Our season is unfortunately over but I'm still happy with a 5-1 record; if you've missed em i've posted my teams
here
the SM CAP VR feels extremely outdated so here are my thoughts and rankings of the mons I think are usable
some takes are definitely questionable, feel free to hmu in discord pms if you wanna debate over why reuniclus is bad
anyways hf reading
S
- insanely splashable, you can add as many mons as you want Lando will always be Lando
- literally shapes the metagame, super splashable with different sets than your usual doomdesire stuff, makes mons less viable by just existing
- n1 spinner in the tier is hella weak to burn you can just tspikes all over & click scald over and over again. extremely hard to switch into, does pex stuff, none of the added mons in CAP beat it besides Pajantom
A+
- do people forget gliscor exists in cap?? it somehow feels better than regular SM as it smashed through half the teams people usually run. like megatar/reuni teams are pretty much praying you dont load it into gliscor w/ tspikes up
- does ferro stuff, can take on most of everything, probably doesn't need as much bulk as it does in regular SM due to greninja being less threatening so it can very easily put some EVs into Atk to be more threatening. knock off ferro is probably very good if you can afford it.
- it's mega latias dude
- significantly worse than it is in SM OU, mostly due to libra existing, but it's still Magearna.
- (protean) gren can be insanely threatening to any team there is, spikes are still spikes and not a single hazard removing mon is safe into its coverage options. can sometimes feel a bit weak into fat but will still be really annoying to face.
- see gliscor
- i always feel like torn is broken as fuck, or insanely bad, no inbetweens. turns out its very solid in CAP, knock is even better than it is in reg SM, can be very difficult to deal with once dedicated answers are weakened.
A
- aka fat krilo but actually good
- i was delusional at first thinking this mon doesnt exist, its actually very very good lol
- still horrendous to fit on a team but far too much people rely on it being choiced to check it, z/aoa sets are wild
- feels much stronger than its supposed to be, unfortunately has to rely on low power coverage moves. it can be a bit predictable as well, despite some cool options like hwish and even worry seed for a daring gliscor
- landorus is not a fire resist
- tornadus is not a fire resist
- super hard to fit on a team but probably great on a good team
- see mawile
A-
- see kyurem-black, feels like lele but harder to fit
- still punishes no-dark-resist teams very hard, if your dedicated switch in is offensive bao you're probably fucked
- see mawile, this mon is rly hard to slot on a team, and don't get me started on reunitar
- my favorite water resist
- momentum sink that can miss a phazing move, not buying it, prolly good on fat
- same mon as in regular SM OU but slower
- super easily takes advantage of a mon seemed taylor made to beat it, equilibra is not immune to uturn
- tornadus is not a fairy resist either
- much better than what people give it credit for but hard to fit
- can take advantage of so many mons its not even funny, punishes passive play like little else
- coinflip mon, now with Arghonaut around to make Psychic sets even more mandatory
B+
- load water resist jumbao into rain and watch your world crumble to dust
- rain is eh but im sure you can slot some good flying resist on it if you rly want
- rain reliant, can't beat argh without stupid luck
- literally better & fatter reuni, actually beats Gliscor with no opportunity cost. also heat on offense if you wanna run multiple healing wish, + takes advantage of libra like little else too, rly good mon.
- tornadus, weirdly enough, is a water resist here, but not one immune to burn
- either insanely good or a waste of a teamslot, still need to think about it
- has to be extremely wary of not losing its item, still 6-0s some teams at preview
- great at punishing libra teams quite effortlessly, also punishes teams that rely on ttar to beat stuff like tornadus.
- tornadus jr, bit slow for what it wants to do tho
- garchomps not great but its definitely worth a shot once in a while. smashes reunitar as well.
- youd think an electric type with a typing that hard walls libra would be good, especially since its got access to fire coverage, but uninvested non-stab heat wave bounces back, and non doom desire libras just make it waste roost PPs super easily. does beat pinsir tho!!!!!
B (unordered)
- troll mon
- not great, libra food, magic guard is still rly dumb tho
- definitely not as good as people think it is, reunitar teams are gliscor food and this mon is like half the reason for it
- very fun, not very good
- see caribolt
- needs so much speed EVs to be good, at this point just run something else
- its checks are just too good + bro can't OHKO pex, ttar being good does not make this mon viable
- feels even weaker than regular SM OU Lopunny fsr
- ive tried to fit it on teams before, i feel like spdef sets are largely outclassed by better stuff, and offensive sets need to be lures for it to actually accomplish something
- landorus is still not a fire resist
- smokozone is probably very funny to run
- very good into fat, hard to justify over lele. probably good alongside lele, but if you can afford giving garde a teamslot you absolutely can afford running zam.
- can be a big ass threat if played well, only fits on HO
B- (also unordered)
- tornadus is not a f- yea you get it
- tail glow sets look rly fun, probably not strong enough tho
- dont have much to say its just not great
- good into bad teams
- its just not great either, spikes are good tho
- ho pick that also hard punishes passive play, hard to justify over another mega tho
- mawile but less strong and less valuable
- not good at making progress, libra food, etc etc (also cant ohko pex lol)
- yea dont run this one
- lol
- as hard to fit on a team as is its name to spell, and tornadus is not a fairy resist
- its just fat as fuck and surprisingly strong with some invest
- better than chomp into tar teams, unfortunately tar teams are what they are
- punishes passive play, feels worthless into offense. bit prediction reliant too, although knock is what you're gonna click 75% of the time.
everything i haven't ranked is either not worth bringing or i forgot about
Tangrowth
Tyranitar
Gastrodon
Gyarados
Mega Gallade
Aurumoth
Cyclohm
Fidgit
Naviathan
Mega Sableye
Suicune
Amoonguss
Hippowdon
Mamoswine
Rotom-H
Mega Sharpedo
Mega Slowbro
Slowking
Mega Venusaur
Mega Crucibelle
Kitsunoh
Malaconda
Mollux
Pyroak
Revenankh
Smokomodo
Snaelstrom
Stratagem
Volkraken
