Finally Cress rose to UU. With that and all the other things surrounding RU I might need to get into it. Using Kingdra's crit-set in RU sounds really interesting, Noivern as well. I don't really know RU that well but with how it almost is a completely different metagame now I think I want to start getting into it.
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Smogon Usage-Based Tier Update: May 2015
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Hippo, Gastro, Amoonguss.... these are the kind of pokes which are somewhat 'tier immune' pokes. That is to say, they will do their job remarkably in every tier; but they have some flaws that will always stop them from being broken in any tier.
I guess people do not want to provide the high amount support that pinsir-M requires compared to other megas like gross and altaria. Speaking of Gross, its rise has also been very problematic for M-Pinsir, since M-Gross outspeeds and resists quick attack.
I doubt Mandi would be too significant in UU. Its builky as hell, but does not have much in the way of actual resistances. Alakazam moving up means thats one more thing Mandi could have but will not be getting the chance to. Still a pretty bulky defogger who can provide solid utility.
I guess people do not want to provide the high amount support that pinsir-M requires compared to other megas like gross and altaria. Speaking of Gross, its rise has also been very problematic for M-Pinsir, since M-Gross outspeeds and resists quick attack.
I doubt Mandi would be too significant in UU. Its builky as hell, but does not have much in the way of actual resistances. Alakazam moving up means thats one more thing Mandi could have but will not be getting the chance to. Still a pretty bulky defogger who can provide solid utility.
The nice part about Mandibuzz is that Feraligatr and Salamence can't set up on it without eating Foul Play.
UU and RU definitely changed the most, I am just glad Noivern moved to RU seeing as Mamoswine in UU would utterly destroy it and I think Noivern will stand a better chance there. Although I am surprised Gallade dropped in usage alongside Mandibuzz and Scrafty seeing how Mandobuzz was a great physical wall and Scrafty is versatile.
RU becoming more of an offensive tier, not bad. And if Aegislash stays, which I doubt Madibuzz will just move right back up. Also unlike popular belief I am entertained by the fact that Mamo is UU now because as of now there is no reliable way of stopping Mence but with STAB ice shard it can get bopped. The bulky waters are also still there to check it too.
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At least UU got rid of some rubbish like Flygon, I suppose. Zam going OU is a bit surprising, although there was a sharp increase in Zams recently. PU got the short end of the stick, and I don't even know if we should still call RU RU. It's like a completely different tier.
lol welcome to our world
No. It took like 4 months for Mawile to fall back to NU.
Move feraligatr to uu, there are a excelent late game sweeper
No actually, Medicham dropped to UU first, and lasted in UU for one month. When the big shift came, Medicham stayed UU, but atomicllamas dropped Medicham to RU by some sort of executive decision because it was blatantly obvious that Medicham's usage was due to its Mega Stone being retested. It was very obvious that if Medichamite was not retested at all, Medicham would have been not at all used.
Gallade will have to stay here for a little while before it drops. Pokemon can only drop one tier at a time.
EDIT: TheTrueLegendary , Gatr is already UU :O
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It wouldn't get moved because of how good it is but it should still get moved because its usage was well over the requirement.
I agree with most of these... But seriously, using Fletchinder in NU will be fun.
RIP PU. :[
No, that is funny, what are you talking about
But in terms of tier shifts, I really don't get why people are saying UU changed a lot, sure they did gain 3 pokemon, but one will have no impact in the meta at all (Gallade), one is an interesting addition (Mandibuzz), and the other will just get banned (Mamoswine), also its not like Alakzam was the tiers only psychic type
Technically yes; but only down to BL - this is due to the fact that when it was in UU the first time around, it was banned.
Very excited about most of these. Fletchinder and Kabaetops back in NU is going be awesome. And Mamoswine will fuck up the UU tier badly. I personally don't think it'll stay there, but I'd like to try it out. Also Mandibuzz and Scrafty finally dropped. I was expecting both of them to drop a month ago, glad they're going down now.
Gallade dropped because people realized its really not that great of a pokemon. Sure it hits hard, but its not something that you would be afraid of at team preview. It even dropped to B+ in the OU viability rankings, and really I feel like it should drop to B. Mandibuzz was always barely OU ever since aegislash got banned, and it lost some popularity seeing as how it was mainly used to check/counter it. I'm surprised it even stayed OU this long.
And mamo being in UU is pretty nice. :]
Is Mega Gallade allowed in UU?
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