Smogon usage stats for April are up

https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/usage-based-tier-update-for-april-2018.3632386/

To summarise the changes:

Jirachi moved from BL to OU
Mienshao moved from UU to RU
Bruxish moved from RU to NU
Lucario moved from UU to RU
Entei moved from UU to RU
Miltank moved from PU to NU
Latias-Mega moved from BL to OU
Palossand moved from PU to NU
Abomasnow-Mega moved from RU to NU
Passimian moved from BL4 to NU
Diancie moved from RU to NU
Forretress moved from UU to RU
Houndoom-Mega moved from UU to RU
Samurott moved from NU to PU
Typhlosion moved from NU to PU
Gigalith moved from RU to NU
Camerupt-Mega moved from RU to NU
Amoonguss moved from UU to OU
Comfey moved from RU to NU
Hoopa-Unbound moved from BL to OU
Ambipom moved from UU to RU
Emboar moved from BL3 to RU

Thoughts?

I'm surprised Amoonguss is getting popular again, especially as it doesn't seem to be getting paired up with Quagsire like I grew accustomed to. Is it being used in conjunction with Pex instead maybe?

I am a bit out of touch with OU at the moment but I am curious as to why Jirachi has seen a spike in usage again.

Its been so long since I've done any laddering, I never even realized Ambipom was in UU, crazy stuff. Good to see Hoopa-U back in OU though, such an amazing wallbreaker

It's long overdue for Forretress to drop. Also interested to try Entei in RU.

FireSnow said:

Its been so long since I've done any laddering, I never even realized Ambipom was in UU, crazy stuff. Good to see Hoopa-U back in OU though, such an amazing wallbreaker

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Ambipom went from NU to UU because of this Youtube series

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOce8sFSREoYuxIaByvtW9DBoX1O2ZFzm

It was spammed on the ladder, and it's usage was around #8 in UU for a short time.

Now it's over, and it's a little sad to see it dropping again.

"Lucario moved from UU to RU"

Frankly this is just sad, i think it speaks volumes about the power creep in the last few gens. :(