It's been agreed that the threat lists of the Uber, OU, UU, and LC tiers are going to be put up on-site as articles. With that being said, the current OU threat list needs to be put up to Smogon standards and will be completely rewritten. I gladly took the opportunity to take control of the OU threat list, so this is what this thread is going to be used for.
This will be done as a community project where anyone can reserve any Pokemon that hasn't gotten an owner yet, but keep it to a limit of 3 reservations, please. It's strongly suggested that you reserve Pokemon that you have actual experience with, as I do not want to see any theorymon/false information throughout the description.
For reference, here's the current threat list, done by Jumpman16: http://www.smogon.com/forums/announcement.php?f=52&a=29
Now the formatting will be different than the one Jump used and I'd like the comments to address the pros and cons of the Pokemon. Here's an example of what I'm looking for:
Azelf
Type: Psychic
Ability: Levitate
Base Stats: 75 HP / 125 Atk / 70 Def / 125 SpA / 70 SpD / 115 Spe
With Azelf's excellent Speed, sky-high offensive stats, and a fantastic offensive and supportive movepool, Azelf is a very solid threat to many teams. Azelf is mostly seen in the lead position, as it's one of the best and fastest Stealth Rock users in the OU metagame. It's also capable of setting up dual screens with great success for a set up sweeper to take advantage of. When it's done setting up, it gives its teammates a free switch-in by blowing up with Explosion. On the offensive side, Azelf is a very dangerous Nasty Plot sweeper; however, with the abundance of Scizor's death-inducing Bullet Punch, powerful Choice Scarfers, and Blissey's massive HP and Special Defense stats, it takes a huge amount of support to open up a path for Azelf to sweep.
As you can see, I explained the pros and cons of Azelf. It's a good lead, but bad sweeper, and that's what a battler would like to know when they don't know what it does. The length could be shorter or longer, but that's what I would like to see for the most part.
The list will be split into offensive and defensive sections. Some Pokemon may be mentioned in both lists, as they can be used as offensive or defensive Pokemon, such as Jirachi, Celebi, Gyarados, and Gliscor. Also, when reserving a Pokemon that fits in both catagories, please tell me which one one you are doing!
So, let's get this done!
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OU Threat List
Offensive Threats
Aerodactyl
Abomasnow
Azelf
Type: Psychic
Ability: Levitate
Base Stats: 75 HP / 125 Atk / 70 Def / 125 SpA / 70 SpD / 115 Spe
With Azelf's excellent Speed, sky-high offensive stats, and a fantastic offensive and supportive movepool, Azelf is a very solid threat to many teams. Azelf is mostly seen in the lead position, as it's one of the best and fastest Stealth Rock users in the OU metagame. It's also capable of setting up dual screens with great success for a set up sweeper to take advantage of. When it's done setting up, it gives its teammates a free switch-in by blowing up with Explosion. On the offensive side, Azelf is a very dangerous Nasty Plot sweeper; however, with the abundance of Scizor's death-inducing Bullet Punch, powerful Choice Scarfers, and Blissey's massive HP and Special Defense stats, it takes a huge amount of support to open up a path for Azelf to sweep.
Breloom
Type: Grass / Fighting
Abilities: Effect Spore / Poison Heal
Base Stats: 60 HP / 130 Atk / 80 Def / 60 SpA / 60 SpD / 70 Spe
With it's superb Attack stat, excellent ability in Poison Heal, and amazing movepool, Breloom can be one heck of a physical sweeper. Substitute/Focus Punch/Spore are three moves that are almost always seen on Breloom. It allows Breloom to sleep an opponent with perfect accuracy, set up Substitute as they switch out (or stay in), and fire off powerful Focus Punches, despite it's miniscule defenses. Other moves that are commonly seen on Breloom are Seed Bomb, Facade, and Stone Edge. As previously stated, a downside to Breloom is its poor defensive stats. That makes it easy for your opponent to break Breloom's Substitute and then, if you live its Focus Punch, you can deal quite a bit of damage to it. Regardless, you'll need to be prepared to face Breloom, as it can rip a big hole in your team easily.
Celebi
Dragonite - MetaNite
Electivire
Empoleon
Flygon - Sprinkles
Gengar - MetaGross66
Gliscor
Gyarados - DJXO9
Heatran - supermarth64
Heracross
Infernape - Ala
Jirachi
Jolteon
Typing: Electric
Ability: Volt Absorb
Base Stats: 65 HP / 65 Atk / 60 Def / 110 SpA / 95 SpD / 130 Spe
You'll mainly see Jolteon as a Choice Specs sweeper. Hidden Power Ice / Thunderbolt / Shadow Ball / Baton Pass is what it will most commonly have. Of course, there are exceptions to this. It can have Hidden Power Grass instead of Ice, so think twice before bringing in your Swampert. Jolteon also makes a nice Agility and/or Substitute Baton Passer to help out the rest of its team. Last but not least, Jolteon can utilize Charge Beam to boost its Special Attack to further its sweeping ability, and can also Baton Pass those boosts should it be threatened. Sadly, as powerful as Jolteon is, its defensive stats are so pitiful (its Special Defense being an exception), that it can take massive damage from nearly any neutral, physical attack, assuming the Pokemon using that attack has decent enough power. It's most commonly seen as a revenge killer because of its massive Speed, so it can usually score a couple of kills before falling under a KO itself.
Kingdra - Joel
Latias
Type: Dragon / Psychic
Ability: Levitate
Base Stats: 80 HP / 80 Atk / 90 Def / 110 SpA / 130 SpD / 110 Spe
When facing an offensive Latias, you can expect to either face one with Calm Mind, a Choice Scarf or Choice Specs, or a Life Orb. Regardless of what type of Latias it is, you can bet that it's going to be a pain to take out without the proper Pokemon. One move that many Latias have started using is Hidden Power Fire to counter the popular Scizor, who can destroy Latias instantly with Pursuit, Bullet Punch, or U-turn. Dragon Pulse and/or Draco Meteor will also be seen on almost every Latias set. Surf, Grass Knot, and Thunderbolt are also common moves in the last moveslots. If it's holding a Choice item, beware of Trick, as it will almost always be wanting to get rid of it's Choice item against bulky walls, specifically Blissey. Latias, being specially bulky, is best taken out with an offensive move, such as Pursuit. That's a big problem with Latias, its weaknesses are blatant and easy to find. Once you determine what type of Latias you're facing, you can easily figure out a way to take it out, it'll just take some prediction.
Lucario
Machamp - supermarth64
Magnezone
Mamoswine
Metagross - Ala
Ninjask
Roserade
Rotom-A - TheSuperCacturne
Salamence
Scizor - TheSuperCacturne
Snorlax
Starmie - DJXO9
Suicune
Togekiss
Tyranitar - macle
Weavile
Zapdos
Defensive Threats
Blissey
Bronzong
Celebi
Type: Grass / Psychic
Ability: Natural Cure
Base Stats: 100 HP / 100 Atk / 100 Def / 100 SpA / 100 SpD / 100 Spe
With its above average defenses and access to many support options, Celebi is quite the defensive threat. Celebi is able to cripple many of your Pokemon with status moves, such as Thunder Wave, and is able to set up Stealth Rock to damage incoming threats, which has the added effect of breaking your Focus Sash. Celebi also has the moves Heal Bell and Leech Seed, both very capable of supporting its team that has been induced with status effects (Heal Bell) and been significantly weakened (Leech Seed). Unfortunately, Celebi was cursed with the weakness to Pursuit and U-turn. With the most common users of Pursuit being Scizor and Tyranitar and the most common users of U-turn being also Scizor, Flygon, and Jirachi, Celebi will often be seen using Hidden Power Fire or Ice and Grass Knot as a second precaution to damage them.
Dragonite
Dusknoir - September
Forretress - September
Gliscor - Sprinkles
Gyarados
Heatran
Hippowdon
Jirachi
Latias
Typing: Dragon / Psychic
Ability: Levitate
Base Stats: 80 HP / 80 Atk / 90 Def / 110 SpA / 130 SpD / 110 Spe
A defensive Latias is just as much of a threat as an offensive one. A relatively common role Latias plays defensively is as a dual screener. Latias has access to both Reflect and Light Screen, so that will definitely cause problems for the opponent trying to kill off Latias. Wish and Recover are Latias' two healing moves. Recover allows for immediate recovery, while Wish allows for better team support, so be wary of both. Roar, Protect, and Thunder Wave are also seen on a defensive Latias to further aid its team. The sad part about a defensive Latias is that its Special Attack is considerably lower than what it is when used offensively, so it's easy for you to figure out what attacking moves Latias has, usually Dragon Pulse, and proceed to use a Pokemon that doesn't mind it. A defensive Latias also falls easily to Taunt, since it doesn't have as many attacking moves that an offensive Latias would carry, not to mention the weak damage output.
Rotom-A
Skarmory - Sprinkles
Swampert
Tentacruel
Type: Water / Poison
Abilities: Liquid Ooze / Clear Body
Base Stats: 80 HP / 70 Atk / 65 Def / 80 SpA / 120 SpD / 100 Spe
Tentacruel is a decent special tank in the OU environment, commonly used to set up Toxic Spikes, as well as absorb them with its Poison-typing. Tentacruel has a great set of resistances to common types, resisting Water-, Fire-, and Ice-type moves with ease. Access to Knock Off and Rapid Spin may cause difficulties to you, as it is able to remove entry hazards with Rapid Spin, as well as your item with Knock Off, which could prove useful for weakening moves boosted by Choice items. Liquid Ooze is helpful to stop Celebi's Leech Seed and cause damage simultaniously. Tentacruel's only downfall is the dreadful weakness to Electric- and Ground-type moves, its lackluster Defense, and no reliable recovery moves, leaving it vulnerable to powerful attacks.
Vaporeon
Type: Water
Ability: Water Absorb
Base Stats: 130 HP / 65 Atk / 60 Def / 110 SpA / 95 SpD / 65 Spe
Although a base 60 Defense stat doesn't look like much, paired with a gigantic HP stat, Vaporeon makes a great physical sponge. Sporting several support moves, particularly Wish, Vaporeon can aid its team fairly well. Wish is commonly used heal Vaporeon, as well as other teammembers. Toxic, another common move, can be used to wear down walls like Blissey and Cresselia, which may make the difference in any battle. Finally, Heal Bell is also a great move that Vaporeon has, which allows it to rid other teammembers of their status problems. Besides these moves, Baton Pass, Acid Armour and Substitute are all helpful to allow an easy switch-in, or pass Defense boosts around your team. Vaporeon's Water Absorb ability gives it a safe switch-in to Gyarados' Waterfall, as well as other Water-type attacks, as Vaporeon does a great job at walling Gyarados, and Hidden Power Electric is commonly used to score a 2HKO against it.
Zapdos
This will be done as a community project where anyone can reserve any Pokemon that hasn't gotten an owner yet, but keep it to a limit of 3 reservations, please. It's strongly suggested that you reserve Pokemon that you have actual experience with, as I do not want to see any theorymon/false information throughout the description.
For reference, here's the current threat list, done by Jumpman16: http://www.smogon.com/forums/announcement.php?f=52&a=29
Now the formatting will be different than the one Jump used and I'd like the comments to address the pros and cons of the Pokemon. Here's an example of what I'm looking for:
Azelf
Type: Psychic
Ability: Levitate
Base Stats: 75 HP / 125 Atk / 70 Def / 125 SpA / 70 SpD / 115 Spe
With Azelf's excellent Speed, sky-high offensive stats, and a fantastic offensive and supportive movepool, Azelf is a very solid threat to many teams. Azelf is mostly seen in the lead position, as it's one of the best and fastest Stealth Rock users in the OU metagame. It's also capable of setting up dual screens with great success for a set up sweeper to take advantage of. When it's done setting up, it gives its teammates a free switch-in by blowing up with Explosion. On the offensive side, Azelf is a very dangerous Nasty Plot sweeper; however, with the abundance of Scizor's death-inducing Bullet Punch, powerful Choice Scarfers, and Blissey's massive HP and Special Defense stats, it takes a huge amount of support to open up a path for Azelf to sweep.
As you can see, I explained the pros and cons of Azelf. It's a good lead, but bad sweeper, and that's what a battler would like to know when they don't know what it does. The length could be shorter or longer, but that's what I would like to see for the most part.
The list will be split into offensive and defensive sections. Some Pokemon may be mentioned in both lists, as they can be used as offensive or defensive Pokemon, such as Jirachi, Celebi, Gyarados, and Gliscor. Also, when reserving a Pokemon that fits in both catagories, please tell me which one one you are doing!
So, let's get this done!
__________________________________
OU Threat List
Offensive Threats
Aerodactyl
Abomasnow
Azelf
Type: Psychic
Ability: Levitate
Base Stats: 75 HP / 125 Atk / 70 Def / 125 SpA / 70 SpD / 115 Spe
With Azelf's excellent Speed, sky-high offensive stats, and a fantastic offensive and supportive movepool, Azelf is a very solid threat to many teams. Azelf is mostly seen in the lead position, as it's one of the best and fastest Stealth Rock users in the OU metagame. It's also capable of setting up dual screens with great success for a set up sweeper to take advantage of. When it's done setting up, it gives its teammates a free switch-in by blowing up with Explosion. On the offensive side, Azelf is a very dangerous Nasty Plot sweeper; however, with the abundance of Scizor's death-inducing Bullet Punch, powerful Choice Scarfers, and Blissey's massive HP and Special Defense stats, it takes a huge amount of support to open up a path for Azelf to sweep.
Breloom
Type: Grass / Fighting
Abilities: Effect Spore / Poison Heal
Base Stats: 60 HP / 130 Atk / 80 Def / 60 SpA / 60 SpD / 70 Spe
With it's superb Attack stat, excellent ability in Poison Heal, and amazing movepool, Breloom can be one heck of a physical sweeper. Substitute/Focus Punch/Spore are three moves that are almost always seen on Breloom. It allows Breloom to sleep an opponent with perfect accuracy, set up Substitute as they switch out (or stay in), and fire off powerful Focus Punches, despite it's miniscule defenses. Other moves that are commonly seen on Breloom are Seed Bomb, Facade, and Stone Edge. As previously stated, a downside to Breloom is its poor defensive stats. That makes it easy for your opponent to break Breloom's Substitute and then, if you live its Focus Punch, you can deal quite a bit of damage to it. Regardless, you'll need to be prepared to face Breloom, as it can rip a big hole in your team easily.
Celebi
Dragonite - MetaNite
Electivire
Empoleon
Flygon - Sprinkles
Gengar - MetaGross66
Gliscor
Gyarados - DJXO9
Heatran - supermarth64
Heracross
Infernape - Ala
Jirachi
Jolteon
Typing: Electric
Ability: Volt Absorb
Base Stats: 65 HP / 65 Atk / 60 Def / 110 SpA / 95 SpD / 130 Spe
You'll mainly see Jolteon as a Choice Specs sweeper. Hidden Power Ice / Thunderbolt / Shadow Ball / Baton Pass is what it will most commonly have. Of course, there are exceptions to this. It can have Hidden Power Grass instead of Ice, so think twice before bringing in your Swampert. Jolteon also makes a nice Agility and/or Substitute Baton Passer to help out the rest of its team. Last but not least, Jolteon can utilize Charge Beam to boost its Special Attack to further its sweeping ability, and can also Baton Pass those boosts should it be threatened. Sadly, as powerful as Jolteon is, its defensive stats are so pitiful (its Special Defense being an exception), that it can take massive damage from nearly any neutral, physical attack, assuming the Pokemon using that attack has decent enough power. It's most commonly seen as a revenge killer because of its massive Speed, so it can usually score a couple of kills before falling under a KO itself.
Kingdra - Joel
Latias
Type: Dragon / Psychic
Ability: Levitate
Base Stats: 80 HP / 80 Atk / 90 Def / 110 SpA / 130 SpD / 110 Spe
When facing an offensive Latias, you can expect to either face one with Calm Mind, a Choice Scarf or Choice Specs, or a Life Orb. Regardless of what type of Latias it is, you can bet that it's going to be a pain to take out without the proper Pokemon. One move that many Latias have started using is Hidden Power Fire to counter the popular Scizor, who can destroy Latias instantly with Pursuit, Bullet Punch, or U-turn. Dragon Pulse and/or Draco Meteor will also be seen on almost every Latias set. Surf, Grass Knot, and Thunderbolt are also common moves in the last moveslots. If it's holding a Choice item, beware of Trick, as it will almost always be wanting to get rid of it's Choice item against bulky walls, specifically Blissey. Latias, being specially bulky, is best taken out with an offensive move, such as Pursuit. That's a big problem with Latias, its weaknesses are blatant and easy to find. Once you determine what type of Latias you're facing, you can easily figure out a way to take it out, it'll just take some prediction.
Lucario
Machamp - supermarth64
Magnezone
Mamoswine
Metagross - Ala
Ninjask
Roserade
Rotom-A - TheSuperCacturne
Salamence
Scizor - TheSuperCacturne
Snorlax
Starmie - DJXO9
Suicune
Togekiss
Tyranitar - macle
Weavile
Zapdos
Defensive Threats
Blissey
Bronzong
Celebi
Type: Grass / Psychic
Ability: Natural Cure
Base Stats: 100 HP / 100 Atk / 100 Def / 100 SpA / 100 SpD / 100 Spe
With its above average defenses and access to many support options, Celebi is quite the defensive threat. Celebi is able to cripple many of your Pokemon with status moves, such as Thunder Wave, and is able to set up Stealth Rock to damage incoming threats, which has the added effect of breaking your Focus Sash. Celebi also has the moves Heal Bell and Leech Seed, both very capable of supporting its team that has been induced with status effects (Heal Bell) and been significantly weakened (Leech Seed). Unfortunately, Celebi was cursed with the weakness to Pursuit and U-turn. With the most common users of Pursuit being Scizor and Tyranitar and the most common users of U-turn being also Scizor, Flygon, and Jirachi, Celebi will often be seen using Hidden Power Fire or Ice and Grass Knot as a second precaution to damage them.
Dragonite
Dusknoir - September
Forretress - September
Gliscor - Sprinkles
Gyarados
Heatran
Hippowdon
Jirachi
Latias
Typing: Dragon / Psychic
Ability: Levitate
Base Stats: 80 HP / 80 Atk / 90 Def / 110 SpA / 130 SpD / 110 Spe
A defensive Latias is just as much of a threat as an offensive one. A relatively common role Latias plays defensively is as a dual screener. Latias has access to both Reflect and Light Screen, so that will definitely cause problems for the opponent trying to kill off Latias. Wish and Recover are Latias' two healing moves. Recover allows for immediate recovery, while Wish allows for better team support, so be wary of both. Roar, Protect, and Thunder Wave are also seen on a defensive Latias to further aid its team. The sad part about a defensive Latias is that its Special Attack is considerably lower than what it is when used offensively, so it's easy for you to figure out what attacking moves Latias has, usually Dragon Pulse, and proceed to use a Pokemon that doesn't mind it. A defensive Latias also falls easily to Taunt, since it doesn't have as many attacking moves that an offensive Latias would carry, not to mention the weak damage output.
Rotom-A
Skarmory - Sprinkles
Swampert
Tentacruel
Type: Water / Poison
Abilities: Liquid Ooze / Clear Body
Base Stats: 80 HP / 70 Atk / 65 Def / 80 SpA / 120 SpD / 100 Spe
Tentacruel is a decent special tank in the OU environment, commonly used to set up Toxic Spikes, as well as absorb them with its Poison-typing. Tentacruel has a great set of resistances to common types, resisting Water-, Fire-, and Ice-type moves with ease. Access to Knock Off and Rapid Spin may cause difficulties to you, as it is able to remove entry hazards with Rapid Spin, as well as your item with Knock Off, which could prove useful for weakening moves boosted by Choice items. Liquid Ooze is helpful to stop Celebi's Leech Seed and cause damage simultaniously. Tentacruel's only downfall is the dreadful weakness to Electric- and Ground-type moves, its lackluster Defense, and no reliable recovery moves, leaving it vulnerable to powerful attacks.
Vaporeon
Type: Water
Ability: Water Absorb
Base Stats: 130 HP / 65 Atk / 60 Def / 110 SpA / 95 SpD / 65 Spe
Although a base 60 Defense stat doesn't look like much, paired with a gigantic HP stat, Vaporeon makes a great physical sponge. Sporting several support moves, particularly Wish, Vaporeon can aid its team fairly well. Wish is commonly used heal Vaporeon, as well as other teammembers. Toxic, another common move, can be used to wear down walls like Blissey and Cresselia, which may make the difference in any battle. Finally, Heal Bell is also a great move that Vaporeon has, which allows it to rid other teammembers of their status problems. Besides these moves, Baton Pass, Acid Armour and Substitute are all helpful to allow an easy switch-in, or pass Defense boosts around your team. Vaporeon's Water Absorb ability gives it a safe switch-in to Gyarados' Waterfall, as well as other Water-type attacks, as Vaporeon does a great job at walling Gyarados, and Hidden Power Electric is commonly used to score a 2HKO against it.
Zapdos