Just wanted to address two of the nominations I’ve seen. I won’t be overly detailed due to there already being posts about them, but I felt as if I might be able to add something minor to the discussion.
Primeape from A to A+: Agree
Primeape is a really solid Pokemon for many reasons. It has a great speed tier, and with a Choice Scarf, outspeeds Pokemon like Choice Scarf Oricorio, Choice Scarf Mesprit, +1 Lilligant, +2 Carracosta, Archeops, Swanna as well as a ton of the meta as a whole, and it speedties with Jynx after a Z Lovely Kiss, something not a lot of Pokemon do; it grabs momentum easily by using the Weezing/Mesprit/whatever physical wall switch-in as an opportunity to U-Turn out and bring in something that can threaten them; it makes hazard stack super threatening by being the best Defog deterrent due to Defiant, and it’s just so easy to throw on teams when you need a revenge killer or a late-game cleaner.
Oricorio-Sensu from A to A+: Agree
The Sub-CM Supersonic Skystrike set is relatively easy to throw on teams as well, and it’s really effective in pretty much every game it’s in due to Supersonic Skystrike being a complete nuke and hitting any Pokemon that doesn’t have superb bulk + resist Flying-type moves hard. It has really nice typing, and its STABs are only resisted by the not-so-super-common Pawniard, which is still rather frail and takes quite a bit from SSSS. It can function as a good spinblocker and can find opportunities to set up fairly easily due to how many Pokemon it forces out like Gurdurr, Hitmonchan, Qwilfish, Weezing, Mesprit, Lilligant, Choice-locked Pokemon like Pyroar, Primeape, and more. The rise in Eelektross usage slightly hurts it, but shouldn’t be a huge problem so long as you play it correctly.
Primeape from A to A+: Agree
Primeape is a really solid Pokemon for many reasons. It has a great speed tier, and with a Choice Scarf, outspeeds Pokemon like Choice Scarf Oricorio, Choice Scarf Mesprit, +1 Lilligant, +2 Carracosta, Archeops, Swanna as well as a ton of the meta as a whole, and it speedties with Jynx after a Z Lovely Kiss, something not a lot of Pokemon do; it grabs momentum easily by using the Weezing/Mesprit/whatever physical wall switch-in as an opportunity to U-Turn out and bring in something that can threaten them; it makes hazard stack super threatening by being the best Defog deterrent due to Defiant, and it’s just so easy to throw on teams when you need a revenge killer or a late-game cleaner.
Oricorio-Sensu from A to A+: Agree
The Sub-CM Supersonic Skystrike set is relatively easy to throw on teams as well, and it’s really effective in pretty much every game it’s in due to Supersonic Skystrike being a complete nuke and hitting any Pokemon that doesn’t have superb bulk + resist Flying-type moves hard. It has really nice typing, and its STABs are only resisted by the not-so-super-common Pawniard, which is still rather frail and takes quite a bit from SSSS. It can function as a good spinblocker and can find opportunities to set up fairly easily due to how many Pokemon it forces out like Gurdurr, Hitmonchan, Qwilfish, Weezing, Mesprit, Lilligant, Choice-locked Pokemon like Pyroar, Primeape, and more. The rise in Eelektross usage slightly hurts it, but shouldn’t be a huge problem so long as you play it correctly.
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