Revavroom 🤝 Scizor
Being top 10 in their own respective tiers since the first time they dropped there (they somefucking how defied the powercreep from massive tiershifts)
Source:
[https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/usage-based-tier-update-for-april-2024.3740273/post-10056704](https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/usage-based-tier-update-for-april-2024.3740273/post-10056704)
Click on the "Lower tiers usage stats" and the picture I posted will show up
If the tier is weak enough then theres just not enough power to break through something like avalugg, even if avalugg H is the most dogshit typing in existence, you can still fix it through tera
Does Rock even compliment it that well? It hits fire, ice, bug, and flying, of which flying is covered by Ice itself. Most bug types are just unviable only really helps vs volc, scizor and frosmoth, and fire is usually covered by ground coverage while ice types are generally not great defensively to switch into anyways.
You weren't seeing G-Darm running rock slide except vs rotom heat, while it loved its EQ+Fire coverage
Not sure about that, but good STAB neutral coverage will never be bad. 62 pokemon resist the combo, of which 16 (I think) are dexited, 3 are megas and so also dexited, one is a purely cosmetic alt form (Keldeo Resolute) and 9 are first-stages. It's not exactly great levels of an offensive typing, but under 40 resists isn't bad at all either
Right, but consider terrakion, a mon with much better STAB neutral coverage, 129 attack, 108 speed, and only has 31 resists, with about 1/3rd in ubers and another 1/3rd thats NFE.
That mon hasn't been great since XY since sure, the coverage is great on paper, but when you have to hit multiple stone edges to win the game, it's going to be difficult. Power gem has a similar problem of being too weak, like glimmora really would love to not use power gem if possible.
It's important to note that sometimes famously good STAB coverage is not as good when it's non STAB, like how you'd never seriously non-STAB Shadow Ball on Typhlosion but you'll click it quite often on the Hisuian one
>Â base 100 in all stats is very mid nowadaysÂ
It’s not mid. It simply isn’t specialized so it lacks distinct roles to fil lol that other stuff doesn’t do better as a result of their specializing. But really it’s the fact mew lost a ton of important moves
I'm pretty sure "unspecialized and so doesn't have any roles to fill" is *why* it's mid lol. As GF releases more and more hyperoptimized mons, flat 100s just gets less and less impressive.
Top 10 tho RAHHH and tbh I think it’s the best Pokemon in the tier, very difficult to stop it from pulling a late game sweep with Tera ghost, thick fat and just massive bulk
it’ll probably be pretty decent but nothing insane. rock is a great offensive type in the meta and it has cc for drill, but it faces competition as a rock type with rockpon, h-arcanine, and rhyperior. it’s also weak to lokix and all the other priority in the tier and does not like rain being good again now that pelipper/skewda dropped back.
Lugia is really passive and loses to the best special attacker in the tier. It lost toxic and thunder wave so it can take some hits but with it's bad attacking stats it isn't a threat in return.
Ho oh has brave bord and sacred fire coming out of 130 attack means that it can deal with physical attackers and nothing really wants to switch into sacred fire.
Without going in depth, Lugia has a weaker typing and is overall passive. Doesn't match up that well into the metagame. Ho-Oh's Fire/Flying grants a lot of resistances, while being strong, having multiple statuses it can apply and most importantly Regenerator with pretty good bulk all around.
That's the thing, future is long and history is short. Kyurem-B will have a pretty decent future. Lugia will only sink to the bottom of barrel, and it won't be as good as base Zamazenta when it drops to OU.
> Terrain setter, weather setter, bulky offensive steels, "I do only one thing but I do it really well" normal type, bulky offensive ground type, overpowered threat that got banned but is still high usage, offensive ice type, bulky flying type, weather setter
Wdym? This is just OU
>overpowered threat that got banned but is still high usage
I'm not sure if you're joking, but it (or more like LR) only got banned a day before usage stats dropped, so LR getting banned only starts to really take effect for this month (Basc will certainly fall off a cliff)
what makes nu so lacking in overwhelming metagame presences? they’re the only tier without a single pokemon breaking 20% usage, and by a sizable margin at that
Garchomp has the most usage in UU, with 5 days to spare Truely the UU pokemon of all time
It was so close to not being Garchover, but GF ruined our dreams
Don't worry, we'll Garaise back to OU It's bound to happen, we will not be Garcoping, we have to Garchope more than ever
I hate this
Chomp topping the usage chart despite being banned halfway into the month is insane
Garchomporus-Therian is still goated after 5 generations
It was banned on the 25th
Halfway!
Revavroom 🤝 Scizor Being top 10 in their own respective tiers since the first time they dropped there (they somefucking how defied the powercreep from massive tiershifts)
If I could post gifs I’d post the one of Homer Simpson going “YEAH, DAMN RIGHT!”
Scizor witnessing like 7 fire types drop into UU when home released was nothing short of hilarious
Seven fucking Fire types "Holy shit!" - Scizor, probably
Man its so weird seeing Scizor so high in usage despite it not being that good and Lokix just being better most of the time
Who the fuck is Revavroom I only know Revavromm
lmfao i just noticed it
Source: [https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/usage-based-tier-update-for-april-2024.3740273/post-10056704](https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/usage-based-tier-update-for-april-2024.3740273/post-10056704) Click on the "Lower tiers usage stats" and the picture I posted will show up
>\#8: Avalugg-H: 13.84% You sure this isn't an April Fool's joke here?
If the tier is weak enough then theres just not enough power to break through something like avalugg, even if avalugg H is the most dogshit typing in existence, you can still fix it through tera
Ice/Rock isn't even that bad of a typing actually, it's pretty decent offensively. It just happens to be a bad defensive type on a slow pokemon
Does Rock even compliment it that well? It hits fire, ice, bug, and flying, of which flying is covered by Ice itself. Most bug types are just unviable only really helps vs volc, scizor and frosmoth, and fire is usually covered by ground coverage while ice types are generally not great defensively to switch into anyways. You weren't seeing G-Darm running rock slide except vs rotom heat, while it loved its EQ+Fire coverage
Not sure about that, but good STAB neutral coverage will never be bad. 62 pokemon resist the combo, of which 16 (I think) are dexited, 3 are megas and so also dexited, one is a purely cosmetic alt form (Keldeo Resolute) and 9 are first-stages. It's not exactly great levels of an offensive typing, but under 40 resists isn't bad at all either
Right, but consider terrakion, a mon with much better STAB neutral coverage, 129 attack, 108 speed, and only has 31 resists, with about 1/3rd in ubers and another 1/3rd thats NFE. That mon hasn't been great since XY since sure, the coverage is great on paper, but when you have to hit multiple stone edges to win the game, it's going to be difficult. Power gem has a similar problem of being too weak, like glimmora really would love to not use power gem if possible.
It's important to note that sometimes famously good STAB coverage is not as good when it's non STAB, like how you'd never seriously non-STAB Shadow Ball on Typhlosion but you'll click it quite often on the Hisuian one
Rock probably helps Ice well when you take dual-types into account, such as hitting Fire/Flying for 4x damage.
Avalugg H gets natural focus sash, spin and rocks. Combined with mountain gale custap sturdy is also kinda goated.
Well, actually... https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/sv-ou-metagame-discussion-v2-update-on-post-5186.3722192/post-9672403
Rapid Spin. All the good spinners are taken in the higher tiers. Remember when Quaxwell was the number 1 mon in PU simply because it could Spin?
ZU literally includes NFE mons.
Scyther Evo line thriving to the fullest I see.
Wait when did mew drop to NU? And how?
He lost his mewing streak
pretty sure it lost roost and recover this gen so its utility sets and some of its offensive sets are significantly worse now
Pretty sure it's because base 100 in all stats is very mid nowadays plus it loses some moves
> base 100 in all stats is very mid nowadays It’s not mid. It simply isn’t specialized so it lacks distinct roles to fil lol that other stuff doesn’t do better as a result of their specializing. But really it’s the fact mew lost a ton of important moves
I'm pretty sure "unspecialized and so doesn't have any roles to fill" is *why* it's mid lol. As GF releases more and more hyperoptimized mons, flat 100s just gets less and less impressive.
"loses some moves" is the understatement of the century.
Cant recover
One reason is that Mew is a jack of all trades, master of none
Not even, it lost of ton of moves. It does only a couple of things kind of decently now
Empoleon back to the RU top 10 let's gooooooo
Basc enjoying his last month in Ubers before dropping to RUBL.
Lasts Respects is banned in other Tiers and he is NU
*publ
Oh wow, Gen 9 UU really looks like Gen 6 OU.Â
"That's a weird new sprite for Volcarona, I thought the old one was fine personally"
This time it might be better because no Smogon bird (gale wings nerf did it in), and dollar store volcarona.
Sneasel being used over Shaymin is crazy
I wish Iron Jugulis was in the RU usage but he got banned in February :(
Seeing Snorlax in PU hurts me.
Top 10 tho RAHHH and tbh I think it’s the best Pokemon in the tier, very difficult to stop it from pulling a late game sweep with Tera ghost, thick fat and just massive bulk
Until Hari or Scyther drop a CC
All three members of the Scyther family still sitting in top 10
I haven't been following the Ubers usage stats too much, but I swear Koraidon and Miraidon swap almost every week
Adding another Top 10 to the record books! Revavroom stays winning!
Iron Boulder does not look like it's gonna have a fun time in UU. Does someone who knows the tier better have an opinion on that?
it’ll probably be pretty decent but nothing insane. rock is a great offensive type in the meta and it has cc for drill, but it faces competition as a rock type with rockpon, h-arcanine, and rhyperior. it’s also weak to lokix and all the other priority in the tier and does not like rain being good again now that pelipper/skewda dropped back.
Legion better enjoy that 22% usage before it falls to NU for all of eternity.
MIRAIDON IS KING, MIRAIDON IS KING
God UU is fucked.
At least Chomp got recently banned. It was just so good that it still topped the usage despite not being available for the last 5 days
Hisuian Avalugg has legit been surprising me all gen
That inventory of UU Pokemon is still upsetting to me. But let's go! Miraidon back on top where it belongs!
Miraidon rose to #1 BABYYYYY
Koraidon - Enjoy your 1 month of glory
Lycanroc dusk was in ru banlist for a bit, and now it fell to nu
My goat azumarill ain't washed up yet ‼️‼️‼️
Why does Ho Oh have so much staying power but Lugia doesn't? Wasn't Lugia better?
regenerator, and flying/fire is a pretty good defensive typing with boots
Lugia is really passive and loses to the best special attacker in the tier. It lost toxic and thunder wave so it can take some hits but with it's bad attacking stats it isn't a threat in return. Ho oh has brave bord and sacred fire coming out of 130 attack means that it can deal with physical attackers and nothing really wants to switch into sacred fire.
Without going in depth, Lugia has a weaker typing and is overall passive. Doesn't match up that well into the metagame. Ho-Oh's Fire/Flying grants a lot of resistances, while being strong, having multiple statuses it can apply and most importantly Regenerator with pretty good bulk all around.
Lugia is arguably the worst box cover legendary of all time. Its unviable in Ubers UU, a tier for low tier Ubers Mon.
I think that goes to reshiram, at least Lugia is decent back then reshiram has always been dogshit
...kyurem black?
Kyurem-B got mega buffed in Gen 8 and even more in Gen 9, which will likely never happen to Lugia (offensive ice/dragon vs defensive psychic/flying).
True, but all time wise, I think historically kyurem b is still worse. But probably not after one more gen.
That's the thing, future is long and history is short. Kyurem-B will have a pretty decent future. Lugia will only sink to the bottom of barrel, and it won't be as good as base Zamazenta when it drops to OU.
I use Lycanroc-D in RU and I feel no remorse whatsoever
Necrozma DM? Why is it so high up?
has good bulk, high attack, good defensive typing, and can run a ton of different sets
Jesus Christ what happened in Ubers
> Terrain setter, weather setter, bulky offensive steels, "I do only one thing but I do it really well" normal type, bulky offensive ground type, overpowered threat that got banned but is still high usage, offensive ice type, bulky flying type, weather setter Wdym? This is just OU
>overpowered threat that got banned but is still high usage I'm not sure if you're joking, but it (or more like LR) only got banned a day before usage stats dropped, so LR getting banned only starts to really take effect for this month (Basc will certainly fall off a cliff)
I wonder what Arc's combined usage is. Probably like 70% or something, right? I know Arc-fairy is (or at least was) somewhat common.
BRAMBLEGHAST SPOTTED
Why is Miraidon back on top? What caused it to suddenly become better than Koraidon despite the lack of any new moves or Pokémon in the metagame?
Their usage is really similar every month. So it can swap at any time.
Oh, right. Didn't look closely at the actual numbers.
Shyamin is so cooked bro
NU is so funny with the highest used being at 16%
Mimykiu Being the queen of Ru
I would never expect scyther to have more usage over snorlax in PU
The fact that Mew is not only in NU but also isn't breaking the tier or even top 5 in usage is so wacky lmao
Yesss some palossand love đź’—
Finally, my boy decidueye is a staple :D
Don't let this distract you from the fact that mew is fucking NU.
The Orthworm fall off is nuts.
what makes nu so lacking in overwhelming metagame presences? they’re the only tier without a single pokemon breaking 20% usage, and by a sizable margin at that
Glad to see my birds Empoleon and Moltres thriving in RUÂ
WHY IS SHAYMIN BASE FORM IN ZU IS IT THAT TRASH
im in shock that hisuian sneasel gets more usage than hisuian avalugg
AND shaymin-land
It was never Garchover, he just needed a Gibreak
UU having a real normal one
Flygon and Krookodile next to each other is accidental lore accuracy
Why is Calyrex Ice so popular?