okay you're absolutely right but here was my thought process when i made the kingler team a few months ago:
thinking in current gen okay sheer force liquidation is a pain in the ass to switch into, i will do that with waterfall in bw
then waterfall was illegal and I got sad so I ran crabhammer instead and forgot to change the ability.
Hyper Cutter is probably better. Intimidate shuffling is an annoying thing people can do with stuff like Mawile and Krokorok, so it's nice to have insurance against that. Shell Armour is great on screens too like you said, I've lost games bc my Kingler got crit behind screens before so yea. Up to you which you wanna do, good catch!
(dragon, water)
(dragon, poison)
Mudsdale
Silvally-Fairy
Audino
Lurantis
Tangela
Claydol
Kadabra
Simisage
Silvally-Water
Bellossom
Camerupt
Sawsbuck
Servine
Stunfisk
Cradily
Drifblim
Granbull
Natu
Ditto
Exeggutor
Shuckle
Silvally-Ghost
Smeargle
A+ to S: 100% agree. I would go so far as to say that Simipour is the best mon in the format. At the very least, its impact has no rival. People aren't running Mantine for Swanna, after all. A lot of the new choices for glue go back to Simipour being the best revenge killer and arguably the best wallbreaker as well. Solid S mon.
A+ to S: I have to disagree with this one, I think it is either good where it is or worth a very small drop to A. While I completely agree that Specs Dark Pulse is crazy free, Shiftry can prove to be clunky to use. It barely provides anything in terms of cohesion and thanks to its iffy typing it can be sometimes hard to bring in. So while yes, it is an excellent mon for checking a lot, it can be difficult to bring into a position to do said checking. I have it on a sample (that im going to replace) so I do think its definitely good, but overall its a tough mon to bring in that adds little to the team besides its amazing wallbreaking. The upper cuts of the meta in A+ are a high bar and Shiftry doesn't quite get in imo.
B to A-: One of my favorite things about Pokemon metagames in particular are the unintended side-effects of certain shifts. One of the big ones from the most recent shift was how the surge of Simipour made hazard control easier...because now Simipour's solid counter of Tentacool has plenty of opportunities to come in and demand to spin. There are also other factors such as Vileplume slowly starting to lose popularity (I'll get there) that make Tentacool and its assets (like Toxic Spikes) a lot more valuable and viable as well. Overall I would not go so far as to say that Tentacool belongs on most teams. However, put it on a balance or semistall team and it can pull its weight pretty well.
B+ to A+: Friends, it is time. It is time to admit that Specs Swoobat does work. A lot of work. When we lost Throh and more importantly Circle Throw, a lot of teams suddenly needed some way to deal with setup mons. Specs Swoobat is here to punish close to all of them. Specs Swoobat also checks a lot of the up-and-comers like Monferno surprisingly well. Combine all of that with being the 3rd fastest unboosted mon in the tier with U-Turn and a big enough movepool that you can choose the targets to neutralize and you are left with a genuine staple mon. This is the hill I am dying on apparently.
A+ to A: Natu is in the weird position that it is very good at its job. Natu is so good that the entire hazard meta shifted heavily to beat just Natu. So now Natu isn't as good. It is bad because it was so good that everything moved to counter it so it is now countered. My point is that Natu is still well worth the positioning in A. A drop is warranted I agree with that, but to A- is overkill. I have actually started using Reflect on Natu as well, that way it supports the team and beats some of those rockers more consistently.
A- to B+: The Sleep ban was hard for Vileplume. While Vileplume does still do a decent amount of support work, it is notably worse without the Sleep kill in the back. Now other support Grass mons like Torterra and even Meganium are starting to make their mark above Vileplume. One of Vileplume's biggest niches is gone over its competition, so a drop is in order.
A+ to A-: In the same vein as Vileplume, losing Sleep hurt Jumpluff a lot. The difference is that Jumpluff still has a decent amount of positives in its camp to warrant use. The fast U-Turn is fantastic, and Jumpluff still has that great coverage and nuke of an Acrobatics. A lot of people just replaced Sleep Powder with either Encore, Stun Spore, or Substitute and the support and SD sets still work fine. Even so, its drop in popularity and its success that can be seen from its recent replays is a sure sign of Jumpluff falling from grace. A+ no more.
-> B+
S -> B+
A -> A-
A- -> B-
A -> A-
A- -> B
C -> B+
B+ -> B
A- -> B
D -> B-
is an almost mandatory pick for most teams. The high speed tier with Fake Out and U-turn is hard to pass up on. We see some other big players like 
and 
uses were as a lead, but that's not too surprising given its nature as a HO lead. 
and 
haven't seen too much usage in the past as leads but apparently have their merits shown here. Armaldo being able to set rocks as well as beat an opposing Glalie lead and limit or get rid of its Spikes is insanely useful as well as its ability to tank attacks from Purugly leads for days and possibly beat it if it runs a lure Superpower. Unfortunately it's still a Stealth Rock weak spinner and is very slow which gives it a pretty big handicap.
really came out this year and showed people how potent it can be. It saw some diversity in sets from SD to Scarf to Focus Sash lead, but with the lack of sturdy Pokemon that resist both Fire and Fighting (
has no recovery, and 
is a shitmon and all 3 are beaten by Thunder Punch(edit: forgot about 
even though I mention it later but still suffers from the Thunder Punch)) Monferno can be extremely hard to deal with. Defensive 
, 
, 
, and 
/ 
A > A+ : Golduck is the closest to Choice Simipour sets you can get, difference being it is not busted. Golduck has been a top tier Scarfer that, like Simipour, can abuse the lack of consistent Water switch-ins, but I wouldn`t call it a rise for that reason only. Rain had been a dominant force for the entirety of PUWC and not only Golduck is the best rain abuser in the tier, it is also one of the best to use against rain because of Cloud Nine. Basically Golduck in the rain has no good switch-ins and its presence forced people to start prepping really hard for rain with stuff like Rain Dish Tentacool and full SpDef Frillish.
A > A+ : Purugly was an absolute beast of a mon in PUWC with its ever clutch priority access, speed tier and U-turn. For reference, not only Purugly made it into top 10 usage in PUWC, it also boasts an incredible 77.78% winrate. It also had a pretty respectable PUPL winrate.
B > B+ or A- : I feel like Frillish was always underrated. This mon ain't passive at all, it is incredibly annoying to switch into Night Shade + WoW and Taunt blocks attempts to heal against slower mons. It is one of the best Monferno answers, spinblocks Tentacool (it might cost your Eviolite but it could still be worth it), SpDef Frillish is among the best rain answers. Fun fact you can even beat Scraggy if you speedcreep it and get lucky against Shed Skin (but don't use it as the answer ofc).
B > B+ : This is just not a B mon, really strong, really fast when Quick Feet activates, one could even be inclined to say that it is in the same threat level of Stoutland, as of now I wouldn't agree with it because although Ursaring doesn't rely too much on predict like Stoutland it is still worn down way too quickly for it to be a consistent wallbreaker, mainly when stacking hazards against it, Stoutland also has the luxury of having the access of the rare Pursuit. Nonetheless I still think Ursaring is around B+ rank viability and honestly not too far from A- imo. 
UR > D or C : This mon is not a world beater but it is def usable. The things that it brings to the table are not big but they are cheesy enough to take into consideration for at least a D rank nom. What sets Regigigas apart from the numerous Normal wallbreakers is its potential to abuse the 50% chance to hit yourself when in confusion, so it idealizes Substitute + Confuse Ray to have a chance of breaking past mons and take long enough to get rid of your own Slow Start, also worth noting that it creates 101 HP Subs and it has amazing bulk so it takes a bit of a dire punch to break them. I didn't create this set, huge s/os to 
B+ > B : I feel like offensive sets have some potential but they are just really underexplored and it can't switch into many things but it could def hurt when given the chance (big emphasis in the "WHEN" part), CroMuk is just straight up garbage , easy to force out, easy to wall, and it relies on Rest to heal in BW you know the drill with that.
B+ > B : Another hard mon to justify, good dual STAB but its just so outclassed as a rocker rn as Dark-types are not in high demand for it to be too special. Pursuit is also cool but it used to be better when Beheeyem was literally on every corner, Scarf is just too weak and the only big target for Scarf to pursuit is Swoobat and Band is not strong enough and outclassed by Gabite.
