Bw ou viability. "Latias is S-Rank because of it's versatility.

Bw ou viability Reuniclus The two best team archetypes atm are bulky sand and Psyspikes and well Reuniclus is an amazing choice for both. We have gone through RSE, DP, BW, BW2, and are now at XY. Discussi Welcome to the Doubles OU Viability Ranking project, where we rank the viability of Pokemon in DOU. [period instead] However, this makes its Fire Blast immensely powerful under sun. com/forums/threads/bw-ou-viability-ranking-mk-4. You should know the drill by now; In this thread, we as a community will rank every single usable Pokemon into "tiers. The movesets won’t be available until the Pokedex function is complete. We touched on usage not being the sole reason behind viability of anything before, but this is very true here as a lot of things accumulate ladder usage despite not being the best option. Unlike BW, where there is a major power creep in terms of offensive threats (Lando/Garchomp/Exca, Terrak/Keldeo, Latios Garchomp | BW | Smogon Strategy Pokedex - Smogon University Loading Welcome to the official OU Viability Rankings topic. Announcement DPP OU Machamp Suspect Test. The rankings and tier descriptions have been assigned to better each Pokemon's state within the metagame. smogon comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment. Post your personal stories, your comics, your favourite Nuzlocke links and pics, and anything else Toxicroak's viability in OU lies in its highly coveted ability, Dry Skin, which restores 12. Dex. BW OU Teambuilding Compendium A list of which Pokemon fulfill various roles in BW OU. It might not hurt to update the Gen 5 analysises if they're relatively old, just in case people get confused between what the Viability Rankings say,and what the Gen 5 analysises say. Yesterday at 6:16 PM; BW Ubers - Round 4. Grass Pokemon are affected by "Powder" and "Spore" moves. Today at 12:25 AM; Milkshook; Ruins of Alph Archive. The general methodology is rather unoriginal, largely plagiarized from Jirachee. yep, ogerpon is still really good as a wallbreaker (especially given how common stall/balance is in the current meta) but the uptick in strong, bulky dragon types added in this DLC seriously harms her viability. BW OU Sample Teams An archive for teams that are representative of the current metagame. it's the closest thing we have to Fini in gen 9, with a very good special stats, a pivot move, strong stabs, and very nice resistances (most notably Fire, Water, Fighting, Dragon, Dark). ·Þ'ñIÁ" %ËËñ0—óüùkõÿß?_çúÊön*È, 3 É 2 In t|Û)TTfh± ½ÝåjYå !ç 2 0 ²i Œ X°. CB isn't that good as Kyurem-B CB set, DD + 3 Attacks needs a very good position to set up 1 DD (when Mamoswine is having a BW DOUBLES VIABILITY RANKINGS This is the Generation 5 Doubles Viability Rankings where Pokemon are ranked based on viability in the metagame. i think its safe to say that the meta is in a pretty wierd spot. Some sort of Magic Guard Psyspam with Duosion and Kadabra similar to BW OU may also be good due to how powerful hazards are in BW NU. Toxic Spikes gets a special mention, as it is a rare commodity limited to Forretress, Tentacruel, and other forgettable UU Pokemon. Drag the images into the order you would like. Tornadus-Therian 4. Lack of Toxic is also critical, it might not be tera-reliant if it gets toxic back. Forretress remains the premier entry hazard user of BW OU. You may notice that they are OU BW OU Viability Ranking, mk. Hello! This thread is here to archive teams from the Black and White Overused metagame and showcase popular playstyles and archetypes of the current metagame. Welcome to the 5U "PU" Viability Ranking Thread! In case you're not familiar with the concept, we place Pokémon in certain ranks here, based on their impact on the tier as well as their general viability in the tier. SV OU DLC 1 Viability List . Pokemon are also ranked in order within their respective tiers, so if Zapdos and Raikou are both S rank, but Zapdos is listed before Raikou, then Zapdos is the better Pokemon. Thanks! Welcome to the OU Viability RankingsThread. Bringing usage up at all in Gen 5 is honestly idiotic considering the sheer amount of unviable noobtrap Gen 5 had. 1K Messages 28. this makes me even more curious to see the next survey results, whenever that is. weavile has been dominant for a long while now and is a controversial topic but it looks like lele is gonna be in the same boat, it looks like The Nuzlocke Challenge is a set of rules intended to create a higher level of difficulty while playing the Pokémon games. Player vs Player. 1. 3K. while it Lower tier/Non-OU pokemon that fit in the midtiers: Mew, Seismitoad and Xatu are the only ones I'd rank here, which is testament to how centralized BW is. Clefable S- Rank 3. " In 110 speed also makes it the 3rd fastest viable Pokemon listed as OU, and it pairs up well with Rain since it makes its Surfs hit harder. Hey guys. " In this thread, you're encouraged to post your thoughts and opinions on the various Pokemon that are usable in ADV and what tier they should A- -> A- Lower Position: As said in the BW discussion post, teams have their strategies to reliably check strong Dragons locking into Outrage, add up its SR weakness and that to make its ability do some work you need to build around it. Lopunny-Mega 7. Alrighty, I see your point. S rank is reserved for Welcome to the Doubles OU Viability Ranking project, where we rank the viability of Pokemon in DOU. 3. Even in a sun stall team, there are just too many issues Create a ranking for BW OU Viability. Joined: Aug 22, 2016 Messages: 76 Likes Received: 145. The pokemon in this tier are usually predictable, and either require team support to work to it's full potential, or might provide free I'll update the OP, then I'm off. This thread contains a ranking of every viable Pokemon, separated in lettered tiers to indicate power gaps. In the OU viability rankings we base our rankings on how viable certain Pokémon in OU are. Electric Pokemon can be paralyzed. Goodnight everybody, and stay tuned for another update of BW2 Viability rankings! ;] PS. A closer look at Weather in BW OU. That's why Magneton (and consequentially Dugtrio (and consequentially Porygon 2)) and Hariyama/Heracross have risen in popularity recently, cus they allow you to get rid of Skarmory and Blissey/Celeby/Swampert, the main Spikes and Toxic spreaders respectively. The problem that Jirachee raised with V/r's is while certain mons are the same rank, often they are fundamentally different from each other, impacting the game The problem is that they set weather and can’t do much else. 3668699/ - current BW OU VRHey guys, we're back discussing the BW OU viability rankings an BW Little Cup Viability Rankings (Pokemon are listed alphabetically) S rank: Weather, in my opinion, is THE defining factor of the gen 5 tiers, both Gen 5 OU and its mirrored tier Gen 5 LC. I have a few replays with this pokemon, but I don't think I'm of the caliber for them to be "noteworthy. Welcome to the BW OU Viability Ranking thread. The metagame will most likely remain the same as it is today, and I thought that now would be a good time to delve deeper into the strategies employed in BW. ZAPDOS. Zapdos B Rank: Reserved for Pokemon that can fulfill a viable role in the Doubles metagame, but are either somehwat outclassed by Pokemon in a higher rank, or have notable flaws that prevent them from filling their role to full extent. Newest viability rankings. Updated Tier List: B+: Celebi, Kyurem-B, Latias ~ADV Viability Ranking~ Welcome to the ADV Viability Rankings topic. In this thread, we as a community will be ranking every single usable Pokemon into "tiers. Its aim is to help beginners and intermediate level players to get acclimated to the tier, or simply to Being OU by usage alone does not guarantee a ranking. BW OU Teambuilding Bulky toed can be completely eliminated by trapper tran and scarftoed can be taken advantage by duggy, ninetales, and cresselia. A viability thread has as purpose to put Pokémon into 'ranks', by lack of a better term. In this project, we will "tier" every Pokemon based on usefulness. 5% of its health in rain and recovers health when hit by Water-type The mighty sand tyrant returns to take the BW OU metagame by storm—and for good reason too. Click 'Save/Download' and add a title and description. Here are some relevant info or guides: Mechanics difference (compared to ORAS): Terrains and Mega Pokemon do not exist. Articles. Weavile A+ Rank 8. This is an excellent help while teambuilding and it serves as a general outline of the tier. Zapdos is a very good Pokemon, but once again, not S-tier. These rankings were created by Pork, Kitt and Pippatacio. It also can hit the pink blobs exceptionally hard, which is an amazing bonus. With that being said i propose a raise in ninetales viability up to atleast b-, b cud be also be nice. 7. Threads 1. In this thread, we as a community will rank every single usable Pokemon into "tiers. Thread starter Monai; Start date Aug 11 seen more use than anything in B- and lower and even a Pokemon that has been normally seen as a viable mon in current BW OU, I feel like this warrants a rise from Unranked Limbo. Imo the viability of ferrothorn beyond rain is quite limited, although within rain is the best steel by Charizard, one of the iconic RBY starter Pokemon, gained a boost during the generation shift that grants it viability in BW OU. BW Doubles OU Sample Teams Welcome to the third official (first post-DLC 2) SS OU Viability Rankings thread. Landorus-therian. However, Sand Force Landorus is a harder hitter than Lando-T, and has the ability to go Mixed or Welcome to the OU Viability Rankings Thread. Competitively relevant guides / threads: BW Simple Questions, Simple Answers; Sample Teams; Introduction to team building; Viability Rankings; BW OU Speed Tiers Your forum for all things from the fifth generation of Pokemon! Join the BW Discord Server for live discussion! Welcome to the third official (first post-DLC 2) SS OU Viability Rankings thread. They’re a bit pathetic compared to the other weather setters; Abomasnow has offensive presence, A-Ninetales has Aurora Veil, Tyranitar is an offensive behemoth, Hippowdon is a useful stall Pokémon, Torkoal has Rapid Spin and can set rocks, and Pelipper has Defog and U-turn. Reactions: The one seriously though Smogon (OU primarily) tiering has come so far from back in the day, this level of communication and candidness from the council, and especially finch, is such a treat to be experiencing. Welcome to the new GSC OU Viability Rankings thread. Unun proved in his BW OU Hub Post that Thundy can indeed work on Psyspam and even sees occasional use in weatherless HO. its heavily centered around offence and that tends to generally make it more matchup fish than usual. Took a bit of inspiration from Jirachee's post on the ADV V/r and I wanted to approach the BW V/r in the same manner. In this thread, we as a community will rank every Pokemon's usable set into which tier of the viability ranking they individually fall under. So following the viabilities rankings produced to reflect the gen 9 OU meta prior to the release of the DLC, and after taking inspiration from u/supersmall69 's '"Face of OU" posts, I decided to compile a spreadsheet of every Pokemon's OU viability ranking in each generation as it stands today in it's most current iteration. TSR DRACO Member. A comprehensive guide to the Uber tier in Smogon's Black and White metagame, including top strategies and recommended Pokémon. CB isn't that good as Kyurem-B CB set, DD + 3 Attacks needs a very good position to set up 1 DD (when Mamoswine is having a , as I know there have been posts to remove it completely from the viability rankings. All Gens Quantitative Analysis of Viability Rankings, Metagame Changes, and Camps of Thought vapicuno; Apr 30, 2019; Replies 6 Views 13K. Whether a Pokemon can withstand the test of time due to it's high base stats, typings that cover relevant threats in most OU metagames, or a specific niche that no other Pokemon can carry, usage is usage, and oftentimes there isn't much argument for raw numbers. https://www. Serperior 5. this helps it be a glue mon for bulky offensive teams that struggle with Wake, GFire, Pult, Welcome to the official SV AG Viability Rankings thread. Welcome to the BW 1U Viability Ranking Thread! Being OU by usage alone does not guarantee a ranking. smogon. Thread starter Dell; Start date May 4 Similar to his eldest brother in OU, Gastly is a fast, frail, and powerful threat in PU. This thread will act as a central hub for all things BW, since information is scattered all over the place and it's mixed in with tournaments threads / other generations' threads. Weather wars are integral to the identity of the tier and are what seperate it from the post team preview generations of 6 and 7. Its Dream World ability, Solar Power, gives it essentially a Choice Specs boost without the move-locking requirement, though at the cost of its health . Tyranitar is one of the most definitive Pokemon in BW OU thanks to it setting sand and keeping dangerous Psychic-types like Latios, Reuniclus, and Welcome to the BW 1U Viability Ranking Thread! In case you're not familiar with the concept, we place Pokémon in certain ranks here, based on their impact on the tier as well So following the viabilities rankings produced to reflect the gen 9 OU meta prior to the release of the DLC, and after taking inspiration from u/supersmall69 's '"Face of OU" posts, I decided to The BW OU 2024 Viability Rankings Tier List below is created by community voting and is the cumulative average rankings from 3 submitted tier lists. Here's the Viability Rankings Update we've all been waiting for, more drops than rises. Rotom-W 6. Welcome to the NU viability ranking project. I believe it should at least remain C-rank: Jolteon's always been kind of a forgotten 'Mon in OU; it's always had very low usage in OU but (iirc) never low enough usage to drop to UU. TORNADUS. Camperupt with his 40 Speed, 70 SpD, 70 HP does not do wall any coverage special attack carried by Bolt/HP Ice-Grass attackers. I thought this would be fun to categorise to get a UU Viability Ranking Thread Thread maintained by PsYch071c and RT. Usage isn't everything. You may notice that they are Welcome to the official OU Viability Rankings topic. I'm comparing this list to the BW OU viability list and a major concern is that this list seems too willing to rank anything good as S-rank. OU Viability Rankings; by LoruDgolu in January 15, 2024 July 8, 2024. B3w Æ ™Ý˪êéé™Yãý™ÝwgÜ̹µhîæä-@"dwßX ˆÝ “˜˜¸ ”GzŒ Íù ‰ˆ€Š#­ cû+ ,'F@ùâóÆ55°T ÆêØŒ‘âUÎ +ĵ nÈ * K. 2. The undisputed king of Ubers. DPP OU Viability Ranking Welcome to the DPP OU Viability Rankings topic. Camerupt was never viable in the RSE OU metagame, and still remains non usable despite the passage of time. Kyogre's stats, movepool, and ability all make it a very influential Pokemon. Keldeo. May 26, 2021. Do not mistake the correlation between usage and viability as stronger than it actually is. Clefable. Tyranitar sports many impressive traits, including a great stat spread, good Create a ranking for BW OU 2024 Viability Rankings. " You're encouraged to post your thoughts and opinions on the various Pokemon that are usable in OU and what tier they should fall under. . The next change I was debating was replacing one of the mons for Latios, since at the time nothing really liked switching into Rotom-W, which, protip, you really don't want. While BW OU is a "dead" metagame, it still sees some life in tournaments (notably in SPL, WCoP, and Smogon Tour, but also in other smaller tournaments) and on the ladder. Sand is a key component of the metagame, Resource BW PU Viability Ranking Thread. This thread contains a ranking of every viable Pokemon, separated in tiers to indicate power gaps. The floor will always be open to discussion, and after a period of time (roughly every month), the viability rankings council will vote on any of the Pokemon being discussed and post the results and reasoning here. 5. Without Dug or Chlorophyll, Sun is trash. BW OU Viability Rankings. Excadrill 2. In this thread, we as a community will be ranking every single usable Pokemon Kingambit is a really cool Pokémon and it’s certainly strong, but like a lot of good OU Pokémon in the history of AG, it doesn’t stack up when it plays with the big boys. You may notice that they are not ranked alphabetically within their own subtiers; that is because every Pokemon is ranked Welcome to the BW OU Viability Ranking thread. Edit the label text in each row. Lurkerofthevoid44 BW OU was a preview of hell ig Reply Jestin23934274 Landorus Incarnate was recently banned in OU Singles, but not in Doubles! In fact, it's considered UU due its alternate forme being so good. I would put Mew and Toad around Hippo and Xatu right below Hydreigon if they were included in this list. Sitting at a good speed tier at 80, with an astounding base 100 Special Attack, struggles a bit with the matchups in gen7 ou because mega-lati twins and garchomp as awell as bulky scarf landorus-t are really common, furthermore volcanions typing hinders it to do its job and it is tbh rather slow and therefore very prone to many top-threats in the metagame like gliscor, mega latios, mega latias, garchomp, rotom-wash and tapu fini. " In this thread, you're encouraged to post your thoughts and opinions on the various Pokemon that are usable in OU and what tier they should fall under. Cresselia should also be raised to b- DPP OU Viability Rankings S Rank Jirachi Tyranitar A+ Rank Heatran Rotom-A Skarmory Starmie Breloom Swampert Latias Home. When you boil BW OU down to its core, its the only OU with perma-rain, the only OU with Latios but no Dragon immunity, and the only OU with Ferrothorn but no Defog. BW OU Speed Tiers Important Speed numbers for BW OU. A Pokemon's tenure in OU is the most common metric for the title of GOAT. ORAS OU Viability Rankings S Rank 1. Preview Analysis A guide to better your understanding of Team Previews. " In this thread, you're encouraged to post your thoughts and opinions on the various Pokemon that are usable in DPP OU and what tier Maintained by the BW community. Not sure how viable these structures are though, would appreciate any guidance. Charizard, one of the three iconic RBY starter Pokemon, gained a buff during the generation shift that grants it viability in BW OU. Blissey was considered agressively meh even in the BW days, and in modern BW it's basically unusable outside of some select Stall archetypes which are niche to begin with. Help form the tiers and discuss about them here - including Pokemon usage statistics. BW OU Viability Rankings A look at how viable Pokemon are in BW OU. If the BW list was using the same criteria as this list Latias would be S-rank in that one. A- -> A- Lower Position: As said in the BW discussion post, teams have their strategies to reliably check strong Dragons locking into Outrage, add up its SR weakness and that to make its ability do some work you need to build around it. Rain heavily influences the metagame, making Steel-types harder to kill, causing Thunder to be everywhere, enabling niche Pokemon such as Swift Swimmers, and empowering Kyogre's absurd Water Spout. " I encourage anyone to It would have been easy to just search up the smogonn viability rankings for each tier and copy paste those but they tend to be slow to update and not necessarily reflective of current metas so I just looked for (top) player opinion My controversial opinion on Bw OU is that is possibly to make a decent rain team without tentacruel, Jellicent isn't used on rain, that Jirachi set is only used on DragMag teams, and Toxicroak isn't very good in OU by today's standards, which is why it is stuck in C rank on the viability rankings with the likes of Sharpedo, Formless Rotom and Medicham, all of which are things that have one specific niche on very specific times but otherwise Tiers. MOVESET. (Ranked B+) is really underrated right now despite not being an OU pokemon historically. Draco Meteor + Fire Blast + U-Turn is amazing coverage + momentum in one. Explore Latios' strategies and moves in the Black and White edition of Smogon's Strategy Pokedex. " Ever wonder to yourself just how good Ambipom really is? Maybe you think Porygon-Z is the stolen from Molk and then MrAldo approved by Lutra Most of you know the drill by now, but if you don't: viability rankings are a method of sorting Pokemon in a given tier based on how good they are in said tier. Its viability in OU will surely rise again if Keldeo gets banned as an offensive dragon which has amazing coverage. Turns out Mamo + Dragons + Magnezone was a pretty fresh combination, and the team immediately gained viability, that's how awesome me and mamo are. Rotom-Wash. For the record, I believe the best possible version of BW OU would require the ban of both Drizzle and Latios, and potentially Ferrothorn gone too. If you do not know what a viability thread entails read further. With access to Stealth Rock, Spikes, Toxic Spikes, and Rapid Spin, Forretress is able to provide any type of support relating to hazards. Diancie-Mega because there is no real framework for what this badge means if there is no one defining force like there is in BW (sand), like there is in GSC (Snorlax), like there is Its an integral part of the common sentiment that BW Ou is basically a tier full of broken pokemon that are kept in check by other broken pokemon. In the OU viability rankings we The Ruins of Alph (RoA) on Smogon should provide you with BW OU stuff as it’s the hub for old gens. Tyranitar is one of the most definitive Pokemon in BW OU thanks to it setting sand and keeping dangerous Psychic-types like Latios, Reuniclus, and Alakazam in check by Pursuit trapping them. "Latias is S-Rank because of it's versatility. Being OU by usage alone does not guarantee a ranking. Gen 5 ou sun viability! Discussion This is a discussion on sun team viability I'm no BW veteran, but sun can only be a stall team, and anti-rain offense only. I mean regardless of viability any pokemon forming part of TSS will be central to team building. shes usually forced to run play rough/low kick to not get walled by pokemon like archaludon, kyurem and the occasional hydrapple, which kills off a lot of the set Welcome to the official SS OU Sets Viability Rankings. Discussion in 'Tiers' started by TSR, Dec 31, 2017. You can sort of see its influence with the rest of the top Newest viability rankings. The best BW OU 2024 Viability s rankings are on the top of the list and Welcome to the OU Viability Rankings Thread. c +ùdZwp»_7εœ~tr—±` Œ#å2vu–‘¨ˆy,QØPÆ Assuming you mean the OP of the BW OU VR, there should not be a burden of having to explain why we are not looking into Pokemon that are ranked highly, especially because viability =/= brokenness, which is a fundamental fact of tiering, and a lot of Pokemon ranked highly are simply very good and not necessarily banworthy! 11 years of time doesn't change a pokemon's usability. Welcome to the official UU Viability Rankings topic! In this thread, we as a community will rank every single usable Pokemon into "tiers. An initial tier list has already been made; if you think something should be moved up or down, post in this thread with ƒ2Q õ!} h¤,œ¿?B†¹ÿ7S«óä½:Ü PU& \´¬¡\J¼Öb»"§ÝÓ. Its Dream World ability, Solar Power, gives it the equivalent of a Choice Specs boost without the move restriction requirement, though at the cost of its health. even if I don't like the gen 8 meta too much I really appreciate how tiering has been handled overall this gen, moreso as it's gone on and evolved from the insanity that was the Heatran cannot keep up with the spikes intensive metagame cutting into its longevity. In the OU viability rankings we Welcome to the BW OU Viability Ranking thread. Welcome to the ADV OU Viability Ranking Thread! In case you're not familiar with the concept, we place Pokémon in certain ranks here, based on their impact on the tier as well as their general viability in the tier. In this thread, you're encouraged to post your thoughts and opinions on the various set rankings for each Pokemon. The hazard pressure combined with over reliance on tera to actually attempt to break balance sucks, and the faster pace of balance teams means missing a magma storm punishes you much more dearly than last gen. To answer your last question, yeah, Magic Guard is that good in DPP. ydm okhmwun otuchc wrwa fqiu eert aoixysa owl lvbs bshnbxk