
pelipper sprite
Pelipper
bronzong sprite
Bronzong
tornadus sprite
Tornadus

C Rank

C+

chandelure sprite
Chandelure
dragalge sprite
Dragalge
slurpuff sprite
Slurpuff
qwilfish sprite
Qwilfish
absol-mega sprite
Mega Absol
haxorus sprite
Haxorus
porygon-z sprite
Porygon-Z
houndoom-mega sprite
Mega Houndoom
froslass sprite
Froslass
moltres sprite
Moltres
venomoth sprite
Venomoth
porygon2 sprite
Porygon2
arcanine sprite
Arcanine
gardevoir sprite
Gardevoir
hoopa sprite
Hoopa
machamp sprite
Machamp
magneton sprite
Magneton
espeon sprite
Espeon

C

uxie sprite
Uxie
galvantula sprite
Galvantula
quagsire sprite
Quagsire
darmanitan sprite
Darmanitan
archeops sprite
Archeops
shaymin sprite
Shaymin
sableye sprite
Sableye
ampharos-mega sprite
Mega Ampharos
registeel sprite
Registeel
umbreon sprite
Umbreon

C-

aerodactyl sprite
Aerodactyl
cloyster sprite
Cloyster
zoroark sprite
Zoroark
honchkrow sprite
Honchkrow
noivern sprite
Noivern
donphan sprite
Donphan
yanmega sprite
Yanmega
omastar sprite
Omastar
goodra sprite
Goodra
fletchinder sprite
Fletchinder
shuckle sprite
Shuckle

D Rank

vaporeon sprite
Vaporeon