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Even tho we don't have a set slate, I eyed through the rankings a bit and want some discussion on these mons and possible rank changes. But before I do, I want to give my thoughts on mew:
AM said much of what I would. Mew definitely appreciates the absence of Sab and the fire Megas (+ a few others), and does its stall breaking job well once again, but it still can't touch prominent mons such as tran, Talon, gliscor, etc, and the knock off and offense spam on the ladder holds it back from truly shining. I feel that A- fits it perfectly - it does its job well when given a decent matchup, but it's not as consistent as other A rank mons, at least in my opinion. It gained some and lost some, to the point where it pretty much evens out. I plan on using it some more since I don't have the most experience with it, so I'm not terribly against a rise of I see some solid reasoning.
I haven't said anything to Celticpride about these yet, but here are a few mons that may warrant a raise / drop (with my brief thoughts attached - will probably go more in depth later). Feel free to agree/disagree with these:
Celebi: A-: it's a great Keldeo counter but it also loses to a bunch of S/A rank threats and doesn't exactly like being weak to dark moves.
Chesnaught: A-: I saw a nom for this earlier and I wholeheartedly agree. Takes knock off like a champ and handles offensive mons like Excadrill and Bisharp, while also soft checking other things and setting spikes. Free Ferro Switchin too. Diancie, Metagross, malt, Venu, etc being gone have really helped it out a ton.
Excadrill: A+: does sand offense really influence the meta so much to the poin where Excadrill deserves A+? Am neutral on this but I've seen noms for it.
Amoonguss: B+/A-: with Venu gone Amoonguss has somewhat filled the void. Great Keldeo check and annoys fatter teams with regenerator, and offense with spore. Leaning towards B+ but A- could also be feasable.
Mandibuzz: B: great Bisharp counter that also takes on sand offense, Gengar, Lando, and even Keldeo (depending on the set). Taunt, knock off, and Defog let it support many balance teams and it loves diancie /malt being gone.
Heracross: B/B+: scarf is a great revenge killer while band/orb sets decimate fat teams. Also Gets free switchins to a lot of the darks/ fat grasses and psychics in the tier to fire off a free Megahorn/cc. C+ is rly underselling it, especially when it's best checks are megas.
Pangoro: C/C+: haven't used it myself but in theory alone it seems to have improved. I'll let others who have used this make the call.
That's all I have for now. Feel free to bring up other things as well.
AM said much of what I would. Mew definitely appreciates the absence of Sab and the fire Megas (+ a few others), and does its stall breaking job well once again, but it still can't touch prominent mons such as tran, Talon, gliscor, etc, and the knock off and offense spam on the ladder holds it back from truly shining. I feel that A- fits it perfectly - it does its job well when given a decent matchup, but it's not as consistent as other A rank mons, at least in my opinion. It gained some and lost some, to the point where it pretty much evens out. I plan on using it some more since I don't have the most experience with it, so I'm not terribly against a rise of I see some solid reasoning.
I haven't said anything to Celticpride about these yet, but here are a few mons that may warrant a raise / drop (with my brief thoughts attached - will probably go more in depth later). Feel free to agree/disagree with these:
Celebi: A-: it's a great Keldeo counter but it also loses to a bunch of S/A rank threats and doesn't exactly like being weak to dark moves.
Chesnaught: A-: I saw a nom for this earlier and I wholeheartedly agree. Takes knock off like a champ and handles offensive mons like Excadrill and Bisharp, while also soft checking other things and setting spikes. Free Ferro Switchin too. Diancie, Metagross, malt, Venu, etc being gone have really helped it out a ton.
Excadrill: A+: does sand offense really influence the meta so much to the poin where Excadrill deserves A+? Am neutral on this but I've seen noms for it.
Amoonguss: B+/A-: with Venu gone Amoonguss has somewhat filled the void. Great Keldeo check and annoys fatter teams with regenerator, and offense with spore. Leaning towards B+ but A- could also be feasable.
Mandibuzz: B: great Bisharp counter that also takes on sand offense, Gengar, Lando, and even Keldeo (depending on the set). Taunt, knock off, and Defog let it support many balance teams and it loves diancie /malt being gone.
Heracross: B/B+: scarf is a great revenge killer while band/orb sets decimate fat teams. Also Gets free switchins to a lot of the darks/ fat grasses and psychics in the tier to fire off a free Megahorn/cc. C+ is rly underselling it, especially when it's best checks are megas.
Pangoro: C/C+: haven't used it myself but in theory alone it seems to have improved. I'll let others who have used this make the call.
That's all I have for now. Feel free to bring up other things as well.