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Resource Ask a simple question get a simple answer: RU edition
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So, checking out April's UU usage stats:
57 | Sableye | 3.57856% | 30903 | 3.447% | 26766 | 3.646% |
58 | Rhyperior | 3.41427% | 24017 | 2.679% | 20263 | 2.760% |
59 | Kyurem | 3.34568% | 16181 | 1.805% | 12180 | 1.659% | |
60 | Jolteon | 3.23334% | 45725 | 5.100% | 36835 | 5.018% | |
61 | Milotic | 3.05891% | 40372 | 4.503% | 33749 | 4.597% | |
62 | Gardevoir | 2.99994% | 38572 | 4.303% | 30366 | 4.136% |
63 | Smeargle | 2.93714% | 23881 | 2.664% | 21582 | 2.940% |
64 | Tentacruel | 2.88494% | 35553 | 3.966% | 30067 | 4.096% |
65 | Vivillon | 2.64637% | 9706 | 1.083% | 7775 | 1.059% | |
66 | Cresselia | 2.42823% | 24276 | 2.708% | 19598 | 2.670% |
Rhyperior's above 3.41, Jolteon, Milotic and Gardevoir are under.. Is it safe to assume that next tier shift Rhyperior will rise and those 3 will drop?
Or is there some other way usage and drops/rises are done?
Are we even gonna get tier shifts next month (aka tomorrow)? Because I'm not sure if we are.. and I heard that we will.
57 | Sableye | 3.57856% | 30903 | 3.447% | 26766 | 3.646% |
58 | Rhyperior | 3.41427% | 24017 | 2.679% | 20263 | 2.760% |
59 | Kyurem | 3.34568% | 16181 | 1.805% | 12180 | 1.659% | |
60 | Jolteon | 3.23334% | 45725 | 5.100% | 36835 | 5.018% | |
61 | Milotic | 3.05891% | 40372 | 4.503% | 33749 | 4.597% | |
62 | Gardevoir | 2.99994% | 38572 | 4.303% | 30366 | 4.136% |
63 | Smeargle | 2.93714% | 23881 | 2.664% | 21582 | 2.940% |
64 | Tentacruel | 2.88494% | 35553 | 3.966% | 30067 | 4.096% |
65 | Vivillon | 2.64637% | 9706 | 1.083% | 7775 | 1.059% | |
66 | Cresselia | 2.42823% | 24276 | 2.708% | 19598 | 2.670% |
Rhyperior's above 3.41, Jolteon, Milotic and Gardevoir are under.. Is it safe to assume that next tier shift Rhyperior will rise and those 3 will drop?
Or is there some other way usage and drops/rises are done?
Are we even gonna get tier shifts next month (aka tomorrow)? Because I'm not sure if we are.. and I heard that we will.
Gardevoir will be OU next month :S
These are 1760 stats. RU uses 1695 stats for tiering. From the 1695 stats, the only tiering changes relating to things moving into or out of RU at the moment seems to be Jolteon ---> RU, Medicham ---> OU, and Smeargle ---> OU, based on the stats. The new stats will probably come out on June 2nd.
This may sound like a dumb question, but I was really surprised when I learned that Golbat was RU. Other than the Poison type buff, I don't really know what else he got, could someone please elaborate?
The major thing that Golbat got in the shift to this generation is defog, while it was always bulky and a decent stall breaker thanks to poison immunity and taunt, the ability to actually support its team with Defog earned it a spot in RU.
Ah, forgot about Defog, and Eviolite gives it really good bulk. I didn't stop to think that an NFE would get the top defogger spot of RU, but that all makes sense. Thank you!
most I can think of were the infiltrator ability buff which lets any of the said pokemon's moves ignore an opponent's subs and the defog buff
As good a defogger as Golbat is though, wouldn't other RU pokemon like Braviary, Gligar, and Skuntank be more effective ones?
he also checks hitmonlee very well which is one of the metas top threats
MikeDawg
Banned deucer.
They are all nice defoggers, with gligar being the most comparable, and so Golbat is differentiated simply by what your team needs.
His typing is rather swell, allowing him to take on fairy types.
Infiltrator can allow brave bird to hit hard against subbed mons.
Super fang can break down walls like rhyperior that try to switch in.
It carries taunt, unlike gligar, that can allow it to stop it from becoming setup bait.
and can still run u-turn if desired
Soon. RU just went official so give a little time for the dust to settle then we will be writing.
Dibs on Alomomola by the way
Dibs on Alomomola by the way
The RU Teambuilding thread is there of reference and an useful tool to build teams
Can you use regular manectric in RU? I know jolteon is in the tier now but scarf switcheroo was pretty fun to use.
No, Manectric is OU.
Why didn't they just ban the megastone like with Gengar and stuff?
The usage made its cutoff above UU.
Because people have to use its base forme to evolve it, thus it gets usage anyway.
And there's this thing; the pokemon might not even mega evolve at all.
MikeDawg
Banned deucer.
Only ubers and the borderline tiers have bans. All of the others (ou, uu, ru, nu) are based solely on usage. If something is banned from ou, it is uber. If it's banned from uu, it's BL, etc.
Aight so UU is kinda stale atm cuz everyone's running MegaZam, so I'm gonna take the time to learn RU meta.
So outside of Froslass/Shuckle being huge dicks in hazard setup and Shuckle + Hitmonlee combo, what else should I watch out for in UU?
So outside of Froslass/Shuckle being huge dicks in hazard setup and Shuckle + Hitmonlee combo, what else should I watch out for in UU?