Project Personal ZU Viability Rankings

[viet noa]

october time :o

(each tier is alphabetically ordered, but s tier is ordered from best to worst)

S Tier (Top 3)
Rotom
Sawk
Rhydon

A+ (4-10)
Alcremie
Altaria
Rapidash
Sandslash-Alola
Skuntank
Tangela
Thwackey

A (11-20)
Cinccino
Clefairy
Kangaskhan
Jynx
Miltank
Piloswine
Qwilfish
Silvally-Dark
Silvally-Poison
Wishiwashi

A- (21-30)
Articuno
Cramorant
Cofagrigus
Gourgeist-Small
Klinklang
Ninetales
Persian-Alola
Thievul
Throh
Stunfisk

B+ (31-40)
Appletun
Arctovish
Aurorus
Basculin
Dugtrio-Alola
Eldegoss
Frosmoth
Perrserker
Shiftry
Uxie

B (41-50)
Flapple
Gurdurr
Lurantis
Malamar
Poliwrath
Raichu
Rotom-Fan
Silvally-Electric
Silvally-Fighting
Pyukumuku

B- (51-60)
Coalossal
Crustle
Golbat
Liepard
Manectric
Morpeko
Pincurchin
Rapidash-Galar
Stunfisk-Galar
Swoobat

C+ (61-70)
Butterfree
Cradily
Cryogonal
Gourgeist-Super
Kabutops
Leafeon
Silvally-Flying
Silvally
Spiritomb
Unfezant

C (71-80)
Accelgor
Bellossom
Bouffalant
Carbink
Hattrem
Ivysaur
Lycanroc-Midnight
Musharna
Silvally-Grass
Trevenant

C- (81-85)
Ditto
Hakamo-o
Noctowl
Relicanth
Sableye

 

[viet noa]

november time :o

(each tier is alphabetically ordered)

S Tier (Top 2)
Rotom
Sawk

A+ (3-5)
Rhydon
Tangela
Wishiwashi

A (6-15)
Alcremie
Altaria
Rapidash
Jynx
Qwilfish
Rapidash
Sandslash-Alola
Silvally-Dark
Skuntank
Thwackey

A- (16-30)
Appletun
Articuno
Basculin
Cinccino
Clefairy
Cofagrigus
Cramorant
Eldegoss
Gourgeist-Small
Kangaskhan
Klinklang
Piloswine
Silvally-Poison
Thievul
Throh

B+ (31-40)
Arctovish
Aurorus
Dugtrio-Alola
Frosmoth
Liepard
Ninetales
Perrserker
Persian-Alola
Shiftry
Stunfisk

B (41-50)
Flapple
Gourgeist-Super
Gurdurr
Malamar
Poliwrath
Pyukumuku
Raichu
Rotom-Fan
Trevenant
Uxie

B- (51-60)
Coalossal
Ivysaur
Lurantis
Manectric
Morpeko
Shiinotic
Silvally-Electric
Silvally-Fighting
Spiritomb
Swoobat

C+ (61-70)
Butterfree
Crustle
Cryogonal
Kabutops
Leafeon
Pincurchin
Rapidash-Galar
Silvally-Flying
Silvally
Unfezant

C (71-80)
Accelgor
Bouffalant
Carbink
Cradily
Hattrem
Lopunny
Lycanroc-Midnight
Sableye
Shedinja
Silvally-Grass

 

[viet noa]

january time :o
(im not as caught up with the meta)
(each tier is alphabetically ordered)

A+ (Top 5)
Aurorus
Qwilfish
Rotom
Sandslash-Alola
Sawk

A (6-15)
Alcremie
Altaria
Eldegoss
Miltank
Rhydon
Silvally-Dark
Tangela
Throh
Thwackey
Wishiwashi

A- (16-25)
Clefairy
Dugtrio-Alola
Gourgeist-Small
Jynx
Klinklang
Piloswine
Silvally-Poison
Skuntank
Stunfisk
Thievul

B+ (26-35)
Articuno
Basculin
Cinccino
Cramorant
Kangaskhan
Manectric
Perrserker
Poliwrath
Rapidash
Shiftry

B (36-45)
Abomasnow
Appletun
Frosmoth
Gurdurr
Liepard
Malamar
Ninetales
Persian-Alola
Silvally-Fighting
Uxie

B- (46-55)
Accelgor
Coalossal
Flapple
Gourgeist-Super
Kabutops
Lunatone
Morpeko
Raichu
Silvally-Electric
Unfezant

C+ (56-65)
Crustle
Hattrem
Rotom-Fan
Sableye
Shiinotic
Silvally
Silvally-Flying
Silvally-Psychic
Spiritomb
Trevenant

C (66-75)
Bouffalant
Butterfree
Ivysaur
Leafeon
Lurantis
Lycanroc-Midnight
Pyukumuku
Pincurchin
Rapidash-Galar
Swoobat

 

[5Dots]

Might as well do one now that Arctovish suspect is going on.

VR Takes

S
Qwilfish (Best Spiker and Wall + Great SD Sweeper + set variety)
Rotom (Best fast pivot + special wallbreaker + set variety)


A+
Alcremie (Premier special sweeper + cleric + set variety)
Rhydon (Premier Stealth Rock User + tank)
Sawk (Premier wallbreaker + set variety but has trouble with physical walls/offensive teams; also sinks momentum with incorrect prediction)
Thwackey (Fantastic utility all around + great revenge killer)
Wishiwashi (Best slow pivot + Top status absorber)

A
Articuno (Slush Rush is unbanned)
Cinccino (Top-notch revenge killer + utility with knock and u-turn)
Miltank (Premier cleric but passive; great all-around check to variety of attackers/walls)
Silvally-Poison (best mixed attacker + great offensive/defensive typing)
Tangela (terrific physical wall)

A-
(has trouble getting onto the field safely; set syndrome but nevertheless effective at wallbreaking + beating some top tier threats)
Altaria (Good cleric + all-purpose physical wall but passive + 4mss)
Clefairy (strong defensive typing + utility. can’t run teleport + soft-boiled which sucks)
Eldegoss (More splashable than Tangela + rapid spin but lacks options like toxic and knock off; worse special attack stat and physical bulk)
Gourgeist-Small (versatile in sets + great speed tier)
Jynx (Threatening with choice/boots + kiss but can’t take a hit)
Kangaskhan (best blanket check to offense + abuser to hazard stack)
Klinklang (dangerous against teams without a steel resist and nice choice user)
Poliwrath (Basically the all-rounder for offense/defense, kinda slow which stinks)
Rapidash (TangDash is good now, revenge killing is nice)
Silvally-Dark (Less splashable than Silvally-poison but still very dangerous)
Skuntank (NP Sweeper is great but I started liking Defog + physical sets)
Stunfisk (Great special wall but passive)
Uxie (I hate facing against NP sets; defensive pivot is still great)

B+
Basculin (VoltTurn is great but basculin just needs more bulk)
Dugtrio-Alola (SubToxic + LO is excellent)
Frosmoth (Same old QD sweeper)
Gurdurr (More physical bulk than Throh + more power + can do bulk up sets better but worse special bulk + lacks phazing)
Perrserker (I hate switching into this thing without a water or tang)
Persian-Alola (faster than vish and offers great pivoting and utility)
Piloswine (Ice STAB + priority + being faster than Rhydon makes it harder to fit)
Rotom-Fan (Bulky Rotom with more power but worse STABs and less speed)
Silvally-Fighting (A fighting-type that beats qwil Cuno and tang is cool)
Thievul (Bulkier meta and clefairy + Cuno rising doesn’t help, still good for stakeout breaking)
Throh (More special bulk than Gurdurr + Circle throw but worse power + lacks mach)

B
Appletun (bulky grass that has apple acid)
Coalossal (Passive but actually pretty durable)
Cramorant (Nice defogger)
Flapple (i do not like missing)
Kabutops (nice scarfer + utility as stealth rock setter)
Malamar (block acupressure is not a set)
Manectric (solid revenge killer but hates snow slash leaving)
Morpeko (fun CB user; utility sets are worse IMO)
Ninetales (NP sweeper that has worse defensive typing and needs boots)
Shiftry (Found this hard to fit over other darks and grasses)

B-
Accelgor (Specs is best but suicide lead is overused)
Exeggutor (Hits hard with specs and is more favorable without hail)
Golbat (NP sets are fun)
Liepard (Not very splashable at all and is weak even with NP or CB)
Raichu (Faster than mane and has knock, also has nasty plot)
Spiritomb - (CB sets still have use)
Silvally (Silvally that can use an item is nice)
Silvally-Flying (good mixed attacker and works well with unfezant)
Stunfisk-Galar (decent stealth rock setter and great typing)
Unfezant (good choice bird, works well with flying-vally)

C+
Abomasnow (Decent wallbreaker but really needed snowslash to be here)
Cryogonal (nice rapid spin utillity as a fast special wall)
Crustle (SS and decent suicide lead)
Hattrem (magic bounce and has some utility)
Lunatone (Budget aurorus works decently)
Lurantis (better without hail)
Sableye (annoying utility mon)
silvally: Silvally-Electric (Works well in theory but faces too much competition from other electrics and silvallies)
Trevenant (harder but slower gourgeist)

C
Beheeyem (Trick room doesn’t suck, also suprising NP sweeper)
Bouffalant (sits on grasses)
Butterfree (worse Frosmoth with sleep and more accurate hurricanes that can still miss)
Carracosta (SS sweeper that has better defensive and offensive typing, also has priority and solid rock)
Gourgeist-Super (Okay tank)
(magic guard and faster than Jynx, can run LO more effectively)
Musharna (Decent CM sweeper + great future sight user)
Pyukumuku (Stall is okay)
Rapidash-Galar (Nice speed and typing and has variety of sets. Can work on e terrain but that sucks)
Shiinotic (Specs are best)
Silvally-Psychic (generic SD sweeper that puts in work)
Type: Null (okay pivot)

C-
Boltund (functional revenge killer)
Drifblim (E-terrain sucks)
Ivysaur (Sun sucks)
Leafeon (Sun sucks)
Lilligant (fastest QD sweeper but worse defensive typing + no coverage)
Ludicolo (late-game sweeper but kinda weak)
lycanroc (okay sweeper and choice user but difficult to justify over other rocks)
Marowak (good TR attacker)
Pincurchin (E-terrain sucks)
Shuckle (Webs suck)
Swoobat (E-terrain sucks)

 

[viet noa]

march pre-shift time :o
(im not as caught up with the meta)
(each tier is alphabetically ordered, but s tier is ordered from best to worst)

S (Top 3)
Rotom
Miltank
Sawk

A+ (4-10)
Alcremie
Articuno
Eldegoss
Klinklang
Qwilfish
Rhydon
Silvally-Dark

A (11-20)
Altaria
Dugtrio-Alola
Gourgeist-Small
Jynx
Perrserker
Rapidash
Tangela
Throh
Thwackey
Wishiwashi

A- (21-25)
Clefairy
Piloswine
Silvally-Poison
Skuntank
Stunfisk

B+ (26-35)
Appletun
Basculin
Cinccino
Cramorant
Exeggutor
Kangaskhan
Poliwrath
Shiftry
Silvally-Fighting
Thievul

B (36-45)
Frosmoth
Gourgeist-Super
Gurdurr
Lunatone
Lycanroc-Midnight
Manectric
Ninetales
Persian-Alola
Silvally-Flying
Uxie

B- (46-55)
Coalossal
Flapple
Kabutops
Liepard
Malamar
Morpeko
Rapidash-Galar
Shiinotic
Silvally-Psychic
Stunfisk-Galar

C+ (56-65)
Abomasnow
Accelgor
Crustle
Raichu
Rotom-Fan
Sableye
Silvally
Silvally-Electric
Trevenant
Unfezant

C (66-70)
Ivysaur
Leafeon
Pincurchin
Spiritomb
Swoobat

 

[viet noa]

april time :o
(each tier is alphabetically ordered, but a+
tier is ordered from best to worst)

A+ (Top 5)
Miltank
Rotom
Klinklang
Basculin
Jynx

A (6-15)
Alcremie
Articuno
Froslass
Poliwrath
Qwilfish
Rapidash
Rhydon
Sawk
Silvally-Dark
Thwackey

A- (16-25)
Altaria
Cramorant
Dugtrio-Alola
Gourgeist-Small
Manectric
Piloswine
Silvally-Poison
Skuntank
Tangela
Throh

B+ (26-35)
Appletun
Clefairy
Coalossal
Kangaskhan
Lycanroc-Midnight
Morpeko
Silvally-Electric
Silvally-Fighting
Stunfisk
Thievul

B (36-45)
Exeggutor
Gurdurr
Lunatone
Malamar
Ninetales
Persian-Alola
Raichu
Shiftry
Silvally-Flying
Uxie

B- (46-55)
Flapple
Gourgeist-Super
Kabutops
Liepard
Rapidash-Galar
Shiinotic
Silvally-Psychic
Silvally-Water
Stunfisk-Galar
Type-Null

C+ (56-65)
Abomasnow
Accelgor
Crustle
Rotom-Fan
Golbat
Roselia
Sableye
Silvally
Spiritomb
Unfezant

C (66-70)
Cradily
Ivysaur
Leafeon
Pincurchin
Swoobat

 

[viet noa]

may time :o
(each tier is alphabetically ordered)

S (Top 5)
Alcremie
Klinklang
Rotom
Sawk
Stunfisk

A+ (None)

A (5-10)
Articuno
Jynx
Miltank
Rhydon
Tangela

A- (11-15)
Altaria
Froslass
Persian-Alola
Silvally-Poison
Thwackey

B+ (16-25)
Appletun
Clefairy
Gurdurr
Malamar
Piloswine
Poliwrath
Qwilfish
Rapidash
Silvally-Dark
Skuntank

B (26-35)
Coalossal
Cramorant
Dugtrio-Alola
Gourgeist-Small
Kangaskhan
Musharna
Morpeko
Silvally-Fighting
Throh
Uxie

B- (36-45)
Exeggutor
Ivysaur
Liepard
Lycanroc-Midnight
Manectric
Rapidash-Galar
Sableye
Shiinotic
Shiftry
Thievul

C+ (46-55)
Flapple
Golbat
Gourgeist-Super
Ninetales
Pincurchin
Pyukumuku
Silvally-Electric
Silvally-Flying
Spiritomb
Swoobat

C (56-65)
Abomasnow
Accelgor
Crustle
Kabutops
Leafeon
Lilligant
Lunatone
Lurantis
Silvally
Type-Null

C- (66-75)
Cryogonal
Hattrem
Ludicolo
Pawniard
Raichu
Rotom-Fan
Silvally-Psychic
Silvally-Water
Stunfisk-Galar
Unfezant

 

[kay]

Time to give noa a break and break the streak

Each one is ordered by viability in their own ranks from best to worst

S:

Sawk

Rotom


A+:

Rhydon

Articuno

Tangela

Alcremie

Klinklang

Jynx

Miltank

Thwacky


A:

Stunfisk

Altaria

Silvally-Poison

Persian-Alola

A-:

Rapidash

Kangaskhan

Skuntank

Silvally-Dark

Cramorant

Clefairy

Gurdurr

Poliwrath

Froslass

Qwilfish

Uxie



B+:

Pyukumuku

Gourgeist-Small

Malamar

Appletun

Throh

Dugtrio-Alola

Shiftry

Ninetales

Liepard

Ivysaur

Thievul

Silvally-Flying

Musharna

Morpeko

Piloswine


B:

Spiritomb

Flapple

Exeggutor

Silvally-Electric

Kabutops

Lycanroc-Midnight

Rapidash-Galar

Silvally-Fighting

Accelgor

Gourgeist-Super)

Sableye


B-:

Unfezant

Golbat

Rotom-Spin

Silvally-Normal

Cryognal

Trevenant

Type: Null

Lurantis

Raichu

Manectric

Coalossal

C+:

Pinchurin

Drifblim

Abomasnow

Shiinotic

Ludicolo

Silvally-Water

Crustle

Stunfisk-Galar

Lunatone

Lilligagant

Leafeon


C:

Butterfree

Silvally-Psychic

Bouffalant

Beheeyem

Hattrem

Swoobat

C-:

Cradily

Lapras

Shuckle

 

[viet noa]

may time :o
(each tier is alphabetically ordered)

S (Top 5)
Alcremie
Klinklang
Miltank
Rotom
Sawk

A+ (None)

A (5-10)
Articuno
Jynx
Rhydon
Stunfisk
Tangela

A- (11-15)
Altaria
Froslass
Persian-Alola
Silvally-Poison
Thwackey

B+ (16-25)
Appletun
Clefairy
Gurdurr
Malamar
Piloswine
Poliwrath
Qwilfish
Rapidash
Silvally-Dark
Skuntank

B (26-35)
Coalossal
Cramorant
Dugtrio-Alola
Gourgeist-Small
Kangaskhan
Musharna
Morpeko
Silvally-Fighting
Throh
Uxie

B- (36-45)
Exeggutor
Ivysaur
Liepard
Lycanroc-Midnight
Manectric
Rapidash-Galar
Sableye
Shiinotic
Shiftry
Thievul

C+ (46-55)
Flapple
Golbat
Gourgeist-Super
Ninetales
Pincurchin
Pyukumuku
Silvally-Electric
Silvally-Flying
Spiritomb
Swoobat

C (56-65)
Abomasnow
Accelgor
Crustle
Kabutops
Leafeon
Lilligant
Lunatone
Lurantis
Silvally
Type-Null

C- (66-75)
Cryogonal
Hattrem
Ludicolo
Pawniard
Raichu
Rotom-Fan
Silvally-Psychic
Silvally-Water
Stunfisk-Galar
Unfezant

made some edits to this list. with ZULT, a lot has changed over the past 10 days

 

[diegoyuhhi]

my own personal vr, will give reasonings if asked
(made this without looking at the vr, then took a look at it to put all the mons i had forgot)
kinda ordered from best to worst, gets more imprecise the deeper you go in the list

S:
Alcremie
Rotom
Klinklang

A+:
Stunfisk
Rapidash
Miltank
Articuno
Tangela

A:
Dugtrio-Alola
Altaria
Sawk
Gourgeist-Super
Morpeko
Poliwrath

A-:
Persian-Alola
Gurdurr
Froslass
Thwackey
Kangaskhan
Lilligant
Uxie
Skuntank
Clefairy

B+:
Manectric
Cramorant
Lurantis
Gourgeist-Small
Silvally-Poison
Accelgor
Rapidash-Galar
Liepard
Jynx
Qwilfish

B:
Sableye
Flapple
Throh
Silvally-Dark
Rhydon
Raichu
Unfezant
Lycanroc-M
Appletun
Silvally-Water
Piloswine

B-:
Pincurchin
Silvally-Psychic
Silvally-Fighting
Shiftry
Cryogonal
Spiritomb
Thievul
Hattrem
Pyukumuku
Kabutops
Carracosta
Musharna
Coalossal

C+:
Bouffalant
Golbat
Lunatone
Shiinotic
Crustle
Silvally-Electric
Silvally-Flying
Ludicolo
Ninetales
Exeggutor
Ivysaur

C:
Beheeyem
Swoobat
Roselia
Stunfisk-Galar
Hakamo-o
Type: Null
Leafeon
Electivire
Rotom-Fan

C-:
Drifblim
Pawniard
Silvally-Grass
Corsola
Lickilicky
Ditto
Orbeetle
Silvally
Abomasnow
Magnemite
Wigglytuff

on VR to UR:
Trevenant
Butterfree
Shedinja
Shuckle

 

[viet noa]

june time :o
(each tier is alphabetically ordered)

S (Top 5)
Alcremie
Klinklang
Rotom
Sawk
Stunfisk

A+ (5-10)
Articuno
Jynx
Miltank
Rhydon
Tangela

A (10-15)
Altaria
Froslass
Persian-Alola
Silvally-Poison
Thwackey

A- (15-20)
Clefairy
Qwilfish
Rapidash
Silvally-Dark
Skuntank

B+ (20-30)
Appletun
Coalossal
Dugtrio-Alola
Gourgeist-Small
Gurdurr
Kangaskhan
Piloswine
Poliwrath
Rapidash-Galar
Uxie

B (31-40)
Cramorant
Lilligant
Lurantis
Musharna
Morpeko
Sableye
Silvally-Fighting
Stunfisk-Galar
Thievul
Throh

B- (41-50)
Exeggutor
Golbat
Gourgeist-Super
Ivysaur
Kabutops
Liepard
Lycanroc-Midnight
Manectric
Ninetales
Shiftry

C+ (51-60)
Crustle
Flapple
Hattrem
Pincurchin
Pyukumuku
Shiinotic
Silvally-Electric
Silvally-Flying
Spiritomb
Swoobat

C (60-70)
Abomasnow
Accelgor
Leafeon
Lunatone
Raichu
Rotom-Fan
Silvally
Silvally-Grass
Type-Null
Unfezant

C- (71-75)
Bouffalant
Cryogonal
Pawniard
Silvally-Psychic
Silvally-Water

 

[diegoyuhhi]

ah shit i did it again
adapted from my last one, copy-pasted it and moved some stuff around
once again every tier kinda ordered from best to worst

S:
Klinklang
Rotom
Miltank

A+:
Rapidash
Articuno
Stunfisk
Altaria
Poliwrath

A:
Sawk
Palossand
Tangela
Alcremie
Skuntank
Thwackey
Clefairy
Sableye

A-:
Gurdurr
Jynx
Cryogonal
Morpeko
Lilligant
Qwilfish
Gourgeist-Super
Pawniard
Persian-Alola
Uxie
Exeggutor

B+:
Dugtrio-Alola
Manectric
Lurantis
Accelgor
Throh
Froslass
Cramorant
Roselia
Gourgeist-Small
Silvally-Poison

B:
Liepard
Rhydon
Raichu
Unfezant
Lycanroc-M
Kabutops
Piloswine
Kangaskhan
Silvally-Dark
Silvally-Electric
Pyukumuku
Appletun

B-:
Silvally-Fighting
Rapidash-Galar
Ninetales
Flapple
Shiftry
Ivysaur
Pincurchin
Silvally-Psychic
Abomasnow

C+:
Silvally-Grass
Bouffalant
Natu
Hattrem
Golbat
Lunatone
Heatmor
Thievul
Silvally-Water
Silvally-Flying
Ludicolo
Coalossal

C:
Raboot
Beheeyem
Corsola
Spiritomb
Swoobat
Carracosta
Ditto
Type: Null
Electivire
Pikachu
Musharna
Stunfisk-Galar
Crustle

C-:
Leafeon
Rotom-Fan
Orbeetle
Lickilicky
Hakamo-o
Silvally
Shedinja
Mawile
Drifblim
Shiinotic

 

[Greybaum]

pretty sure im done with this tier now that danny beat me down in ssnl but i decided i'd leave some spicy opinions for nobody to agree with until 3 months from now where everyone collectively agrees i was correct

S
Cofagrigus
changed my mind this mon is busted tbh, it hurts the miltank/articuno cores though so it'll be a shame when it's inevitably banned

broken, zu power level is too low and a smart player can keep this thing alive forever unless you can force it to take 80% to "trade" with your breaker. won't be banned though.
Rotom
sitrus is the best set again

A+
Froslass
contrary to what 5gen says, i believe froslass's best set is spikes+taunt leftovers. i find chip is too much of a problem otherwise and lefties gives you more openings in the early game to set up vs mons like articuno without being put on a timer through freeze dry/uturn chip. rocks hurt lategame but this is the portion of the game where froslass is worse anyway and you've still got enough time to work through lefties healing.
Klinklang
back to S when cofa is banned
Jynx
Perrserker
i predict this to be the last ban zu makes. probably deserves it too between lash out/seed bomb coverage guessing games but it's the only thing holding back the septic tank of a meta that existed before it dropped so it's a real shame
Qwilfish
spikes good perrserker answer good
Skuntank
jynx perr and skunk are the only consistently reliable wincons in the tier. if you are using balance and arent building around one of these three (or cofa) you're making bad decisions.
Tangela

A
Alcremie
Altaria
Articuno
you guys are crazy for thinking this is S. unlike miltank it can actually be pressured somewhat easily, mostly through knock off and hazard setters that don't suck. it's a bad defogger because palo stocks are way down and i think people using unviable stealth rock setters like defensive rock slide piloswine or non-curse gunfisk is the only reason this isnt a common opinion. after cofa goes, palo stocks will be forced to go up to answer sawk and this thing will be back in a+. slight addendum that it can beat some of the good rockers (e.g. toxic stunfisk) but only if it fully commits to heal bell which makes it even more bait for perr
Cryogonal
and you guys are even crazier for this. short justification is cuno's physdef bulk is irrelevant for anything except jynx (which forces you to put 100+ EVs into def investment anyway) or eggy, and uturn isnt valuable outside of perrserker compositions. knock off is absolutely more useful since it deters perrserker from coming in and the speed gives you the means to offensively pressure mons like rotom and gourg. this is slightly better than cuno as a dedicated spdef mon. offensive spreads are also lowkey nice. will deserve b+ or even lower after perr is banned but rn it's genuinely better than cuno on most teams.
Palossand
still fine
Rapidash
run sd more
Rhydon
Stunfisk
Thwackey

A-
Ivysaur
Liepard
sun is broken
Morpeko
good spinner, a rare attribute
Persian-Alola
Sawk
it'll go to A when cofa is gone but scarf sets have been cheeks for ages, run black belt or band only.
Shiftry
sun is broken
Uxie

B+
Dugtrio-Alola
Exeggutor
Flapple
Gourgeist-Small
it's just a trick bot in this meta
Lycanroc-Midnight
Pawniard
Roselia
s/o obb
Sableye
Stunfisk-Galar

B
Coalossal
Clefairy
Gurdurr
bad at absorbing status because it cant recover off residual damage at all and too many mons blank it. even if cofa gets banned it's not like you're taking on alcremie qwilfish sableye etc. you're just taking hazards, poison, and dropping because 3% from drain punch isn't good recovery. good status spreader w/ toxic though.
Kabutops
Kangaskhan
Lunatone
Pincurchin
Poliwrath
i clicked specs focus blast on a miltank and it lived. has to make too many guesses for a mon that cant come in often and physdef is bad and has been for ages, too easy to wear down and doesn't do enough back because hazards arent good enough to make circle throw a strong option. generally worse than throh too
Rapidash-Galar
Silvally
yes all of them. i can't be bothered to tier them separately. they're all awful defensively because they have no way to remediate chip damage (e.g. leftovers, boots, recovery) and SD sets all fall into the same general area of "ok breakers, but have to be preserved all game or sacked to weaken miltank" and generic physdef mons like cofa/tang being the style right now also hurt it
Thievul
this thing is broken cheese but why is it like 4 ranks above the only reason it's good on the actual vr (pinc)
Throh

B-
Accelgor
Bouffalant
underrated breaker w/ sd head charge throat chop sets
Butterfree
sleep powder qd sets are actually so nasty
Carracosta
becomes 5x better when you stop running aqua jet
Cramorant
Golbat
Manectric
Ninetales
Raichu
Rotom-Fan

C+
Abomasnow
needs to get every turn right to hit anything remotely hard
Beheeyem
Crustle
Gourgeist-Super
Leafeon
not worth running alongside both ivy and shiftry most of the time imo but sun is broken
Lilligant
Ludicolo
Musharna
Unfezant

C
Appletun
bad move coverage, can't break spdef mons
Hakamo-o
ranked
Lurantis
bad damage output only 8pp recovery
Mawile
Oranguru
ranked
Spiritomb
explore nasty plot before unranking it. otherwise: see pyuku and shed
Swoobat
Type: Null

c- is a bad tier

Unranked
Drifblim
Hattrem
Piloswine
offensive sets are fine but just use rhydon
Pyukumuku
move this back to C if kay unretires but nobody else is building viable stall builds
Shedinja
move this back to C if kay unretires but nobody else is building viable stall builds
Shiinotic
Shuckle
webs are garbage when anything can run boots at any time
Trevenant
people run sap sipper miltank for some reason and until they stop this is a worse gourgeist

vr done

on an unrelated note if you're seriously unwilling to test miltank after cofa goes then test centiskorch for an unban instead. dies to knock off, needs hazard support or multiple turns of ramp up for fire lash to output banworthy levels of damage and is a healthy addition to the tier through being the only good offensive perrserker check that isn't sd qwilfish. every defensive mon in the tier can cripple it very well between toxic/sleep/knock/helmet stoss/super effective attacks and it's slow enough to be forced out reliably

 

[Apagogie]

With the final update released, here is my personal vr update of the end of the generation.

Best Pokémon/most broken mon in the metagame.
S
Klinklang

Most of your teams should be composed by these mons due to their consistency. They are also difficult to abuse and are usually very flexible in term of sets which can patch the weaknesses of your team to make it more viable.
A+
Alcremie
Articuno
Froslass
Miltank
Qwilfish
Rotom

Most of your teams should be composed by these mons due to their utility/ability to counter important mons in the metagame or threating power. They can be punished in specific scenarios or difficult to play.
A
Altaria
Jynx
Palossand
Rapidash
Rhydon
Silvally-Dark
Sawk
Skuntank
Tangela

These mons have interesting utility and are usually relatively easy to fit in teams or are high threats alert. They ask more support that mons in higher ranks and cannot fit in every team.
A-
Clefairy
Cofagrigus
Lurantis
Sableye
Silvally-Poison
Shiftry
Stunfisk
Thwackey

Contrary to the mons ranked above, the mons we will encounter are usually harder to fit in teams. B+ rank is a collection of mons hard to play against in a battle, sometimes very threating but which can face harder match up which make them sometimes pretty inconsistent. It is however still relatively easy to build around their use. AntiMeta mons.
B+
Cryogonal
Dugtrio-Alola
Gourgeist-Small
Ivysaur
Lilligant
Lycanroc-Midnight
Morpeko
Persian-Alola
Rapidash-Galar
Thievul
Uxie


These mons are the same than mons in B+ but are less easy to build around their use & can encounter bad match up which decrease significantly their utility in a battle. They stay major threats in the right conditions or hard counter specific top tier threats in the metagame. AntiMeta mons.
B
Appletun
Exeggutor
Gurdurr
Kabutops
Kangaskhan
Liepard
Lunatone
Pawniard
Piloswine
Poliwrath
Silvally-Fighting
Stunfisk-Galar

Mons which are very awkward to fit in teams but you sometimes cannot do anything to answer them, even in the teambuilding session. They exist for the worst.
B-
Accelgor
Butterfree
Coalossal
Cramorant
Crustle
Flapple
Manectric
Pincurchin
Pyukumuku
Roselia
Rotom-Fan
Throh

You can lose randomly against those since you are not always prepared to face them but actually if you take them into account in the teambuilding, they should never be an issue.
C+
Abomasnow
Bouffalant
Golbat
Raichu
Silvally-Electric
Silvally-Flying
Silvally-Grass
Spiritomb
Swoobat
Trevenant

Mons which look scary on team preview but they rarely manage to do anything extraordinary in the battle.
C
Carracosta
Gourgeist-Super
Hattrem
Ludicolo
Ninetales
Silvally
Silvally-Water
Type: Null
Unfezant

Niche/gimmicks mons which see some uses in some very specific teams but are unviable otherwise.
C-
Ditto
Leafeon
Heatmor
Shedinja
Shuckle

 

[zause]

S:
Klinklang
Miltank
Articuno
Manectric (better than Rotom, bite me)

A+:
Rapidash
Rotom
Palossand
Qwilfish (I don't usually build with Qwil but it is potent)
Tangela

A:
Alcremie
Skuntank
Sableye
Altaria
Silvally-Fighting
Dugtrio-Alola
Gourgeist-Small
Silvally-Dark
Cofagrigus

A-:
Gurdurr
Jynx
Poliwrath
Sawk
Lurantis
Froslass
Shiftry
Lycanroc-M
Kabutops

B+:
Accelgor
Silvally-Poison
Cryogonal
Persian-Alola
Stunfisk-Galar
Rhydon
Thwackey (getting walled by Cow is such a huge L)
Liepard
Rapidash-Galar
Exeggutor

B:
Unfezant
Appletun
Clefairy
Lilligant
Uxie
Stunfisk (yes it is worse than gunfisk imo)
Flapple (always hits its moves vs. me)
Coalossal
Morpeko
Gourgeist-Super
Ivysaur

B-:
Pincurchin
Silvally-Grass
Drifblim (nasty on eterrain)
Swoobat (also nasty on terrain)
Spiritomb
Ludicolo
Silvally-Water
Silvally-Electric
Bouffalant
Lunatone (bit of an mu fisher imo)
Thievul
Raichu
Throh

C+:
Golbat
Pawniard
Rotom-Fan
Crustle
Ninetales
Silvally
Piloswine

C:
Beheeyem
Carracosta
Ditto
Type: Null
Musharna
Kangaskhan
Pyukumuku
Shiinotic
Roselia


C-:
Lickilicky (this mon is so annoying)
Shedinja
Mawile
Cramorant
Silvally-Flying
Heatmor
Abomasnow

This is kind of a joke lol, don't take anything on it too seriously.