I would suggest putting Ralts in "Smog Frog Rank," since it's not anywhere else on here.
Not all Pokémon need to be ranked, and any Pokémon not listed is assumed to be smog frog.I would suggest putting Ralts in "Smog Frog Rank," since it's not anywhere else on here.
@nineage said:
Lastly, and probably most controversially, I'd like to bring up Staryu for S rank. Staryu is essentially the only reliable rapid spinner in LC right now...
Driler is completely walled by pump, the most common spin blocker. And if there's a pump on the team it can't do it's job. Whereas analytic star 2hkoes pump with ice beam guaranteed. I agree with where Driler is, however still a solid mon. Without pump EQ hits SO hard and having rocks+spin is nice. However in my opinion it is not near as reliable as starMold Breaker Drilbur seems as strong as ever in my book. Berry Juice and Eviolite both do really different things for your time, and you can get away with Rock Slide + EQ so you are still having the opportunity to run SR if your team needs it. 17 speed is amazing, trashing Dwebble is amazing, and even though Mudbray exists not every team wants a brick wall Ground-type more than a high utility Ground-type. No issues with Staryu rising to S, but Drilbur should probably jump to A- if that's the case, especially given that it currently sits on par with Bellsprout, who is limited in its scope to just being a weather sweeper while Dilly has additional uses.
Once Litten's HA gets released it'll definitely be at least D, but as of right now its miserably outclassed by literally every other fire type.Why isn't Litten in the viabilty rankings? It has a great speed tier and boasts decent offense, has access to SD and Nasty Plot, and has decent coverage. Litten at least deserves D-Tier.
I feel that Cotonee is still effective, but at the same time it's much less so. Cotonee has always wanted to come in n resisted attacks and either encore or hit the switchin, and the rise of super effective coverage has made that a lot more of a 50-50. Since dark types are immune to prankster, it also can't encore in the most dangerous setup sweeper in the metagame and thus still needs teammates to do what should be its job, i.e., checking setup sweepers. Coverage also means that Cotonee is prone to being picked off if the opponent wins the 50-50. While it's certainly still usable and and does its job, I feel as though it simply doesn't do so quite well enough to deserve A- rank anymore.Okay, I'm going to make this perfectly clear because people still aren't really getting the purpose of this thread. Which isn't really entirely their fault, but Quote made it very clear only a few posts ago. This is not a thread to talk about how good something is or is not. This is a discussion thread, where the main purpose is to sort the pokemon in our metagame based on how much they provide to a team, and what they can offer to the metagame. In these threads, we do not just post about a specific Pokemon of your choosing and then move it up or down based on what you said. We create a detailed and solid discussion of what the Pokemon does, what it provides to the metagame, and how useful it is to each team. After some discussion and points made by anyone that wants to contribute to the topic at hand, the LC Viability Ranking Council then moves the Pokemon up or down based on the points that were made in the thread. Stop posting nominations that are completely random, baseless, or irrelevant to the topic at hand, as it does not contribute to the discussion. This includes, but is absolutely not limited to, posts that are lacking basic detail, posts that lack depth, posts that have irrelevant details and posts that are not on topic of what we're currently discussing.
Now that all of that is out of the way, we are now discussing Cottonee. I believe Cottonee should stay in A- because it has never truly been a hard counter, but generally does one job that's needed of it fairly well. While the metagame has certainly been unfavorable to it, with the rise of more Ice Beams, Ground types beating it, and Poison types getting significantly better after the Gothita ban, I think it would be a mistake to misjudge how much Cottonee provides to a team at the current moment, and I believe the metagame has not developed enough for it make a drop into the B-ranks based the points that the points that were offered.
The post below this better be about Cottonee.