UU Viability Ranking Thread
Thread maintained by PsYch071c and RT.
Welcome to the official UU Viability Rankings topic! In this thread, we as a community will rank every single usable Pokemon into "tiers." Ever wonder to yourself just how good Ambipom really is? Maybe you think Porygon-Z is the hottest thing since sliced bread and you kind sort of want others to know that. Well wonder no more! You no longer have to keep your shitty opinions to yourself. In this thread, you're encouraged to post your thoughts and opinions on the various Pokemon that are usable in UU and what tier they should fall under.
The general idea of the topic is to rank each UU pokemon under "rankings" that go in descending order. Since this is a general tier list, everything is lumped together. There won't be any segregation between offense & defense threats.
EX: Victini can be ranked in A tier as an offensive threat, Froslass can be ranked in A tier as supportivethreat and Snorlax can also be ranked in A tier as a defensive threat. Note: These are just examples.
Note that the overall tier list is in no particular order.
MUST READ
PRELIMINARY BW UU Ranking tier list V1
(Subject to change & in alphabetical order for now!)
S Rank
~Post intelligently. Posts like "I think pokemon X should be in this tier" will not be tolerated
~No flaming
~Usage statistics may be used to support an argument or a claim, but don't base your ENTIRE argument around them. For example, you can't just say "Pokemon X shouldn't be this tier because they aren't used that often!"
~No talk about editing the OFFICIAL smogon tier lists.
Happy posting ♪
Thread maintained by PsYch071c and RT.
Welcome to the official UU Viability Rankings topic! In this thread, we as a community will rank every single usable Pokemon into "tiers." Ever wonder to yourself just how good Ambipom really is? Maybe you think Porygon-Z is the hottest thing since sliced bread and you kind sort of want others to know that. Well wonder no more! You no longer have to keep your shitty opinions to yourself. In this thread, you're encouraged to post your thoughts and opinions on the various Pokemon that are usable in UU and what tier they should fall under.
The general idea of the topic is to rank each UU pokemon under "rankings" that go in descending order. Since this is a general tier list, everything is lumped together. There won't be any segregation between offense & defense threats.
EX: Victini can be ranked in A tier as an offensive threat, Froslass can be ranked in A tier as supportivethreat and Snorlax can also be ranked in A tier as a defensive threat. Note: These are just examples.
Note that the overall tier list is in no particular order.
MUST READ
Guidelines from Flareblitz said:..okay. Since it's apparent that everyone will want their "favorites" moved up until nothing exists in any rank below C, I'm going to try to introduce some objectivity into these proceedings.
S Rank: Reserved for Pokemon who can sweep or wall significant portions of the metagame with little support, and Pokemon who can support other Pokemon with very little opportunity cost ("free turns"). Also the home of Pokemon who can easily perform multiple roles effectively, increasing their versatility and unpredictability. If the Pokemon in this rank have any flaws, those flaws are thoroughly mitigated by their substantial strengths. If there are suspects, they will come from this rank.
A Rank: Reserved for Pokemon who can sweep or wall significant portions of the metagame, but require some support or have some flaws that prevents them from doing this consistently. Supporting Pokemon in this rank may give opponents free turns or cannot create free turns easily themselves, but can still do their job most of the time.
B Rank: Reserved for Pokemon who cannot sweep through or wall significant portions of the metagame, but can properly fulfill a given offensive/defensive niche. Support Pokemon in this category have flaws that prevent them from doing their job or are setup bait for dangerous sweepers. Pokemon who are partially outclassed by a Pokemon in A or S Rank, but are otherwise very dangerous, may also fall into this category.
C Rank: Reserved for Pokemon who can be effective given the right support, but either have crippling flaws that prevent them from consistently executing their strategy or are typically inferior to the Pokemon in the above ranks.
kokoloko Rank: Reserved for Pokemon who have a small niche in the current UU metagame, but have very noticable flaws that make them more trouble then they're worth the majority of the time.
PRELIMINARY BW UU Ranking tier list V1
(Subject to change & in alphabetical order for now!)
S Rank
~Post intelligently. Posts like "I think pokemon X should be in this tier" will not be tolerated
~No flaming
~Usage statistics may be used to support an argument or a claim, but don't base your ENTIRE argument around them. For example, you can't just say "Pokemon X shouldn't be this tier because they aren't used that often!"
~No talk about editing the OFFICIAL smogon tier lists.
Happy posting ♪
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