COUNCIL NEWS
Good day everybody! It's time to say goodbye to the Camomons ladder... We hope you had the time to try it! We're grateful to OM leaders who gave us this opportunity by chosing us as LCotM! We know Camomons didn't shine like Convergence did but after all we're an old OM without the appeal of novelty. We however thank everybody trying Camomons during that time and we hope you enjoyed this experience!
Now let's talk about several things.
First, the suspect test of
Annihilape ended by
keeping it in the metagame! Thanks and wp to the 15 people who take their time to climb the Camomons ladder and participate to this suspect test! Because the survey showed Annihilape received the most support in favor of a suspect test, it was our #1 priority and we decided to test it. As a result of Annihilape not being banned with an extremely large majority, we're considering other "borderline" Pokemon which received less support as fine for the moment. We will continue to monitor the metagame carefully but don't expect any tiering action in the following weeks considering the metagame seems quite fine atm and because we need more data to properly judge if a mon or another could be too much for the metagame or not.
We're ofc interested in any feeback on mon, item (yes, we're still looking at Light Clay and Heat Rock as well as freeing or not Booster Energy) or whatever you think could deserve an action!
Now let's move to our second point by presenting Camomons's ladder usage stats!*
| Rank | Pokemon | Usage(%) |
|---|
1 |  Hydreigon | 25.15 |
2 |  Great Tusk | 24.23 |
3 |  Glimmora | 23.68 |
4 |  Garganacl | 20.93 |
5 |  Dragapult | 20.01 |
6 |  Garchomp | 16.50 |
7 |  Gholdengo | 15.25 |
8 |  Iron Moth | 15.15 |
9 |  Iron Valiant | 14.38 |
10 |  Ceruledge | 13.45 |
11 |  Skeledirge | 13.23 |
12 |  Kingambit | 12.85 |
13 |  Haxorus | 11.48 |
14 |  Orthworm | 9.84 |
15 |  Goodra | 9.74 |
16 |  Quaquaval | 9.32 |
17 |  Slowking | 9.01 |
18 |  Lycanroc-Dusk | 8.89 |
19 |  Ting-Lu | 8.85 |
20 |  Noivern | 8.19 |
* Only top 20 is presented, see full stats
there.
Although being semi-relevant due to the quite low number of games and especially high rated ones, these stats still show a quite broad and diverse metagame without real centralization! This is great to see Camomons keeping diversity although many metagames suffer from excessive centralization due to the lack of available Pokemon.
In accordance to these stats and our knowledge of Camomons as council, we finally voted to make the first Viability Rankings of this new generation!
Again, we're definitely interested by any feedback on these VRs and we're open to nominations!
We will come back later for sample teams update! Have a good day!
I wanted to make a quick rapid-fire post about all the top mons on ladder usage so here we go
One of the reasons there's an S- rank in the tier and by far one of the best pokemon. Gaining Stealth Rock as well as having Nasty Plot and pretty much any type it could ever want in the game, as well as the scarf set being as reliable as ever, this pokemon is one of the easiest to slap on any team bar hard stall with success (Hell even stall probably would have been doable if it still had roost and/or defog) By far one of the most consistent pokemon in the tier.
If Hydreigon can run any specially offensive type, this can run every physical offensive type you could need, and it's stat spread lets it be very offensive while still covering many defensive cornerstones for the team. It also gets points for being probably the best spinner in the tier. But it's by no means a one trick pony with the ability to change up it's gameplan with stuff like bulk up, band, being able to set rocks instead of clearing them, it goes on.
The epitome of hazards, and one of the most consistent ways to actually set them this gen. With Toxic Debris letting it trade it's health for free toxic spikes, or Corrosion discouraging any hazard removing attempt even from pokemon that would otherwise sit on Glim. It's also deceptively fast and offensive.
I've already gone into amazing detail on this thing in literally my
last post but to keep it brief, this has the best offensive pressure of any defensive pokemon and is unmatched at it's consistency to force damage. Firmly believe this is a top 5 pokemon in the tier. Of the top 5 used pokemon I think this one's usage most reflects it's viability except for maybe Tusk.
Yeah I agree with the VR, this is probably the best pokemon in the tier, especially since unlike last gen, it doesn't have to worry about being revenge killed by the other S Rank. It's specs sets are enough to keep it in it's position but people have gotten surprisingly experimental with it this gen, and being able to be such a fast pokemon with so many types and at least a couple good special AND physical sets means there might always be a Dragapult set that randomly beats your team. Don't sleep on this.
I wasn't sold on this being Dragapult's S Rank buddy at first but it's grown on me, easily the other main hazard setter other than Glim, and it has a good amount of type variety even if it's set doesn't actually diverge that much. This is absolutely Garchomp's gen.
I hate you, one of my personal watchlist pokemon that might not be on other people's radar. The first pokemon that actually blocks defog and it can be rigged to block every other hazard removal as well, it has decent set variety even if it only has a handful of types it can use. I also can't stress how strong this thing is.
Who needs Quiver Dance? Just be fast, powerful, or if you want, incorporate strong defensive typings with a lot of status resistances to throw out fiery dance until you win. Its just good.
Still my pick for the best offensive pokemon in the tier, absolutely incredible. Impossible to guess at team preview, a massive arsenal of physical, special, and even mixed offensive types with many viable sets and variations. There's few teams this can't break. And it's speed blitzing other major players like Lycan-Dusk, the aforementioned Iron Moth, and Garchomp makes it deceptively good into offense as well.
I feel like this pokemon was specifically designed by someone who played camo last gen and got mad after seeing someone use that bad Bug/Steel Heatran last gen, because this simply just does the job but better. Far from it's only viable type, however. Easily the best fire immune steel after Bax ban.
The check-all end all, not many viable types, but incredibly powerful defensively and surprisingly powerful offensively. If your team can't handle Skeledirge consistently, delete it immediately.
No pun intended, the king of the mid-late game with either defiant or supreme overlord being able to basically win games out of nowhere. Probably gone when it gets knock off tbh but even now it's a serious threat even if there's only one or two commonly used types.
An elite breaker this gen, probably sticking out more due to the far higher unaware distribution this gen. There's also a surprising lack of flying types this gen compared to levitaters and another thing I'm just about to mention, making Mold Breaker Earthquakes absolutely devastating. Shed Tail and Screens being common this gen also makes this thing's inferior defense as a setup sweeper stick out a little less. Please use actual ground resists.
Speaking of, Shed Tail! I still stand by that move being broken, but Orthworm honestly has plenty of it's own merits. Its most common defensive types are great with a built-in ground immunity (Don't read the entry above) and it can check some important things like Tusk/Treads and depending on set Kingambit convincingly while also providing other utility like hazards and/or set up like coil or iron defense body press. I might call myself something of an Orthworm enthusiast so I might be biased in saying the initial VR underestimated this thing, but its performance seems to defy it's rank-
-Unlike you, the ultimate noob trap. I can't say I'm crazy about the water/ground sap sipper curse set (You're so lucky Haxorus' only grass move is trailblaze or you'd be even bigger food for actual teams on the ladder) I do like the Draco Meteor sets at least but even those probably wouldn't earn this it's usage spot.
This thing's only types are the combinations of it's same 3 attacking types but this still manages to be amazing despite it's mind numbing predictability. Aqua Step and Moxie make this an absurd snowball mon that quickly gets out of control if you don't have a well preserved check constantly on standby. This and Kingambit are the top 2 "Will randomly just win the game before you even realize it" pokemon in the tier.
Slowking my beloved, a good array of types, the ability to slow pivot, and just generally being the best regen pokemon in the tier. Its hard NOT to use this on any team that wants to balance bulk with offensive presence, it surprises me this is so close to the cutoff on the top usage.
I hate this gen, This thing still feels way too broken but some aspects of powercreep
sometimes make it feel less broken so it's less OBVIOUSLY broken and avoided the quickban this thing deserves. At the end of the day however, it's still Lycan-Dusk and still hope it's gone soon, or at least, sooner than gen 8 got rid of it. Nothing takes a game by the horns quite like Dusk if the chips fall into place.
Few things scream "Easy to use staple" quite like Ting-Lu. Probably the best phaser, and the overall bulkiest pokemon in the tier not counting things like Unaware. A dependable wall to fall back on (Just don't rely on it for TOO much.) Sometimes you just want to be a reliable pokemon. You don't need to wall or break the entire tier to be part of the elite, just be good.
Noivern has always been ok in camo if a little behind Dragapult but it's been a real breakout star this gen. Boomburst sets it apart from Dragapult and in general Normal is a better type this gen especially with normal/ghost being such an important staple on teams and generally predictable normal resists making it easy to make strong normal offensive types like normal/fire, normal/fight, and normal/dark. It's also by a country mile the best defogger this gen. (The only other remotely viable one is Corviknight but this actually stands a chance in hell against Gholdengo.) It hasn't completely escaped the shadow of Dragapult but there's reasons to use it over the king of the crop this gen.
Cinderace: 
Breloom: 
Clodsire: 
Corviknight: 
Grimmsnarl: 
Iron Hands: 
Iron Treads: 
Salamence: 
Wo-Chien: 
Amoonguss: 
Dudunsparce: 
Hatterene: 
Heracross: 
Iron Jugulis: 
Lokix: 
Scizor: 
Slither Wing: 
Torkoal: 
Altaria: 
Armarouge: 
Barraskewda: 
Beartic: 
Blissey: 
Dondozo: 
Florges: 
Lucario: 
Pelliper: 
Polteageist: 
Rotom-Wash: 
Sandy Shocks: 
Scream Tail: 
Arcanine: 
Avalugg: 
Azumarill: 
Bellibolt: 
Bombirdier: 
Clawitzer: 
Cloyster: 
Coalossal: 
Floatzel: 
Golduck: 
Greninja: 
Iron Thorns: 
Magnezone: 
Masquerain: 
Scovillain: 
Slowbro: 
Toedscruel: 
Toxapex: 
Tyranitar: 
Vaporeon: 
Vespiquen: 
Charizard: 
Gallade: 
Gengar: 
Hawlucha: 
Hippowdon: 
Kilowattrel: 
Klawf: 
Pawmot: 
Pincurchin: 
Staraptor: 
Tauros-Paldea-Aqua: 
Tinkaton: 
Grafaiai: 
Hariyama: 
Maushold: 
Mimikyu: 
Tauros-Paldea-Blaze: 
Toxtricity: 
Umbreon: 
Veluza: 
Weavile: 
Zoroark: 
Abomasnow: 
Arboliva: 
Basculin: 
Basculin-Blue-Striped: 
Cryogonal: 
Flamigo: 
Mabosstiff: 
Palossand: 
Lycanroc: 
Rotom-Heat: 
Sawsbuck: 
Scyther: 
Talonflame: 
Venomoth: 
Walking Wake: 
Iron Leaves: 
Zoroark-Hisui: 
We're coming back to the code stuff you can find on the OP or just below. Because Camomons isn't easily playable now, you're again more than welcome to join the 
Enamorus
Landorus
Hoopa-U
Magearna
Sneasler
Spectrier
Ursaluna
Zamazenta
Zamazenta-C
Baxcalibur
Dragonite
Drednaw
Espathra
Palafin
Volcarona
Shed Tail
Last Respects
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Slowking-Galar: 
Samurott-Hisui: 
Urshifu-Rapid-Strike: 
Urshifu-Single-Strike: 
Volcanion: 
Arcanine-Hisui: 
Braviary-Hisui: 
Chesnaught: 
Cresselia: 
Enamorus-Therian: 
Heatran: 
Kleavor: 
Landorus-Therian: 
Lilligant-Hisui: 
Mew: almost anything really
Moltres: 
Rillaboom: 
Zapdos: 
Zapdos-Galar: 
Avalugg-Hisui: 
Thanks for reading and see you again 