Metagame LGPE VGC

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Welcome to LGPE VGC, a bring 6, pick 4, Doubles metagame. Standard VGC rules, such as banning Mythicals, apply. This thread serves as the home for resources for the tier so feel free to post sample submissions, VR nominations, sample sets for the set compedium, or just thoughts about the metagame or specific Pokemon.

Rules
Mechanics: Pokemon are set to Level 50. Pokemon do not have EVs, Abilities, or Items other than Mega Stones*. IVs and Natures still apply. Doubles is used. 4 Pokemon are brought to a game per team.
Clauses: Species Clause
Banned Pokemon: Melmetal, Meltan, Mew, Mewtwo
*Disclaimer: The option to choose between X and Y Mega Evolutions mid-battle is not implemented on Showdown

Resources
Viability Rankings
Sample Teams
Speed Tiers
Set Compendium
Discord

Leadership
Eve
Orangex

Challenge Code
/challenge gen7letsgodoublesou @@@ Adjust Level = 50, VGC Timer, Min Team Size = 4, Picked Team Size = 4, !OHKO Clause, !Evasion Moves Clause, !Sleep Clause Mod, !HP Percentage Mod, -Mew, -Meltan, -Melmetal

 

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Viability Rankings
Megas are placed at the top of each tier, despite not necessarily being the best in said tier. Pokemon are not ordered within tiers.
Current VR Council:
Eve
Orangex
Tier 1
Mega Aerodactyl
Mega Venusaur
Mega Blastoise
Alolan Muk
Snorlax
Zapdos

Tier 2
Mega Alakazam
Mega Charizard
Rhydon
Poliwrath
Starter Eevee

Tier 3
Mega Gengar
Mega Gyarados
Mega Kangaskhan
Arcanine
Alolan Dugtrio
Nidoking
Alolan Raichu
Starmie

Tier 4
Jynx
Electrode
Venomoth
Jolteon
Hitmonlee

 

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Sample Teams
Sample submissions are open all the time, so just post if you’d like to submit a team, ideally with a few sentences to explain the team


Standard Balance by Eve


Mega Alakazam + Alolan Persian Bulky Offense by Eve


Nidoking + Poliwrath + Mega Kangaskhan Offense by Orangex


Mega Charizard X + Starmie Bulky Offense by Orangex


Standard Poliwrath Bulky Offense by Orangex


Rock Slide spam + Paralysis spam by Orangex

 

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Speed Tiers

Tier 1: +Spe Base 100 and above
204 | Dragonite | 80 | Neut | +2
190 | Aerodactyl-Mega, Alakazam-Mega, Electrode | 150 | +Spe | +0
184 | Venomoth | 90 | +Spe | +1
173 | Aerodactyl-Mega, Alakazam-Mega, Electrode | 150 | Neut | +0
168 | Aerodactyl, Gengar-Mega, Jolteon | 130 | +Spe | +0
157 | Alakazam | 120 | +Spe | +0
153 | Aerodactyl, Gengar-Mega, Jolteon | Neut | +0
150 | Persian-Alola, Starmie | 115 | +Spe | +0
145 | Dugtrio-Alola, Gengar, Raichu-Alola | 110 | +Spe | +0
142 | Alakazam | 120 | Neut | +0
137 | Persian-Alola, Starmie | 115 | Neut | +0
134 | Charizard, Kangaskhan-Mega, Zapdos | 100 | +Spe | +0

Tier 2: +Spe Base 80 and above
132 | Gengar | 110 | Neut | +0
128 | Arcanine, Jynx | 95 | +Spe | +0
123 | Moltres, Kangaskhan, Venomoth | 90 | +Spe | 0
122 | Charizard, Kangaskhan-Mega, Zapdos | 100 | Neut | +0
119 | Hitmonlee | 87 | +Spe | 0
117 | Arcanine, Jynx | 95 | Neut | +0
117 | Nidoking | 85 | +Spe | +0
113 | Gyarados | 81 | +Spe | +0
112 | Kangaskhan, Moltres, Venomoth | 90 | Neut | +0
112 | Dragonite, Venusaur | 80 | +Spe | +0

Tier 3: Below +Spe Base 80
109 | Blastoise | 78 | +Spe | +0
106 | Eevee-Starter | 75 | +Spe | +0
102 | Dragonite, Venusaur | 80 | Neut | +0
100 | Poliwrath | 70 | +Spe | +0
99 | Blastoise | 78 | Neut | +0
96 | Eevee-Starter | 75 | Neut | +0
91 | Poliwrath | 70 | Neut | +0
71 | Muk-Alola | 50 | Neut | +0
61 | Rhydon | 40 | Neut | +0
51 | Snorlax | 30 | Neut | +0

 

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The VR has been updated! Conversations surrounding VR placements often happen in the discord, so make sure to join if you are interested in weighing in.

 

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LGPE VGC Kickoff Usage Stats and Week-by-Week analysis
Note: 1 replay was taken from each set; a three game set will contribute as much as a two game set. Because of this, the winrates will be mostly innacurate, so don't pay too much attention to them.
This will be updated every week, despite only week 1 being available yet.
Week 1

Usage Stats

+ ---- + ------------------ + ---- + ------- + ------- +
| Rank | Pokemon | Use | Usage % | Win % |
+ ---- + ------------------ + ---- + ------- + ------- +
| 1 | Muk-Alola | 17 | 85.00% | 52.94% |
| 2 | Zapdos | 15 | 75.00% | 53.33% |
| 3 | Aerodactyl | 14 | 70.00% | 42.86% |
| 4 | Venusaur | 12 | 60.00% | 58.33% |
| 5 | Eevee-Starter | 10 | 50.00% | 60.00% |
| 6 | Snorlax | 10 | 50.00% | 50.00% |
| 7 | Dugtrio-Alola | 9 | 45.00% | 55.56% |
| 8 | Blastoise | 6 | 30.00% | 66.67% |
| 9 | Rhydon | 6 | 30.00% | 66.67% |
| 10 | Starmie | 4 | 20.00% | 0.00% |
| 11 | Alakazam | 3 | 15.00% | 33.33% |
| 12 | Poliwrath | 3 | 15.00% | 33.33% |
| 13 | Raichu-Alola | 3 | 15.00% | 66.67% |
| 14 | Kangaskhan | 2 | 10.00% | 0.00% |
| 15 | Charizard | 2 | 10.00% | 100.00% |
| 16 | Slowbro | 1 | 5.00% | 0.00% |
| 17 | Dragonite | 1 | 5.00% | 0.00% |
| 18 | Persian-Alola | 1 | 5.00% | 0.00% |
| 19 | Gengar | 1 | 5.00% | 0.00% |

Alolan Muk tops the list this week, being on 17/20 teams. The three teams that did not opt to use Alolan Muk had a noticably bad matchup into Mega Alakazam, despite not facing any Mega Alakazam teams. Mega Aerodactyl also had a suprisingly high usage, with a variation of the Mega Aerodactyl + Eevee sample team being used an astonishing ten times. As a result of this high usage, I expect to see an uptick in Mega Blastoise and Rhydon usage, as Mega Aerodactyl's biggest checks, with Rhydon also being very strong into the other members of the top 3.