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Viability Rankings + Sample Sets (and Analyses)
Last update: mini update April 10th, 2024​

- Each Pokemon links to its would-be page in Smogdex. For now, most of them are outdated/blank, but they will be updated over time once QC is up on running!

Votes: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...FM8isGtTkr/pubhtml?gid=1632258521&single=true

	Pokemon	Abilities
S Rank
None!
A Rank
A+
Corviknight	Corviknight	Fluffy, Intimidate, Well-Baked Body, Prankster
Great Tusk	Great Tusk	Scrappy, Fluffy, Regenerator, Mold Breaker
Manaphy	Manaphy	Regenerator, Motor Drive, Protosynthesis
Roaring Moon	Roaring Moon	Sword of Ruin, Magic Guard, Regenerator
A
Azelf	Azelf	Psychic Surge
Chien-Pao	Chien-Pao	Sword of Ruin, Adaptability, Magic Guard
Deoxys-Speed	Deoxys-Speed	Psychic Surge, Prankster, Sheer Force, Protean
Gholdengo	Gholdengo	Earth Eater, Well-Baked Body, Adaptability, Immunity Abilities
Iron Moth	Iron Moth	Desolate Land, Sheer Force
Scream Tail	Scream Tail	Unaware, Pixilate
Walking Wake	Walking Wake	Primordial Sea, Dragon's Maw, Adaptability
Zamazenta	Zamazenta	Sword of Ruin, Scrappy, Purifying Salt, Regenerator
A-
Barraskewda	Barraskewda	Primordial Sea
Ceruledge	Ceruledge	Desolate Land, Sword of Ruin, Adaptability
Deoxys-Defense	Deoxys-Defense	Unaware, Intimidate, Fluffy, Regenerator
Dragonite	Dragonite	Aerilate
Empoleon	Empoleon	Volt Absorb, Earth Eater, Bulletproof
Gengar	Gengar	Sheer Force, Normalize, Beads of Ruin
Iron Boulder	Iron Boulder	Sharpness
Iron Hands	Iron Hands	Earth Eater, Regenerator, Surge Surfer
Mandibuzz	Mandibuzz	Unaware, Fluffy, Magic Guard, Immunity Abilities
Pecharunt	Pecharunt	Earth Eater, Corrosion, Unaware
Primarina	Primarina	Primordial Sea, Regenerator
Swampert	Swampert	Regenerator
B Rank
B+
Garchomp	Garchomp	Regenerator, Sword of Ruin
Heatran	Heatran	Water Absorb, Magic Guard, Desolate Land, Earth Eater
Kingambit	Kingambit	Adaptability, Well-Baked Body, Earth Eater
Latios	Latios	Adaptability, Tinted Lens, Hadron Engine
Ogerpon-Hearthflame	Ogerpon-Hearthflame	Sword of Ruin, Desolate Land, Magic Guard, Mold Breaker
Ogerpon-Wellspring	Ogerpon-Wellspring	Primordial Sea, Sword of Ruin
Sandy Shocks	Sandy Shocks	Hadron Engine, Earth Eater
Skarmory	Skarmory	Well-Baked Body, Fluffy, Intimidate
Ting Lu	Ting Lu	Regenerator, Fluffy
Zapdos	Zapdos	Primordial Sea, No Guard, Intimidate
Zapdos-Galar	Zapdos-Galar	Sword of Ruin, Magic Guard
B
Archaludon	Archaludon	Primordial Sea, Regenerator, Earth Eater
Blissey	Blissey	Magic Guard, Unaware, Well-Baked Body
Cinderace	Cinderace	Desolate Land, Mold Breaker, Magic Guard, Sword of Ruin,
Electrode-Hisui	Electrode-Hisui	Magic Guard
Goodra-Hisui	Goodra-Hisui	Regenerator, Earth Eater
Landorus-Therian	Landorus-Therian	Desolate Land, Regenerator
Meloetta	Meloetta	Regenerator
Meowscarada	Meowscarada	Sword of Ruin
Ogerpon-Cornerstone	Ogerpon-Cornerstone	Rocky Payload, Sword of Ruin
Slither Wing	Slither Wing	Tinted Lens, Magic Guard, Sword of Ruin
Terrakion	Terrakion	Sword of Ruin, Adaptability
Volcarona	Volcarona	Sheer Force, Desolate Land, Magic Guard
Zoroark-Hisui	Zoroark-Hisui	Sheer Force
B-
Jirachi	Jirachi	Regnerator
Garganacl	Garganacl	Earth Eater, Fluffy
Iron Treads	Iron Treads	Regenerator, Immunity Abilities, Magic Guard
C Rank
Chansey	Chansey	Unaware, Magic Guard, Pressure
Chesnaught	Chesnaught	Flame Body, Well-Baked Body
Cobalion	Cobalion	Magic Guard
Cresselia	Cresselia	Unaware, Stamina
Enamorus-Therian	Enamorus-Therian	Sheer Force, Well-Baked Body
Iron Crown	Iron Crown	Tinted Lens, Adaptability
Kommo-o	Kommo-o	Regenerator, Galvanize
Landorus	Landorus	Desolate Land, Sheer Force
Mew	Mew	Regenerator, Magic Guard
Polteageist	Polteageist	Queenly Majesty, Normalize
Quaquaval	Quaquaval	Intimidate, Magic Guard, Fluffy
Regieleki	Regieleki	Refrigerate
Smeargle	Smeargle	Prankster, Aroma Veil
Talonflame	Talonflame	Magic Guard
Thundurus	Thundurus	Sheer Force, Magic Guard
Thundurus-Therian	Thundurus-Therian	Sheer Force, Primordial Sea
Toxapex	Toxapex	Corrosion, Prankster
Ursaluna-Bloodmoon	Ursaluna-Bloodmoon	Adaptability, Storm Drain, Steam Engine
Zamazenta-Crowned	Zamazenta-Crowned	Dauntless Shield

Mini update!

Rises:
Manaphy A -> A+
Iron Moth A- -> A
Scream Tail A- -> A
Dragonite B+ -> A-
Pecharunt B+ -> A-
Ting-Lu C -> B+
Ogerpon-W B -> B+
Kingambit B -> B+
Jirachi UR -> B-

Drops:
Corviknight S -> A+
Swampert A+ -> A-
Ceruledge A -> A-
Iron Hands A -> A-
Zapdos A- -> B+
Cinderace B+ -> B
Thundurus B- -> C

Abilities updated:

Roaring Moon: Added Magic Guard
Cinderace: Added Mold Breaker
Heatran: Move Water Absorb to bolded spot

More rankings you want to see changed? More abilities to add? Yell at us here!

 

[BijouMode]

Nominating to A-:
I've found that in the current meta, Garchomp has a very important niche as a defensive Regenerator mon where it can, in one slot, soft-check the various electric types of the tier, and also cover the various fire and Desolate Land threats, on both sides of the spectrum. While its utility is usually only being able to set up rocks/spikes and phazing via Dragon Tail, I find that it's great glue in a defensive core and can cover the weaknesses of common defensive mons.

Nominating to A (adding the ability Vessel of Ruin):
Right now, Empoleon is one of the premier special walls in the tier, acting as a check to a vast array of threats, from the psychics in Azelf, Deoxys-S, and Latios, to nukes like Walking Wake, leveraging its typing to have meaningful resists against the majority of the meta. With its additional utility in setting up rocks, providing pivoting, and having access to Knock Off and phazing, its combination of utility and bulk leaves it as a very good mon in the current meta.