Posting on all of the noms I disagree with. If a nom was made since my last post in this thread and I don't talk about it here, I either agree with it or am neutral to it. Anyway:
Lumineon to D
D is a bit harsh, while it may be very outclassed by multiple Pokemon and not have stats well suited for its job (or any job, really), it isn't Beedrill or Noctowl levels of bad. It's faster than Pelipper and bulkier than bulkier than Swanna, plus it isn't weak to SR unlike pretty much every other Defogger in the tier, so it isn't completely nicheless either. However, it's still pretty awful and stupidly outclassed for the most part, so I think it should still drop, but only to C-.
Clamperl to C
Why would I ever use this? It can't set up on anything, is really slow even after a boost (so is Carracosta, but it has great bulk and strong priority), and provides so much less defensively to a team than Carracosta and even Barbaracle, which unlike Clamperl can still be useful if they don't set up. Even if you do magically set it up, it just gets revenged right away if your opponent has a Sneasel, Purugly, or any Choice Scarf user. I mean ffs this thing is so frail after it's set up that it's almost OHKOed by Golem's Sucker Punch. Why would you ever use this when there are so many better sweepers available?
Kricketune to A- / B+
I could see A-, but B+ is way too low. I think the posts that want to drop it really overestimate how common Defog is, as well as how much trouble web teams actually have with it. Against stall and balance, where Defoggers are the most common, web teams are already at a decent advantage because they commonly run more than one of ridiculous things like Choice Band Flareon, NP Mr. Mime, Marowak, and other things that are really potent against slower teams. The only good offensive Defogger is Swanna, which doesn't fit on all offensive teams and isn't all that common on offense in general, even in high level play. Additionally, Sticky Web teams don't even have that much trouble with defog if you build them right, with things like multiple fast taunters such as Dodrio, Taunt CM Serperior, NP Taunt Misdreavus and Mr. Mime, and Taunt Sneasel, as well as Purugly, all of which make it significantly harder (or riskier in Purugly's case) to actually Defog against these teams. While webs have fallen out of favor recently, they're still a pretty solid playstyle that is good enough to warrant somewhere in at least the A ranks.
Vespiquen to D
So you have a defensive Pokemon with a 4x weakness to Stealth Rock, a horrible defensive typing, and nothing over other defensive Pokemon? I could understand if it walled an important threat better than almost anything else and/or did something useful outside of maybe walling one or two things (see: corsola), but as it is I see absolutely no reason to ever consider Vespiquen for a team and by extension a rank above E.
Corphish to D
Slow, frail, outclassed, not laughably weak with any move that isn't water type, etc etc. I'm sorry but why would I ever use this? It's also hard walled by the best defensive mon in the tier which is never a good thing if you have questionable viability anyway. Even if it has a "niche" in UU (which seems beyond ridiculous to me as well) why does that make it usable in PU?
Also, here are some things haven't been talked about that I think seem like they're too high or too low, but haven't used / am too lazy to write about:
Things that could move up:
Kadabra
Togetic (mainly after scorp, trc, and I discovered how good nastypass is)
Fraxure
Kingler
Quilladin
Prinplup
Machoke
Fearow (not rekt as hard by rock types as dodrio, also has u-turn and defog)
Grumpig (probably still bad but is usable now that musharna is b&)
Dwebble
Simisage (http://puu.sh/cEUWz/56df127cff.png one of these is not like the rest...)
Things that could move down:
Rapidash
Drifblim
Glaceon
Electabuzz
Furfrou
Raticate (slower and weaker than quick feet ursaring, only has u-turn and sucker over it)
Lumineon to D
D is a bit harsh, while it may be very outclassed by multiple Pokemon and not have stats well suited for its job (or any job, really), it isn't Beedrill or Noctowl levels of bad. It's faster than Pelipper and bulkier than bulkier than Swanna, plus it isn't weak to SR unlike pretty much every other Defogger in the tier, so it isn't completely nicheless either. However, it's still pretty awful and stupidly outclassed for the most part, so I think it should still drop, but only to C-.
Clamperl to C
Why would I ever use this? It can't set up on anything, is really slow even after a boost (so is Carracosta, but it has great bulk and strong priority), and provides so much less defensively to a team than Carracosta and even Barbaracle, which unlike Clamperl can still be useful if they don't set up. Even if you do magically set it up, it just gets revenged right away if your opponent has a Sneasel, Purugly, or any Choice Scarf user. I mean ffs this thing is so frail after it's set up that it's almost OHKOed by Golem's Sucker Punch. Why would you ever use this when there are so many better sweepers available?
Kricketune to A- / B+
I could see A-, but B+ is way too low. I think the posts that want to drop it really overestimate how common Defog is, as well as how much trouble web teams actually have with it. Against stall and balance, where Defoggers are the most common, web teams are already at a decent advantage because they commonly run more than one of ridiculous things like Choice Band Flareon, NP Mr. Mime, Marowak, and other things that are really potent against slower teams. The only good offensive Defogger is Swanna, which doesn't fit on all offensive teams and isn't all that common on offense in general, even in high level play. Additionally, Sticky Web teams don't even have that much trouble with defog if you build them right, with things like multiple fast taunters such as Dodrio, Taunt CM Serperior, NP Taunt Misdreavus and Mr. Mime, and Taunt Sneasel, as well as Purugly, all of which make it significantly harder (or riskier in Purugly's case) to actually Defog against these teams. While webs have fallen out of favor recently, they're still a pretty solid playstyle that is good enough to warrant somewhere in at least the A ranks.
Vespiquen to D
So you have a defensive Pokemon with a 4x weakness to Stealth Rock, a horrible defensive typing, and nothing over other defensive Pokemon? I could understand if it walled an important threat better than almost anything else and/or did something useful outside of maybe walling one or two things (see: corsola), but as it is I see absolutely no reason to ever consider Vespiquen for a team and by extension a rank above E.
Corphish to D
Slow, frail, outclassed, not laughably weak with any move that isn't water type, etc etc. I'm sorry but why would I ever use this? It's also hard walled by the best defensive mon in the tier which is never a good thing if you have questionable viability anyway. Even if it has a "niche" in UU (which seems beyond ridiculous to me as well) why does that make it usable in PU?
Also, here are some things haven't been talked about that I think seem like they're too high or too low, but haven't used / am too lazy to write about:
Things that could move up:
Kadabra
Togetic (mainly after scorp, trc, and I discovered how good nastypass is)
Fraxure
Kingler
Quilladin
Prinplup
Machoke
Fearow (not rekt as hard by rock types as dodrio, also has u-turn and defog)
Grumpig (probably still bad but is usable now that musharna is b&)
Dwebble
Simisage (http://puu.sh/cEUWz/56df127cff.png one of these is not like the rest...)
Things that could move down:
Rapidash
Drifblim
Glaceon
Electabuzz
Furfrou
Raticate (slower and weaker than quick feet ursaring, only has u-turn and sucker over it)
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