Welcome to the Viability Rankings thread for DPP UU, one of the greatest metagames we have. This thread is meant to serve as both a resource and a discussion thread, but only for the Rankings themselves (the DPP UU Discussion Hub serves for more general discussion of the tier).
For an initial ranking, Donphantastic, esche, fatty, Heysup and myself all ranked each potentially viable Pokémon in this tier, and averaged out these rankings. This should serve as a good initial ranking, but if you have any personal opinions on which Pokémon are ranked too high, too low, etc, please do voice your thoughts! This is absolutely not meant to be some final rankings monolith, and keeping this ranking updated allows us to keep this thread accurate through time. There are also some initial potential discussion points for the the ranking, such as the imbalance between some rankings (especially the A+ rank, for example), or Pokémon that were averaged out to a specific rank but actually had quite some disagreements between the five of us and might be improved by including more opinions or discussion.
As it might be helpful for insight on how this initial ranking came to be, and useful for discussion, I have included a screenshot of the rankings here as well.
Without further ado, here is the ranking:
S
Venusaur
Registeel
Milotic
A+
Uxie
Clefable
Mismagius
A
Arcanine
Donphan
Dugtrio
Rotom
Houndoom
Rhyperior
Kabutops
Moltres
Torterra
Mesprit
Sceptile
A-
Blaziken
Alakazam
Toxicroak
Qwilfish
Spiritomb
Scyther
Swellow
Azumarill
Hariyama
Kangaskhan
Omastar
Feraligatr
Leafeon
Hitmontop
B+
Entei
Ambipom
Slowking
Blastoise
Drapion
Primeape
Ursaring
Weezing
Exeggutor
B
Aggron
Ludicolo
Miltank
Regirock
Skuntank
Steelix
Absol
Cloyster
Walrein
B-
Nidoqueen
Lanturn
Altaria
Hitmonlee
Tauros
Slowbro
Nidoking
Tangrowth
Chansey
Jynx
C+
Claydol
Drifblim
Medicham
Gligar
Snover
Hippopotas
Poliwrath
Cradily
Espeon
Gastrodon
Electrode
Pinsir
C
Muk
Porygon2
Magmortar
Manectric
Marowak
C-
Magneton
Quagsire
Regice
With this, if you have anything to add, want to voice your opinion on specific Pokémon, or the clustering of rankings, or anything else, please join the discussion!
For an initial ranking, Donphantastic, esche, fatty, Heysup and myself all ranked each potentially viable Pokémon in this tier, and averaged out these rankings. This should serve as a good initial ranking, but if you have any personal opinions on which Pokémon are ranked too high, too low, etc, please do voice your thoughts! This is absolutely not meant to be some final rankings monolith, and keeping this ranking updated allows us to keep this thread accurate through time. There are also some initial potential discussion points for the the ranking, such as the imbalance between some rankings (especially the A+ rank, for example), or Pokémon that were averaged out to a specific rank but actually had quite some disagreements between the five of us and might be improved by including more opinions or discussion.
As it might be helpful for insight on how this initial ranking came to be, and useful for discussion, I have included a screenshot of the rankings here as well.
Without further ado, here is the ranking:
S
Venusaur
Registeel
Milotic
A+
Uxie
Clefable
Mismagius
A
Arcanine
Donphan
Dugtrio
Rotom
Houndoom
Rhyperior
Kabutops
Moltres
Torterra
Mesprit
Sceptile
A-
Blaziken
Alakazam
Toxicroak
Qwilfish
Spiritomb
Scyther
Swellow
Azumarill
Hariyama
Kangaskhan
Omastar
Feraligatr
Leafeon
Hitmontop
B+
Entei
Ambipom
Slowking
Blastoise
Drapion
Primeape
Ursaring
Weezing
Exeggutor
B
Aggron
Ludicolo
Miltank
Regirock
Skuntank
Steelix
Absol
Cloyster
Walrein
B-
Nidoqueen
Lanturn
Altaria
Hitmonlee
Tauros
Slowbro
Nidoking
Tangrowth
Chansey
Jynx
C+
Claydol
Drifblim
Medicham
Gligar
Snover
Hippopotas
Poliwrath
Cradily
Espeon
Gastrodon
Electrode
Pinsir
C
Muk
Porygon2
Magmortar
Manectric
Marowak
C-
Magneton
Quagsire
Regice
With this, if you have anything to add, want to voice your opinion on specific Pokémon, or the clustering of rankings, or anything else, please join the discussion!
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