bdsp uu viability rankings

BDSP - 2022 BDSP Circuit Playoffs - Semifinals Smogon Forums. An S mon simply isnt stopped coldly by the 2 most used pokes in the tier (rotom-h and mandi). Heracross suffers from lack of priority, which to me is a flaw, because its speed tier is kind of meh compared to what else outspeeds it. Cookie Notice For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. I'd say one of the A-ranks. 1 2 Home Forums Competitive Play Smogon Metagames BDSP Metagames Metagame BDSP UU (Raikou banned Post 99) Eve Dec 1, 2021 Prev 1 2 3 4 Toy Time King Feb 22, 2022 76. competitive stats, moves, terastalize types, movesets, natures, abilities, and EV spreads for undefined, Dragapult. Web. about scrafty i have already accepted that maybe its influence has been overestimated and maybe the big success i had using the said pokemon had been cause certain circumstances allowed to do so and that's why this thread is made so everyone can share their opinion so the viability rankings become as accurately representative as they possibly can be. Web. Welcome to Smogon Take a moment to read the Introduction to Smogon for a run-down on everything Smogon, and make sure you take some time to read the global rules . Yes, it can run plenty of sets, yes it can tank a lot of stuff. haha yes. Pokemon in this rank have very few flaws that are patched up by numerous positive traits. Scarf-It suffers from the same thing every scarf pokemon does, and that is if you don't predict well, it can get hardwalled. and our In my experience it just dies too easily to be counted among true behemoths such as Gyarados, Snorlax and Technician Scizor. As a council, we. Def stats. Those being jolly arcanine/crobat/alakazam/staraptor/typhlosion/timid yanmega/siglyph/timid rotom heat, I'm sure I'm forgetting some, but you get the point. It by all rights should be OU, but with the centralized nature of the tier atm, you don&x27;t eee too much ezperimentation (thanks Latios). Welcome to the BDSP UU Viability Ranking thread. Flint's Infernape put an end to all of that. . Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. ----- Vire MEMBRO do Canal ----- httpswww.youtube.comchannelUC34bJQhnWeq2UD8DhvD1bhAjoin ----- LEIA A DESC. S TIER The Best Pokemon to use in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. About Uu Viability Smogon. Lucario is a bipedal, canine-like Pokmon with predominantly blue and black fur. I think A+ is fine. It possesses a short, round spike on the back of each forepaw, in addition to a third on its chest. S TIER The Best Pokemon to use in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. I agree with what you say, but it's not S. Even in Umbra's last post, he brought a banded mon that has severe prediction issues and that barely beats one of the "Offensive" stuff I mentioned. Usage statistics may be used to support an argument or a claim, but don't base your ENTIRE argument around them. Weaknesses Water (2), Ice (4) Held Item Toxic Orb. Type GroundFlying. Moreover, if you have a general question, then odds are it belongs in the. Expand on your opinion with actual analysis showing understanding of the metagame and perhaps bringing a unique perspective to the conversation. B Rank:Reserved for Pokemon that are great in the UU metagame. Web. Gliscor might not seem like a natural staller, but trainers can definitely pull it off. Edit: Sorry, my post got cut short. Weaknesses Water (2), Ice (4) Held Item Toxic Orb. I disagree, yes it's not the end all be all pokemon and I certainly don't think it deserves to be B/B+ rank like the guy above me. The player base was on edge when Blaziken, along with many other threats previously banned to Ubers, finally returned to the scene thanks to. Now I'm not saying that it's the best Pokmon in the tier. this is already too long. Web. Landorus-T can also be used on hyper offense teams with dual screens support from Pokemon like Tapu Koko and Regieleki. . You must log in or register to reply here. -Alakazam while I personally love the mon and it has great speed and much power it struggles to wallbreak the bulkiest special defense wall, its very easily to be trapped and killed by the most common pursuiter(scarf krook), it struggles even again mandibuzz unless you hit a focus blast coming in and another after that.. that involves a lot of risk.. also uu has a lot of priority.. A LOT.. and alakazam can be oneshotted by many of those priority moves.. i think the B- tier is very representative on where it stands.. thanks for the feedback though and everyone's opinions are appreciated. Speaking of Metagross. These Pokemon are able to perform a variety of roles very effectively, or can just do one extremely well. Its just that it doesn't strike me as a S pokemon(neither does metagross or other uu) Its not really versatile, has a fewcounters/checks, suffers 4 move slot syndrome, and its weak to rocks. Edit: Let me elaborate. Alakazam also gets psychic at level 40 if you haven't gotten the TM for psychic yet. Web. Posts like "I think pokemon X should be in this tier" will be deleted and infracted if it is a repeat issue. I don't know if this is only my opinion, but I don't know if Flygon is head-and-shoulders the best Pokemon in the tier. Froslass can be EV'd to survive its Hydro Pump and proceed to Icy Wind + Shadow Ball. The goal of this thread is to sort Pokemon that are viable in the tier into ranks that reflect their usefulness in descending order, with players being encouraged to post their thoughts on these ranks and the viability of Pokemon here. However, after several months of its continued dominance, Latios was suspected once again. Not to mention its poor speed, pretty much every scarf mon outspeed it at +1. i'm really not sure about the damage, If it misses then sun doesn't matter so it is not included in a calc. like tran couldn't care less about item it can actually run anything other than lefties, like pherb or charcoal and you're getting roasted, for example, if you knock them, you don't prevent any sort of passive action from them (rocks, twave, heal); if you taunt, you're getting magmastormed or moonblasted in the face and either way it's a good trade depending on the situation, im still not sure what you're gonna do when you're done knocking items but w/e arguably something like scizor gets momentum better, and honestly most of the time you can even get away with a burned scizor if all it needs to do is to grab momentum, we literally have a shedstall in the samples that also is a testimony of how Shedinja beats common Pokmon like Latios, Scizor, Breloom, Azumarill, Manaphy and the list can go on and on and I already said more than what Sableye currently *CHECKS*, because Sableye can't enter on ANYTHING. All the info is here (in Spanish) Table of Contents Tournament-oriented teams Newer cool teams. UU is gonna be really, REALLY crazy for a while. It possesses a short, round spike on the back of each forepaw, in addition to a third on its chest. Imo we should update the VR now that Heracross is gone and Celebi has dropped, as well as actually getting a chance to properly rate Shaymin. It possesses a short, round spike on the back of each forepaw, in addition to a third on its chest. It's base 105 speed v base 120. Ubers is the most inclusive of Smogon's tiers, aiming to allow the use of as many Pokemon as competitively possible. Scrafty is easily walled by mandibuzz w/brave bird , crobat is still faster after a dragon dance, druddigon can dragon tail, arcanine & staraptor take litte dmg from crunch/dpunch and ko it, and other common walls like gastrodon, bronzong, can weaken scrafty enough to be revenge killed with a priority mov (medicham fake out, mamoswine ice shard, etc). Welcome to the UU Viability Rankings Thread. This metagame is led by Kaede and a council of experienced players. Technician is an awesome ability that boosts one of its best STAB moves, Bullet Punch. Web. Dragon Dance U-Turn. But A or A- that its being asked sounds like the pokemon is very overrated. Remember you will likely be training to level 60 or so. In addition to all Pokmon with Pokdex number 494 and above, players cannot use the following Pokmon. I would like to nominate Starmie to S-/S Rank. A Rank:Reserved for Pokemon that are fantastic in the UU metagame, and can sweep, support, or wall significant portions of the metagame. That has access to priority taunt allowing it to block every defog user in the game (except Murkrow but like thats Murkrow). Newsletters >. By Also, there will be a C+ and a C in our VR now as several pokemon find themselves sitting there to warrant a split. And under no circumstances should any of them be facing off against Garchomp, even with, as you say, a 70BP Hidden Power Ice (good luck getting that, too!). 252+ SpA Choice Specs Rotom-Heat Overheat vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Forretress: 1272-1500 (359.3 - 423.7%) -- guaranteed OHKO, Can you calc with sun? 2022 Events. Anyway. It's consistent, but not exactly broken, unlike the others in S. Seconding Staraptor to the A-rank realm. Sorry for any confusion. This also means that cut moves, Z-Moves, Mega Pokmon, Primal Pokmon, and more are legal. 7 mo. I agree with most of this initial VR but to me there is one mon that is pretty out of place. The moderators of this forum are Quite Quiet, Amaranth, august, Booty, Finchinator, Heroic Troller, Merritt, Star. This metagame is run by Eve and a council. It has red eyes, a long snout, and ears. With positive speed nature, that becomes even easier. However, it has a decent niche on stall and balance teams as a good spinblocker, that can also block fog as well. It doesn't. Gligar is quite a pesky wall and overall, it fits into many teams and is a top-tier pokemon in the UU tier. Discussion is encouraged and remember that you are always entitled to your opinion but forget not to be respectful to other community members. Web. Rotom-heat is the best pokemon in the tier right now.. also scrafty is pretty much unwallable and snowballs out of control with moxie and dragon dance mainly. Web. . Web. It possesses a short, round spike on the back of each forepaw, in addition to a third on its chest. Their use has low risk involved and high reward exerted. 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