Nice timing!
Metagame
Decided to answer a 7 out of 10 for this question, as someone within the small majority of people able to directly observe our current course of action, I feel as if the tier is in solid hands to move forward and plan accordingly against some of our most important and volatile metagame developments. While there is a definite centralization factor to account for when managing several of the top threats running around, many of them also being supplemented by the added prevalence of defensive cores, which feel rather tied to required components in order to reach their full potential. I feel as if there is enough variety in playing around with these aspects to keep the most crucial elements of the tier abound and running.
Unlike a few, I actually enjoyed some of the teambuilding elements present in this new metagame, in spite of the inherent flaws with centralization present among a few threats (which I'll get to later), lots of compositions and teamstyles feel fair and balanced to respond to in a way that actively encourages the exploration of role compression on both sides, and some of the discussions I've partaken in from the community has easily resulted in the most fun I've had when it comes to sharing thoughts and trying things out. I highly encourage those potentially interested to find their footsteps one way or another, you will not be disappointed at all.
Pokemon
- 3/5
Now onto the Pokemon themselves, if there was anything that screamed unhealthy in the long-run for me, it was definitely going to be this guy here. Even without the boosts from Tera, Wellspring remains arguably the biggest beneficiary of such a defensively-oriented metagame being pulled off successfully. The adept defensive attributes and power of its STABs alone make it already one of the biggest threats to defensive cores currently, even M-Latias can be 2HKOed by +2 Power Whip to really drive the point of not needing coverage as much as you would home. In spite of this, I feel as if many of the existing blankets present to stop it were just initially seen as less valuable than they would be, teams can often afford at least one of a faster threat in Meowscarada, Booster Moth, Serp, Ace, or M-Aero, plenty of other scarfers able to abuse the Grass weaknesses, and defensive ones currently forming part of the defensive teams running about, such as Regen Grasses and Buzzwole / Iron Hands, though they of course run into issues with chip given the offensive support which Wellspring moreso hinges on than most. Still pretty centralizing to the degree I'd concede with it being suspected sooner or later, especially on the basis of NDPL concluding and the tier being forced to move forward as it is.
- 2/5
Much like Wellspring, Cinderace packs the occasional tendency to snowball out of control against even prepared teams in the long-term, especially with how situational some of the defensive answers are to it (Fini, M-Altaria, Tyranitar, etc), on top of its recent pairing with pursuitters and other offensive pivots such as the Thundy formes and Toxic Zera. We've also been seeing more bulky Will-O-Wisp + Court Change variants similar to standard SV, though I find the utility of that set alone to be more of a keeper in its own right than the elements present in other sets before it. Nevertheless, I've still seen a fair amount of individual answers in the tier that aren't fully exempt from having outs against these, Balance easily relies on Regenerator cores to scout and wear down the duo, and the replacement of Hippo taking Ting-Lu's place also only exists to supplement this issue, while Offense also has no problem between rising threats that can respond to it similarly like M-Aerodactyl, Meowscarada, Rush Excadrill, and Iron Hands, and various Scarfers, on top of having to deal with Pursuit pressure from Tyranitar when lacking HJK. Many of the neutral pivots supporting them also being able to threaten it back with status, such as Pivot Slowtwins, Skeledirge, and Swampert (who I actually think is pretty underrated on both ends, but I digress). With this in mind, I feel that Cinderace leans closer to being a top threat with some hugely important dynamics added to its repertory, but I do not see any action against it as being a priority for now.
- 1/5
Mostly the same as last time, though I feel as if the recent changes centered around faster mons such as Sub Wellspring and Iron Moth which have since risen to abuse defensive cores, also happen to cut into the amount of opportunities it gets to break as a whole, especially with how many weaknesses it already shares with its teammate Alomomola, if anything it arguably got worse compared to before.
- 4.5/5 (Leaning more towards 5 than 4)
I would like to preface this by saying that out of all the individual mons we could be testing down the line, Sub DD Gyarados remains the most obvious example of metagame-warping by far. With the lack of Rotom-Wash necessitating Power Whip on its moveset unlike last generation, the 50/50s that broke it are undoubtedly more apparent than before, as are some of the increasingly prominent targets which Gyara can take advantage of using Sub, including Alomomola, SpDef Celesteela, Slowtwins, and numerous things which it can opt to check offensively, like Ace and a few of the tier's Fightings. It also doesn't help that most revenge killers in the tier are also easily KOed by an unboosted Gyara (many of which don't even come close to OHKOing a healthy Gyara 1v1 without suboptimal move choices honestly, such as electric coverage on the Latis and Jirachi), or come extremely close to it, even Scarf Kartana attempting to live Z-Bounce can be dispatched in tandem with additional chip and screens, while the problem with Gyarados just attacking the offensive checks are also being accentuated further by Gyara's bulk and neutral coverage more often than not securing games for it after boosting twice, which no team is truly safe against given its additional ease in flinching past checks. Looking forward to seeing it get owned.
- 3/5
Unlike the blatantly unhealthy Gyarados, I'd like to give Iron Hands a 3. I feel as if Iron Hands's main strengths draw from recent improvements made in its ability to facetank threats, while the combo of more immediate power, useful defensive typing against threats like Tyranitar, and lack of chip it suffers from help make it more threatening than Ursaluna as a whole. Swords Dance with STABs + Ice Punch is typically the most effective moveset that you can run in most cases, but said set on its own also has some enormous variety in this metagame, be it the ability to invest heavily in either PDef, which gives you added longevity against physical threats such as Excadrill and Kartana, or SpDef to take hits from common special attackers like Aegislash and the Lati twins, it can also invest enough Speed to outrun many of the common defensive staples running around, such as Skeledirge and Clefable. The recent introduction of Wish Alolomola (which Iron Hands can both take incredible advantage of, or benefit immensely from itself) also hasn't helped much with curbing its ability to facilitate opportunities long-term.
However, despite everything I've said, I still feel as if Iron Hands, while more than deserving of its current place in the metagame, isn't the most required for tiering action due to a few reasons. Spikes are currently a huge part of team compositions, and can easily limit Iron Hands's opportunities should it not be able to recover a huge portion of its longevity on the way in. Iron Hands doesn't always have the power to force out staples to the extent preferable; Pokemon such as Slowbro and Amoonguss can often afford to stay in at least once and threaten status, while said issues with chip are also compounded by some of the midground plays which teams can afford to make to minimize its impact, namely switching through resists such as Mega Venusaur and Balloon Aegislash, or limiting Drain Punch recovery through Helmet spam from the likes of Buzzwole. Nevertheless, I'd like to see a suspect test for this thing shortly after, preferably second to Gyara.
- 2/5
Never had problems dealing with it honestly, and would even say it's proven to be rather... disappointing as of late? That being said, the PP nerf to recovery and issues with being easily chipped haven't really done M-Sableye any favors in regards to an even more longevity-faceted metagame where sand chip and status spam are everywhere, and the increase in threats which can directly exploit it not really helping with its case either, namely old things like NP Hydreigon and Knock Clefable gaining more prominence, Sub on all of Wellspring, Moth and Keld rising, on top of Guts Ursaluna being added. One other thing I'd also like to mention in particular are the hazard matchups in general - something I find to be rather inflated with how easily the most common setters (think mons we're seeing on most teams, such as Clefable, Tyranitar, Hippo, Gastrodon, and Hydreigon) bowl it over to where the ability to block hazards alone often becomes too circumstantial for my taste, especially when compared to just simply using Regenerator and Boots spam with added longevity against most the pivots running around currently. Not bad, just way more situational in practice than people used to make it out to be, and not so overwhelming to the extent I feel its prevalence is anywhere near unmanageable enough to follow.
- 2/5
Now, how much this mon exactly contributes to the current state of the tier is something that's been on my mind for a while - on one hand, the ability to pivot Wishes to its team makes for quite the nuisance in the builder when attempting to take advantage of the recipient; healing things like M-Tyranitar and Ursaluna to near-full has been huge for allowing them to exert continuous pressure through trades. On the other hand, Alo teams themselves can often struggle to stop things such as offensive pressure from pilling on, many pivots of which can often afford to take their time in doing so through things like status, Future Sight, and hazards across the game, on top of Substitute users like Wellspring popping up and being not so easy to check when given the free turn or so. Likely going to continue keeping my opinions on the lookout though, considering the flow of offense is on the way for some pretty drastic changes anyhow.
- 2/5
I'm not entirely convinced Enamorus is anywhere near the first suspect-worthy at that moment, but I will acknowledge that the discovery of CM + Z-Move from NDPL brought it back in viability by quite a bit since then. People have definitely been stressing over its matchup spreads as a whole, especially given the added emphasis on cores and faster checks which can resist said move appropriately and pick up the pace for most teams, namely with things centered around Regenerator Pivots + faster checks in mons like Scizor, Cinderace and Latis, but also specific answers like SpDef Tect Celesteela, Skeledirge, Blobs, and Galarian Slowking all being pretty secure by themselves too. Yes, it can threaten the daylights out of everything, but teams don't just limit Enamorus in defensive aspects as opposed to doing it in tandem with each other, given that it's often been the way of bulkier cores in the past - we can do the same for a mon with greater power and coverage, but also one that's much more prediction-reliant and limited in its opportunities as a whole. Leaning towards no action being taken here as it is, if because removing any of the physical threats mentioned would also help alleviate the difficulty teams have in playing around it right now.
- 2.5/5
Arguably my most controversial option so far, but I don't feel as if doing anything about this yet would help the tier any more than just letting go of some of the Pokemon most commonly attached to it first, many of which have already been proven numerous times by both PL and the community to be more than capable of doing the deed without them. Grimmsnarl is also a fairly abusable setter on its own, most notably with how easily its chipped and cripple by all forms of damage, which is bound to happen in just about any half-decent leadoff during games (Moth, SpDef Steela, Meowscarada .etc).
Retest
- Yes
Been wanting to give this a shot since the Tera ban and if there was any time for me to insist on doing so, it's definitely happening in the near future. Without Boomburst, offensive sets are going to struggle against the majority of defensive pivots given the opportunity costs involved with the effective one-time uses of Clangorous Soul and Soulblaze respectively - namely all of Clefable, Tapu Fini, SpDef Celesteela, Galarian Slowking, Skeledirge .etc, it also notably wants to have all of the aforementioned two moves, CC, Taunt, Sub, PJab or Flash Cannon for Fairies, while being forced to split offenses when going mixed against the occasional wall like Gastrodon and Slowking formes, both of which and Slowbro also threaten to KO -SpDef Kommo-o in return with Future Sight despite the boost. I've heard mentions of Sub + Belly Drum sets under screens being arguably much for the tier, especially given its ability to set up on the majority of Grasses and Waters, but those still have issues with Subs being easily breakable for most of the aforementioned pivots within the two-turn window required for setup, and Drain Punch recovery being limited against most Fighting resists before the inevitable revenge kill. Of course, it's not like said options used on most teams to check it disappeared either, old scarfers like Meowscarada, G-Zap and the Lati twins all remain very consistent at checking Kommo-o offensively regardless of sets, made better by the fact that it can no longer Tera its way out of the choice lock, as have more recent options like Scarf Enamorus and Hydreigon. Kommo-o also brings some highly valuable utility options for teams to explore - namely an offensive Tyranitar and Ace check, a fairly fast non-ground rocker in both roles, and wallbreaker with great flexibility in picking apart some of our toughest defensive cores, albeit in ways that aren't costly and overwhelming to the extent I believe it's not trying out at all, hell - even physically based sets with the new tools in Loaded Dice and Punching Glove are potentially interesting too.
- Yes (But suspect by all means necessary)
This is a rather pretentious one, I never really bought the timing of a full Drought ban to begin with personally, but I can see why it happened. Bans of Tera and even Blaziken since then means that Sun can feel a lot more inherently fair than it used to, but something like Venu on its own might still be a bit controversial for the tier unrestricted, so we should at least give away the option to vote on the individual mons and Heat Rock whenever it comes around.
- No
And finally, as something to agree on keeping in the banish zone. Between an even better Alomomola to pass with on stall teams, its continuously absurd variety in playing around offensive checks without the need to lift a finger in the slightest, and me not really being convinced this won't just end up repeating much of what it did before, I don't really find giving this another try as worth it at all.
Metagame
Competitiveness - 7/10
Decided to answer a 7 out of 10 for this question, as someone within the small majority of people able to directly observe our current course of action, I feel as if the tier is in solid hands to move forward and plan accordingly against some of our most important and volatile metagame developments. While there is a definite centralization factor to account for when managing several of the top threats running around, many of them also being supplemented by the added prevalence of defensive cores, which feel rather tied to required components in order to reach their full potential. I feel as if there is enough variety in playing around with these aspects to keep the most crucial elements of the tier abound and running.
Playability - 9/10
Unlike a few, I actually enjoyed some of the teambuilding elements present in this new metagame, in spite of the inherent flaws with centralization present among a few threats (which I'll get to later), lots of compositions and teamstyles feel fair and balanced to respond to in a way that actively encourages the exploration of role compression on both sides, and some of the discussions I've partaken in from the community has easily resulted in the most fun I've had when it comes to sharing thoughts and trying things out. I highly encourage those potentially interested to find their footsteps one way or another, you will not be disappointed at all.
Pokemon
- 3/5Now onto the Pokemon themselves, if there was anything that screamed unhealthy in the long-run for me, it was definitely going to be this guy here. Even without the boosts from Tera, Wellspring remains arguably the biggest beneficiary of such a defensively-oriented metagame being pulled off successfully. The adept defensive attributes and power of its STABs alone make it already one of the biggest threats to defensive cores currently, even M-Latias can be 2HKOed by +2 Power Whip to really drive the point of not needing coverage as much as you would home. In spite of this, I feel as if many of the existing blankets present to stop it were just initially seen as less valuable than they would be, teams can often afford at least one of a faster threat in Meowscarada, Booster Moth, Serp, Ace, or M-Aero, plenty of other scarfers able to abuse the Grass weaknesses, and defensive ones currently forming part of the defensive teams running about, such as Regen Grasses and Buzzwole / Iron Hands, though they of course run into issues with chip given the offensive support which Wellspring moreso hinges on than most. Still pretty centralizing to the degree I'd concede with it being suspected sooner or later, especially on the basis of NDPL concluding and the tier being forced to move forward as it is.
- 2/5Much like Wellspring, Cinderace packs the occasional tendency to snowball out of control against even prepared teams in the long-term, especially with how situational some of the defensive answers are to it (Fini, M-Altaria, Tyranitar, etc), on top of its recent pairing with pursuitters and other offensive pivots such as the Thundy formes and Toxic Zera. We've also been seeing more bulky Will-O-Wisp + Court Change variants similar to standard SV, though I find the utility of that set alone to be more of a keeper in its own right than the elements present in other sets before it. Nevertheless, I've still seen a fair amount of individual answers in the tier that aren't fully exempt from having outs against these, Balance easily relies on Regenerator cores to scout and wear down the duo, and the replacement of Hippo taking Ting-Lu's place also only exists to supplement this issue, while Offense also has no problem between rising threats that can respond to it similarly like M-Aerodactyl, Meowscarada, Rush Excadrill, and Iron Hands, and various Scarfers, on top of having to deal with Pursuit pressure from Tyranitar when lacking HJK. Many of the neutral pivots supporting them also being able to threaten it back with status, such as Pivot Slowtwins, Skeledirge, and Swampert (who I actually think is pretty underrated on both ends, but I digress). With this in mind, I feel that Cinderace leans closer to being a top threat with some hugely important dynamics added to its repertory, but I do not see any action against it as being a priority for now.
- 1/5Mostly the same as last time, though I feel as if the recent changes centered around faster mons such as Sub Wellspring and Iron Moth which have since risen to abuse defensive cores, also happen to cut into the amount of opportunities it gets to break as a whole, especially with how many weaknesses it already shares with its teammate Alomomola, if anything it arguably got worse compared to before.
- 4.5/5 (Leaning more towards 5 than 4)I would like to preface this by saying that out of all the individual mons we could be testing down the line, Sub DD Gyarados remains the most obvious example of metagame-warping by far. With the lack of Rotom-Wash necessitating Power Whip on its moveset unlike last generation, the 50/50s that broke it are undoubtedly more apparent than before, as are some of the increasingly prominent targets which Gyara can take advantage of using Sub, including Alomomola, SpDef Celesteela, Slowtwins, and numerous things which it can opt to check offensively, like Ace and a few of the tier's Fightings. It also doesn't help that most revenge killers in the tier are also easily KOed by an unboosted Gyara (many of which don't even come close to OHKOing a healthy Gyara 1v1 without suboptimal move choices honestly, such as electric coverage on the Latis and Jirachi), or come extremely close to it, even Scarf Kartana attempting to live Z-Bounce can be dispatched in tandem with additional chip and screens, while the problem with Gyarados just attacking the offensive checks are also being accentuated further by Gyara's bulk and neutral coverage more often than not securing games for it after boosting twice, which no team is truly safe against given its additional ease in flinching past checks. Looking forward to seeing it get owned.
- 3/5Unlike the blatantly unhealthy Gyarados, I'd like to give Iron Hands a 3. I feel as if Iron Hands's main strengths draw from recent improvements made in its ability to facetank threats, while the combo of more immediate power, useful defensive typing against threats like Tyranitar, and lack of chip it suffers from help make it more threatening than Ursaluna as a whole. Swords Dance with STABs + Ice Punch is typically the most effective moveset that you can run in most cases, but said set on its own also has some enormous variety in this metagame, be it the ability to invest heavily in either PDef, which gives you added longevity against physical threats such as Excadrill and Kartana, or SpDef to take hits from common special attackers like Aegislash and the Lati twins, it can also invest enough Speed to outrun many of the common defensive staples running around, such as Skeledirge and Clefable. The recent introduction of Wish Alolomola (which Iron Hands can both take incredible advantage of, or benefit immensely from itself) also hasn't helped much with curbing its ability to facilitate opportunities long-term.
However, despite everything I've said, I still feel as if Iron Hands, while more than deserving of its current place in the metagame, isn't the most required for tiering action due to a few reasons. Spikes are currently a huge part of team compositions, and can easily limit Iron Hands's opportunities should it not be able to recover a huge portion of its longevity on the way in. Iron Hands doesn't always have the power to force out staples to the extent preferable; Pokemon such as Slowbro and Amoonguss can often afford to stay in at least once and threaten status, while said issues with chip are also compounded by some of the midground plays which teams can afford to make to minimize its impact, namely switching through resists such as Mega Venusaur and Balloon Aegislash, or limiting Drain Punch recovery through Helmet spam from the likes of Buzzwole. Nevertheless, I'd like to see a suspect test for this thing shortly after, preferably second to Gyara.
- 2/5Never had problems dealing with it honestly, and would even say it's proven to be rather... disappointing as of late? That being said, the PP nerf to recovery and issues with being easily chipped haven't really done M-Sableye any favors in regards to an even more longevity-faceted metagame where sand chip and status spam are everywhere, and the increase in threats which can directly exploit it not really helping with its case either, namely old things like NP Hydreigon and Knock Clefable gaining more prominence, Sub on all of Wellspring, Moth and Keld rising, on top of Guts Ursaluna being added. One other thing I'd also like to mention in particular are the hazard matchups in general - something I find to be rather inflated with how easily the most common setters (think mons we're seeing on most teams, such as Clefable, Tyranitar, Hippo, Gastrodon, and Hydreigon) bowl it over to where the ability to block hazards alone often becomes too circumstantial for my taste, especially when compared to just simply using Regenerator and Boots spam with added longevity against most the pivots running around currently. Not bad, just way more situational in practice than people used to make it out to be, and not so overwhelming to the extent I feel its prevalence is anywhere near unmanageable enough to follow.
- 2/5Now, how much this mon exactly contributes to the current state of the tier is something that's been on my mind for a while - on one hand, the ability to pivot Wishes to its team makes for quite the nuisance in the builder when attempting to take advantage of the recipient; healing things like M-Tyranitar and Ursaluna to near-full has been huge for allowing them to exert continuous pressure through trades. On the other hand, Alo teams themselves can often struggle to stop things such as offensive pressure from pilling on, many pivots of which can often afford to take their time in doing so through things like status, Future Sight, and hazards across the game, on top of Substitute users like Wellspring popping up and being not so easy to check when given the free turn or so. Likely going to continue keeping my opinions on the lookout though, considering the flow of offense is on the way for some pretty drastic changes anyhow.
- 2/5I'm not entirely convinced Enamorus is anywhere near the first suspect-worthy at that moment, but I will acknowledge that the discovery of CM + Z-Move from NDPL brought it back in viability by quite a bit since then. People have definitely been stressing over its matchup spreads as a whole, especially given the added emphasis on cores and faster checks which can resist said move appropriately and pick up the pace for most teams, namely with things centered around Regenerator Pivots + faster checks in mons like Scizor, Cinderace and Latis, but also specific answers like SpDef Tect Celesteela, Skeledirge, Blobs, and Galarian Slowking all being pretty secure by themselves too. Yes, it can threaten the daylights out of everything, but teams don't just limit Enamorus in defensive aspects as opposed to doing it in tandem with each other, given that it's often been the way of bulkier cores in the past - we can do the same for a mon with greater power and coverage, but also one that's much more prediction-reliant and limited in its opportunities as a whole. Leaning towards no action being taken here as it is, if because removing any of the physical threats mentioned would also help alleviate the difficulty teams have in playing around it right now.
- 2.5/5Arguably my most controversial option so far, but I don't feel as if doing anything about this yet would help the tier any more than just letting go of some of the Pokemon most commonly attached to it first, many of which have already been proven numerous times by both PL and the community to be more than capable of doing the deed without them. Grimmsnarl is also a fairly abusable setter on its own, most notably with how easily its chipped and cripple by all forms of damage, which is bound to happen in just about any half-decent leadoff during games (Moth, SpDef Steela, Meowscarada .etc).
Retest
- YesBeen wanting to give this a shot since the Tera ban and if there was any time for me to insist on doing so, it's definitely happening in the near future. Without Boomburst, offensive sets are going to struggle against the majority of defensive pivots given the opportunity costs involved with the effective one-time uses of Clangorous Soul and Soulblaze respectively - namely all of Clefable, Tapu Fini, SpDef Celesteela, Galarian Slowking, Skeledirge .etc, it also notably wants to have all of the aforementioned two moves, CC, Taunt, Sub, PJab or Flash Cannon for Fairies, while being forced to split offenses when going mixed against the occasional wall like Gastrodon and Slowking formes, both of which and Slowbro also threaten to KO -SpDef Kommo-o in return with Future Sight despite the boost. I've heard mentions of Sub + Belly Drum sets under screens being arguably much for the tier, especially given its ability to set up on the majority of Grasses and Waters, but those still have issues with Subs being easily breakable for most of the aforementioned pivots within the two-turn window required for setup, and Drain Punch recovery being limited against most Fighting resists before the inevitable revenge kill. Of course, it's not like said options used on most teams to check it disappeared either, old scarfers like Meowscarada, G-Zap and the Lati twins all remain very consistent at checking Kommo-o offensively regardless of sets, made better by the fact that it can no longer Tera its way out of the choice lock, as have more recent options like Scarf Enamorus and Hydreigon. Kommo-o also brings some highly valuable utility options for teams to explore - namely an offensive Tyranitar and Ace check, a fairly fast non-ground rocker in both roles, and wallbreaker with great flexibility in picking apart some of our toughest defensive cores, albeit in ways that aren't costly and overwhelming to the extent I believe it's not trying out at all, hell - even physically based sets with the new tools in Loaded Dice and Punching Glove are potentially interesting too.
- Yes (But suspect by all means necessary)This is a rather pretentious one, I never really bought the timing of a full Drought ban to begin with personally, but I can see why it happened. Bans of Tera and even Blaziken since then means that Sun can feel a lot more inherently fair than it used to, but something like Venu on its own might still be a bit controversial for the tier unrestricted, so we should at least give away the option to vote on the individual mons and Heat Rock whenever it comes around.
- NoAnd finally, as something to agree on keeping in the banish zone. Between an even better Alomomola to pass with on stall teams, its continuously absurd variety in playing around offensive checks without the need to lift a finger in the slightest, and me not really being convinced this won't just end up repeating much of what it did before, I don't really find giving this another try as worth it at all.
, expecting to see more raise in Wellspring 
Suspect Test.
+ 
gives a blanket check to most of the meta, knock off to support hazard stack to break down bulky teams, pursuit to enable threats like Enamorus and Iron Moth against Glowking, Chansey and other sp.def walls and so much slow pivoting that they can enable basically any other threat. The other beautiful thing about this core is that there are two reasons Glowking is here. First is because it can toxic absorb and slow pivot in front of Mola, and the second is to beat Iron moth + Serperior. Until it doesn't. Leaving aside glare spam Serperior for a moment, Iron Moth has the unique distinction of having... pretty much one counter in the entire meta, and that's assault vest Glowking. Boots is a generally better set I find, but that set wants to run psychic stab Future Sight, which just isn't immediate enough. This has genuinely led me to run dual psychic stabs with Psyshock on some of my Glowkings, dropping Flamethrower and Slack Off as alternates, solely to better counter Moth while not losing out on the vital Future Sight support it offers. But while this set does win 1v1 from full, it's vulnerable to Pursuit trapping, and Fiery Dance boost into crit kills it immediately. Granted this is enough for me to call it a counter, but when that counter has to play around eternal 50/50s in front of some of the best mons in the meta, namely Pursuit TTar and Bisharp, it's very hard to keep it alive the entire game to counter a late Moth sweep. And that's assuming it doesn't just get removed by Serperior bullshitting it. Hate that mon.
Banette-Mega moved from NDUU to NDOU
Swampert-Mega moved from NDUU to NDOU
Sinistcha moved from NDOU to NDUU
Aegislash moved from NDUU to NDOU
Ninetales-Alola moved from NDOU to NDUU
Rotom-Wash moved from NDOU to NDUU
Ting-Lu moved from NDOU to NDUU
- Body Slam, Curse, Double Edge, Helping Hand, Sunny Day, Tera Blast, Throat Chop
- Hard Press*
- Double Edge, Hard Press*, Supercell Slam*
- Psychic Noise*
- Baton Pass, Chilling Water, Double Edge, Pain Split, Tera Blast, Trailblaze, Vaccum Wave
- Chilling Water, Dragon Cheer*, Flip Turn, Liquidation, Psychic Noise*, Tera Blast, Weather Ball
- Psych Up, Throat Chop, Triple Axel
- Body Slam, Breaking Swipe, Bullet Seed, Double-Edge, Endure, Grassy Glide, Helping Hand, Petal Blizzard, Scale Shot, Tera Blast, Trailblaze
- Alluring Voice*, Scorching Sands, Temper Flare*
- Psychic Noise*
- Double-Edge, Endeavor
- Dragon Cheer*, Endeavor, Supercell Slam*, Temper Flare*
- Agility, Alluring Voice*, Dragon Cheer*, Helping Hand, Psychic Noise*, Stealth Rock, Tera Blast, Vacuum Wave
- Psychic Noise*
- Breaking Swipe, Dragon Cheer*
- Coaching, Double Edge, Throat Chop
- Double Edge, Dragon Cheer*, Meteor Beam, Throat Chop
- Alluring Voice*, Chilling Water, Dragon Cheer*, Draining Kiss, Liquidation, Tera Blast, Weather Ball
- Pain Split
- Coaching, Double-Edge, Supercell Slam*, Throat Chop, Upper Hand*
- Coaching, Endeavor, Psych Up, Triple Axel, Upper Hand*, Whirlpool
- Supercell Slam*, Temper Flare*, Tera Blast
- Supercell Slam*, Scorching Sands
- Hard Press*, Skitter Smack
- Psychic Noise*
- Chilling Water, Hard Press*, Helping Hand, Knock Off, Poison Jab, Smack Down, Tera Blast, Weather Ball
- Pain Split, Psych Up, Skitter Smack, Throat Chop
Because this is just Weavile 2.0 now that it gets Triple Axel, except kinda a side grade? Let’s isolate these differences.
also to handle it, it’s definitely manageable in the tier imo.
Kyurem moved from NDUUBL to NDOU
Pecharunt moved from NDOU to NDUU
Gallade-Mega moved from NDRUBL to NDUU
Metagross moved from NDRU to NDUU
Direct Fire Type Competition 
Victini hasn't really been having much success in recent times, ever since the early days, it has struggled to make a name for itself for not just because of other offensive Fire and Psychic types existing but also due to a lack of worthwhile trades. It has good offensive tools (great coverage, u-turn and decent bulk, power and speed) but it's typing has been holding it back considerably as it really disliked almost every single meta trend (besides maybe Blaziken). Choice sets were fine and Omnibooster was already struggling without Ting-Lu around (now you can imagine how it's doing right now) and Boots Pivot was mostly outclassed by Cinderace.
This is another Fire that has mostly been forgotten (mainly with Toxapex being in the tier and the usage of Latios). Volcanion shares the hazard control capabilities part as a bulky defogger that's not only a good offensive threat but also threatens out a lot of the rockers and spikers alone but there's also the fact that being a slow Fire type in this meta is heavily detrimental which is even more notable when you can potentially struggle with really common meta trends like Ting-Lu BO's with Rotom-Wash and Latios and Sand squads with M-Tyranitar + a bulky Water (Slowbro or Toxapex).
Before Toxapex arrived (and for a short period of time) this was considered THE BEST WATER in the tier because of how impossible it was to deal with M-Ttar + Ace together, being a lot more reliable than any other option as it could still handle most of Ace's moves without getting destroyed by M-Ttar as badly as the other Waters.
More General Changes 
, Cinderace is nothing more than a old tale now. Lupla already covered our amazing Fire-type options and i would like to talk a little about the great Speed Control available here now that Ace left our beloved tier. As Lupla mentioned, our priority right now is outpace the 350 benchmark (Latios to be more specific) so i will cover 2 to 3 options here.
Choice Scarf Users 
. Latios dies to Draco and Zam to Dark Pulse. Having U-turn unlike the previous Pokemon is also cool, but tbh i always prefer to run other Hydreigon's sets than this one. Main problem is being super weak honestly without Z or Specs and relying on prediction to actually do damage against its checks. Also Defog here is not really good, run Scarf Rotom-W. (Mega Tyranitar's honest reaction when he discovers your entry hazard remover is Choice Scarf Hydreigon: 
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) - If fittingly so in ways similar to previous metagames of its direction - Latios is an offensive menace. People tend to refer to Darks and Steels as its most prominent answers, but even these often fail to hold up against the sheer utility offered by Flip Turn, let alone the buffered Luster Purge's Spdef drop setting up uneasy situations for other resists such as Clefable and Hippowdon. It also has useful coverage to drop most of what it needs to, namely Aura Sphere for Tyranitar, and Mystical Fire for the aforementioned Steels which may try to 1v1 it, such as Scizor, Excadrill, and SpDef Jirachi (after drops). This dynamic is especially concerning as Latios itself also has enough Speed, resists and SpDef to find opportunities against most threats slower than it, with even the utility of Levitate aiding it in 1v1ing things such as Ting-Lu unable to touch it in a vacuum. It often forces trades like these in its favour.
(is this another Protean starter? damn i can't believe it....)
OU -> UU
- Thunder on CM sets did technically exist for it, but Toxapex rising means Clef can moreorless afford to experiment with coverage for other things without risking free TSpikes or Knock turns or vice versa.