Gen 6 ou viability 2022 This thread contains a ranking of every viable Pokemon, separated in tiers to indicate power gaps. This is Part 1 of this video series and judging by the video length, you alr Dec 1, 2020 · this nom is incredibly pointless. Reply Your forum for all things from the second generation of Pokemon! Join the GSC Discord Server for live discussion! Gen 6 OU. Because the tier is so new and we want to encourage creativity, no Viability Rankings will be provided at this time. Replies 59 Mar 11, 2017 · -A+ rank now consists of my top 6 mons, after short deliberation of whether to include #6. Jul 16, 2021 · Your forum for all things from the third generation of Pokemon! Home. The setlist needs a lot of work. XY OU Teams. You can sort of see its influence with the rest of the top of the viability rankings. Gen 5 ou sun viability! Discussion This is a discussion on sun team viability If you what some info: I built a sun team just to find out that it was awesome and had May 4, 2021 · ORAS Monotype is the official Monotype format for Gen 6. For those wondering if Stall is still viable, there's currently a 600 turn Gen 9 OU match in progress between two top ladder players taking place play. while it might look decent on paper in Jun 2, 2023 · Outdated and older threads from the Gen 9 OU forum will be stored here. Thank you genies. These are numbers I made up in my head btw, so don't take them that seriously. Jan 11, 2022 · Being OU by usage alone does not guarantee a ranking. The same thing happened in Gen 7 except one tier lower and was banned to PUBL. Here's The team: Credit: MegaCreeperMan on Newgrounds. gastro is a mon thats viability is a reaction to what's popular at the moment, its a mu "slug". Scream tail is just good there Apr 12, 2022 · With the first official NU VR being published in April 2022, the RBY Community can finally begin to explore its new lowest tier: PU. Note #4: Post SCL I Viability Rankings & Nominations - a lot has changed in one year! Dec 13, 2022 · art by grape tylenol Welcome to the LC viability ranking project. Feb 25, 2017 · In this thread, you're encouraged to post your thoughts and opinions on the various Pokemon that are usable in ORAS OU and what tier they should fall under. Which of these have crept even harder or how has power creep taken different forms from those envisioned by the article? Jun 22, 2020 · Being OU by usage alone does not guarantee a ranking. Gen 8, B- rank, same as Nihelego and Celesteela. I thought this Feb 8, 2021 · Welcome to the RBY OU Viability Rankings! As you can guess, in this thread we aim to rank the viability of all relevant Pokemon in the RBY OU Metagame. Imo neither of those bans were warranted. Latios brought a lot of role compression in one slot: it had access to Defog, checked Keldeo, and I've just gotten into pokemon teambuilding and I decided to do gen 6 OU for my first try at a team (because I wanted to use megas still. Holding together bulky balance. Actuarily. Either add the rest of OU or replace Lapras with those three, imo. So use that turn to use 'Dragon Dance' move to boost Attack and Speed stat. Dec 31, 2024 · The ADV OU 2022 Tier List below is created by community voting and is the cumulative average rankings from 32 submitted tier lists. This thread contains a ranking of every viable Pokemon, separated in lettered tiers to indicate power gaps. Viability Rankings Jan 5, 2017 · Resource ORAS OU Viability Ranking Thread V5 (See Page 43 - Post #1063) Jan 6, 2017; Cresselia92; Gen 6 Monotype The Complete Pokedex Project Reboot. Haxorus was thought to be an OP wallbreaker and destroyer of teams but it's issues revealed themselves soon and it basically died after a certain kyurem black dropped. Broader metagame discussion should be held in the metagame discussion thread. Put him in this meme >:( Electrvire on a Life Orb is pretty okay in ZU, probably worse now that Pallosand is back tho 😅 i spent the better part of a week messing with Vire in OU, got toclike 1700~ with it but its really hit or miss, its not even the lack of a strong electric move, its the lack of strong ANY moves, your coverage is elemental punches, Low Kick /CrossChop and then EQ but Eq doesnt hit much you dont Dec 15, 2023 · Outdated and older threads from the Gen 9 OU forum will be stored here. Dec 28, 2016; Mar 25, 2014 · Somehow, Gyarados rode this wave into the overused tier. His high usage throughout 6th gen OU is a testament to Lando-T's importance to the tier. I would think about bullet punch on Metagross If you still want to keep it, otherwise Weavile can absolutely destroy your team. It was released in South Korea in December 2019 by Smilegate and in Europe, North America, and South America in February 2022 by Amazon Games. Jan 26, 2021 · Art by Kaiju Bunny | RBY Ubers Old Gens Hub ⏮ 2019 | 2021 RBY Ubers MASTER VR | 2022 ⏭ Introduction RBY Ubers is arguably competitive Pokémon's oldest tier. Why is stuff like Blissey and Forretress that have been recognized as viable and in Blisseys case actually been used in SPL games grouped with mons like Infernape, Vaporeon and Haxorus which the last one is considered outclassed by mid tier dragons and the former 2 are considered terrible? Jun 6, 2022 · Newest viability rankings. In this thread, you're encouraged to post your thoughts and opinions on the various set rankings for each Pokemon. Gen 5 is a little underrated, but the weather wars are legendary to this day. They released their debut EP "LOVE & HAPPINESS" on February 17th, 2023. no fuckin clue why. In 2022+, I consider Gyarados (when played properly) a niche 20% usage mon on a niche 10% usage style. the moment november 18 2022 rolled around the entire playerbase decided that getting their cheeks clapped by booster energy paradoxes and kingambit was way more fun than whatever we're doing here. Ignoring Typhlosion's objective worthlessness in the tiers above, it wasn't overcentralizing in Gen 6 NU or Gen 7 PU since many checks/counters for it are common/viable in the tier. In this thread, we as a community will rank every Pokemon's usable set into which tier of the viability ranking they individually fall under. reReddit: Top posts of June 2022. As for the other starters, a quick answer is: Kanto: All are great with their gmax forms, even in restricted formats. Nowadays, it is still played in both room and forum tournaments. Jan 27, 2014 2007 - 2022 Rate My Team. " You're encouraged to post your Apr 21, 2018 · Welcome to the new GSC OU Viability Rankings thread. Prior to the more recent tier shift changes at the end of a generation, this was already a problem even in the currently played generations, with examples like Jolteon/Typhlosion in most generations, Joey ralling his community to spam Ambipom to force it to rise to UU from NU even though it isn't viable in UU, Azelf rising to Gen 6 OU, Mesprit OverUsed | XY | Smogon Strategy Pokedex Loading 60% of the Pokemon in Gen VII OU were also in Gen VI OU When transitioning from Gen V to Gen VI, 56% of Gen V OU fell out of the tier Of the Pokemon introduced before Gen V, only 7 have been OU every Gen since their debuts (Skarmory, Tyranitar, Jirachi, Gliscor, Heatran, Magnezone, Rotom-Wash) Jan 16, 2020 · OP Stolen from the OU Thread art by Cresselia92 Viability Rankings (new banner coming soon!) Welcome to the first official NatDex OU Viability Rankings thread. Stay tuned though! Jul 15, 2022 · Introduction: Since I’ve done many laddering challenges in the past for hacked Pokemon, I thought I’d try a laddering run of Gen 6 Pure Hackmons. reReddit: Top posts of 2022 TOPICS. But this is coming from someone who loves using mega Manectric (though I think It's better than Metagross in the meta). Dec 26, 2013 · PRELIMINARY XY OU Ranking tier list V. Since uubl isn't an official tier it doesn't actually affect anything. The ou/bl shifts are more for the benefit of ou than they are to do with tiering decisions in the lower tiers, they wanted the ou tier to be a bit more representative of the metagame because it's usually the first thing new players getting into the tier look at. Stealth Rock is banned (debatable). The best ADV OU 2022 rankings are on the top of the list and the worst rankings are on the bottom. I believe that an objective method founded in mathematics but visually convincing to a lay audience should appeal to a wide spectrum of people. An example of this is that in gen 6, your Metagross would get outsped and OHKO'd by a Garchomp EQ. But then, why is Gen 7 almost double the size of Gen 8, the latest OU? Oct 10, 2022 · Thank you for the reply. Now with that being said, here are a few guidelines which you're expected to read before posting: Please post no unfinished teams! Newest National Dex OU VR Update! Weavile has achieved the trifecta of S rank across all three Gen 8 OU formats: SS, ND, and BDSP. Jul 2, 2023 · Being OU by usage alone does not guarantee a ranking. Shed Shell Skarmory is so bad that the fact that people actually use it suggests how incredibly susceptible Skarmory is to Magnezone compared to other Fwiw Cofag was tiered very lowly back in Gen 6 and was considered to have a small OU niche for most of the gen. Mar 13, 2023 · "I don't play much gen 8" dude look around. 2021 - Poor Khariri actually managed to hit even lower lows Among other reasons stated, Gen 4 was when the Attacking power creep had increased exponentially past the Defensive powercreep. what optimized typing and stats do to a mf. 04. I use reall weird EVs. Nov 15, 2019 · Resource SS OU DLC2 Viability Ranking Thread [SEE: Page 105, Project The Top 10 Titans of the Gen 8 OU Metagame ausma; Mar 6, 2022; Replies 5 Views 14K. They released their pre-debut EP "Limelight" on September 29, 2022, and they made their official debut on February 14th, 2023. Dragonite @ Leftovers Ability: Multiscale EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Adamant Nature - Dragon Dance - Outrage - Fire Punch - Iron Head. Aug 17, 2021 · Gen 8 Competitive Discussion. Still, Lapras will likely stay in OU as a far better user of Hail and Blizzard spammer than Abomasnow. The only relevant OU fighting types are Blaziken, RapidStrike, and Lucha, and all of them are physical and break blissey easily with their secondary STAB. Plenty of other megas that are way above it in my opinion. Aegislash was biggest bottleneck in teambuilding, if pokemon that used to be good can't hit Aegislash then many of them are not good. " You're encouraged to post your thoughts and opinions on the various Pokemon that are usable in OU and what tier they should fall under. Nov 18, 2020 · emma's SS Doubles OU Viability Rankings - post SCL II Note #1 I wrote my own descriptions of each tier since that's how I group Pokemon together. Very few Pokemon in the metagame (the others being Nidoking, Alolan Dugtrio, and the nonexistent Magneton) have access to both a Thunder Wave and a Toxic immunity, and Nidoqueen just so happens to be the bulkiest one. Note #2: I did not do nominations for every tier change I had. Posts like "I think pokemon X should be in this tier" will not be tolerated ~No flaming ~Usage statistics may be used to support an argument or a claim, but Dec 9, 2021 · Not for the current Gen right now, no, these are only for Old Gens currently. Hi, it looks like you've made a post regarding team building. Without their gmax form and signature gmax moves that do 1/6 chip damage over four turns, they are lackluster. even if we solved its passivity issue, it getting koed would mean you've already lost, as most of your mons are very slow and frail. I realize that OU definitely wasn't the right spot to put this team on now (especially after trying to play it). Yoda2798. Nov 25, 2019 · B+ -> A-Gonna echo the Nidoqueen nomination. Resource ND OU Sets Viability Rankings. What a chad. Please ensure your post includes the format, e. shes usually forced to run play rough/low kick to not get walled by pokemon like archaludon, kyurem and the occasional hydrapple, which kills off a lot of the set versatility she had 110 speed also makes it the 3rd fastest viable Pokemon listed as OU, and it pairs up well with Rain since it makes its Surfs hit harder. Jan 1 Dec 2, 2024 · Your forum for all things from the first generation of Pokemon! Join the RBY Discord Server for live discussion! OU RBY OU Viability Rankings emma; Feb 8, 2021; 4 In the future, the voters for each viability ranking will now have to specify a cutoff for which they consider a pokemon to be OU, and instead of the cutoff between OU and UU being tied to a specific gap between viability tiers (which breaks down if new tiers end up being created), the cutoff will now be placed at the worst pokemon that more Gen 6 was the heyday for Showdown (at least according to Google Trends), so again it makes sense having a lot of games. It's just that most ice types are designed poorly. The current lineup consists of MiU, Suhye, and Gaeun. Thread starter Optify Start Jun 18, 2022 #6 Gen 6 OU Team! OU Team Building Top posts of June 16, 2022. i would recommend a backup TR setter such as pory2, which btw can actually hit Dec 27, 2024 · Gen 9 DOU Archive. Plus, it can switch to almost any physical attacker in the game and proceed to Intimidate it. Posts in this thread will be taken into account when deciding rank changes. Smogon Classic Terms and Apr 11, 2020 · I'm going to preface this post with the fact that I haven't been a serious Pokemon player since gen 6 ORAS. In this project, we will "tier" every Pokemon based on usefulness. Smogon Classic Terms and rules; Dec 12, 2022 · Espathra is UU but is extremely broken so it'll always have viability in OU (Calm Mind + Stored Power + Roost / Protect set) and ( Scarf Lumina Crash Trick set) there's a lot of interest with those 2 sets where it translates real well in OU. For example, Heatran and Scizor are both allowed, but Tyranitar is banned. Members Online help for the returned back artillerist Dec 1, 2020 · Welcome to the third official (first post-DLC 2) SS OU Viability Rankings thread. Those other two S rank Pokemon would be great regardless but part of what makes them so good is their ability to check Latios. I had a lot of That's true if they have the same nature but base Blaziken has a significantly worse Speed Tier which is actually relevant in USUM Ubers, where Blaziken is seen as inferior to its Mega because Mega Blaziken can run Adamant and still outspeed things like Mega Gengar at +1, whereas base Blaziken has to run Jolly and suffers LO recoil and marginally worse damage output because of the lack of an Dec 14, 2020 · Welcome to the SS UU Viability Ranking Thread! Here, our goal is to sort every Pokemon with viability in the SS UU metagame into ranks based on their specific value in the tier. the forums are somewhere between a ghost town and a mall Jellicent isn't used on rain, that Jirachi set is only used on DragMag teams, and Toxicroak isn't very good in OU by today's standards, which is why it is stuck in C rank on the viability rankings with the likes of Sharpedo, Formless Rotom and Medicham, all of which are things that have one specific niche on very specific times but otherwise Dec 14, 2021 · This is the team I'm probably most proud of. Aug 11, 2020 · So I'm new to this generation and was looking up pokemon in OU and I have an important question. Gen 6 Competitive Discussion. It was a turning point for the development of Monotype as a standout official metagame, and is fondly remembered by players who explored it when it was the current generation. Newer players might be surprised to see Kyurem this far down the list, as it was a massive threat in Gen 8 Ou and got banned (which for the record I thought was a mistaken but whatever, I'm a gen 3/4/5 purist anyway). It would definitely be possible, gen 1 isn't completely frozen as UU in that generation came after UU was invented and there tiers are determined by viability ranking and gen 3 has shifted stuff between OU and UUBL to represent meta trends, but for the most part later generations seem to agree that it's just not a big deal to make Snorlax's Oct 6, 2023 · Nido-Rus: Tier 2. Tyranitar is one of the most definitive Pokemon in BW OU thanks to it setting sand and keeping dangerous Psychic-types like Latios, Reuniclus, and Alakazam in check by Pursuit trapping them. DPP heracross is another one. During SCL the tier saw a lot of new innovation and development, with Vileplume rising to one of the best pokemon in the tier thanks to its ability to attack on many Mar 15, 2021 · Welcome to the official SS OU Sets Viability Rankings. 1 (Subject to change & in alphabetical order for now!) S Rank: Reserved for Pokemon who can sweep or wall significant portions of the metagame with little support, and Pokemon who can support other Pokemon with very little opportunity cost ("free turns"). View the OU Viability Rankings and build from there. OU would probably crumble without Lando-T. Sep Jan 16, 2022 · March 2022:-SPL XIII ends-OU Viability Rankings are done after in the normal manner, but emphasize a certain deadline rather than just have them be completed whenever in April/May. Threads 410 2022; Replies 9 Views 621K. This iteration of Kyurem however is much more manageable and usually overshadowed by Kyurem-B for the role of Ice/Dragon most people would consider gen 3 as the most balanced gen. -Hydreigon rises to #2, Mienshao drops to #5, and Seismitoad enters A+ territory as my top SR setter, sitting at #6. Gen 6: C+, same as stuff like Mega Gallade, Jirachi, Hippo, etc. My general play style is balance but I saw a ton of opportunity for a killer bulky offense team. S-Tier: Zacian-C A-Tier: A+: Kyogre Groudon A: Calyrex-S A-: Lunala Palkia Calyrex-I B-Tier: B+: Dialga Yveltal B: Kyurem-W Reshiram B-: There's On the other hand stuff like Darkrai is climbing higher and higher, Landorus-T continues to be the #1 most splashable pokemon in the tier (surprise), and stuff like Iron Crown continues its upward trend in viability with its unique defensive profile and offensive presence. Miscellaneous: Saera and Anvil discuss their takes on the best Pokémon in the ORAS OU metagame. Locked; [Gen 6] Doubles OU - Terrible Pride Set ft. So in a post-dexit meta, Crawdaunt is sure to be making waves. Even though Mega Sceptile has negligible usage in OU, I've often used this team to beat many great gen 6 OU players. This is a place to talk about the rise and fall of individual pokemon instead Reuniclus is the definition of not OU but still having a great niche in OU (outside of Gen 5). smogon. These Movies are our lives! DVD and Blu-ray collectors share pictures of their latest buys and pickups, pictures of their entire collection shelves, we have contests for FREE DVDs, Movie Party nights (watch a movie with 15 strangers), experts give advice and help find the best deals, and more! Jan 18, 2022 · VGC Series 2022 Viability Rankings: Restricted: For now the restricted VR is in terms of single Pokemon, but we do plan to add a restricted cores VR after some more time for the metagame to develop. 6% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery Even dialga stands a good chance to be 2HKO'd without leftovers. Formatting and opening text mostly stolen from McMeghan's ADV thread. The objective of the run was fairly straightforward: try and get 1st place on the Gen 6 Pure Hackmons. nobody plays much gen 8. Thus, you outspeed Garchomp and OHKO with Ice Punch. Jan 9, 2022 · All battles must be played in Gen 4 OU. IIRC both bans were incredibly close. Empoleon hurts from the massive steel type nerf back in Gen 6 which makes it hard for it to tank a lot of things that it used to be able to tank. 8%) -- 92. USUM/ORAS Monotype is an OM, so not really sure if it's gonna come anytime soon. Aug 11, 2020 · Welcome to the BW OU Viability Ranking thread. We touched on usage not being the sole reason behind viability of anything before, but this is very true here as a lot of things accumulate ladder usage despite not being the best option. Project Personal OU Viability Metagross is my Mega because I want to use Metagross and have it be good in OU (rip Explosion) Talonflame has good sweep potential after Metagross cleans up a bit Starmie is a spinner for Talonflame as well as an okay special attacker. Gastrodon was one of the better pokemon in SS OU but is not OU. Latios @ Life Orb Ability: Levitate EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk Draco Meteor Defog / Hidden Power [Fire] / Surf Psyshock Roost / Hidden Power [Fire] / Surf Latios was a very common Life Orb Pokémon in Gen 6 OU. TL;DR: "OU by technicality" exists for mons that either were OU in more modern older generations but wouldn't be OU if usage stats could still influence tiering or for mons whose usage was directly tied to an OU-by-usage mon. But it was just actually banned from a lower tier instead of being used enough in OU when the generation ended. Replies 82 Views 68K. Heck Pokemon with a Jack of all stats could prosper in this generation too. pokemonshowdown comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment This was changed in gen 7. this has happened a few times this gen with slug already where it rises in popularity due to popular trends, meta adapts Nov 29, 2013 · Also, bulky offense is becoming the norm of this Generation's metagame. You may notice that they are not ranked alphabetically within their own subtiers; that is because every Pokemon is ranked within their subranks too Nov 14, 2021 · Nido-Rus: Tier 4. The one generation it wasn't in OU was the generation where it snapped the tier in half instead, it was excellent in Ubers at that time, and ever since it was allowed back in OU it was almost always a top threat apart from a brief moment in Gen 7 where people kept trying to make Scarf work instead of SD+Rockium. First, I had a Bisharp on my team and was allowed in regardless (Bisharp is OU in singles last I checked, I know doubles and singles tiers are probably different but still didn't sit well with me), but then there were Naganadels, Galar Moltreses, Ferrothorns, Dracozolts, Indeedees, all kinds of stuff I thought was OU exclusive or would be OU . Gen 6 OU. That's not even mentioning it's potential to run mixed with rock slide to lure ho-oh, arguably the biggest threat this gen. Jun 7, 2022 · As long as the team is viable enough for the ORAS OverUsed metagame, you're free to post your team in this thread (no gimmicks allowed!!). Survey, catch, and research Pokémon in a long-gone era of Sinnoh to complete the region's first Pokédex! For Pokemon X on the 3DS, a GameFAQs message board topic titled "Smogon now has a viability ranking thread for Gen 6 OU" - Page 2. Tier 0: Fastest to 500 Apr 30, 2019 · I'm here to share a mathematical-visual tool to the wider community for evaluating Viability Ranking (VR) tiers, especially contributors who do VR outside my main gen. Sep 30, 2019 · GSC Ubers Viability Rankings OP updated Jan 2024 S Rank: 01Snorlax 02Mewtwo 03Mew A Rank: A1 Rank 04Cloyster 05Zapdos 06Tyranitar A2 Rank 07Celebi 08Steelix 09Lugia 10Jolteon 11Ho-Oh 12Forretress 13Golem 14Raikou A3 Rank 15Gengar 16Vaporeon B Rank: B1 Rank 17Skarmory 18Heracross B2 Feb 23, 2021 · I find it odd that Lapras is featured on your list of "Other Threats", since not every single OU Pokemon is there. In gen 7 however, you immediately get mega-Metagross' 110 base speed on the turn you mega-evolve. May Jan 11, 2022 · Also, the bajillion scarfers in the meta don't help either and defog being fairly easy to get a hold of. Apr 9, 2015 · It's hard to take a bottom of the ladder replay seriously when discussing a Pokemon's viability. Dragonite is a mixed attacker that can hit hard with Hurricane and Thunder, do big damage with Outrage, and finish off low targets with Rain-boosted Aqua Jet. Doubles OU and the interesting quandary created by Smogon's Tiering Policy r/LegendsOfRuneterra • Mobalytics Anti-Meta Report - 19. #10: Latios- Again, it was tough to choose the last two Pokemon. So following the viabilities rankings produced to reflect the gen 9 OU meta prior to the release of the DLC, and after taking inspiration from u/supersmall69 's '"Face of OU" posts, I decided to compile a spreadsheet of every Pokemon's OU viability ranking in each generation as it stands today in it's most current iteration. This was delayed to the point that it isn't relevant at all anymore, but I'm going to take this final chance to gush about gen 8 RU since it is my favourite tier of the generation. Thank you Lando-T. Nomination posts should include where in the sub-rank the Pokemon will place after the move. More common Pokemon such as Gengar, Cloyster and Jolteon are omitted. Day 1 of insisting that Bellibolt with its slow speed with access to volt switch, and decent bulk with access to static and slack off, and decent SpA with access to parabolic charge and chilling water gives it OU viability and is probably one of the better defensive pivots in the tier. In order to receive better feedback, please try to provide additional information about your team such as why a certain Pokemon/moveset was used along with any useful replays. This is important to maintain an accurate sorting by viability list. gen 4 is another contender, though some people might argue that it has too much variance. This means that the Gen 4 mechanics would be used, and Garchomp and Manaphy are banned. It's OU by technicality when realistically it shouldn't be. -As a result, Mega Aggron and Roserade fall into A rank, both of which I over-ranked a bit to begin with anyways. Nov 7, 2024 · Your forum for all things from the sixth generation of Pokemon! Join the ORAS Discord Server for live discussion! OU ORAS OU Viability Rankings xray; Dec 17, 2017 I think ORAS style teams deserve their own name because of just how impactful they've been on how modern singles play works, with similar building principles present in gen 7+ 8 but also with even DPP (Clef) and of couuuurse BDSP (Clef and Washtom and Gliscor are everywhere) Gen 6 OU. Jun 6, 2018 · GSC UU Viability Rankings written by Sage, Lavos, and Earthworm, taken over by dawnbuster in 2021 approved by undisputed With UUPL coming to a close and GSC UU seeing some real tournament play, UU leadership figured that it would be good to establish a VR and broaden the playerbase. TL;DW: S: Tyranitar, Skarmory A+ Blissey, Gengar, Metagross, Zapdos A: Swampert, Dugtrio, Salamence, Jirachi, Aerodactyl, Celebi A-: Suicune, Charizard, Moltres, Claydol Jul 15, 2019 · The main argument for Skarmory's viability is its ability to use Spikes ridiculously well and stuff out a large variety of Physical attackers; it needs Leftovers to maximize those strengths. This change really benefited mega-Metagross. Jun 25, 2022 · TLDR; Victreebel UU, Slowbro/Lapras UUBL This is important for the upcoming UU Open and UU Snake Draft! https://www. most playstyles from offense to stall are quite viable, and there is a lot of freedom in the builder. In this thread, we as a community will be ranking every single usable Pokemon into "tiers. g. Each Pokemon that is here is viable in the OU metagame, and as such, it will change as the viability rankings get updated. Sep 17, 2021 · SS OU PERSONAL VIABILITY RANKINGS (these are in abc btw) S Rank: the best mon in the metagame: Dragapult S Rank: Landorus-Therian S- Rank: Heatran Melmetal Weavile A Rank: A+ Rank: Clefable Ferrothorn Garchomp Kartana Rotom-Wash Tapu Koko Tapu Lele Tornadus-Therian Urshifu-R Zapdos A Rank: Buzzwole Dragonite Ninetales-Alola Rillaboom Slowking Mar 25, 2014 · The ADV OU metagame as a whole is very physically oriented, given the introduction of Choice Band, Intimidate on defense, and the changes to EVs making special walls take more damage from physical attacks than in the previous generation of OU. Anyone and everyone is encouraged to post their thoughts regarding the rankings, which will then be discussed by our viability team when putting updates together. Note #3: Pokemon within tiers are not ordered. fairy type is definitely better in a vacuum but in the specific case of blissey it hurts it. The Pokemon in the sub-ranks are fully ordered by viability, rather than alphabetical bronzonv is just extreme taunt bait and set up fodder, plus screens aren't really there for anything. Always the kind of mon that picks up viability the more people think it’s losing viability and falling out of favor. I was told Ice is a bad type. Will o Wisp is super good at crippling things that would otherwise answer it very well and Hypnosis is a great disruption tool for some teams. It already destroys Politoed by now so no need for a buff there, but Tyranitar will pretty much always counter it thanks to Sand boosting it when it switches in. The defining spin blocker in generation 3 Gengar has a laundry list of tools that it has to enable it to mess over the opposition. 7. Dec 6, 2021 · The current paradigm for the tier is fast paced teams with suicide leads that ensure the early hazard game develops in your favor and set up mons that compliment each other well to break past the opposing team and sweep, either assisted by Sticky Webs to allow slower threats like Mega-Scizor and Bisharp to beat their faster checks or through Screens to buy relatively frail but strong sweepers Jul 18, 2020 · struggles a bit with the matchups in gen7 ou because mega-lati twins and garchomp as awell as bulky scarf landorus-t are really common, furthermore volcanions typing hinders it to do its job and it is tbh rather slow and therefore very prone to many top-threats in the metagame like gliscor, mega latios, mega latias, garchomp, rotom-wash and tapu fini. Crobat, diggersby, noivern, togekiss and raikou in SS UU are pretty darn viable in UU but not used enough unfortunately. whatever as well\ Threads 158 Resource SV Doubles OU Viability Rankings Actuarily; Nov 17, 2022; 2022. usage =/= viability. Do not mistake the correlation between usage and viability as stronger than it actually is. also i see that you have basically no backup stuff for in case bronz gets ko'd. We'll decide which Gen/meta to roll next, USUM UU or ORAS OU are the most probable ones. This will help new and experienced players alike in finding Pokémon that fit their teams when looking for specific roles. Apr 11, 2022 · That's a good point on Cinderace's viability in Ubers. However, we will cover some major threats and a few things that are on the radar. Nov 14, 2019 · Jul 6, 2022. Was about to ask where mega mawile was on the tier list before remembering that it got banned from ORAS OU, rip Also I'm interested in why gondra ranks mega scizor so highly when most other people float it at around 15-25 range Nov 3, 2014 · Jump to content Dec 29, 2013 · 252 SpA Fairy Aura Xerneas Moonblast vs. Skys Project Personal SS DOU Viability Rankings emma; May 11, 2021; 2 3. So I think that all of the 100 base legendaries that I really love so much will shine in this generation. All Pokemon are ranked in order of viability, even in their own subranks. I believe that equates to 2% usage, below the OU threshhold. September/October 2022 (six months after OU VR): However, gen 6 released Aegislash and Mega Evolution. Oct 22, 2016. Zera has always been available to use in OU, it’s UU in gen 7 and was in Ou for most of gen 8 except for a short stint in UU but quickly returned to Ou. even if I don't like the gen 8 meta too much I really appreciate how tiering has been handled overall this gen, moreso as it's gone on and Dec 12, 2022 · The video mentions that its viability is similar to that of Gen 8, but it feels much more managable due to the omnipresence of Dark-type checks like Chien-Pao and Kingambit + Booster Energy Pokemon like Iron Valiant and Iron Treads that are able to keep up w/ its amazing Speed tier. The floor will always be open to discussion, and after a period of time (roughly every month), the viability rankings council will vote on any of the Pokemon being discussed and post the results and reasoning here. The staples of modern Stall, such as Toxapex, Ferrothorn, or changes that would make older pokemon stall staples such as Clefairy being Fairy type, or Eviolite/Boots for Chan/Blissey hadn't come in yet. You can use a Pokemon only if it's introduced in Gen 4 OR on the Sinnoh Pokedex. Use Dragonite in second turn or after that. 252 HP / 4 SpD Dialga: 208-246 (51. I'd say Nidoqueen is a step above Mega Charizard X in terms of viability. ) here's the team: Starmie @ Leftovers Ability: Natural Cure EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 Spe Timid Nature - Scald - Rapid Spin - Recover - Psyshock Keldeo-Resolute @ Choice Specs Hi, it looks like you've made a post regarding team building. When transitioning from Gen V to Gen VI, 56% of Gen V OU fell out of the tier Of the Pokemon introduced before Gen V, only 7 have been OU every Gen since their debuts (Skarmory, Tyranitar, Jirachi, Gliscor, Heatran, Magnezone, Rotom-Wash) Jan 9, 2024 · yep, ogerpon is still really good as a wallbreaker (especially given how common stall/balance is in the current meta) but the uptick in strong, bulky dragon types added in this DLC seriously harms her viability. Jun 26, 2015 · Resource ORAS OU Sets Viability Ranking Thread v6 false; Oct 21, 2016; Replies 11 Views 9K. Gen 1 and 2 are almost different games so they make sense being down there. This is a tough one since I consider indeedee's viability to be related to the viability of the psyspam team it facilitates rather than its own functionality, like rain setters. Gen 7: A- Rank, same as Mega Swampert, Volc, Kommo-o, etc. Welcome to the GSC Viability Rankings topic! In this thread, we as a community will rank every single usable Pokemon into Nov 17, 2022 · Welcome to the Doubles OU Viability Ranking project, where we rank the viability of Pokemon in DOU. Unfornately, those forms are banned from OU and Ubers. Dec 9, 2019 · The purpose of this thread is to provide a visual list organized by roles to see what Pokémon do what. Gen 9 OU Tiering Action Resource SV OU Indigo Disk Viability Ranking Thread - (update on post #755) 22 minutes ago; 2022; 2 3 4. 4 - 60. With the Haxorus and any gen 5 OU by technicality Mon are great candidates. Resource SV OU Viability Ranking Thread [ UPDATE: POST 2022; Replies 19 Views 64K. Its viability just exploded in modern ORAS not necessarily because it was slept on (it was a bit, but not to the "holy shit this mon is actually top tier" degree) but because the way modern ORAS developed after the gen ended created an environment that's perfect for Cofag to thrive in. Hit a speed bump and then max SpD and then the Atk is for a jump point and the seriously though Smogon (OU primarily) tiering has come so far from back in the day, this level of communication and candidness from the council, and especially finch, is such a treat to be experiencing. Articles. Best anti-setup mon, still best redirection mon, and always need to prep to make sure teams aren’t too spore weak. Metagame SV Mar 26, 2014 · ~GSC Viability Rankings~ Hey all the other gens were doing it so I decided to post one for GSC too. Dec 2, 2014 · approved by Jibaku Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Ubers Viability Ranking Thread nice art justinjiaxinghu Rules ~Post intelligently. But I opened the OU viability rankings and saw a ton of interesting Pokemon. It's hard to justify a spot on a team, especially considering team preview is a thing unlike gen 4. Pokémon Legends Arceus is an Action RPG developed by Game Freak for the Nintendo Switch that released on January 28, 2022. I only said OU because of Lucario, which I want to I want to remove in favour of a better physical setup sweeper because of the addition of fairy types (gen 5 is my area of battling experience, to be honest). Reddit . Pokemon are also ranked in order within their respective tiers, so if Zapdos and Raikou are both S rank, but Zapdos is listed before Raikou, then Zapdos is the better Pokemon. Having said that, it doesn't contribute enough to the team even in these settings to be considered tier 3. Dec 23, 2024. Thread starter Conorconorf; Start date Jan 27, 2014; Conorconorf. At the same time, it's newer if you take into account the evasion and OHKO move bans being enforced, and newer still with the paraslam Dec 1, 2020 · Registeel - UR --> C Registeel @ Leftovers Ability: Clear Body EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD Impish Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Iron Defense - Amnesia - Body Press - Rest Registeel is a legitimate threat with insane mixed bulk that can act as a late game wincon as a crit-me-not There was no doubt ever since gen 6, where it had a legitimate niche in OU, in a meta where powercreep was quite ridiculous. However, as with the vast majority of my Mega Metagross is pretty meh in gen 6 OU. Gen 6: Fairies are everywhere now! Garchomp is also worth considering. Dex. Pokemon (Starmie / Jirachi for example) went to UU from OU in gen 6 because they can't hit Aegislash. Multiscale protects it from fainting on 1st hit in most of the cases. Also it’s really good, it’s like A tier in the viability rankings Politoed is the Rain Setter, and can take and dish out a few hits before switching to one of the other members. Gen 7 OU and has all six Pokemon with completed sets. by the time next slate comes around we have no idea what that meta will look like and if it. weird how hydreigon's been steadily falling in the viability rankings, even tho i'd say it's better than a decent amount of B- pokemon been having a good amount of success with em, getting to 1600 previously and now to 1500 with them as a key member of my team Nov 21, 2022 · Approved by the OU mod team, formerly hosted by Mada Welcome to the OU Speed tiers! The idea of the thread is to provide an easily-accessible list of all the OU-viable (and the majority of the newly released) Pokemon by their speed stat. OU ADV OU Viability Ranking McMeghan; Mar 25, 2014 2022; Replies 0 Views I think it makes it worse overall due to the properties of the OU metagame. I swear that I used bulky Leftovers Excadrill w/ Sand Rush before it was cool. com/forums/threads/rby-ou-viability IK Gen 9 just came out 1-2 days ago, but I've spent about two hours on this team, and I've won 8/10 (one of the people used destiny bond when we were… Article about Gen 5 Power Creep talks about Power Creep in stats, stat-boosting moves and type combinations. hzi flwi rrjqwf yhn gdq ewkumln kdvi bdrs ancfb dsma