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I haven't done noms in a long time, so here are a couple and I'll "briefly" comment on the ones above but here we go:
Rapidash Galar C to B-/B. Gorse has been overlooked for a very long time, even by myself, but I think it definitely warrants a rise. Two really solid sets in SD and CM, a really useful defensive typing for an offensive Pokemon makes it a perfect addition to teams which need a Pokemon act as an secondary Fighting- and Psychic-type check. The reliable recovery further helps the latter and with the immunity to Toxic as well, I feel that a fair few "standard" teams can struggle to deal with it. Being slower than Froslass does suck a little but it still has an incredible Speed tier being faster than some of our top threats in Jynx, Basculin, Morpeko, and Silvally formes just to name some examples. Not sure where to exactly rank this, but I think at the very least, it is in line with some of the upcoming wallbreakers from the last metagame.
C to C+. Specially defensive slow pivot. Does this pretty well, although it's certainly no Wishiwashi or Perrserker. Still very passive and vulnerable to Knock Off, but it can somewhat blanket check special attackers which isn't awful. Will definitely see some usage on certain VoltTurn teams or teams based on a very hard to get in breaker that really need this sort of assistance so a small rise will suffice.
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Froslass New to A. Yup agree with what's been said. Great mon, not broken but definitely has a very distinct role that offensive teams will certainly appreciate.
Miltank Keep at A+. This one is a tough one to call; on the one hand it can definitely 1v1 a lot of things and be obnoxious, but it's also pretty exploitable and predictable at times due to its somewhat passive tendencies. Gets blown back by our special attackers in Jynx and Basculin, but once they are gone (im assuming way too much lmao), I can certainly see a case for this potentially moving up.
Poliwrath A- to A. One of the few actually good Basculin switch-ins, can be pretty threatening as an offensive Water-type itself as well. Bulky sets are also pretty solid, metagame just really suits my best friend Justin.
Klinklang A to A+. Ye this mon is a menace at the moment. It does have checks but those checks struggle against some of our key threats, as most are weak to Water-types.
Jynx A to A+. Yep, another one that makes sense, lost Wishiwashi so scarier to switch into, and despite the lack of switch-ins, it's still too hard to be consistent with it to be considered S.
Basculin B+ to A+. While this has been nommed for a rise already, I'm gonna push it one further. This mon is totally cracked against many teams since having a sturdy Water-type answer is difficult without resorting to Poliwrath (or other extremely niche Water-immune Pokemon). Sure Grass-types are decent but they fear Ice Beam and even take a lot from Choice boosted STAB attacks despite resisting them. Furthermore, this mon has been teching against generally special walls like Articuno in order to bypass them further reducing good switch-ins, and again faster than Jynx is really nice at the moment.
Stunfisk Keep at A-. Seems odd that a Stunfisk hater would wanna keep Stunfisk here but its one of the best Klinklang answers, I've seen many teams utilise other special attackers + Skuntank and this deals with that, still deals with Rotom as well. Yes it's awfully passive, lacks recovery and extremely exploitable but it does do a great job of crucially just checking some big threats to the point, where I feel forced to use it on certain teams (feelsbad moment). Wouldn't be sad tho if it did drop tho.
Shiftry B+ to B. Shiftry has struggled for a while and the shifts haven't helped it either, fine with it going down.
Qwilfish A+ to A. Too many special attackers for its liking and there's also a new Spiker in town. Still a good mon but has more trouble seeing success at the moment.
Tangela A+ to A. Ye Corth summarise this well by saying its just like Qwil whereby the specially defensive counterparts rose and these two arent sufficient at dealing with the rise of special attackers. Still great mons despite the suggest drop.
Altaria A to A-/B+. I've never really been much of a fan of this Pokemon. Its awfully passive as a defogger and its matchups right now are significantly worse than other defoggers, and we also got Lassie to make things worse for it.
Alolan Persian B+ to A-. Amazing Speed tier, good fast check to physical attackers, good utility and typing for the metagame, definitely deserves this.
Coalossal B to B+. Again I'll admit I'm not the biggest fan but we lost a spinner and some other important mons, and this does a decent job at filling those shoes. Namely does well into Ice-types barring Focus Blast from Jynx and it can still eat one. Still has glaring flaws such as being very passive and the awkward typing that is both great and bad at the same time but I can definitely see it go up; not too fussed if it doesnt tho.
Morpeko B toS B+. :pekobusiness:
Lurantis C to C+. Ye small rise but we should expect to see more of this Pokemon given we lost Eldegoss.
Silvally-Grass ?. Not sure if we need to be using this but I haven't really tried so I can't say for certain.
bloop.
Rapidash Galar C to B-/B. Gorse has been overlooked for a very long time, even by myself, but I think it definitely warrants a rise. Two really solid sets in SD and CM, a really useful defensive typing for an offensive Pokemon makes it a perfect addition to teams which need a Pokemon act as an secondary Fighting- and Psychic-type check. The reliable recovery further helps the latter and with the immunity to Toxic as well, I feel that a fair few "standard" teams can struggle to deal with it. Being slower than Froslass does suck a little but it still has an incredible Speed tier being faster than some of our top threats in Jynx, Basculin, Morpeko, and Silvally formes just to name some examples. Not sure where to exactly rank this, but I think at the very least, it is in line with some of the upcoming wallbreakers from the last metagame.
C to C+. Specially defensive slow pivot. Does this pretty well, although it's certainly no Wishiwashi or Perrserker. Still very passive and vulnerable to Knock Off, but it can somewhat blanket check special attackers which isn't awful. Will definitely see some usage on certain VoltTurn teams or teams based on a very hard to get in breaker that really need this sort of assistance so a small rise will suffice.
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Froslass New to A. Yup agree with what's been said. Great mon, not broken but definitely has a very distinct role that offensive teams will certainly appreciate.
Miltank Keep at A+. This one is a tough one to call; on the one hand it can definitely 1v1 a lot of things and be obnoxious, but it's also pretty exploitable and predictable at times due to its somewhat passive tendencies. Gets blown back by our special attackers in Jynx and Basculin, but once they are gone (im assuming way too much lmao), I can certainly see a case for this potentially moving up.
Poliwrath A- to A. One of the few actually good Basculin switch-ins, can be pretty threatening as an offensive Water-type itself as well. Bulky sets are also pretty solid, metagame just really suits my best friend Justin.
Klinklang A to A+. Ye this mon is a menace at the moment. It does have checks but those checks struggle against some of our key threats, as most are weak to Water-types.
Jynx A to A+. Yep, another one that makes sense, lost Wishiwashi so scarier to switch into, and despite the lack of switch-ins, it's still too hard to be consistent with it to be considered S.
Basculin B+ to A+. While this has been nommed for a rise already, I'm gonna push it one further. This mon is totally cracked against many teams since having a sturdy Water-type answer is difficult without resorting to Poliwrath (or other extremely niche Water-immune Pokemon). Sure Grass-types are decent but they fear Ice Beam and even take a lot from Choice boosted STAB attacks despite resisting them. Furthermore, this mon has been teching against generally special walls like Articuno in order to bypass them further reducing good switch-ins, and again faster than Jynx is really nice at the moment.
Stunfisk Keep at A-. Seems odd that a Stunfisk hater would wanna keep Stunfisk here but its one of the best Klinklang answers, I've seen many teams utilise other special attackers + Skuntank and this deals with that, still deals with Rotom as well. Yes it's awfully passive, lacks recovery and extremely exploitable but it does do a great job of crucially just checking some big threats to the point, where I feel forced to use it on certain teams (feelsbad moment). Wouldn't be sad tho if it did drop tho.
Shiftry B+ to B. Shiftry has struggled for a while and the shifts haven't helped it either, fine with it going down.
Qwilfish A+ to A. Too many special attackers for its liking and there's also a new Spiker in town. Still a good mon but has more trouble seeing success at the moment.
Tangela A+ to A. Ye Corth summarise this well by saying its just like Qwil whereby the specially defensive counterparts rose and these two arent sufficient at dealing with the rise of special attackers. Still great mons despite the suggest drop.
Altaria A to A-/B+. I've never really been much of a fan of this Pokemon. Its awfully passive as a defogger and its matchups right now are significantly worse than other defoggers, and we also got Lassie to make things worse for it.
Alolan Persian B+ to A-. Amazing Speed tier, good fast check to physical attackers, good utility and typing for the metagame, definitely deserves this.
Coalossal B to B+. Again I'll admit I'm not the biggest fan but we lost a spinner and some other important mons, and this does a decent job at filling those shoes. Namely does well into Ice-types barring Focus Blast from Jynx and it can still eat one. Still has glaring flaws such as being very passive and the awkward typing that is both great and bad at the same time but I can definitely see it go up; not too fussed if it doesnt tho.
Morpeko B to
Lurantis C to C+. Ye small rise but we should expect to see more of this Pokemon given we lost Eldegoss.
Silvally-Grass ?. Not sure if we need to be using this but I haven't really tried so I can't say for certain.
bloop.