Welcome to the official SV AG Viability Rankings thread. In this thread, we as a community will be ranking every single usable Pokemon into "tiers." You're encouraged to post your thoughts and opinions on the various Pokemon that are usable in AG and what tier they should fall under. Posts in this thread will be taken into account when deciding rank changes.
The general idea of the topic is to rank each AG Pokemon under "rankings" that go in descending order. Since this is a tier list for the entire metagame, everything is lumped together. There won't be any segregation between offense, defense, and supportive presences in the metagame within this thread. For example, Arceus-Fairy can be ranked in the A+ tier as a supportive presence, Zacian-C can be ranked in the A+ tier as an offensive presence, and Ting-Lu can be ranked in the A+ tier as a defensive presence.
Finally, there will be a council of experienced players who will discuss and vote on the ranking of Pokemon. Depending on how the metagame is developing, we could update the thread every couple of weeks or every month+. Please note that your posts still very much matter and will be factored into what we discuss and the discussions themselves. Do not hesitate to post if you know the metagame well and understand the forum rules. The council consists of the following users:
SV AG Ranking Tier List
Thanks also to Murphy Lawden for organizing the list.
S Rank [ordered by viability]
S+
1.
Calyrex-S
2.
Koraidon
S
1.
Ho-Oh
2.
Arceus
3.
Arceus-Fairy
S-
1.
Ting-Lu
2.
Miraidon
A Rank [ordered by viability]
A+
1.
Arceus-Ground
2.
Kyogre
3.
Zacian-C
A
1.
Eternatus
2.
Arceus-Water
A-
1.
Landorus-T
2.
Necrozma-DM
B Rank [ordered alphabetically]
B+
Calyrex-I
Deoxys-S
Ribombee
B
Ditto
Giratina-O
Glimmora
Gliscor
Kingambit
B-
Alomomola
Clodsire
Dondozo
Grimmsnarl
C Rank [ordered alphabetically]
C+
Blissey
Deoxys-A
Dialga
Hatterene
Flutter Mane
Mandibuzz
C
Arceus-Dark
Arceus-Ghost
Arceus-Rock
Chien-Pao
Garganacl
Iron Treads
Kyurem-B
Skarmory
Skeledirge
Terapagos
C-
Toxapex
Wo-Chien
D Rank [ordered alphabetically]
Chi-Yu
Groudon
Palkia-O
Rayquaza
Rules
The general idea of the topic is to rank each AG Pokemon under "rankings" that go in descending order. Since this is a tier list for the entire metagame, everything is lumped together. There won't be any segregation between offense, defense, and supportive presences in the metagame within this thread. For example, Arceus-Fairy can be ranked in the A+ tier as a supportive presence, Zacian-C can be ranked in the A+ tier as an offensive presence, and Ting-Lu can be ranked in the A+ tier as a defensive presence.
Finally, there will be a council of experienced players who will discuss and vote on the ranking of Pokemon. Depending on how the metagame is developing, we could update the thread every couple of weeks or every month+. Please note that your posts still very much matter and will be factored into what we discuss and the discussions themselves. Do not hesitate to post if you know the metagame well and understand the forum rules. The council consists of the following users:
SV AG Ranking Tier List
Thanks also to Murphy Lawden for organizing the list.
S Rank [ordered by viability]
S+
1.

2.

S
1.

2.

3.

S-
1.

2.

A Rank [ordered by viability]
A+
1.

2.

3.

A
1.

2.

A-
1.

2.

B Rank [ordered alphabetically]
B+



B





B-




C Rank [ordered alphabetically]
C+






C










C-


D Rank [ordered alphabetically]




Rules
- Post intelligently. Posts like "I think Pokemon X should be in this tier" will be deleted. Expand on your opinion with actual analysis showing understanding of the metagame and perhaps bringing a unique perspective to the conversation.
- Absolutely no flaming, personal attacks, or general idiocy will be tolerated.
- Usage statistics may be used to support an argument or a claim, but don't base your ENTIRE argument around them. There needs to be more substance than just this. For example, you can't just say "Pokemon X shouldn't be this tier because they aren't used that often!"
- When nominating a Pokemon to move from one rank to another, do not merely list its obvious qualities such as stats, typing, movepool, etc. If you think a Pokemon deserves to rise or drop, explain what has changed in the meta to cause such Pokemon to get better or worse.
- Unrelated discussion and unproductive one liners that do not greatly contribute to discussion will be deleted.
- Being AG or Ubers by tiering alone does not guarantee a ranking.
- If you are nominating a Pokemon to be ranked (meaning it was previously unranked), then you need to provide replays of it being used in the metagame and you also should go out of your way to be as thorough as possible in explaining why it has a niche in the metagame.
- Failure to follow these rules after warning(s) will result in an infraction.
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