Muscle K
Banned deucer.
After using the three 'mons, the rankings granted to Diancie and Latias seem suitable - Diancie is arguably the tier's best mega, being a fantastic offensive check to Pinsir and zard as well as serving as an excellent stall breaker, set-up sweeper and even a balance breaker when ran with nature power and koko can break through the popular Celepex or Celetine core with incredible ease. As well as that, Diancie acts as an excellent anti-lead against most, if not all variants of ho leads, being able to prevent rocks and webs from 'mons such as Azelf, Skarmory, Garchomp and Smeargle, while also preventing Ninetales from setting up veil. TL:DR Diancie is a fantastic choice this meta, and I can honestly see it being in A+ simply because its so good.
There's not much to say about latias, apart from the word "fantastic". In all seriousness, Latias has yet again proven to be a great pick, being an effective balance breaker, easily sweeping through most, if not all with cm boltbeam + Stored Power. While stored power is it's most effective set, creative sets such as reflect type sets being utilised efficiently. Latias' ranking is perfectly fine atm, but similarly to Diancie, I can see it moving up to the A- rank in the future.
Altaria has suffered greatly to the transition into the new generation, being outclassed as a sweeper, stallbreaker and wallbreaker, as well as loosing the value of its niche. As a sweeper, Altaria finds very little opportunity to setup a Dragon Dance - which is its only viable set in the current meta - without HEAVY support - and even then, it is checked by the tier's most common walls, including Celesteela, Venusaur, Ferrothorn and Toxapex - with the former countering every potential set and the latter having to fear earthquake and the only mentioned 'mon that doesn't immediately threaten it. As well as that, it is outclassed as a sweeper by 'mons such as as Mega Tyranitar, Gyarados, Dragonite, Salamence and Charizard-X - all of which having a better stab combination, as well as possessing higher offensive capabilities, whether it can achieve that through the means of superior attack stats (all of which do btw), superior bulk in the case of Mega ttar, Zard-X and Dnite and some having the capabilites of possessing a z-move.
tl:dr Even when compared to the 'mons of the B- rank, Altaria fails to compete for not only a mega slot, but as a sweeper / breaker in general. i Believe it honestly deserves a drop.
Koko is undeniably A+ material, which is why I won't give much detail about it. Tapu Bulu, however, is difficult. It has so many qualities that warrant both to keep it in A+ but also to drop it to A. Since the release of mega diancie, there has been a surge of usage in 'mons such as Scizor, Celesteela and Vensaur, effectively reducing Bulu's capabilities as a wallbreaker. However, bulu still sees utility as an excellent support 'mon - providing grassy terrain for ground weak 'mons such as Diancie, Camerupt, Heatran and Magearna - as well as acting as an excellent stallbreaker, being able to easily beat spl and ciele stall builds.
As I post this today, bulu's positive qualities outweigh the negative meta trends, which is why I disagree with a Bulu drop.
Go Read Cheryl. and BPGXMG posts for reasoning
But i'd like to add the fact that meta trends are not kind to this thing. As stated above, Scizor and other bulky steel types are seeing an increase in usage after the mega diancie release, meaning that Togekiss has a harder time adapting to the meta. While it does gain access to nasty plot and moves such as Fire Blast and Focus Blast / Aura Sphere, the most common (and only relevant) stallbreaking set runs a mono attacking set, which doesn't help it against anything.
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