Resource 1v1 Scarlet and Violet Viability Rankings

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Welcome to the 1v1 Viability Rankings thread! This thread is used to discuss how good we think various Pokemon are in the current 1v1 metagame. As with any resource, these notes should be kept in mind:​

- Post smartly: this isn't a set dump thread where you just throw in whatever random set you like using on ladder, this is meant to be a resource dedicated to sorting out the Pokemon that perform the absolute best in the current metagame. Shitposts and one liners will be deleted.
- Words only go so far when it comes to making a convincing case to rank something. Showing calcs and replays says a lot more about a Pokemon's interaction with others than simple speculation.
- Discussion isn't necessarily frowned upon, but if it's a one line response to someone's nomination or something, it'd probably be better just to bring it up to the person in pms or the room or somewhere that won't clutter the thread.

VR Council

Kry
RTM
bern
Indi01
happysh
neomon
lost heros
delemon
Mcthelegit

Inactive VR Council

clerica
Waylaid
Nalei
Here Comes Team Charm!
TheShadowClaw
bored_glitch
bea
gorilaa
SwordIsBored
Akuu
DEG
bo_bobson27
LittEleven
Kaif
Slip
Murm

Link to Spreadsheet With Each Individual Member's Votes

And without any further ado, here's the 1v1 Viability Rankings!​

S Rank
Iron Crown

S- Rank
Primarina

A+ Rank
Corviknight
Hoopa-Unbound
Iron Valiant
Metagross
Ursaluna

A Rank
Goodra-Hisui
Landorus-Therian
Meowscarada
Ogerpon-Wellspring
Pecharunt
Raging Bolt
Urshifu
Volcanion
Volcarona

A- Rank
Cresselia
Haxorus
Moltres-Galar
Ninetales-Alola
Spectrier
Sylveon
Urshifu-Rapid-Strike

B+ Rank
Annihilape
Chien-Pao
Darkrai
Donphan
Dragapult
Garchomp
Iron Hands
Manaphy
Registeel
Roaring Moon
Scizor
Skeledirge
Sneasler
Ursaluna-Bloodmoon
Walking Wake
Zapdos

B Rank
Azumarill
Diancie
Espathra
Great Tusk
Iron Moth
Kyurem
Landorus
Serperior
Whimsicott
Zarude

B- Rank
Arcanine-Hisui
Bellibolt
Fezandipiti
Heatran
Porygon-Z
Rhyperior
Rillaboom
Tyranitar

C+ Rank
Avalugg-Hisui
Dondozo
Entei
Greninja
Okidogi
Zapdos-Galar

C Rank
Chansey
Clodsire
Glastrier
Iron Boulder
Iron Bundle
Porygon2
Suicune
Ting-Lu
Tinkaton

C- Rank
Baxcalibur
Empoleon
Enamorus
Iron Treads
Kingambit
Latios
Magnezone
Muk-Alola
Ninetales
Sandy Shocks

D Rank
Arcanine
Blastoise
Blaziken
Ceruledge
Clefable
Cobalion
Electrode-Hisui
Florges
Gardevoir
Grafaiai
Granbull
Klefki
Lilligant-Hisui
Maushold
Overqwil
Sableye
Sinistcha
Slaking
Slither Wing
Swampert
Talonflame
Tauros-Paldea-Blaze
Torterra
Weezing-Galar
Wo-Chien

VR Shifts (DLC 2)

3/1/25
Primarina S -> S-
Hoopa-Unbound S- -> A+
Arcanine-Hisui B -> B-
Greninja B- -> C+
Grafaiai C- -> D
Klefki C- -> D
Suicune C- -> C
Talonflame C- -> D
Carbink D -> UR
Kommo-o D -> UR
Umbreon D -> UR
Venusaur D -> UR
Swampert UR -> D
Blaziken UR -> D
Cobalion UR -> D
Granbull UR -> D
Tauros-Paldea-Blaze UR -> D
Removed:
Avalugg
2/1/25
Iron Crown S- -> S
Hoopa-Unbound A+ -> S-
Pecharunt A+ -> A
Moltres-Galar B+ -> A-
Bellibolt B -> B-
Donphan B -> B+
Porygon-Z B -> B-
Arcanine-Hisui B- -> B
Muk-Alola C -> C-
Torterra C- -> D
Swampert D -> UR
Removed:
Salamence
Regieleki
Iron Jugulis
Raikou
Salazzle
1/1/25
Cresselia B+ -> A-
Ninetales-Alola B+ -> A-
Darkrai B -> B+
Garchomp B -> B+
Iron Hands B -> B+
Zapdos B -> B+
Zarude B- -> B
Fezandipiti C+ -> B-
Dondozo C -> C+
Chansey C- -> C
Glastrier C- -> C
Muk-Alola C- -> C
Klefki D -> C-
Ninetales D -> C-
Hoopa-Unbound S- -> A+
Skeledirge A- -> B+
Okidogi B- -> C+
Suicune C -> C-
Arcanine C- -> D
Blaziken D -> UR
Cobalion D -> UR
Golem-Alola D -> UR
Removed:
Glimmora
Goodra
Iron Thorns
Ogerpon
Basculegion-F
Rotom-Wash
Blissey
Gastrodon
12/5/24
Iron Crown A+ -> S-
Metagross A -> A+
Volcanion A- -> A
Sneasler B -> B+
Talonflame D -> C-
Goodra-Hisui A+ -> A
Porygon-Z B+ -> B
Weezing-Galar C- -> D
Avalugg D -> UR
Removed:
Enamorus-Therian
Thundurus-Therian
Breloom
Conkeldurr
Dragalge
Hydrapple
Infernape
Iron Leaves
Latias
Munkidori
Rotom-Heat
Samurott-Hisui
Shaymin
Slowking-Galar
Staraptor
Torkoal
Typhlosion-Hisui
Ursaring
Abomasnow
Ambipom
Arboliva
Armarouge
Basculegion
Bisharp
Bombirdier
Braviary
Braviary-Hisui
Brute Bonnet
Camerupt
Cetitan
Chandelure
Charizard
Decidueye-Hisui
Dudunsparce
Eelektross
Farigiraf
Flamigo
Gallade
Garganacl
Gengar
Glaceon
Golem
Grimmsnarl
Gyarados
Hatterene
Hawlucha
Houndstone
Hydreigon
Illumise
Jumpluff
Kilowattrel
Kleavor
Krookodile
Lokix
Medicham
Moltres
Mudsdale
Muk
Orthworm
Pawmot
Pelipper
Polteageist
Quagsire
Quaquaval
Revavroom
Scovillain
Slowbro-Galar
Squawkabilly
Sudowoodo
Tatsugiri
Tauros-Paldea-Aqua
Tauros-Paldea-Blaze
Thundurus
Toedscruel
Tornadus
Tornadus-Therian
Toxtricity
Uxie
Vaporeon
Venomoth
Vivillon
Wyrdeer
Zoroark-Hisui
11/1/2024
Primarina S- -> S
Hoopa-Unbound A+ -> S-
Corviknight A -> A+
Meowscarada A- -> A
Sylveon B+ -> A-
Scizor B -> B+
Walking Wake B -> B+
Bellibolt B- -> B
Roaring Moon B- -> B+
Entei C -> C+
Sandy Shocks D -> C-
Weezing-Galar D -> C-
Slither Wing UR -> D
Regidrago S- -> A+
Cresselia A- -> B+
Azumarill B+ -> B
Espathra B+ -> B
Iron Hands B+ -> B
Baxcalibur C -> C-
Muk-Alola C -> C-
Ninetales C- -> D
Wo-Chien C- -> D
Iron Jugulis D -> UR
Raikou D -> UR
Regieleki D -> UR
Salamence D -> UR
Salazzle D -> UR
10/1/2024
Landorus-Therian A- -> A
Volcarona A- -> A
Spectrier B+ -> A-
Chien-Pao B -> B+
Espathra B -> B+
Garchomp B- -> B
Iron Moth B- -> B
Scizor B- -> B
Roaring Moon C+ -> B-
Tinkaton C- -> C
Zarude C+ -> B-
Clodsire C- -> C
Porygon2 C- -> C
Ogerpon-Wellspring A+ -> A
Raging Bolt A+ -> A
Meowscarada A -> A-
Skeledirge A -> A-
Ninetales-Alola A- -> B+
Porygon-Z A- -> B+
Diancie B+ -> B
Great Tusk B+ -> B
Kyurem B+ -> B
Tyranitar B -> B-
Baxcalibur C+ -> C
Iron Boulder C+ -> C
Arcanine C -> C-
Empoleon C -> C-
Enamorus C -> C-
Glastrier C -> C-
Klefki C- -> D
Lilligant-Hisui C- -> D
Raikou C- -> D
Weezing-Galar C- -> D
Basculegion-F D -> UR
Blissey D -> UR
Gastrodon D -> UR
Glimmora D -> UR
Goodra D -> UR
Iron Thorns D -> UR
Ogerpon D -> UR
Rotom-Wash D -> UR
Slither Wing D -> UR
9/1/2024
Iron Crown A -> A+
Ursaluna A -> A+
Raging Bolt A -> A+
Iron Valiant A -> A+
Goodra-H A- -> A+
Urshifu A- -> A
Meowscarada A- -> A
Skeledirge A- -> A
Volcanion B+ -> A-
Great Tusk B -> B+
Dragapult B -> B+
Ursaluna-Bloodmoon B -> B+
Diancie B- -> B+
Landorus B- -> B
Tyranitar B- -> B
Garchomp C+ -> B-
Iron Moth C+ -> B-
Heatran C+ -> B-
Scizor C -> B-
Suicune C- -> C
Muk-A C- -> C
Enamorus C- -> C
Dondozo C- -> C
Empoleon D -> C
Zarude D -> C
Kingambit D -> C-
Grafaiai D -> C-
Wo-Chien D -> C-
Raikou D -> C-
Chansey D -> C-
Lilligant-H D -> C-
Klefki D -> C-
Iron Treads D -> C-
Arcanine UR -> C
Weezing-G UR -> C-
Torterra UR -> C-
Blaziken UR -> D
Sinistcha UR -> D
Gastrodon UR -> D
Blissey UR -> D
Florges UR -> D
Basculegion-F UR -> D
Electrode-H UR -> D
Salazzle UR -> D
Rotom-W UR -> D
Ogerpon UR -> D
Iron Thorns UR -> D
Goodra UR -> D
Glimmora UR -> D
Ogerpon-Wellspring S- -> A+
Sylveon A- -> B+
Serperior B+ -> B
Donphan B+ -> B
Espathra B+ -> B
Arcanine-H B -> B-
Baxcalibur B- -> C+
Iron Boulder B- -> C+
Ting-Lu C+ -> C
Entei C+ -> C
Clodsire C -> C-
Ninetales C -> C-
Venusaur C -> D
Blastoise C- -> D
Sableye C- -> D
Latias C- -> UR
Illumise D -> UR
Thundurus-T D -> UR
Shaymin D -> UR
Squawkabilly D -> UR
8/4/2024
Primarina A+ -> S-
Iron Crown A+ -> A
Urshifu B+ -> A-
Urshifu-Rapid-Strike B+ -> A-
Goodra-Hisui B+ -> A-
Serperior A- -> B+
Moltres-Galar B -> B+
Kyurem B -> B+
Annihilape B -> B+
Espathra B -> B+
Walking Wake B+ -> B
Great Tusk B+ -> B
Sneasler B- -> B
Greninja C+ -> B-
Landorus C+ -> B-
Diancie C+ -> B-
Tyranitar C -> B-
Avalugg-Hisui C -> C+
Heatran C -> C+
Ting-Lu C -> C+
Roaring Moon C -> C+
Zapdos-Galar C -> C+
Fezandipiti C -> C+
Entei C -> C+
Scizor C- -> C
Tinkaton C- -> C
Suicune C -> C-
Muk-Alola C -> C-
Dondozo C -> C-
Blastoise D -> C-
Porygon2 D -> C-
Grafaiai C- -> D
Salamence UR -> D
Raikou UR -> D
Chansey UR -> D
Golem-Alola UR -> D
Clefable UR -> D
Lilligant-Hisui UR -> D
Illumise UR -> D
Empoleon UR -> D
Regieleki UR -> D
Klefki UR -> D
Iron Treads UR -> D
Iron Jugulis UR -> D
Cobalion UR -> D
Zarude UR -> D
Shaymin UR -> D
Squawkabilly UR -> D
7/3/2024
Gouging Fire S- -> S
Ogerpon-Wellspring A+ -> S-
Ursaluna A- -> A
Corviknight A- -> A
Goodra-Hisui B -> B+
Registeel B -> B+
Avalugg-Hisui C+ -> C
Latios D -> C-
Ceruledge C- -> D
Chansey D -> UR
5/26/2024
Gouging Fire S -> S-
Regidrago A+ -> S-
Pecharunt A -> A+
Skeledirge A -> A-
Azumarill A- -> B+
Meowscarada B+ -> A-
Goodra-Hisui B+ -> B
Donphan B -> B+
Espathra B- -> B
Ting-Lu C+ -> C
Latios C- -> D
Carbink UR -> D
Avalugg UR -> D
Overqwil UR -> D
5/9/2024
Ogerpon-Hearthflame S- -> S
Metagross A+ -> A
Goodra-Hisui B -> B+
Great Tusk B -> B+
Iron Boulder B -> B-
Baxcalibur B -> B-
Greninja B- -> C+
Sneasler C+ -> B-
Ninetales C+ -> C
Avalugg-Hisui C -> C+
Latias D -> C-
Sableye D -> C-
Salamence D -> UR
Carbink D -> UR
Chansey UR -> D
Blastoise UR -> D
4/28/2024
Diancie B- -> C+
Hydrapple D -> UR
Raikou D -> UR
Golem-Alola D -> UR
Arcanine D -> UR
Clefable D -> UR
Lilligant-Hisui D -> UR
Infernape D -> UR
Blaziken D -> UR
Empoleon D -> UR
Iron Jugulis D -> UR
Klefki D -> UR
Sinistcha D -> UR
Illumise D -> UR
Florges D -> UR
Regieleki D -> UR
Avalugg D -> UR
Iron Treads D -> UR
Blissey D -> UR
Gastrodon D -> UR
Chansey D -> UR
Dragalge D -> UR
Weezing-Galar D -> UR
Zarude D -> UR
Overqwil D -> UR
4/26/2024 (again)
Archaludon S- -> S
Ogerpon-Hearthflame A+ -> S-
Primarina S- -> A+
Metagross A -> A+
Ogerpon-Wellspring A -> A+
Azumarill B+ -> A-
Annihilape B+ -> B
Urshifu-Rapid-Strike B -> B+
Greninja B -> B-
Donphan B- -> B
Okidogi C+ -> B-
Roaring Moon C+ -> C
Landorus C -> C+
Ting-Lu C -> C+
Suicune C- -> C
Entei C- -> C
Latia C- -> D
Hydrapple C- -> D
Gardevoir C- -> D
Porygon2 C- -> D
Grafaiai D -> C-
Raikou UR -> D
Carbink UR -> D
Golem D -> UR
Iron Leaves D -> UR
Ogerpon D -> UR
Shaymin D -> UR
Torkoal D -> UR
Salazzle D -> UR
Rotom-Wash D -> UR
Farigiraf D -> UR
Enamorus-Therian D -> UR
Electrode-Hisui D -> UR
Basculegion D -> UR
Conkeldurr D -> UR
Munkidori D -> UR
4/26/2024
Metagross A+ -> A
Cresselia A -> A-
Landorus-Therian B+ -> A-
Porygon-Z A -> A-
Serperior B+ -> A-
Sylveon A -> A-
Baxcalibur B+ -> B
Whimsicott B- -> B
Ursaluna-Bloodmoon B- -> B
Donphan C -> B-
Avalugg-Hisui C+ -> C
Glastrier C+ -> C
Okidogi C+ -> B-
Zapdos-Galar C+ -> C
Venusaur C+ -> C
Enamorus C -> C-
Suicune C -> C-
Tinkaton C -> C-
Hydrapple C -> C-
Dondozo C- -> C
Scizor UR -> C-
Arcanine C- -> D
Blaziken C- -> D
Clefable C- -> D
Florges C- -> D
Empoleon C- -> D
Kommo-o C- -> D
Raikou C- -> D
Slaking C- -> D
Swampert C- -> D
Umbreon C- -> D
Wo-Chien C- -> D
Zarude C- -> D
Farigiraf UR -> D
Rotom-Heat D -> UR
Torterra D -> UR
3/19/2024
Regidrago S- -> A+
Cresselia A- -> A
Ogerpon-Water A- to A
Iron Hands B -> B+
Whimsicott B -> B-
Arcanine-Hisui B- -> B
Iron Moth B- -> C+
Fezandipiti C+ -> C
Iron Bundle C+ -> C
Umbreon UR -> C-
Salamence UR -> D
2/4/2024
Pecharunt -> A
Metagross A+ -> A
Archaludon A -> A+
Ogerpon-Hearthflame A -> A+
Iron Crown A- -> A
Manaphy B+ -> A-
Ursaluna B+ -> A-
Arcanine-Hisui B -> B-
Clodsire C- -> C
1/22/2024
Gouging Fire S- -> S
Hoopa-Unbound S- -> A+
Primarina A+ -> S-
Iron Valiant A+ -> A
Iron Crown B+ -> A-
Meowscarada B -> B+
Urshifu B -> B+
Kyurem B- -> B
Arcanine-Hisui B- -> B
Iron Boulder B- -> B
Iron Hands B- -> B
Bellibolt C+ -> B-
Iron Moth C+ -> B-
Ursaluna-Bloodmoon C+ -> B-
Avalugg-Hisui C -> C+
Glastrier C - > C+
Porygon2 C -> C-
Landorus C- -> C
Ting Lu C- -> C

1/4/2024
Meloetta -> S
Cinderace -> S-
Hoopa-Unbound -> S-
Gouging Fire -> S-
Necrozma -> S-
Primarina -> A+
Metagross -> A+
Iron Valiant S- -> A+
Porygon-Z -> A
Ogerpon-Hearthflame S- -> A
Sylveon A+ -> A
Archaludon -> A-
Cresselia A+ -> A-
Corviknight A -> A-
Iron Boulder -> B-
Raging Bolt -> B+
Iron Crown -> B+
Manaphy A+ -> B+
Baxcalibur A -> B+
Spectrier A -> B+
Ursaluna A -> B+
Azumarill A- -> B+
Landorus-Therian A- -> B+
Volcanion A- -> B+
Walking Wake A- -> B+
Serperior -> B
Darkrai A- -> B
Zapdos A- -> B
Great Tusk B+ -> B
Greninja B+ -> B
Rhyperior -> B-
Kyurem -> B-
Chien-Pao B+ -> B-
Venusaur -> C+
Whimsicott -> C+
Hydrapple -> C
Porygon2 -> C
Entei -> C-
Suicune -> C-
Raikou -> C-
Swampert -> C-
Blaziken -> C-
Latios -> C-
Latias -> C-

VR Shifts (DLC 1)

8/10/23:
Manaphy -> A+
Ogerpon-Hearthflame -> A
Ninetales-Alola -> A-
Darkrai -> A-
Ogerpon-Wellspring -> B+
Ursaluna-Bloodmoon -> B+
Ninetales -> B
Shaymin -> B
Empoleon -> B
Kommo-o -> B
Fezandipiti -> B
Okidogi -> B
Ambipom -> B-
Clefable -> B-
Ogerpon -> B-
Infernape -> C+
Munkidori -> C+
Torterra -> C
Golem -> C
Golem-Alola -> C
Chandelure -> D
Regidrago A+ -> S-
Meowscarada A+ -> A-
Baxcalibur A- -> A
Corviknight A- -> A
Annihilape B+ -> A-
Greninja A- -> B+
Goodra-Hisui A- -> B+
Moltres-Galar A- -> B+
Urshifu A- -> B+
Zapdos B+ -> A-
Enamorus B+ -> B
Iron Moth B+ -> B
Dragapult B -> B+
Bellibolt B -> B+
Diancie B -> B-
Iron Bundle B -> B-
Arcanine-Hisui B- -> B
Florges B- -> B
Garchomp B- -> B
Skeledirge B- -> A
Glastrier C+ -> B-
Sneasler B- -> C+
Zapdos-Galar B- -> C+
Lilligant-Hisui C+ -> C
Rillaboom C -> B-
Scizor C -> C+
Thundurus-Therian C -> C+
Ting-Lu C -> C+
Iron Jugulis C -> C-
Klefki C -> C-
Rotom Wash C -> C-
Sandy Shocks C -> C-
Tinkaton C- -> C
Iron Leaves C- -> D
Salazzle C- -> D
Grafaiai D -> C-
Blissey D -> C-
Ceruledge D -> C-
Braviary-Hisui D -> UR
Garganacl D -> UR
Goodra D -> UR
Gyarados D -> UR
Quagsire D -> UR
Typhlosion-Hisui D -> UR
Pawmot UR -> D
Armarouge UR -> D
Breloom UR -> D
Chansey UR -> D

15/10/23:
Clefable B- -> C+
Diancie B- -> B
Thundurus-Therian C+ -> C
Basculegion C -> C-
Breloom D -> UR

20/10/23:
Annihilape A- -> B+
Sinistcha UR -> B
Rillaboom B- -> B
Urshifu-Rapid-Strike B -> B+
Conkeldurr UR -> C-
Weezing-Galar UR -> D
Illumise UR -> C

28/10/23:
Regidrago S- -> A+
Iron Treads B- -> C+
Conkeldurr C- -> D
Torkoal D -> UR
Iron Leaves D -> C-
Ogerpon-Hearthflame A -> A+
Espathra C -> C+

23/11/23:
Ogerpon-Wellspring B+ -> A-
Arcanine-Hisui B -> B+
Arcanine B -> B-
Okidogi B -> B+
Gardevoir B- -> C+
Sneasler C+ -> B-
Munkidori C+ -> B-
Zapdos-Galar C+ -> B-
Tyranitar C -> C+
Breloom UR -> D
Torkoal UR -> D

29/11/23:
Ogerpon-Hearthflame A+ -> S-
Spectrier A+ -> A
Volcanion A -> A-
Meowscarada A- -> B+
Bellibolt B+ -> B
Iron Moth B -> B+
Empoleon B -> B-
Arcanine B- -> B
Gardevoir C+ -> B-
Ting-Lu C+ -> C

VR Shifts (Post Home)

6/21/23:
Greninja UR -> A+
Gholdengo UR -> S
Zapdos UR -> B+
Zapdos-Galar UR -> C+
Moltres UR -> D
Moltres-Galar UR -> A-
Kleavor UR -> C
Electrode-Hisui UR -> C
Arcanine-Hisui UR -> C+
Sneasler UR -> B
Goodra-Hisui UR -> A-
Typhlosion-Hisui UR -> D
Muk-Alola UR -> B-
Heatran UR -> B
Cresselia UR -> C
Samurott-Hisui UR -> D
Lilligant-Hisui UR -> B-
Braviary-Hisui UR -> D
Landorus UR -> B-
Tornadus-Therian UR -> D
Thundurus-Therian UR -> C-
Landorus-Therian UR -> A-
Meloetta UR -> S
Diancie UR -> C-
Hoopa-Unbound UR -> S-
Volcanion UR -> A
Rillaboom UR -> C-
Urshifu UR -> A
Urshifu-Rapid-Strike UR -> B+
Avalugg-Hisui UR -> C+
Zarude UR -> C+
Regieleki UR -> D
Regidrago UR -> A
Glastrier UR -> C-
Spectrier UR -> A-
Ursaluna UR -> A
Basculegion UR -> C
Basculegion-F UR -> C-
Enamorus UR -> B
Enamorus-Therian UR -> B
Tinkaton UR -> D
Braviary D -> UR
Brute Bonnet D -> UR
Cetitan D -> UR
Charizard D -> UR
Flamigo D -> UR
Hatterene D -> UR
Iron Thorns D -> UR
Kilowattrel D -> UR
Orthworm D -> UR
Pelipper C- -> UR
Quaquaval C- -> UR
Revavroom C- -> UR
Gengar C- -> UR
Tauros-Paldea-Water C -> UR
Zoroark-Hisui B- -> UR
Ursaring C+ -> UR
Farigiraf B- -> UR
Salamence C- -> D
Staraptor C- -> D
Hydreigon C- -> D
Avalugg C- -> D
Slither Wing C -> C+
Rotom Heat C -> C-
Abomasnow C -> D
Armarouge C -> D
Breloom C -> D
Ceruledge C -> D
Dragalge C -> D
Garganacl C -> D
Tauros-Paldea-Fire C -> D
Baxcalibur C+ -> B-
Clodsire C+ -> B-
Gallade C+ -> D
Torkoal C+ -> C-
Gastrodon C+ -> C
Rotom Wash C+ -> C
Salazzle C+ -> C
Sandy Shocks B- -> C
Scizor B- -> C
Wo-Chien B- -> C
Goodra B- -> C
Iron Treads B- -> B
Ting-Lu B -> C+
Talonflame B -> C-
Magnezone B -> B-
Kingambit B -> B-
Iron Leaves B -> C-
Donphan B -> B-
Gardevoir B -> B-
Haxorus B -> B+
Dondozo B+ -> C+
Sableye A- -> C
Arcanine A- -> B
Walking Wake A -> A-
Iron Hands A- -> B-
Iron Bundle A- -> B-
Dragapult A- -> B
Bellibolt A- -> B-
Azumarill A- -> B+
Corviknight A- -> B+
Great Tusk A -> B+
Espathra A+ -> C
Skeledirge A+ -> B
Sylveon S- -> A-
Annihilape S- -> B
Overqwil UR -> C-

6/22/23:
Landorus B- -> B

6/26/23:
Spectrier A- -> A
Chien-Pao B -> B+
Iron Bundle B- -> B
Cresselia C -> C+
Moltres D -> C-
Iron Treads B -> B-
Skeledirge B -> B-
Baxcalibur B- -> C+
Bellibolt B- -> C+
Clodsire B- -> C+
Donphan B- -> C+
Gardevoir B- -> C+
Kingambit B- -> C+
Roaring Moon B- -> C+
Tyranitar C+ -> C
Torkoal C- -> D
Abomasnow D -> UR
Armarouge D -> UR
Garganacl D -> UR
Salamence D -> UR
Torkoal C- -> D
Diancie C- -> D
Walking Wake A- -> A

7/3/23:
Espathra C -> C+
Slaking C -> C+
Gardevoir C+ -> B-
Diancie D -> C-
Farigiraf UR -> D

7/8/23:
Annihilape B -> B+
Annihilape B+ -> B
Regidrago A -> A+
Haxorus B+ -> B
Zarude C+ -> C

7/10/23:
Urshifu A -> A-
Cresselia C+ -> B-

7/16/23:
Greninja A+ -> A
Regidrago A+ -> A
Walking Wake A -> A-
Azumarill B+ -> A-
Zapdos B+ -> A-
Annihilape B -> B+
Baxcalibur C+ -> B
Bellibolt C+ -> B-
Slither Wing C+ -> C
Dondozo C -> C+
Glastrier C- -> C
Garganacl UR -> D
Regieleki D -> C-
Regidrago A -> A+
Cresselia B- -> B+
Corviknight B+ -> A-
Haxorus B -> B+
Goodra C- -> D
Thundurus-Therian C- -> C
Gardevoir B- -> B
Kleavor C- -> D
Sableye C -> C-
Magnezone B- -> B

7/23/23:
Iron Valiant A+ -> S-
Spectrier A -> A+
Enamorus B -> B+
Walking Wake A- -> A
Sneasler B -> B-
Salazzle C -> C-
Florges UR -> C-

7/24/23:
Greninja A -> A-
Sylveon A- -> A
Zapdos A- -> B+

7/28/23:
Haxorus B+ -> B
Baxcalibur B -> B+
Enamorus-T B -> B-
Gardevoir B -> B-
Bellibolt B- -> B
Iron Hands B- -> B
Arcanine-H C+ -> B-
Electrode-H C+ -> C
Ting-Lu C+ -> C
Zapdos-Galar C+ -> B-
Scizor C -> C+
Slither Wing C -> C-
Florges C- -> C
Rillaboom C- -> C
Sableye C- -> C
Breloom D -> UR
Grimmsnarl D -> UR
Cresselia B+ -> A-
Urshifu-Rapid-Strike B+ -> B

7/31/23:
Zapdos B+ -> A-
Urshifu-Rapid-Strike B -> B+
Klefki UR -> C-
Scizor C+ -> C
Slaking C+ -> C
Rillaboom C -> C-
Sableye C -> C-
Grafaiai D -> UR
Staraptor D -> UR
Florges C -> C+
Diancie C- -> C
Gyarados UR -> D
Cresselia A- -> A

8/1/23:
Glastrier C -> C+
Iron Jugulis B- -> C
Skeledirge B -> B-

8/7/23:
Sylveon A -> A+
Walking Wake A -> A-
Urshifu-Rapid-Strike B+ -> B
Iron Hands B -> B+
Heatran B -> B-
Iron Jugulis B- -> C+
Lilligant-Hisui B- -> C+
Florges C+ -> B-
Scizor C -> C+
Diancie C -> C+
Klefki C- -> C

14/8/23:
Cresselia A -> A+
Zapdos A- -> B+
Iron Moth B+ -> B
Baxcalibur B+ -> A-
Haxorus B -> B+
Garchomp B -> B-
Skeledirge B- -> B
Espathra C+ -> C
Garganacl D -> UR
Glimmora D -> UR
Hydreigon D -> UR
Kleavor D -> UR
Squawkabilly D -> UR
Tornadus therian D -> UR
Toxtricity D -> UR
Tinktaton D -> C-

15/8/23:
Garganacl UR -> D
Polteageist D -> UR
Krookodile D -> UR
Samurott-Hisui D -> UR

21/8/23:
Rillaboom C- -> C

2/9/23:
Moltres C- -> D
Iron Moth B -> B+
Diancie B- -> B
Scizor C+ -> C

VR Shifts (Pre Home)

12/20/2022:
Annihilape UR -> S
Chi-Yu UR -> S-
Skeledirge UR -> S-
Azumarill UR -> A+
Flutter Mane UR -> A+
Gholdengo UR -> A+
Sylveon UR -> A+
Dondozo UR -> A
Great Tusk UR -> A
Iron Hands UR -> A
Iron Valiant UR -> A
Arcanine UR -> A-
Donphan UR -> A-
Meowscarada UR -> A-
Sableye UR -> A-
Ting-Lu UR -> A-
Corviknight UR -> B+
Dragapult UR -> B+
Garchomp UR -> B+
Goodra UR -> B+
Iron Bundle UR -> B+
Salamence UR -> B+
Espathra UR -> B
Garganacl UR -> B
Magnezone UR -> B
Rotom Wash UR -> B
Tyranitar UR -> B
Ursaring UR -> B
Vivillon UR -> B
Volcarona UR -> B
Breloom UR -> B-
Chien-Pao UR -> B-
Farigiraf UR -> B-
Haxorus UR -> B-
Iron Moth UR -> B-
Iron Treads UR -> B-
Kingambit UR -> B-
Avalugg UR -> C+
Brute Bonnet UR -> C+
Clodsire UR -> C+
Gallade UR -> C+
Jumpluff UR -> C+
Roaring Moon UR -> C+
Rotom Heat UR -> C+
Salazzle UR -> C+
Sandy Shocks UR -> C+
Scizor UR -> C+
Slaking UR -> C+
Talonflame UR -> C+
Water Tauros UR -> C+
Baxcalibur UR -> C
Fire Tauros UR -> C
Pelipper UR -> C
Quaquaval UR -> C
Revavroom UR -> C
Slither Wing UR -> C
Wo-Chien UR -> C
Gengar UR -> C-
Arboliva UR -> D
Bellibolt UR -> D
Blissey UR -> D
Chansey UR -> D
Gardevoir UR -> D
Grafaiai UR -> D
Grimmsnarl UR -> D
Iron Thorns UR -> D
Maushold UR -> D

12/30/22:
Dragalge UR -> C+
Hydreigon UR -> C
Abomasnow UR -> C
Ceruledge UR -> C-
Armarouge UR -> C-
Glimmora UR -> D
Cetitan UR -> D
Krookodile UR -> C-
Gastrodon UR -> C
Quagsire UR -> D
Iron Jugulis UR -> C-
Flamigo UR -> D
Hatterene UR -> C-
Kilowattrel UR -> D
Orthworm UR -> D
Gyarados UR -> C-
Polteageist UR -> C-
Muk UR -> D
Eelektross UR -> D
Gardevoir D -> UR
Bellibolt D -> C-
Skeledirge S- -> A
Sylveon A+ -> A
Ting-Lu A- -> B+
Garchomp B+ -> B
Goodra B+ -> B
Salamence B+ -> B-
Vivillon B -> UR
Breloom B- -> C
Brute Bonnet C+ -> C
Clodsire C+ -> C
Jumpluff C+ -> D
Talonflame C+ -> B-

1/3/23:
Azumarill A+ -> A
Dondozo A -> A+
Iron Valiant A -> A+
Great Tusk A -> A-
Meowscarada A- -> A
Dragapult B+ -> A-
Espathra B -> B+
Kingambit B- -> C+
Rotom Heat C+ -> C
Salazzle C+ -> C
Slaking C+ -> C
Slither Wing C -> C+
Clodsire C -> C+
Abomasnow C -> C-
Brute Bonnet C -> C-
Hydreigon C -> C-
Bellibolt C- -> C
Hatterene C- -> D
Polteageist C- -> D
Grafaiai D -> UR
Jumpluff D -> UR
Muk D -> UR

1/24:
Annihilape S -> S-
Gholdengo A+ -> S-
Dondozo A+ -> A
Sableye A- -> B+
Corviknight B+ -> B
Slither Wing C+ -> C
Bellibolt C -> C+
Pelipper C -> C-
Brute Bonnet C- -> C
Abomasnow C- -> C
Scovillain UR -> D
Tinkaton UR -> D
Braviary UR -> D
Torkoal UR -> C
Tyranitar B -> B-
Dondozo A -> A+
Garganacl B -> B-
Volcarona B -> B+
Revavroom C -> C-
Talonflame B- -> B

1/25:
Great Tusk A- -> A
Goodra B -> B-
Bellibolt C+ -> B-
Quaquaval C -> C-
Staraptor UR -> C-

2/1:
Dondozo A+ -> A
Azumarill A -> A-
Great Tusk A -> A-
Dragapult A- -> B+
Sandy Shocks C+ -> B-
Tauros-Paldea-Water C+ -> C
Sudowoodo UR -> D
Toedscruel UR -> D

2/9:
Talonflame B -> B-
Ursaring B -> B-
Bellibolt B- -> B
Avalugg C+ -> C

2/11:
Skeledirge A -> A-
Espathra B+ -> A-
Sableye B+ -> A-
Farigiraf B- -> B
Rotom Wash B- -> B
Talonfale B- -> B
Tyranitar B- -> C+
Torkoal C -> C+
Abomasnow C -> C-
Gastrodon C -> C-
Brute Bonnet C -> C-
Gyarados C- -> D
Iron Jugulis C- -> C
Arboliva D -> UR
Blissey D -> UR
Cetitan D -> UR
Braviary D -> C-
Elektross D -> UR
Scovillain D -> UR
Sudowoodo D -> UR
Charizard UR -> D
Dudunsparce UR -> D
Grafaiai UR -> D
Greninja UR -> S-

2/17:
Bellibolt B -> B+
Ting-Lu B -> B+
Kingambit C+ -> B-
Braviary C- -> D
Toedscruel D -> UR

2/20:
Espathra A- -> A
Skeledirge A- -> A
Dragapult B+ -> A-
Haxorus B- -> B
Iron Jugulis C -> C-
Abomasnow C- -> C

2/26:
Great Tusk A- -> A
Salamence B- -> B
Salazzle C -> C+
Espathra A -> A-
Ting-Lu B+ -> B
Clodsire C+ -> C

2/27:
Squawkabilly UR -> D
Iron Bundle B+ -> A-
Corviknight B -> B+
Ceruledge C- -> C
Iron Jugulis C- -> C
Wo-Chien C -> C+

3/1:
Azumarill A- -> B+
Garganacl B- -> C+
Krookodile C+ -> D
Charizard D -> UR
Dundunsparce D -> UR
Tinkaton D -> UR
Slaking C -> C-

3/2:
Gardevoir UR -> D

3/8:
Rotom Wash B -> B-
Salamence B -> B-
Armarouge C- -> C
Espathra A- -> A
Slaking C- -> C
Walking Wake UR -> A
Iron Leaves UR -> B-
Zoroark-Hisui UR -> B-

3/10:
Baxcalibur C -> C+

3/19:
Blissey UR -> D
Sylveon A -> A+
Iron Hands A -> A-
Bellibolt B+ -> A-
Iron Moth B- -> B
Salamence B- -> C+
Ursaring B- -> C+
Garganacl C+ -> C
Clodsire C -> C+
Gardevoir D -> C-
Charizard UR -> D
Azumarill B+ -> A-
Gastrodon C- -> C
Brute Bonnet C- -> D

3/25:
Dondozo A -> A-
Meowscarada A -> A+
Kingambit B- -> B
Gardevoir C- -> C

4/2:
Sylveon A+ -> S-
Volcarona B+ -> A-
Gardevoir C -> B-
Scovillain UR -> D
Meowscarada A+ -> A
Zoroark-Hisui B- -> B

4/10:
Iron Moth B -> B+
Corviknight B+ -> A-
Donphan A- -> B+

4/19:
Annihilape S- -> A+

4/20:
Espathra A -> A+
Bellibolt A- -> A
Salamence C+ -> C
Brute Bonnet D -> C-

4/24:
Roaring Moon C+ -> B-

4/29:
Annihilape A+ -> S-
Bellibolt A -> A-
Donphan B+ -> A-

5/7:
Garchomp B -> B+
Chien-Pao B- -> B
Iron Jugulis C -> C+
Garchomp B+ -> B
Donphan A- -> B+
Scizor C+ -> B-
Wo-Chien C+ -> B-

5/13:
Skeledirge A -> A+

5/22:
Walking Wake A -> A-
Farigiraf B -> B-
Roaring Moon B- -> C+
Avalugg C -> C-
Brute Bonnet C- -> D
Chansey D -> UR
Scovillain D -> UR
Gyarados D -> UR

5/23:
Walking Wake A- -> A
Dondozo A- -> B+
Roaring Moon C+ -> B-
Salamence C -> C-

5/24:
Meowscarada A -> A+
Gardevoir B- -> B
Iron Leaves B- -> B
Iron Jugulis C+ -> B-
Gastrodon C -> C+
Donphan B+ -> B
Rotom Wash B- -> C+
Cetitan UR -> D

 

[Opchurtle100]

Abomasnow UR --> idk C-/D

soundproof + leech seed sub tect owns sylveon and skeledirge not carrying encore(althought mental herb aboma can win vs dirge users that are unaware on how to play the sequence). Top tiers like ting lu, dondozo, azu, and Iron bundle being so dominant really help aboma out a lot.

Sample Set:

balls (Abomasnow) @ Chople Berry / another item idk
Ability: Soundproof
EVs: 72 HP / 244 Def / 16 SpA / 176 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Substitute
- Leech Seed
- Protect
- Energy Ball / Leaf Storm / Ice Beam?????????

(set is not optimized)

Imo chople is the best to beat non-band hands and maybe some great tusk that cc t1. Also, aboma has some unexplored options that may be good like specs or smth else.

 

[recti]

chi-yu UR-> A
it has some sets even though im new to sv and 1v1 i think chi yu is good enough for A could argue a A+ but A is fine for now
ok chi yu is fast and specs to ohko it comes in outspeeds and kos it may occasionally or straight up losse to dondozo,sylv
but both of those mons will prob drop if sleep gets banned but don will still be used and hey non sleep sylv might lose to scarf and yes here is the set

lorb

Chi-Yu @ Life Orb
Ability: Beads of Ruin
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Dark Pulse
- Overheat
- Nasty Plot
- Hyper Beam

specs

DARLA (Chi-Yu) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Beads of Ruin
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Dark Pulse
- Overheat
- Psychic
- Snarl

 

[recti]

Chi-Yu

should be A

 

[Achilles 360]

Scizor: UR >>> B or B-

Scizor is a Pokémon that usually doesn't come to the player's mind, but is able to counter other Pokémon that are used more often. It can OHKO Chien-Pao and Flutter Mane, do decent damage to Sylveon, and can outlast Azumarill long enough to dish out some decent damage. Despite having access to two Technician-boosted STAB attacks in Bullet Punch and Pounce, access to a good coverage move in Close Combat, access to Swords Dance, a fantastic Attack stat, a good Defense stat, it is very slow and its viability is limited to the very specific Pokémon that it can counter. It gets walled by Dondozo and Gholdengo, and gets OHKOed by Chi-Yu and Skeledirge. Scizor is more of a niche pick, but if your team struggles with any of the Pokémon it's able to check, it can provide the right support for your team.

 

[SwordIsBored]

Meowscarada UR->B+ or A-

Meowscarada is a potent offensive Pokemon in the metagame, due to tera it previously had a Leech Seed set but now it runs Choice Band whilst abusing it's ability.

Moves it uses and what they beat:

It's signature move Flower Trick guarantees a critical hit which can help against Ting-Lu (Not WP), Great Tusk, Azumarill, Dondozo, and Annihilape.

Despite the lacking distribution of Knock Off, Meowscarada is blessed with the strength of this move and with it, it can beat: Skeledirge and Gholdengo. Skeledirge can bulk Knock Off but that's just a result of Meowscarada's presence. I only think the set will be used on counter teams.


For it's third move, Meowscarada likes to run Giga Impact which just focuses on dealing massive damage. This mainly gets the jump on Chi-Yu.

For it's last move, it has Play Rough and can use it to beat Annihilape. I'm honestly not sure whether Flower Trick is better to hit it with because of all the goofy sets that ape runs now. You can use this move to hit Choice Band Haxorus, Garchomp and Goodra harder. Beating all the viable Dragon-Types are good.

Also ye u beat Brute Bonnet and Jumpluff.

On many of my teams I have found a consistent trend of Meowscarada enjoying the support of Goodra and Avalugg as teammates. Avalugg is a great one which handles it's weaknesses of Iron Bundle, Flutter Mane, Choice Scarf Haxorus, Iron Treads (I believe it's set dependant though) and Iron Valiant.

TLDR: Meowscarada is a good mon that does the pew pew big dmg with big dmg stat and big dmg moves and speeeddd

 

[fruan]

joining the abomasnow train, I do think it has some very unique aspects that it gained this generation. Hungry covered subseed so I will be focusing on snow warning sets, with the +1 defense to ice types in hail.

Max Max (Abomasnow) @ Weakness Policy 
Ability: Snow Warning 
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spe 
Bold Nature 
- Aurora Veil 
- Blizzard 
- Giga Drain / Leaf Storm
- Ice Shard

252+ Atk Life Orb Great Tusk Close Combat vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Abomasnow in Hail: 328-385 (85.4 - 100.2%) -- 6.3% chance to OHKO

This first set is just max-max to try to beat as many physical attackers as possible. Ice shard is for donphan.

zoom (Abomasnow) @ Weakness Policy 
Ability: Snow Warning 
EVs: 8 HP / 252 Def / 72 SpA / 176 Spe 
Bold Nature 
IVs: 0 Atk 
- Aurora Veil 
- Blizzard 
- Giga Drain 
- Leaf Storm

This one bulks haxorus, has speed for donphan and has the rest put into spa. It likes leaf storm for hitting neutral targets blizzard can't like chien pao. The speed is nice for a lot of the slower meta that doesn't like investing in it allows you to get an aurora veil off.

Overall, with aurora veil it can beat non-sd iron hands and outbulk a lot of slower physical attackers while threatening standard wallbreakers with its unique stabs. (An ice that beats dondozo and gtusk and a grass that beats chien pao gives it unique and useful matchups). It still does have a plethora weaknesses, the most glaring being to anything with special fire coverage (it lives every fire fang under the sun with the hail boost, only gets rolled by ada slaking fire punch).
Abomasnow to C-.

 

[DMPancake]

Goodra UR -> B/B-

Using the same sets from Gen 8 (I haven't even really touched the stats, so smarter people than me can probably cook up some new ones) Goodra can take hits from common powerful attacking threats and KO in return, while offering at least a small chance to take down fairy types like Iron Valiant, Flutter Mane, and Sylveon (Goodra lost Sludge Wave this gen, which slightly lowers your odds of taking down fairies, but clicking Goodra into Sylveon was always a losing play). Of course, the one thing that always holds Goodra back is that it can't run both AV and Haban at the same time. Haxorus eats Goodra for lunch, and Chien-Pao is too strong to beat without using your item slot for Ice resist berry, which I would argue is too niche a tech for general ladder.

Standard AV (Goodra) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Sap Sipper
EVs: 224 HP / 52 Def / 184 SpA / 12 SpD / 36 Spe
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Draco Meteor
- Acid Spray/Counter
- Sludge Bomb
- Fire Blast

This is your general-use Specially Defensive Goodra. I prefer Acid Spray on this Goodra to win longer fights, but Counter is a valid option.

252+ SpA Choice Specs Chi-Yu Dark Pulse vs. 224 HP / 12+ SpD Assault Vest Goodra: 94-112 (24.9 - 29.7%) -- 100% chance to 4HKO
252+ SpA Choice Specs Gholdengo Make It Rain vs. 224 HP / 12+ SpD Assault Vest Goodra: 139-165 (36.8 - 43.7%) -- guaranteed 3HKO

Counter AV (Goodra) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Gooey
EVs: 240 HP / 160 Def / 28 SpA / 4 SpD / 76 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Acid Spray/Fire Blast
- Sludge Bomb
- Counter
- Draco Meteor

This Goodra is meant to (most of the time) take on physical neutral/resisted hits and kill with Counter while still being able to handle less powerful special attackers. If the meta shifts to be heavily dominated by physical attackers, bulk can be adjusted to survive these hits.

252+ Atk Choice Band Great Tusk Close Combat vs. 240 HP / 160+ Def Goodra: 324-382 (85 - 100.2%) -- 6.3% chance to OHKO
252+ Atk Choice Band Iron Hands Close Combat vs. 240 HP / 160+ Def Goodra: 339-400 (88.9 - 104.9%) -- 31.3% chance to OHKO
252+ Atk Choice Band Iron Thorns Stone Edge vs. 52 HP / 252 Def Goodra: 271-321 (81.1 - 96.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

Habanese (Goodra) @ Haban Berry
Ability: Gooey
EVs: 52 HP / 252 Def / 204 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Counter
- Draco Meteor
- Acid Spray
- Sludge Bomb

I didn't have a Haban Berry set on hand, so this set has some room to grow. This set outspeeds Jolly 252 speed Roaring Moon after Gooey, and can press counter t1 if you don't expect Dragon Dance, or it can go straight into Draco Meteor if you suspect it'll try to boost past your Haban.

252+ Atk Booster Energy Roaring Moon Outrage vs. 52 HP / 252+ Def Haban Berry Goodra: 264-312 (79 - 93.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ Atk Choice Band Roaring Moon Outrage vs. 52 HP / 252+ Def Haban Berry Goodra: 306-360 (91.6 - 107.7%) -- 50% chance to OHKO

This Haban Goodra also protects you from any stray special attacking Dragon types, of which there are basically 0, but the surprise Specs Hydreigon or Tatsugiri shouldn't be able to OHKO you.

252+ SpA Choice Specs Hydreigon Draco Meteor vs. 52 HP / 0 SpD Haban Berry Goodra: 238-282 (71.2 - 84.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

To conclude, Goodra does a few things very well, but has to pick between one of them, and even when you pick full AV you still lose sometimes to special attacking Fairies. At team preview, Goodra can threaten a lot of pokemon, but there's not much it can do when you're Standard AV hoping to see Gholdengo or Chi-Yu and instead staring down Roaring Moon, Chien-Pao, Haxorus.

 

[RADU]

My personal takes on the VR as of right now, updated recently
reply to this with questions and I'll answer anything

 

[DMPancake]

View attachment 473183

My personal takes on the VR as of right now, updated recently
reply to this with questions and I'll answer anything

What does Arcanine do now that Burn Up is gone, or is there no real need to drop the Fire type anymore to dodge those Earthquakes?

 

[RADU]

What does Arcanine do now that Burn Up is gone, or is there no real need to drop the Fire type anymore to dodge those Earthquakes?

I've just been running AV, lots of coverage options and good MUs.
Other than obviously Flare Blitz, Bulldoze + CC lets you beat Chi-Yu, while Iron Head lets you beat Sylveon. You beat Meowscarada, Corviknight and Gholdengo too and have favorable MUs against stuff like Sableye and Flutter Mane

 

[OldFriends]

Ah crap. here we go again
new gen new mEe!!1

Great Tusk
UR -> A

Incredible pokemon that gets rewarded for running 252's and has favorable matchups with a lot of the metagame due to great attack, surprising speed, and wonderful coverage.

what da heeeel (Great Tusk) @ Choice Scarf
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Headlong Rush
- Close Combat
- Ice Spinner / Stone Edge / Knock Off / Heavy Slam etc...
- Play Rough / Zen Headbutt / Megahorn

Insane coverage overall, this is a basic set but it can deal good damage to top pokemon who might think they're safe. Max speed lets it outspeed Iron Bundle and Chien Pao by a single point and OHKO back whilst outspeeding Roaring Moon, Meowscarada, and Flutter Mane. It might have an answer for almost every pokemon, though those like Air Balloon Gholdengo aren't safe from other sets with moves like knockoff to take advantage of. It has great ways to respond to a lot of the metagame, which is why I'm proud to present calcs like this.

252+ Atk Great Tusk Heavy Slam (120 BP) vs. 252 HP / 252 Def Flutter Mane: 328-386 (104.4 - 122.9%) -- guaranteed OHKO

252+ Atk Great Tusk Close Combat vs. 244 HP / 252 Def Iron Bundle: 314-372 (100 - 118.4%) -- guaranteed OHKO

Top threats dying with unreasonable defensive invests is pretty funny. It only really has major issues versus other Great Tusk and a Recover AB Gholdengo, but there's counters to those. Not the best Pokemon ever but Great Tusk is a significant monster in the 1v1 metagame.
also 120 bp dual stab

 

[DMPancake]

Vivillon: UR -> C

304 speed check (Vivillon-Fancy) @ Leftovers/Life Orb/Petaya Berry
Ability: Compound Eyes
Tera Type: Flying
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Sleep Powder
- Substitute
- Quiver Dance
- Hurricane

Vivillon is too frail (80hp/50def/50spdef) to even justify defensive investment. Leftovers allows you to go for longer games with more Quiver Dancing and should give you plenty of opportunities to set up, Life Orb offers more immediate power with or without boosting, and Petaya gives you another SpAtk boost when you sub down low. I prefer Leftovers to help mitigate the possibility of turn 2 wake-ups 6 times in a row, but Life Orb has its merits.

Vivillon immediately clobbers pokemon below 304 speed, including important pokemon like Annihilape (UNLESS ITS USING VITAL SPIRIT), Great Tusk, Breloom (whose Mach Punch does at best 27% before Hurricane does at least 250%), and Avalugg (which lost Counter this gen but not Mirror Coat, apparently?) (my lawyers have informed me that Avalugg has never had Counter. My apologies.)

Unfortunately, of the best pokemon in the game, several of them either directly outspeed 304 and OHKO (like Chi-Yu), are Unaware (Dondozo), have Priority (Donphan Ice Shard does 3 billion damage), or use Sound moves to bypass protect (Sylveon). Skeledirge in particular goes straight through Quiver Dance and Substitute. Gholdengo can't be slept by Vivillon, and even if the opponent "misplays" by using Make it Rain into Substitute, Vivillon has no safe opportunity to go for Quiver Dance and will eventually crumble.

To conclude, Vivillon is Whimsicott at home. Capable of taking games it has no right being in, but is critically flawed by its obvious game plan, reliance on a 98% accurate Sleep Powder and 91% accurate Hurricane, and immediately losing outright to very common pokemon.

 

[nolenot]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachme...9776/Screen_Shot_2022-12-11_at_2.05.58_PM.png
Thats my tier list

 

[bilb owo]

Skeledirge can create a set to have decent chances to beat literally any mon in existence other than some niche examples like spdef garganacl. Imo this is the definition of an s rank mon.
Dirge UR->S
Edit: (Tom brought chi yu to my attention- I wrote this in like 10 seconds so I’m sure u can find a couple of reliable counters but my point still stands that with decent sleep turns/ the right set this can 3-0 the majority of teams)

 

[Marshme1to]

Skeledirge can create a set to have decent chances to beat literally any mon in existence other than some niche examples like spdef garganacl. Imo this is the definition of an s rank mon.
Dirge UR->S
Edit: (Tom brought chi yu to my attention- I wrote this in like 10 seconds so I’m sure u can find a couple of reliable counters but my point still stands that with decent sleep turns/ the right set this can 3-0 the majority of teams)

Do not let it fool you I have been cheesed by colbur skeledirge

 

[DripLegend]

Garganacl UR -> C+/B

Garganacl has strong matchups against some of the strongest pokemon in the tier currently due to good bulk, and an amazing ability. Purifying Salt allows it to take on yawn users like sylveon and skeledirge without fear, and can easily hit back with moves like earthquake and heavy slam. Being immune to burn also greatly helps with non yawn skeledirge sets, and weakness policy chi-yu.

Garganacl @ Assault Vest 
Ability: Purifying Salt 
EVs: 252 HP / 160 Atk / 96 Def 
Adamant Nature 
- Salt Cure 
- Heavy Slam 
- Earthquake 
- Avalanche

This set allows for garganacl to retaliate against a lot of different pokemon, mainly living unexpected hits and knocking out the opponent in return. The defense allows for garganacal to survive band meowscarada flower trick, then KO with avalanche right after (just hope it isn't leech). It also lives a lot of special powerhouses like specs flutter mane and specs chi-yu easily, and dispatches them with similar ease.

This is the set I have had the most fun laddering with right now, but ID body press + salt cure is another set I think suits it well. Having access to recover also aids in stalling out bulkier pokemon with salt cure before finishing them off with body press. Overall Garg is a cool new pokemon that has a nice niche in the metagame, despite the high amounts of ground and fighting type mons.

 

[Hiusi guy]

Iron Bundle UR -> B+ or A-
Iron Bundle with booster become the fastest thing in the game without the scarf drawback so it could out speed scarf nukes and other fast encore mons like valiant (as well it speed ties with scarf ditto), and with specs it hits hard while being the 2nd fastest (and viable) pokemon. Though with booster it loses to anything with a Special Def and gholdengo while with the specs set it loses to scarfed special attackers and gholdengo (unfortunately).

Little guy :) (Iron Bundle) @ Booster Energy/Choice Specs
Ability: Quark Drive
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Substitute/Hyper Beam
- Freeze-Dry
- Encore/Ice Beam
- Hydro Pump

As a side note, bundle with booster wins and loses to derge and sylveon because yawn/fairy beam 1st turn or torch/voice 1st turn. As well, hydro is kinda doodoo because bundle forgets to wear it's glasses sometimes.

 

[clerica]

I'll compile the change log when it's not 1am but the VR is updated with ranks! We'll get working on round 2 voting soonish and I'll be back with another update then. Sample submissions soon as well, gn

 

[SwordIsBored]

Charizard @ Petaya Berry
Ability: Blaze
EVs: 20 HP / 252 SpA / 236 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Blast Burn
- Flamethrower
- Substitute
- Air Slash/ Sunny Day

I would like to nominate Charizard, it bares many similarities to Chi-Yu but has benefits within it's matchups. Such matchups include winning versus Annihilape and having a good matchup versus Sylveon. As well as this it beats Pokémon that Chi-Yu doesn't such as Donphan and Great Tusk, despite Great Tusk's access to Rock-type moves it usually opts for it's STABs as well as Taunt + Bulk Up. Furthermore, when it Substitutes down to 25% or below (in this case 1% because I believe that's ideal but I'm not sure) it has more damage than the fish. As well as this it also beats Chien Pao as well as Breloom.


252+ Atk Choice Band Breloom Mach Punch vs. 20 HP / 0 Def Charizard: 66-78 (21.8 - 25.8%) -- guaranteed OHKO
252+ Atk Choice Band Chien-Pao Crunch vs. 20 HP / 0 Def Charizard: 250-295 (82.7 - 97.6%) -- guaranteed OHKO


TLDR: Funny dragon can be used over funny fish because of matchups versus Annihilape, Sylveon, Donphan, Great Tusk, Chien Pao and Breloom. No funny dragon probably isn't better, mainly due to the lack of set variety but in my opinion it's still notable.

 

[SwordIsBored]

Oh ye also it should be ranked B - B+ if it is ranked imo.

 

[TheShadowClaw]

Some noms before bedtime:
Espathra (the unstoppable ostrich) B ---> A- or A even

3 out of ... sets

Fast sub (Espathra) @ Petaya Berry
Ability: Speed Boost
EVs: 4 HP / 100 Def / 184 SpA / 220 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Protect
- Substitute
- Stored Power
- Lumina Crash

Def petaya (Espathra) @ Petaya Berry / Chesto Berry
Ability: Speed Boost
EVs: 180 HP / 248 Def / 64 SpA / 16 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Stored Power
- Roost / Rest
- Feather Dance

Spd wp (Espathra) @ Weakness Policy
Ability: Speed Boost
EVs: 192 HP / 8 Def / 120 SpA / 172 SpD / 16 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Protect
- Calm Mind
- Stored Power
- Substitute / Feather Dance / Reflect
set 1: fast sub espathra that has 301 speed, enough to outspeed speed booster great tusk at +1. Tanks scarf Haxorus and Garchomp while dealing the most amount of damage with modest nature. Lumina Crash beats Iron Valiant, Breloom, Garchomp dondozo and skeledirge.
set 2: physically defensive ostrich that tanks band haxorus and 2 hits from scarf (after feather dance turn 1) rest up and damage. It learns roost but chesto berry also helps it vs Sylveon and Breloom and gives instant full recovery so that it can setup instead of relying on 50% health rolls and getting crit.
set 3: specially defensive wp ostrich that can demolish ghost types. This one outspeeds flutter mane and iron valiant at +2. Defense is for scarfed haxorus and special defense makes it tank specs mane at +1.

This birb has potential and here is why: stored power + speed boost. This combination alone with protect and sub allows it have a 140 base power STAB move to strike with. That is not where it stops. It learns Calm Mind which boosts stored power with 40 base power on top of a spa and spd boost each time it is used; allowing it to take hits from ghost types like flutter mane and gholdengo when bulked accordingly. And this is possible because of Speed Boost, meaning it doesnt have to invest in speed to outspeed to the race cars of 1v1. If you are not convinced yet: Espathra learns both Feather Dance and Reflect as well, making it both a special defensive and defensive wall while setting up your overpowered stab move over time. Oh ye and why not give it roost or rest to buy some time if we are at it /shrug. Well if youre dealing with pesky Unaware mons you might as well use your signature move that drops their spd by 2 stages. Potential folks! (I forgot to mention Weakness Policy that boosts stored power by 80)
Let's forget about the dark types roaming the meta, they dont exist



Kingambit (I keep saying Kingbandit) B- -->B+

KingBandit

Kingambit @ Chople Berry
Ability: Defiant
Tera Type: Dark
EVs: 248 HP / 180 Def / 80 SpD
Relaxed Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Iron Head
- Taunt
- Sucker Punch
- Metal Burst

This thing loves the matchup chart of the VR. Kingambit does the same as the honchkrow set I made for secret santa but does it wayyy better. It loves the matchup chart of the VR and has insane and overlooked bulk of 100hp/120def/80spd in combination with Metal Burst with 50 base Speed and 135 base Attack. This set is bulked for choice band max attack donphan (includes band chomper) and choice specs dragapult. Chople berry allows it to check a lot of fighting type matchups like iron hands, annihilape and iron valiant. Its typing allows for fairy patrol (sylveon, flutter). Its dark type blocks Prankster and espathra (the unstoppable ostrich). On top of all these things, it gets defiant as ability out of all. This means that intimidate (AV) arcanine, chilling water mons and charmers cant touch it that much. Great mon with a lot of potential.
Besides this defensive fishing set it has options in Choice Band / Weakness Policy / Assault vest as well thanks to it large movepool with coverage and great STAB in Kowtow Cleave, Iron head and Sucker Punch.

Tinkaton UR --> C-/C

Thinkalot

Tinkaton (F) @ Air Balloon
Ability: Pickpocket
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 8 HP / 244 Atk / 96 Def / 4 SpD / 156 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Swords Dance
- Encore
- Gigaton Hammer
- Play Rough

Tinkaton concept by glitched, adapted by me. No need for Mold Breaker this gen, Air Balloon thief is where it is at. Tinkaton should be treated differently, as it is not as strong as the top tiers. However, it is unique in its typing and signature move Gigaton hammer with its pretty good speed tier. Air balloon + encore allows Tinkaton to survive a bit longer against mons that otherwise just click earthquake like Haxorus, Donphan, Garchomp and Ting-Lu. In some matchups, Tinkaton can steal the Choice Band carried by some of these Bulldozers and KO in return which is awesome. Like Kingambit, Tinkaton can deal with Fairies fairly reliable thanks to its 160bp Gigaton hammer. This set tanks specs flutter mane and choice band Chien Pao and it outspeeds Breloom. I also made a spread that is safer against iron hands and slither wings (bulky reflect+encore) but that one doesnt have the kill potential like this set.
Look at this set for a bit and you'll find out quickly what it is capable of beating (except for like Great tusk).

Goodnight..

 

[deddd]

Meow from A- to A
band isnt the only shit you can run leech is annoying as shit and beats a lot of normal counters like tusk(chople beats scarf/ speed boost), ting lu(taunt t1 is not a real play), also while the movepool isnt too deep you still have chilling water to epicly own donphan
def better than sableye(bruh), ting fraud and arc
forcing 50/50s w shadow claw into ape is funny but just setguess haha b/c sclaw sucks and no one expects it trust

dozo from A to A+
cb and curse item mixups are not funny, cb can run surf for the funny donphan
water veil is real (only on band) and beats the fires
mherb beats no one rip bozo
amulet beats stallzu and flutter
sitrus is optimal otherwise and lets you comfortably handle gtusk and shit
mon is epic every set can run spdef because while its a big ev commitment its never really too much

drop azu cuz its fraudulent
you need like encore bulldoze for skele dogger but then you get beamed by chi yu
somehow loses to ape and tusk semi consistently too
stallzu is funny however but thats not deserving of A +

 

[AXZIOM]

Hawlucha UR -> C+

Hawlucha Set

Hawlucha @ Liechi Berry
Ability: Unburden
Tera Type: Fighting
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Naughty Nature
IVs: 0 HP / 0 Def / 0 SpD
- Endure
- Encore
- Reversal
- Brave Bird

How it works

Almost always endure turn 1, if they don't attack you, you encore whatever they used, and if they do attack you, both unburden and liechi berry will always proc for 2x speed and 1.5x atk due to the lowered hp, def, and spd ivs. After that you hit them with either Brave Bird or Reversal for massive damage.

Basically every purely offensive mon in 1v1 right now dies to hawlucha. Mons such as annihilape, offensive chi-yu, flutter mane, great tusk, etc, all just vaporize when fighting hawlucha, with the only exceptions that are tanky enough to survive is iron hands and gholdengo. Despite that, the reason I believe this is should be ranked C+ is due to two reasons. #1 is the lack of versatility, hawlucha only has one viable set, replacing anything will just make it worse, and anyone who sees it will always know what set it is. #2 is that it still dies to alot of other tactics, such as anything with priority moves, sturdy, statuses, hail or sand, mold breaker, unnerve, or even just corviknight pp stall. I've been using hawlucha for over a week now and while it is really fun to use hawlucha against people in lowladder, you are gonna have a hard time using this against people who actually know what they are doing.

 

[DripLegend]

Glimmora UR -> B/B+

Glimmora is a pokemon that I started using to help counteract the constant fire water grass teams I see spammed everywhere, and it has good matchups against these cores (unless psychic chi-yu is around).

Glimmora @ Passho Berry 
Ability: Corrosion 
Tera Type: Rock 
EVs: 160 HP / 52 Def / 252 SpA / 44 Spe 
Modest Nature 
- Sludge Wave 
- Power Gem 
- Mortal Spin 
- Spiky Shield

This set was made to handle pokemon like skeledirge, azumarill, meowscarada, and dondozo especially. The bulk allows for it to easily like cb meowscarada flower trick and ko back with sludge wave. Mortal Spin also allows it to handle leech variants as well, due to the automatic poison and removing leech seed from Glimmora on contact with a sub. Sludge Wave is the main source of stab damage hitting a lot of the tier for big damage. Power gem hits fire types like Skeledirge and Arcanine. Spiky Shield helps during the azumarill matchup, as it is guaranteed to beat av azumarill after spiky shielding t1 (it is a decent setguess but this mon technically beats most azu except amnesia maybe). Passho guarantees glimmora lives water moves from pokemon like azu and dondozo.

Overall this mon has a lot of flexibility depending on what role it needs to fulfill (even tho 4x eq weakness hurts a lot) and can be teched in a lot of interesting ways that allow it to handle a lot of strong threats.