Finally, someone says something in this thread again. I woulda said something, but tbh I have nothing to say most of the time :x
You pose an interesting question, however, so I'm sure I can find a way to build on it.
As far as Pokemon who have gotten better due to the recent rises, I'd first and foremost have to say Rotom-Frost and Vigoroth.
Rotom-F lost its best check, Camerupt, to NU at the last shift. While the fridge was already known for its great combination of speed, power, and bulk on its Scarf set, it was always much easier to deal with if you had a Camerupt. There wasn't much reason not to use Camerupt, due to it's great ability in Solid Rock, it's unique typing for its role of an SR setter, and good offensive presence. Camerupt, at one point, was probably on the majority of Bulky Offensive teams. With Camerupt leaving, Rotom-F's list of checks decreases. Not much can safely switch into it bar Munchlax (but watch out for Trick!) and other dedicated special walls without predicting around it every time it hits the field. Of course, Rotom-F also has its old problems, such as its overall inability to get past Throh most of the time and its weakness to Stealth Rock, but imo it's gotten even better since Camel left.
On Vigoroth, I always felt it had to compete with Golbat as a fast, bulky Taunter with good offensive presence. Golbat and Vigoroth share many common qualities: their good support movepools, good defenses, great speed for walls, and the ability to hit what they were walling hard made both of them very capable team supporters. But, from what I've gathered, most people tended to use Golbat over the sloth due to it's immunities to Ground- and Poison-, as well as its great resistances to Bug-, Fighting-, and Grass-. Access to U-turn also allowed it to keep momentum, something Vigoroth could not do. But now, Vigoroth faces much less (if any) competition in its role as a very fast, offensively capable Taunter who can take plenty of hits. It's ability in Vital Spirit grants a lot of utility against Vileplume, Jumpluff, and the like, Slack Off allows it to stay healthy throughout the entire match, allowing it to support its team, and access to Bulk Up and good physical bulk makes late game sweeping a much possibility with a set of Bulk Up / Taunt / Slack Off / Body Slam [or] Return. Overall, I really do think Vigoroth, while he as still a fantastic Pokemon in the previous stage, had gotten the best of the rises in this stage.
You pose an interesting question, however, so I'm sure I can find a way to build on it.
As far as Pokemon who have gotten better due to the recent rises, I'd first and foremost have to say Rotom-Frost and Vigoroth.
Rotom-F lost its best check, Camerupt, to NU at the last shift. While the fridge was already known for its great combination of speed, power, and bulk on its Scarf set, it was always much easier to deal with if you had a Camerupt. There wasn't much reason not to use Camerupt, due to it's great ability in Solid Rock, it's unique typing for its role of an SR setter, and good offensive presence. Camerupt, at one point, was probably on the majority of Bulky Offensive teams. With Camerupt leaving, Rotom-F's list of checks decreases. Not much can safely switch into it bar Munchlax (but watch out for Trick!) and other dedicated special walls without predicting around it every time it hits the field. Of course, Rotom-F also has its old problems, such as its overall inability to get past Throh most of the time and its weakness to Stealth Rock, but imo it's gotten even better since Camel left.
On Vigoroth, I always felt it had to compete with Golbat as a fast, bulky Taunter with good offensive presence. Golbat and Vigoroth share many common qualities: their good support movepools, good defenses, great speed for walls, and the ability to hit what they were walling hard made both of them very capable team supporters. But, from what I've gathered, most people tended to use Golbat over the sloth due to it's immunities to Ground- and Poison-, as well as its great resistances to Bug-, Fighting-, and Grass-. Access to U-turn also allowed it to keep momentum, something Vigoroth could not do. But now, Vigoroth faces much less (if any) competition in its role as a very fast, offensively capable Taunter who can take plenty of hits. It's ability in Vital Spirit grants a lot of utility against Vileplume, Jumpluff, and the like, Slack Off allows it to stay healthy throughout the entire match, allowing it to support its team, and access to Bulk Up and good physical bulk makes late game sweeping a much possibility with a set of Bulk Up / Taunt / Slack Off / Body Slam [or] Return. Overall, I really do think Vigoroth, while he as still a fantastic Pokemon in the previous stage, had gotten the best of the rises in this stage.
