It's been a month and the meta's developed a bit more, so I got some more noms
RISES
A+ -> S
At this point, Dogi really seems to be a top 3 mon. UUBD just ended and Dogi was the 2nd most used mon overall, outdoing even Excadrill. It's both a top tier attacker that can punish potential switch-ins with toxic chain, and a valuable defensive piece with it's typing providing a ton of good resistances. It's got great set variety between bulk-up, Choice Scarf, Av and a couple niches sets like sub. It's been incredibly consistent for a good few months now and it's shown no signs of stopping.
A -> A+
Suprised this hasn't happened before. Cobal was the 4th most used mon in uubd and has been pretty great for a while now. It's the best stealth rocker in the tier, It can pivot, and it checks lokix, scizor, hoopa, cornerpon, zarude and more. It's biggest issue is that it competes with dogi, but it's still super common.
B -> B+
I said most of my thoughts on this guy here but essentially it's our best dogi check, it checks a couple other things, and it sets spikes. It's a simple niche, but it's pretty good at it and it's seen a lot of success because of it
C -> B
Top 3 scarfer rn. Fast fairy stab is super deadly rn as bulker steels like meta and tink are at a low point and dark types are doing well too. Trick lets it cripple special walls and set-up mons while healing wish is rare but extremely valuable utility. It's biggest weakness is the bugs, but that's manageable and it is super good outside of that. It's seen a lot of use in tour recently and feels pretty consistent.
DROPS
A+ -> A
The Typing is a pretty notable issue rn. Darks and grasses are common and king struggles against most of them. Zarude in Particular is almost a hard counter, hitting it with both of its stabs and shrugging off status. Passivity is also an issue, since outside of a 30% chance for a scald burn, it does very little damage. It's also just not as meta-impacting as the rest of A+ and feels a little out of place.
A -> A-
Cornerpon is a good mon that you have to prep for in builder. However, It's presence is felt less outside of builder. It has splashability problems since it has little defensive utility to add to a team compared to other grasses. HO has also declined which further hurts it. It can still perform well on the right teams, and AoA sets are pretty good, but it feels a little too flawed for A.
A -> A-
Gren's an unfortunate victim of the hoopa meta. Hoopa not only beats gren, not only does it compete as a fast dark type, but it's presense also encourages other dark types like zarude and lokix to see more use, which annoy gren as well. On top of that, we've also seen more gren counters like spdef rotom gain traction. This has lead to gren struggling more than it used to. It's also worth mentioning that HO declining hurts the Battle Bond set a bit.
B -> B-
I alluded to it earlier, but Ho has been on a bit of downtrend, primarily because because hoopa beats a lot of previously staple Ho mons. Mew is a pretty notable example. Mew can't really flex its bulk to set hazards as well as before when Hoopa can just ohko non-colbur berry/focus sash variants. That combined with the overall drop of Ho make B feel too high.
B- -> C
This guy has lacked usage for a while now. It's kinda just a whatever mon, good damage but a pretty bad speed tier. It still seems good but it's a little niche compared to the rest of B-.
B- -> C
It's Like the eighth best excadrill check. Blocking spin is cool on paper, but a lot of spikers like gligar and chesnaught already beat drill so they don't struggle that much and spin blocking isn't as necessary. It also has a pretty bad match-up into darks like hoopa and zarude plus most special attackers in general.
C -> D
This guy kinda sucks, sorry. It's too frail, hazard weak, and easily walled to really contribute much of anything in any match-up. Gardevoir exists and is just better as a fast moonblast spammer. It's also just bad at setting webs since drill ruins it so Genuinely just can't think of any real niche it has.
RISES
A+ -> SAt this point, Dogi really seems to be a top 3 mon. UUBD just ended and Dogi was the 2nd most used mon overall, outdoing even Excadrill. It's both a top tier attacker that can punish potential switch-ins with toxic chain, and a valuable defensive piece with it's typing providing a ton of good resistances. It's got great set variety between bulk-up, Choice Scarf, Av and a couple niches sets like sub. It's been incredibly consistent for a good few months now and it's shown no signs of stopping.
A -> A+Suprised this hasn't happened before. Cobal was the 4th most used mon in uubd and has been pretty great for a while now. It's the best stealth rocker in the tier, It can pivot, and it checks lokix, scizor, hoopa, cornerpon, zarude and more. It's biggest issue is that it competes with dogi, but it's still super common.
B -> B+I said most of my thoughts on this guy here but essentially it's our best dogi check, it checks a couple other things, and it sets spikes. It's a simple niche, but it's pretty good at it and it's seen a lot of success because of it
C -> BTop 3 scarfer rn. Fast fairy stab is super deadly rn as bulker steels like meta and tink are at a low point and dark types are doing well too. Trick lets it cripple special walls and set-up mons while healing wish is rare but extremely valuable utility. It's biggest weakness is the bugs, but that's manageable and it is super good outside of that. It's seen a lot of use in tour recently and feels pretty consistent.
DROPS
A+ -> AThe Typing is a pretty notable issue rn. Darks and grasses are common and king struggles against most of them. Zarude in Particular is almost a hard counter, hitting it with both of its stabs and shrugging off status. Passivity is also an issue, since outside of a 30% chance for a scald burn, it does very little damage. It's also just not as meta-impacting as the rest of A+ and feels a little out of place.
A -> A-Cornerpon is a good mon that you have to prep for in builder. However, It's presence is felt less outside of builder. It has splashability problems since it has little defensive utility to add to a team compared to other grasses. HO has also declined which further hurts it. It can still perform well on the right teams, and AoA sets are pretty good, but it feels a little too flawed for A.
A -> A-Gren's an unfortunate victim of the hoopa meta. Hoopa not only beats gren, not only does it compete as a fast dark type, but it's presense also encourages other dark types like zarude and lokix to see more use, which annoy gren as well. On top of that, we've also seen more gren counters like spdef rotom gain traction. This has lead to gren struggling more than it used to. It's also worth mentioning that HO declining hurts the Battle Bond set a bit.
B -> B-I alluded to it earlier, but Ho has been on a bit of downtrend, primarily because because hoopa beats a lot of previously staple Ho mons. Mew is a pretty notable example. Mew can't really flex its bulk to set hazards as well as before when Hoopa can just ohko non-colbur berry/focus sash variants. That combined with the overall drop of Ho make B feel too high.
B- -> CThis guy has lacked usage for a while now. It's kinda just a whatever mon, good damage but a pretty bad speed tier. It still seems good but it's a little niche compared to the rest of B-.
B- -> CIt's Like the eighth best excadrill check. Blocking spin is cool on paper, but a lot of spikers like gligar and chesnaught already beat drill so they don't struggle that much and spin blocking isn't as necessary. It also has a pretty bad match-up into darks like hoopa and zarude plus most special attackers in general.
C -> DThis guy kinda sucks, sorry. It's too frail, hazard weak, and easily walled to really contribute much of anything in any match-up. Gardevoir exists and is just better as a fast moonblast spammer. It's also just bad at setting webs since drill ruins it so Genuinely just can't think of any real niche it has.
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C-> UR
C->UR
C-> UR
-> B- or B
-> UR or C at best... what has this mon done in UUBD other than sit on the sidelines or just 
-> C or UR, you always hear in vr chat or chat in general how some mons are just there for a niche they have... but what does mmq do? not only is it like completely absent from the later weeks of uubd but also lets compared it to chesnaught, bellibolt, milotic, gastrodon or even volc, sinistcha, and hippo who can independently do their own shit and arent just "Ho exclusive mon when HO got like no usage as well. it will fit right in the C tier alongside the other HO mons as well (haxorus, ninetales, revavroom, ribombee, grimmsnarl)
Can join the B- tier alongside the other mons who arent shit mons to surprise maybe once in a while. Gard can act do shit 
-> C. I saw it accumulate like no uses in the final 2 or 3 weeks while it had 3 uses in general pre week 6 so uhh.. its doing very well, not only does it fail to check half the tier but dogi, phys def zap, serp, zarude, rotom-w, pecharunt, being as good as they are is certainly not smth it likes and being unable to check hoopa, latios, lokix, greninja, and has to come in on risky choice lock punishes (which there arent much) shows that its kinda shit... if its AV its dmg output is down the drain, if its CB it relies a lot on aqua jet or play rough predictions to go well and it thuds in the spike stack meta
-> C or UR as not only Both are MU fish mons but also both have like no uses... u arent bringing shit like this to a tour game .... i dont like and neither really do smth esp in a meta where HO is on a downwards trend. Idt hawlucha realized it is not cut out for this. Hawlucha vs zap forces tera basically and even then a counter tera can easily shut it down.. rhyperior going tera dragon vs it, tera flying ttar, tera okidogi, tera electric or steel latios.. it is easy to shut it down and idt a team really struggles against lucha at all or denying it any progress
-> C
A -> A-
A+ -> S
A -> A+
B -> B+
A -> A-
B -> B-
-> C
-> DNU tier
from A+ to S-: This is rising anyway idc to write reasoning
from A- to A: Admittedly a good amount of VR members were hesitant to drop this the last update as Hydrapple was having a slight resurgence by the time the vote happened, and they were right! These last few weeks of SCL have undoubtedly demonstrated that Hydrapple continues to be a strong Pokemon in the tier that has reestablished itself as an A tier threat you absolutely must be safe into with its same great traits of Regenerator, insane bulk, and two potent sets in Nasty Plot and Choice Specs. It’s back into the top 10 and A rank better reflects this 
from B+ to A-: Was a close vote last time but Sand has gotten even more tournament success since and has demonstrated itself to be a real threat to account for that is reflective of the A ranks, getting many wins this week in SCL in fact 
from B- to B: Spikes continue to have good tournament usage and results with Gastrodon asserting itself as a main setter on balance builds, compressing longevity and a valuable check to Greninja and the Electric-types to where B- undersells its utility and usage 
from C to B-: Despite HO falling off, Revavroom has asserted itself to be pretty dangerous of a threat compared to the rest of the junk in C tier, arguably being the most threatening HO Pokémon right now as well as a staple to the archetype. Shift Gear continues to be very potent with its deadly STABs + coverage against the entire metagame, and the traits of an out to Lokix + Hydrapple + Okidogi is invaluable for HO to where a rise is justified putting it on the same level as some other Pokémon 
from UR to C: Role Compression of Hoopa check + Excadrill check + Ground-type + Rocker has allowed Krookodile to shine on a good amount of offense and BO teams lately. STABs + Gunk Shot are also tough to swap into, working in tandem with Krookodile’s defensive utility to land it a spot on the VR 
from A+ to A: Simply put, this tier is run by offensive Dark-types where even though Slowking enables them, it also suffers from being taken out by them and thus hinders the amount of teams it finds itself on. With certain Pokemon like Latios and SD Excadrill having less usage, Slowking as a whole just isn’t checking so much to warrant staying A+
from A- to B+: Serperior has flopped a lot lately, having a real lack of usage for a Pokemon in the A ranks for some time now. The presence of Hoopa is absolutely awful for Serperior, but even then with so many natural barriers such as Tornadus, Okidogi, Zapdos, Scizor, Lokix, and Skeledirge at the minimum, it can be really hard to get value out of Serperior and have moments where you really want to put it on a team
from B+ to B: Metagross has been flawed for some time but its issues really come to light now. Offensive Dark-types are everywhere and being a Steel that is pretty useless into them is not great, but even then it doesn’t check anything too well barring Latios, whose usage has been falling for some time, and Cornerpon, who kinda gets past you without much trouble. Spikes also hurt it badly and right now Metagross just isn’t part of the tier
from B+ to B: Toxapex still has a very valuable defensive profile, but its passivity has really become amplified in games lately, where if the enemy team has a toxic immune Pokemon that doesn’t mind taking Surf, Toxapex will really fail to make progress back when it comes in to wall threats like Lokix and Greninja. Unlike other defensive options, it lacks a pivoting move or ability to make progress in return and thus really hinders the builds Toxapex finds itself on at times, resulting in a drop on the VR
from B to B-: As established above, HO is pretty limited right now and this is the only playstyle where Comfey has success, as otherwise it’s a really fake Dark resist that can’t swap into the main threats and in general lacks the ability to run away with games once given a boost
from B- to C: Competition with other bulky waters and forms of Greninja counterplay has become more evidence of this UUBD relic, where there’s just not much reason to use this
UR --> B-
-> B+
New -> A+
New -> A
New -> A-/B+
New -> B+/B
New-> C
A -> A-
B- -> B
B -> B-
B -> B-/C
B+ -> C
B- -> C
C - UR