Hey NU
Time for my VR update!
Here are some changes I have made in my VR;
Rises:
B to A+
With PomPom gone, I have come to appreciate how good Oricorio-Baile really is. Now, while Fire/Flying isn't as good as Electric/Flying in my opinion, this defensive typing is still really great and underrated in my opinion, resisting some crucial types such as Fighting, a common offensive typing in the meta while being immune to Ground moves and 4x resisting Grass moves, which can be nice for Pokémon such as Appletun and Lurantis. It can also check Steel types such as Perrserker and Copperajah pretty well, although you have to be careful of Copperajah running Rock moves. This Pokemon can also make a good check to Passimian, just like how PomPom used to and I value this a lot as it gives Oricorio-Baile some good set up opporunities on one of the most common Pokémon in this tier. Not to mention how it checks Pokemon such as Frosmoth and Vivillon with Dancer. Grass is an amazing Tera Typing on this Pokémon, you now hit the Water, Ground and Rock such as Vaporeon, Sandaconda and Klawf which could of caused you problems beforehand while also being useful versus Eelektross, as most sets are completely walled by Grass types. So, This Pokémon is just criminally underrated in this metagame at the moment and I hope people really give it more of a shot as it has some really good traits at the moment.
A to A+
With the tier losing two very scary Quiver Dancers, Frosmoth has stepped up to be the next incredibly scary Quiver Dancer in the tier, using its immense special bulk thanks to Ice Scales to get off Quiver Dancers with relative ease. It does have some flaws, such as it being relatively slow at base 65, meaning it is revenge killed by Passimian at +1, but if you ever let this get to +2 and you don't have something like a Chansey in the back, you are done for. By the way, don't run Tera Ground. You will find yourself walled by opposing Frosmoth variants that will just use you as set up, with only the benefit of hitting Muk super effectively, which is not that big of a deal considering you can whittle Muk down throughout a game pretty well with hazards and chip damage. Use Tera Fighting instead, allowing you to always hit opposing Frosmoth at least neutrally.
B to A
Yet another Pokemon stepping up in the Quiver Dancer role, Vivillon has some great traits such as Compound Eyes + Sleep Powder and Hurricane, giving it some good opportunities to set up Quiver Dances and Hurricanes high base power makes it hit incredibly hard afterwards whilst making the move a lot more reliable to use as STAB. Flying resists such as Klawf and Copperajah are also chunked by Tera Fighting sets. This is another mon that i beg you don't use Tera Ground on. If you run Tera Ground, you will find yourself in a bad situation when fighting Eelektross and the Rotom Forms, as you will have to try and beat it using resisted Hurricanes. If you run Tera Fighting, you at least hit it neutrally while still hitting Flying Resists pretty well. Overall, pretty great Pokémon, it could honestly be A+ but I decided to put it in A because its competition is pretty tough.
(i didnt rank this) to B
Lilligant before the bans honestly was not worth using at all due to Goodra existing and being a massive pain for it while Quiver Dancer competition was high. Now? It fares a lot better, which is why I'm ranking it now. Tera Fire is pretty neat on this, otherwise just okay but thought it should be ranked.
B+ to A
This Shrimp should really not hit as hard as it does. Tera Dragon is just insane, nothing par Chansey is able to withstand more then two hits, and Chansey isn't even safe because if you choose to Tera Fighting on Clawitizer, Aura Sphere is able to cleanly 2HKO Chansey. If that doesn't show how strong Clawitizer is, then I don't know what does. Only reason its not A+ is poor speed.
A to A+
Muk is such a good special tank, spreading Toxic Spikes and checking dangerous special threats such as Frosmoth, Vivillon, and Oricorio-Baile with its immense special bulk while also being threatening itself with Curse sets. While Sandaconda can be dangerous for this Pokémon, this is not the worst Pokémon to be walled by, as there are multiple Pokémon in the meta that can abuse Sandaconda pretty well, such as Rotom and Vaporeon. This all combines to make a really solid Pokémon in this metagame.
A to A+
In a similar vein to Muk, Copperajah can be a great special tank as well, with Whirlwind to phase out dangerous Quiver Dancers and can set rocks for you while being a decent offensive presence by itself. It is also a great answer to numerous Tera Fairy Pokemon, such as Tera Fairy Oricorio Sensu and Ursaring. I believe I said in my last VR post that I thought Perrserker was about the same in viability with Copperajah. I don't believe this anymore, with Copperajah's better bulk and ability to phaze being more valuable in my opinion. Overall, just a solid mon really that you can't go wrong with.
B+ to A-
This is a really scary Pokemon for sure. Specs Analytic sets hit way too hard, OHKOing Sandaconda without even needing the Analytic boost. And if you play this metagame much at all, you will know that Sandaconda is basically our only viable ground type. Camerupt is decent but doesn't stick around for very long at all, so this gives Magneton free reign to spam is high power stab moves with ease. The only flaw making this not go higher is its speed at 70, which is a tad bit underwhelming but there's no denying Magneton's great wallbreaking powers.
(i forgot to rank this lmfao) to B
Oricorio-PomPom is no more! Rotom-Fan is now able to live in SV NU without being in the shadow of Oricorio-PomPom. Now its certainly not as good as Oricorio-PomPom was, infact far from it. It has no reliable recovery and a worse speed tier, not to mention it doesn't have the busted move we all know, Quiver Dance. However, Nasty Plot sets are pretty nice to use, as it can find great opportunities to set up thanks to that great typing and Terastallizing into a Water Type can be quite beneficial to Rotom-Fan, giving it close to perfect coverage in the tier and also flipping its Ice weakness into a resist. So, overall pretty solid and deserving of this spot.
B to B+
I undersold this Pokémon last time. This is a great Pokémon that is able to abuse Pokémon such as Glare Sandaconda sets and Chansey, who are unable to touch it giving Rotom some great set up opportunities with Nasty Plot. Scarf Sets are also so good, outspeeding some other relevant scarfers such as Passimian and Mabosstiff. Overall, pretty solid.
Drops:
A+ to B+
How the mighty have fallen. Ever since the Light Clay ban, Belly Drum sets have basically fallen off the side of the world completely, leaving only Toxic Boost sets left to roam the landscape of SV NU. It's still pretty good at wallbreaking but without its potent Belly Drum sets, I can't justify putting it higher then B+ in my personal opinion.
A+ to A
I overrated this. It's still pretty nice, but as good as I thought it was. It's typing is pretty unspectacular, as the Normal typing makes it neutral to Fighting type attacks whereas it would really benefit from the resistance, and otherwise its resistances aren't very notable, with only the immunity to Ground being pretty nice. It's offensive sets are still very potent, with Brave Bird and Close Combat giving it the covetted Flying/Fighting coverage that every neglected Normal/Flying wish they got (L to Squawkabilly and Swellow), but it simply does not deserve to be in A+
B+ to B
As stall continues to fall out of the meta, so does Crocalor. Its unaware ability is still great at beating set up sweepers such as the numerous Quiver Dancers of the tier, but in my personal experiences, its vulnerability to hazards such as Stealth Rock can hurt Crocalor greatly, which is why im dropping it to B.
B- to UR
With Light Clay being banned, Morgrem is basically useless now. Screens just is unviable, there is not enough turns now for abusers to make use of screens.
B to C
In a similar vein to Morgrem, Light Clay's ban has hurt Jumpluff substantially and has only left it with offensive and utility sets, which is why it is now in C tier.
Well there we go!
There is most of the changes I put on my VR, there's more put i'm too lazy to put them all on here, that would be a lot of effort : P
Cya NU! : D
Toxicroak
Dudunsparce
Perrserker
Haunter
Drifblim
Spiritomb
Farigiraf
Oricorio-Sensu
Jolteon
Eelektross
Rotom-Frost
Houndoom
Ursaring
Basculin
Vespiquen
Honchkrow
Klawf
Pyroar
Scyther
Whiscash
Rabsca
Veluza
Squawkabilly
Crabominable
Oricorio-Pa'u
Cacturne
Golduck
Flapple
Frogadier
Toedscool
Electrode
Qwilfish
Tauros-Paldea - Underrated Fighting-type, better than Medicham.
Dudunsparce
Lycanroc
Hattrem - Great mon to throw on any team. Magic Bounce is great when it can scare off most hazard setters while Nuzzle cripples their switches.
Quaxwell
Skuntank
Indeedee-F
Lurantis
Sawsbuck
Appletun
Masquerain
Murkrow - Prankster weather setter with Haze if needed
Leafeon - Needs Sun, but can work without it occasionally
Scovillain - Reliant on Sun
Glimmet
Tinkatuff - Combination of Knock Off, Encore, and Thunder Wave is annoying to deal with, but it's passive otherwise
Flareon - Guts + Trailblaze
Spidops - Decently bulky against physical attackers, has multiple hazards too
Carkol - Hazards + Spin, cripples with Wisp and Flame Body
Camerupt
Gogoat
Squawkabilly-Blue - Green and Blue have Hustle
Glaceon - Technically Specs Freeze Dry should be hard to switch into
Dunsparce - Eviolite makes it hard to kill
Banette - Could work in theory with SD and Knock Off, but reliant on Shadow Sneak to make up for its poor speed
Squawkabilly-Yellow
Squawkabilly-White
Dugtrio - Fast EQs and Stone Edges
Tauros-Paldea
Misdreavus
Vivillon
Pincurchin
Raichu
