We didn't get an update yesterday so I guess I'll post some of my noms and see if any of them makes it through lol. Most of these are lower rank mons because the higher ranks seem fine to me btw.
B- -> B
This is one I think needs to happen as B- really undersells Hawlucha's potential. In the last month, njnp Rain has cemented itself as the best Rain team atm, getting a lot of usage during olt and then during dugtrio's suspect. Hawlucha plays a big role there because of the pressure it puts onto teams, which need to keep their walls healthy to wall this beast (easier said than done considering how threatening the Rain sweepers core is). It's still weak as fuck but Koko support pretty much guarantees it a free SD, which turns it into a huge threat to weakened teams in the late-game. This makes preparing for Rain harder now because you need to bring both an answer to the Rain sweepers and a Hawlucha check or else your Tangrowth is getting set up on by it. I don't know how its influence in the meta can be compared to Terrakion or Hippowdon or even Mega Gallade. Or even lol Alakazam, which brings me to my next point...
B- -> C or C+
Sash Counter Alakazam hype died ages ago, I'm assuming this mon's still here because the VR council forgot about it because there's no way such an inconsistent revenge killer is ranked so high. There's not much to say about this, nobody really uses it and when it does get used it doesn't really do much.
C+ -> B-
This one's kinda unexpected but I think this mon is better now than it used to be and deserves a higher rank. It provides nice role compression for Stall as a Rock resist, useful to switch into Tyranitar, Wild Charge Koko counter, which I know has been kinda falling off due to Specs hype but is still one of Koko's best sets and a threat to Stalls lacking this or Tangrowth, a Landorus-T switchin after the z-move is consumed, and a Heatran check.
B- -> B
I think this mon can go up another rank. It hasn't exactly gotten better as of late but I think it was originally misplaced because it's such a menace I don't think comparable to other mons residing in B-. I've already made a post about it in the past but basically it's a weaker Volcarona with better coverage options to deal with defensive mons combinations that would normally annoy Volc like Pex+Heatran or Pex+Tyranitar and even harder to revenge kill because of its incredible bulk. Psychic typing is also nice because it can set up on choiced Leles that are all over the place rn and start breaking through teams. Teams that rely on Zygarde or Lando to check it get fucked by early game Searing Shot burns, which makes switching into it very tricky. I understand if it doesn't end up rising tho, I'm just trying to voice my opinon on it and B- isn't exactly a bad ranking for it
On some of the other noms, Terrakion should definitely drop, Magearna can stay in S for now imo, Gary NTL and others pretty much said all I wanted to say about it in their posts. Also no S rank ninja imo, it's not on Landorus-T level and I doubt it will ever be. Hera and Peli should stay where they are, Hera is bad but I dont see any reason to drop it just yet when its still being used in tours and Peli just isnt A
This is one I think needs to happen as B- really undersells Hawlucha's potential. In the last month, njnp Rain has cemented itself as the best Rain team atm, getting a lot of usage during olt and then during dugtrio's suspect. Hawlucha plays a big role there because of the pressure it puts onto teams, which need to keep their walls healthy to wall this beast (easier said than done considering how threatening the Rain sweepers core is). It's still weak as fuck but Koko support pretty much guarantees it a free SD, which turns it into a huge threat to weakened teams in the late-game. This makes preparing for Rain harder now because you need to bring both an answer to the Rain sweepers and a Hawlucha check or else your Tangrowth is getting set up on by it. I don't know how its influence in the meta can be compared to Terrakion or Hippowdon or even Mega Gallade. Or even lol Alakazam, which brings me to my next point...
Sash Counter Alakazam hype died ages ago, I'm assuming this mon's still here because the VR council forgot about it because there's no way such an inconsistent revenge killer is ranked so high. There's not much to say about this, nobody really uses it and when it does get used it doesn't really do much.
This one's kinda unexpected but I think this mon is better now than it used to be and deserves a higher rank. It provides nice role compression for Stall as a Rock resist, useful to switch into Tyranitar, Wild Charge Koko counter, which I know has been kinda falling off due to Specs hype but is still one of Koko's best sets and a threat to Stalls lacking this or Tangrowth, a Landorus-T switchin after the z-move is consumed, and a Heatran check.
I think this mon can go up another rank. It hasn't exactly gotten better as of late but I think it was originally misplaced because it's such a menace I don't think comparable to other mons residing in B-. I've already made a post about it in the past but basically it's a weaker Volcarona with better coverage options to deal with defensive mons combinations that would normally annoy Volc like Pex+Heatran or Pex+Tyranitar and even harder to revenge kill because of its incredible bulk. Psychic typing is also nice because it can set up on choiced Leles that are all over the place rn and start breaking through teams. Teams that rely on Zygarde or Lando to check it get fucked by early game Searing Shot burns, which makes switching into it very tricky. I understand if it doesn't end up rising tho, I'm just trying to voice my opinon on it and B- isn't exactly a bad ranking for it
On some of the other noms, Terrakion should definitely drop, Magearna can stay in S for now imo, Gary NTL and others pretty much said all I wanted to say about it in their posts. Also no S rank ninja imo, it's not on Landorus-T level and I doubt it will ever be. Hera and Peli should stay where they are, Hera is bad but I dont see any reason to drop it just yet when its still being used in tours and Peli just isnt A
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