Okay, as some may be aware a mini slate (exact votation details here) was done for some more niche choices that were brought up a bit too recently here or in the Discord server to be properly evaluated, so here's some new additions:
Basculegion
: UR -> B-
Venusaur-Mega
: UR -> C
Latios-Mega
: UR -> C
Chien-Pao
: D -> C+
Iron Treads
: UR -> C
So here's some basic explanations:
: Last Respects is stupid, who would've thought? But unlike vanilla Ubers this mon struggles more as for one it can't just OHKO defensive variants of 
even as the last Pokemon left, really dislikes 
's Shadow Sneak, and Swift Swim strategies are dead with primal weather from and 
removing it by coming in and out, so overall in practice it's a rather cheesy Pokemon as it's limited to the Agility set, it could possibly use more exploration, however.
252 Atk Adaptability Basculegion Last Respects (300 BP) vs. 248 HP / 68+ Def Groudon-Primal: 340-400 (84.3 - 99.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
This is a quite funny calculation.
: Easily the sturdiest answer to in the metagame, Thick Fat and Synthesis healing more while under sun means that it can be used as a soft check to Primal Groudon with Leech Seed too, the lack of utility moves compared to 
is mainly what prevents it from rising higher, but it overall has its niche.
: Thanks to Zrp200 it has been found out that this Pokemon does weird role compression between pivoting in Flip Turn and more notably Future Sight and Draco Meteor to avoid passivity compared to 
, however, that's where the niche ends as it's a bit too slow for the metagame, and faces heavy competition with 
.
: Spammable STABs, rather fast, etc. One would think it'd have deserved to be ranked higher, but besides being hard-checked by 
, it needs to Terastallize to apply immediately offensive pressure, having no defensive utility whatsoever or Knock Off also does no favors.
: Basically a slightly better 
, it loses on the 
leads (which is the sole reason wasn't sent to UR), but Booster Energy gives it a really high speed tier without a choice lock to ensure Stealth Rock, this complemented with Rapid Spin to annoy other leads, and higher overall bulk let it do its job as a suicide lead better.
Basculegion
: UR -> B-Venusaur-Mega
: UR -> CLatios-Mega
: UR -> CChien-Pao
: D -> C+Iron Treads
: UR -> CSo here's some basic explanations:
: Last Respects is stupid, who would've thought? But unlike vanilla Ubers this mon struggles more as for one it can't just OHKO defensive variants of even as the last Pokemon left, really dislikes 's Shadow Sneak, and Swift Swim strategies are dead with primal weather from and removing it by coming in and out, so overall in practice it's a rather cheesy Pokemon as it's limited to the Agility set, it could possibly use more exploration, however.252 Atk Adaptability Basculegion Last Respects (300 BP) vs. 248 HP / 68+ Def Groudon-Primal: 340-400 (84.3 - 99.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
This is a quite funny calculation.
: Easily the sturdiest answer to in the metagame, Thick Fat and Synthesis healing more while under sun means that it can be used as a soft check to Primal Groudon with Leech Seed too, the lack of utility moves compared to is mainly what prevents it from rising higher, but it overall has its niche.: Thanks to Zrp200 it has been found out that this Pokemon does weird role compression between pivoting in Flip Turn and more notably Future Sight and Draco Meteor to avoid passivity compared to , however, that's where the niche ends as it's a bit too slow for the metagame, and faces heavy competition with .: Spammable STABs, rather fast, etc. One would think it'd have deserved to be ranked higher, but besides being hard-checked by , it needs to Terastallize to apply immediately offensive pressure, having no defensive utility whatsoever or Knock Off also does no favors.: Basically a slightly better , it loses on the leads (which is the sole reason wasn't sent to UR), but Booster Energy gives it a really high speed tier without a choice lock to ensure Stealth Rock, this complemented with Rapid Spin to annoy other leads, and higher overall bulk let it do its job as a suicide lead better.
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Remains an excellent Pokemon, though I thought that support Arceus would drop Taunt for other moves, which would have been even nicer for Zygarde. Offensive sets are quite good in this metagame, though I'm not a huge fan of LO, as Zygarde's bulk comes from its gargantuan HP.
Never ever deadweight, and its base 130 Speed is helpful as ever. Offensive or Support sets are all excellent. Providing an emergency switch-in to POgre is also welcomed.
Nothing has changed for Arceus-Ground, and the metagame is still lacking switch-ins to SD Groundium-Z sets, especially those with Taunt. Pair this with offensive PDon and you can weaken Giratina-O for the other to sweep.
I'm not sold on Ho-Oh being S- rank. Brave Bird is close to mandatory now, otherwise offensive PDon, POgre, Eternatus to name a few can switch in with near impunity. Haven't tried CB variants, though they might be legit as those that I encountered were quite hard to maneuver around.
S ranks should be for metagame-defining threats, and I don't think Yveltal is there yet. It can struggle against more offensive teams, and the resurgence of Arceus-Fairy doesn't help either. LO variants also have what I call the Marsh- syndrome (of course to a lesser extent), either KO or be KO'd as you need all the offensive EVs you can get. This is particularly apparent against POgre, Fire move PDon and Ho-Oh if lacking Knock Off. It is still an amazing Pokemon though.
I wanted to put this in A and there's definitely a distance between the aforementioned two. Still, it does its usual job.
