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Firstly, Jellicent still has an RU analysis despite being unranked; this should probably be removed.

Secondly, many analyses mention Pokemon either illegal in RU or unranked on the VR, and their analyses should probably updated. Several minor typographical errors are also present in various analyses.

Mega Banette: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/banette/ Contains mentions of Feraligatr, Meloetta, and Linoone, as well as a mention of unranked Comfey.
"...regardless of their Speed and power, provided they don't have any effective priority moves of their own. Notable targets of Destiny Bond include Feraligatr, Barbaracle, Zygarde-10%, Virizion, Honchkrow, and Linoone, which can threaten end-game sweeps. "
"... against bulkier foes such as Tangela, Comfey, and Florges, "
"It also gets rid of Meloetta quickly"
Bewear: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/bewear/ Contains mentions of Feraligatr and Linoone, as well as multiple mentions of unranked Jellicent.
"...as a check to many strong physical attackers such as Feraligatr"
"Ghost-type Pokemon such as Jellicent"
"...strong Pokemon reliant on contact moves such as Linoone and Flygon locked into Outrage."
z: getting revamped, dw
Bronzong: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/bronzong/ Mentions Doublade and unranked Comfey.
"It is best to remove bulky Steel-types like Registeel and Doublade..."
"Dragalge, Choice Scarf Tyrantrum, and Comfey"
z: also getting revamped
Cloyster: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/cloyster/ Several mentions of Feraligatr.
"...wallbreakers such as Zygarde-10%, Arcanine, Raikou, Metagross, and Feraligatr "
Cresselia: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/cresselia/ Mentions Doublade.
"Be careful to not give Pokemon like Escavalier, Ninetales, and Doublade a free switch,..."
Diancie: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/diancie/ru/ Mentions Feraligatr.
"Water-types such as Golisopod and Feraligatr"
Drapion: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/drapion/ Mentions Linoone, Feraligatr, and Chesnaught.
"great partners, such as Gardevoir and Linoone..."
"Offensive Water-types such as Feraligatr and Bruxish..."
"common switch-ins to Knock Off such as Chesnaught, Florges, and Virizion"
Espeon: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/espeon/ Mentions Meloetta, Steelix-Mega, Gligar, Doublade, and Linoone. Also mentions unranked Comfey.
"Psychic is Espeon's main STAB attack, 2HKOing Pokemon like Rhyperior and Gligar and having a great chance of 2HKOing Milotic after Stealth Rock damage. Shadow Ball is Espeon's main coverage move, enabling it to 2HKO Pokemon that resist Psychic such as Doublade, Registeel, and Bronzong. Dazzling Gleam allows Espeon to 2HKO most Mandibuzz variants and take out the likes of Drapion and Pangoro and has a little chance of 2HKOing Umbreon. Trick allows Espeon to render defensive switch-ins like Umbreon, Registeel, and Bronzong almost useless, as they will be locked into one move. Hidden Power Fire allows Espeon to 2HKO Escavalier and Mega Steelix. "
"...Pokemon such as Barbaracle, Zygarde-10%, and Linoone can capitalize on their Choice-locked move... "
"The likes of Virizion, Meloetta, Comfey, and Necrozma can form Calm Mind cores"
Forretress: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/forretress/ Mentions Moltres, Doublade, and unranked Jellicent.
"Rapid Spin lets Forretress act as entry hazard removal to support Pokemon like Yanmega and Moltres. However, it usually isn't a very successful spinner due to the number of Ghost-types that are able to spinblock it, such as Mismagius, Jellicent, and Doublade. "
Goodra: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/goodra/ Mentions Feraligatr, and additionally contains several typographical errors.
"Goodra's respectable Speed gives it the ability to run Choice Scarf, outpacing Choice Scarf Tyrantrum and +1 Feraligatr"
"Steel-type Pokemon such as Registeel, Metagross, Bronzong, and Escavaliercan switch into Gardevoir and Florges, which check Goodra" (There should be a space between "Escavalier" and "can".)
"Other Pokemon like Matine, Florges, and specially defensive Mandibuzz can only be hit hard if hit with the correct move or if Goodra is running Choice Specs." (Mantine is misspelled as "Matine".)
https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/machamp/ Although Machamp's analysis is free of mentions of unranked or RU-illegal Pokemon, it does have one minor typographical error.
"It makes for an excellent lead, as few Pokemon can immediately threaten it with an OHKO and it beats common Stealth Rock setters such as Registeel and Bronzong If it needs to switch in on something, it should switch in on a passive, status-reliant wall like Registeel or Milotic; inexperienced opponents might take your Machamp's lack of Flame Orb to mean it's using No Guard, so even if Machamp doesn't get statused on the switch, it might in subsequent turns." (Between the words "Bronzong" and "If", there should be a period.)
Mandibuzz: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/mandibuzz/ Mentions Feraligatr and Linoone.
"Mandibuzz is able to check offensive Pokemon like Feraligatr, Flygon, and Belly Drum Linoone in a pinch with Foul Play."
Milotic: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/milotic/ Mentions Feraligatr.
"Use Milotic's bulk to comfortably switch into threats like Dragon Dance Feraligatr, Araquanid, Mega Glalie, and Metagross, among others."
Necrozma: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/necrozma/ Mentions Feraligatr.
"Setup sweepers such as Virizion, Raikou, and Feraligatr"
Nidoqueen: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/nidoqueen/ Mentions Meloetta.
"Super effective Psychic-type attacks from Pokemon such as Gardevoir, Meloetta, Espeon, Sigilyph, and Necrozma beat Nidoqueen. "
Ninetales: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/ninetales/ Mentions Feraligatr.
"...Overheat if the opponent has a Pokemon like Feraligatr or Barbaracle"
Noivern: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/noivern/ Mentions Feraligatr.

"Use Noivern as a revenge killer to boosted sweepers like Barbaracle, Feraligatr, and Rock Polish Metagross."
Rhyperior: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/rhyperior/ Mentions Feraligatr.
"including Milotic, Mega Blastoise, Barbaracle, and Feraligatr "
Ribombee: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/ribombee/ Mentions Doublade.
"Priority users such as Doublade and Zygarde-10% can also prove troublesome."
Salazzle: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/salazzle/ Mentions Feraligatr.
"Priority users such as Feraligatr, Bruxish, and Honchkrow"
Shaymin: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/shaymin/ Mentions Doublade and Feraligatr.
"Water- and Ground-types such as Feraligatr, Milotic, and Rhyperior"
"such as Snorlax, Rhyperior, and Doublade "
Slowbro: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/slowbro/ Mentions Feraligatr.
"...super effective coverage like Mega Blastoise's Dark Pulse or Feraligatr's Crunch"
Snorlax: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/snorlax/ Mentions Feraligatr, Rotom-H, Moltres, and Doublade, as well as unranked Jellicent and Comfey.

"outside of Mega Glalie, Ninetales, and Rotom-H, there aren't many notable threats..."
"However, be cautious of using Pursuit when setup sweepers such as Dragon Dance Flygon and Feraligatr are present..."
"Taunt Comfey, Taunt Mismagius, and Swords Dance Escavalier"
"Snorlax can also be brought in to absorb status from the likes of Jellicent and Moltres."
"Earthquake provides Snorlax with additional coverage to target Ghost- and Steel-types such as Doublade, Escavalier, and Hoopa."
Toxicroak: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/toxicroak/ Mentions Feraligatr:
"late-game setup sweepers like Dragon Dance Feraligatr"
Tyrantrum: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/tyrantrum/ Mentions unranked Kingdra, Heliolisk, Whimsicott, Delphox, and Comfey.

"...opposing Dragon-types, such as Flygon, Kingdra, and Goodra,"
"fast Pokemon such as Swellow, Whimsicott, Rotom formes, Flygon, and Heliolisk." (Since Rotom-C is the only Rotom forme with any sort of niche in the metagame as of right now, "Rotom formes" should probably just say Rotom-C in my opinion as well).
"Choice Scarf users like Delphox, Modest Salazzle, and Espeon, which would otherwise revenge kill Tyrantruk after a Rock Polish" (Also note that Tyrantrum is misspelled as "Tyrantruk".)
"...such as Florges, Gardevoir, or Comfey is present..."

Note that many of the Pokemon above are mentioned in the same analyses multiple times; however, only one instance per individual Pokemon per article is quoted for the sake of relative brevity. Furthermore, I apologize that I have probably missed some mentions.

Due to the extreme length of this post, the remainder of analyses with similar problems, mainly mentioning unranked or RU-illegal Pokemon, as those above, will be posted in a follow-up to this post.

Edits 1 and 2 to this post: Reworded something to make it clearer.
 
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This is the follow-up to my last post. As in that post, typographical errors and mentions of Pokemon that are either unranked on the current VR or which are illegal to use in RU either due to them having risen by usage or been banned from the tier will be pointed out in various analyses. I apologize if I have missed anything important or if my assumptions about certain unranked Pokemon's mentions needing to be deleted are incorrect.

Additionally, in this post, I would like to clarify that despite them being unranked, I did not point out instances where Meowstic-M or Electrode were mentioned due to their defined niches and the fact that both could be considered relevant enough in the metagame to maintain their mentions in analyses of Pokemon commonly found on HO teams. This was also done in part to save space, and there will probably be another follow-up post to point out instances of these Pokemon appearing in analyses and to correct errata in this post and my previous post. Once again I would like to apologize for the length of this post.

Umbreon: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/umbreon/ Mentions Comfey, which is unranked.
"Comfey can use Taunt and Calm Mind to set up..."
Uxie: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/uxie/ Mentions Linoone.
"Its ability to facilitate setup from the likes of Barbaracle and Linoone also makes it a great pick on these archetypes."
Venusaur: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/venusaur/ Unranked Whimisicott, Leafeon, and Torkoal are all mentioned, and there is also one minor typographical error.
"It can also be used over Sludge Bomb to make Venusaur more threatening in the sun due to Sleep Powder + Growth, but then Venusar will heavily rely on sun to do any significant damage." Here, Venusaur is misspelled as "Venusar".
"Torkoal also helps the team..."
"Chlorophyll users, especially Leafeon..."
"Substitute + Leech Seed is also optional, but Whimsicott and Shaymin..."
Yanmega: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/yanmega/ Mentions Feraligatr.
"...unless it is against Pokemon like Feraligatr because..."
Zygarde-10%: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/zygarde-10/ Mentions Stakataka as well as unranked Comfey and Accelgor.
"Steel- and Fairy-types such as Bronzong, Registeel, Metagross, Stakataka, Gardevoir, and Florges can deter Zygarde-10% from using Outrage and beat it should it do so. "
"priority from Mega Abomasnow, Golisopod, Lycanroc-D, Donphan, Comfey, and Arcanine..."
"Roserade, Golisopod, and Accelgor can offer great offensive synergy while stacking Spikes on the field."
Abomasnow: Mentions Feraligatr.
"Pokemon to draw in bulky Water- and Grass-types, such as Feraligatr and Flygon, ..."
Aerodactyl: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/aerodactyl/ru/ Mentions Gligar, Rotom-H, Doublade, Linoone, and Chesnaught.
"break through bulkier walls such as Doublade, Bronzong, and Registeel..."
"from the likes of Shuca Berry Metagross, Figy Berry Linoone, Sitrus Berry Slurpuff..."
"entry hazard support from the likes of Chesnaught and Roserade"
"Volt Switch and U-turn users such as Rotom-H and Flygon"
"support from Pokemon such as Mantine, Dhelmise, and Gligar works well..."
Additionally, the following sentence contains a minor error:
"Powerful priority moves such as Honchkrow's Sucker Punch and Lycanroc's Accelerock bypass Aerodactyl's high Speed stat and do massive damage to it. "
"Lycanroc" should probably be replaced with Lycanroc-D for clarification and to match the standard for writing the form throughout other analyses.
Barbaracle: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/barbaracle/ru/ Mentions Feraligatr.
"...Sucker Punch from Honchkrow, and Aqua Jet from Feraligatr are all..."
Bruxish: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/bruxish/ru/ Mentions Heracross and Linoone in addition to unranked Comfey.
"...Pokemon found on these teams, such as Heracross and Escavalier,..."
"Carriers of powerful priority such as Linoone, Comfey, Honchkrow, and Zygarde-10%..."
Emboar: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/emboar/ru/ Mentions Meloetta as well as unranked Kingdra and Qwilfish.
"Psychic-types such as Meloetta, Gardevoir, and Espeon"
"threats such as Mega Blastoise, Gardevoir, and Kingdra"
"resist its STAB moves, such as Qwilfish, and Noivern..."
Froslass: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/froslass/ru/ Since this Pokemon rose to UU. its analysis should be deleted.
Mega Glalie: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/glalie/ru/ Mentions Feraligatr.
"...in spite of Freeze-Dry's use such as Calm Mind Slowbro and Feraligatr."
Golem-Alola: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/golem-alola/ru/ This Pokemon is UR on the VR and its analysis should probably be deleted for this reason. If it is not, then several mentions of Linoone should be removed.
"...such as Shaymin, Gardevoir, and Linoone"
Jellicent: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/jellicent/ru/ Like Golem-Alola, this Pokemon is UR on the VR, so its analysis should probably be removed. Nevertheless, the analysis contains mentions of Froslass, Chesnaught, Rotom-H, and unranked Comfey.
"...attackers such as Escavalier, Chesnaught, and Mega Glalie..."
"faster setters such as Froslass and Necrozma"
"Trick users such as Gardevoir, Espeon, and Rotom-H"
"...Taunts from Pokemon such as Comfey, Honchkrow, and Noivern."
Kingdra: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/kingdra/ru/ Mentions Feraligatr.
"mostly outclassed by Feraligatr."
Additionally, the following sentence contains a typographical error:
"Speically defensive Pokemon like Florges, Snorlax, and Cresselia can stomach a hit from Kingdra and retaliate with their own attacks."
The word "Specially" is misspelled as "Specially".
Medicham: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/medicham/ru/ Mentions unranked Jellicent.
"Mismagius, Hoopa-C, Alolan Marowak, and Jellicent can all switch into..."
Mismagius: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/mismagius/ru/ Mentions Meloetta, Gligar, Steelix-Mega, Linoone, Doublade, and Feraligatr.
"Priority moves such as Toxicroak's Sucker Punch, Doublade's Shadow Sneak, Golisopod's First Impression, Feraligatr's Aqua Jet, and Mega Abomasnow's Ice Shard can do a large number to Mismagius..."
"...enough power to OHKO Mega Steelix and bulky Escavalier..."
"...to give its teammates such as Barbaracle and Linoone prime setup opportunities..."
"... bulky Pokemon such as U-turn Gligar, Registeel, Milotic,..."
"Meloetta is a huge annoyance to Mismagius,..."
Pangoro: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/pangoro/ru/ Mentions Meloetta, Gligar, Doublade, Chesnaught, Reuniclus, Durant, Sharpedo, Kommo-o, Heracross, Moltres, and unranked Sableye, Cofagrigus, Comfey, Whimsicott, Wishiwashi, Shuckle, Heliolisk, Alolan Persian, and Silvally.
"However, Pangoro can then have issues bypassing Chesnaught, and Iron Head doesn't OHKO Comfey on the switch-in."
"...Eviolite-dependent Pokemon such as Doublade, Porygon2, and Gligar..."
"bulky Dark-types such as Sableye and Umbreon..."
"...Shuckle to allow it to bust through more offensive Pokemon, although Pangoro would want a Jolly nature to truly make use of this, as Adamant Pangoro fails to outspeed -1 Virizion and Durant. Other Pokemon that can threaten offensive teams include Cloyster, Durant, Sharpedo,..."
"Its teammates differ in the fact that they help to set up Trick Room, such as Porygon2, Slowking, Diancie, and Cofagrigus, as well as aid Pangoro in crushing teams, with options being Araquanid, Reuniclus, Dragalge, Rhyperior, and Wishiwashi."
"A special mention goes to Meloetta, whose access to U-turn..."
"...while Kommo-o has respectable Defense and tanks all but..."
"Heracross and Toxicroak receive special mention..."
"Flying-type attackers such as Honchkrow, Moltres, Noivern, and Yanmega..."
"Such examples include Jolteon, Heliolisk, Swellow, Noivern, Whimsicott, and Flygon." (Jolteon should also probably not be mentioned here due to its lack of viability.)
"Alolan Persian and Silvally make better Parting Shot users anyway."
Quagsire: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/quagsire/ru/ Since this Pokemon has risen to UU, its analysis should be deleted.
Sawk: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/sawk/ru/ Mentions Feraligatr.
"A Jolly nature lets Sawk outspeed Pokemon such as Jolly Feraligatr..."
Slurpuff: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/slurpuff/ru/ Mentions Doublade, Linoone, and Steelix-Mega.
"Bulky Steel-types like Escavalier, Bronzong, and Mega Steelix are able to tank a hit from Slurpuff even at +6 and OHKO Slurpuff with their Steel-type moves. Doublade specifically is Slurpuff's strongest counter, taking negligible damage from anything Slurpuff can fire its way."
"...and as such faces competition from Linoone, whose Belly Drum and Extreme Speed combination..."
Sneasel: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/sneasel/ru/ Mentions Rotom-H, Durant, Heracross, Doublade, Moltres, Kommo-o, Gligar, Chesnaught, Zoroark, Reuniclus, and unranked Heliolisk and Granbull.
"...such as Salazzle and Choice Scarf Rotom-H, Gardevoir, and Heracross..."
"Most Steel-type Pokemon, such as Durant and Escavalier,..."
"...physical walls such as Gligar, Doublade, and Slowbro..."
"...such as Guts Heracross, Kommo-o, Nidoqueen, and Moltres."
"...such as on maximum Defense Chesnaught..."
"...bulky foes weak to Dark such as Reuniclus, Slowbro, and Cresselia..."
"...faster than numerous threats such as Zoroark, Espeon, Heliolisk, Virizion, Shaymin, and Flygon."
"Florges, Diancie, and Granbull are bulky enough to take Icicle Crash..."
Steelix: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/steelix/ru/ Mentions Feraligatr.
"Mega Blastoise, Mantine, and Feraligatr can easily switch into Steelix's attacks..."
Tangela: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/tangela/ru/ Although Tangela's analysis does not mention any RU-illegal or unranked Pokemon, it does contain one minor typographical error.
"Due to Tangela abysmal Special Defense, most special attackers can force it out." (This should say "Tangela's abysmal Special Defense", not "Tangela abysmal Special Defense".)
Torkoal: https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/torkoal/ru/ This Pokemon is UR on the VR, and within it there are several mentions of unranked Leafeon.
"Chlorophyll users such as Venusaur and Leafeon..."
 
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Why isn't No Guard mentioned at all in Machamp's analysis in SM RU? No Guard Dynamic Punch has been Machamp's main selling point since Gen 4... Is there something I'm missing that happened between Gen 6 and 7 to seriously nerf this? Maybe a mention in Machamp's write-up would be nice? ionno
 

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Why isn't No Guard mentioned at all in Machamp's analysis in SM RU? No Guard Dynamic Punch has been Machamp's main selling point since Gen 4... Is there something I'm missing that happened between Gen 6 and 7 to seriously nerf this? Maybe a mention in Machamp's write-up would be nice? ionno
Guts allows it to be both a threatening wallbreaker and a status absorber, which helpd against bulkier teams that rely on status conditions like Toxic poison to deal damage.
 
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