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January usage stats and USUM tier changes
Smogon has finally released the usage stats and updated tiers for the USUM as of January. Some of these may be a bit surprising such as Mega Charizard Y falling all the way to UU and Mandibuzz falling down to RU. The biggest takeaway from all of this is Landorus-Therian sitting above a 50% usage rate. That is absurd. Here is a link to the entire thread.
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Tier changes: Necrozma moved from BL3 to RU Ribombee moved from BL3 to RU Qwilfish moved from PU to NU Kingdra moved from OU to UU Mandibuzz moved from UU to RU Spiritomb moved from NU to PU Stakataka moved from OU to UU Lucario moved from BL2 to UU Heliolisk moved from RU to NU Venusaur moved from RU to NU Charizard-Mega-Y moved from OU to UU Blastoise-Mega moved from UU to RU Sandslash-Alola moved from NU to PU Manaphy moved from OU to UU Marowak-Alola moved from OU to UU Torkoal moved from RU to NU Klinklang moved from BL4 to NU Lycanroc-Dusk moved from OU to UU Dragonite moved from OU to UU Silvally-Steel moved from PU to NU Ninetales-Alola moved from OU to UU Smeargle moved from RU to NU Claydol moved from NU to PU Rotom-Mow moved from NU to RU Medicham moved from BL4 to NU Yanmega moved from BL3 to RU Seismitoad moved from NU to UU Kommo-o moved from RU to UU Gengar moved from OU to UU Rotom-Wash moved from UU to OU Aurorus moved from NU to PU Dugtrio moved from RU to NU What are your opinions on all of this? |
Should be noted that Zard Y, Manaphy and Dragonite ended up in BL, rather than UU.
I sorta expected Stakataka to drop as well, because it was pretty hyped up at first due to having powerful Gyro Balls, but it ultimately falls thanks to the current state of the meta. I expect to see it dropping to RU even, and then eventually find its final resting place in BL2 if UU isn't kind to it either (I haven't played a lot of UU so I can't give a proper informed judgement). I expect to see TR being a really common playstyle in UU as Alolan Marowak fell down to said tier as well. Gengar falling is somewhat not surprising as well, especially considering the changes that have occurred over the game shift. While it can be assumed it's because of the loss of Levitate, bear in mind that Gengar's still remained OU despite the apparent nerf, so this can't be the reason. I have a feeling this has been caused by the rise of Toxapex and the power creep - Blacephalon seems to be taking his place as a special attacking ghost, as he hits harder despite suffering from being stuck in a crowded speed tier, yet this can be remedied with a scarf. Dugtrio's drop isn't surprising either. Since Arena Trap's ban he's been falling like rain through the tiers, largely thanks to the fact that better Ground-types exist, namely Zygarde-10% in RU and Mamoswine in UU, for example. But 52% Lando usage, holy crap - that's twice the usage we've seen since it was last recorded. This cat has clearly stood the test of time, and I can see him being a mainstay for the rest of the gen, and the next gen for that matter unless something usurps him from the throne. |
Lando-T has basically become the Primal Groudon of OU lol
What made Rotom-W rise back into OU though? |
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Even after this, Gliscor will probably be on the way out next. Despite the stiff competition from Lando-T, it's still viable in OU despite being tiered below, and the loss of Rotom will probably result in Gliscor becoming a massive threat as there isn't much in the tier to deal with it. |
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and its pecent usage of course. |
Part of me wishes Landorus-Therian would undergo suspect testing. That sounds better in theory than in actual practice due to a large number of mons that could potentially run rampant if it were to be banned.
fwiw I don't think Landorus is necessarily broken or anything but wow has it become the definition of centralization. We might be dealing with this dominance for generations to come. |
Not really happy about Aloan Ninetails being back in UU. Everyone is going to be using a veil team again, it quickly gets old.
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People will just use Auroras and Alolan Sandslash can just set it up though in UU. Anyways seems people just want to use different pokemon and methods.
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Nobody bothers with Auroras and Alolan Sandslash, even with veil they aren't worth using in UU.
When Alolan Ninetails gets into UU the entire tier centralizes around it. Thankfully the ban came faster this time. |
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