I have been meaning to make a comprehensive personal NUVR and since I have some time to kill I thought I might as well share my thoughts :3
NOTE: Mons are not ordered within their tiers — VR excludes Indeedee-M & any potential impact it would have on the rankings
S
- AVs still the ultimate glue and Coils still a good wincon. One thing I’ll say about coil though is that there’s been a lot of adaption to it w/ all the Tera Fairy running around and in particular stuff like sub NPtom can fuck w/ you a lot with it
- Probably doesn’t need an explanation
- Probably doesn’t need an explanation
- One of the most reliable mons in the tier in multiple different roles with varying counterplay for each. As it turns out being a Volt Switch mon pays dividends in a meta that has only 1 real common ground that you can actively abuse (granted stedge can actually put on some offensive pressure.) Offensive potential aside it also fills a nice defensive role.
A+
- I‘m at a point where thief feels borderline undroppable on this tbh. Otherwise this mon is still doing the same things it has always done, phenomenal at abusing U-Turn & Defogs also pretty fire on it. Non-Boots w/ Hattrems very cool, s/o Scarf Scyther.
- By all means a great mon but I think A+ is more appropriate than S- given its somewhat abusable tendencies. Ice Beams actually pretty decent when you can afford it to deny Cacturne and to an extent croak from abusing you too hard.
- Fat, spreads poisons, can act as a wincon, same old, etc.
- Good spiker & CC + U-Turn punisher. SDs pretty cool when you can afford it.
- This mon is god imo. Still has a myriad of lethal set up sets and I think there’s still room for exploration w/ more variants of frog.
- I hate this mon <3, in the early game there’s no consistent way to play around this depending on what it’s paired with. One of the best breakers in the tier and a reason why I feel inclined to run a dark resist on every team.
- Still a super lethal breaker, scarf is awesome, don’t have much else to say here.
A
- Probably one of the more controversial placements but I think this mon is awesome. There’s actually a lot of room for customisation & the ability/dark typing give it some pretty cool defensive utility. I’ve been liking bulkier sets a lot as of late.
- CM paired with STAB Boltbeam on base 130 speed = danger. Tera reliant but idc just off of threat level the mon is worthy of A to me opportunity cost or not.
- Statchecks everything with eviolite and can act as a strong wincon or one of the strongest breakers in the tier with Flame Orb trailblaze take your pick. Super good Tera abuser too.
- I think I like coil/Physical sparce more than I do cm these days tbh, its just generally easier to fit w/ the utility of Body Slam para spreading & Dragon Tail is also a really good option to shuffle things around. In comparison to Eelektross not having your recovery blanked by Tera Fairy is lovely. CM is a threat but the great conundrum of finding a satisfying 6 mons w/ it included continues to plague me to this today.
- Probably ranking this a tad low for some people but more and more often I find myself looking towards other fogging options. It just doesn’t have the same monopoly it used to and while status spreading is certainly nice, it has some very solid competition right now. By all means still a good mon but it just doesn’t have the same meta presence the other A+ mons do.
- It’s bulky, Contrary Leaf Storm along w/ Tera can make it relatively offensively threatening, and it’s one of the most reliable fogging options in the tier. Good MU into SR conda, good mon.
- Probably also somewhat controversial but honestly it’s not even easy to swap into it most of the time. Apple Acid + Dtail annoys basically everything and even Specs is scary. I’ll say that Croak is admittedly an annoyance for the usual dtail + apple acid stuff but even then it’s not like you can’t annoy it by shuffling things around with dtail.
- Has a number of cool traits and a much appreciated amount of natural bulk in comparison to other fighters. Building with it is a bit weird but I still think it’s pretty great. In particular it’s very good on HO imo.
- Simply put it has pretty good stats, a good typing, a good ability, and a good offensive toolkit. Encore Haunter is Jesus.
A-
- Once again might be somewhat low for some people’s likings but this mon feels like too much of a highly abusable passive blob at times. Rotom being as popular as it is feels really nasty for the Stoss + Twave + Rocks stuff it usually wants to do and I’m at a point where I think it’s worth running Shadow Ball on it lol. Could even go a step farther and run Tera Ground to avoid forfeiting momentum to Volt Switch pressure. Kind of a cool option for Rotom, Magneton, and the AV Eels out there running Volt Switch over U-Turn. Even then you’re still liable to being tricked by the things you want to check e.g. Zoroark & Scarftom and completely ruined. Kinda lame imo.
- This is probably absurdly low for a lot of people but my issues w/ Umb are the same as the ones highlighted above for Chansey. You do have demonic bulk and can pass wishes but god it can be so abusable and ultimately unreliable in-game.
- Can kind of be a scary breaker but usually not really between the nonexistent bulk, kind of shitty offensive typing, and mediocre speed tier. Usually would refer to one of the fighters in a higher tier before using this on a given team.
- Initial typing blows and makes it feel a lot shittier to use in comparison to its other banned Quiver Dancing brethren. I think it’s kind of disappointing more often than not truth be told.
- Spdef Utility sets on Birdier are cool, I like this mon a lot. It’s nothing too crazy overall though.
- SD Tera Grass stuff is hella dangerous. Tera Fight CC is something I haven’t gotten around to using but on paper sounds super threatening.
- Used to think he was crazy back in alpha but over time I’ve mellowed out a lot. At this point it’s just another wallbreaker and can force a lot of progress on a good day. Icl damage output w/o Stakeout boost is a lot sadder than you’d like.
B+
- I think Missy is relatively underrated and I’ve liked the mon every time I’ve used it. Bulks good, a respectable speed tier, has some nice offensive potential w/ its set up if you can get it going and tools like taunt are also just nice.
- cringe cringe cringe. Stuff like Muk and Perrserker own you pretty badly but accurate Sleep + accurate Cane for confusions on a QDer can make it obnoxious. Tera giving it actual coverage is also appreciated here.
- Warrants more use than it gets rn imo, speeds super nice & Taunts also just generally good. By no means is it anything spectacular but it’s a nice offensive mon, use the mon you’ll be pleasantly surprised.
- Overall just a pretty decent breaker. Analytic boosted moves are just generally good and Volt Switch in a meta where there’s only really one prominent ground (and not one that really checks things on the special side) is (believe it or not) pretty good. (See: Rotom)
- AV Perrserker is okay enough Copperajah cope. It leaves a lot to be desired more often than you’d like but Sharp Claws Fake Out is still a very good anti-offense tool & U-Turn is never bad. It’s okay.
- Lacks defensive counterplay but it’s also an Ice Type with a somewhat average speed tier if you want to set up w/ it while also competing with its base counterpart so bleh. It’s still a pretty decent Tera mon and wish recipient though, and Volt Switech + Ice Coverage in this tier is still not too bad. I think it’s still generally underrated to an extent for what its worth and the solid defenses are respectable w/ Tera + Wish pass into it courtesy of the shitty HP when you consider the offensive potency behind it.
- Probably an eyebrow raiser given that It’s a Hattrem, but it’s also the mon that holds teams together when you want to run sets that necessitate rocks being off. It’s also just good into our premiere rocker w/ Conda so it’s relatively consistent at that anyways. B+ might be a stretch but I think just given how integral its support is to a lot of sets/teams I’m sticking with it. CM Dkiss is also kind of an okay mon in its own right tbh.
- Diet Indeedee male and is perfectly capable of doing the same things but toned down.
- Notably worse than it used to be a while ago just cause we have more Tera Fairies running around to answer Tera Dragon Dpulse & wow does that speed tier come to bite you, but it’s still a very solid breaker and can go crazy w/ proper support.
B - Given that this is starting to reach a point where the mons are more niche I’ll keep these brief.
- Relegated to HO where it’s admittedly OK but still on the cheesier side.
- Same as above, I prefer Sap Sipper over Armour Tail these days to blank Appletun w/ Tera Fairy and fodder it.
- Cool mon and an absolute demon offensively but speed tier holds it back a lot and it’s weird to build with.
- It’s fine but it’s Tera reliant and pretty flawed in general. Ability to slow pivot, toxic, & spike is still ntb though.
B-
- Pyroar 0.5, speed tier difference makes it a fair bit worse.
- Be so fr this mon is not living more than 5 turns if you’re running Toxic Orb Facade & Belly Drum sets are cheesy and mostly bad.
- Pressures good and the typings alright but the stats are lacklustre and resttalk as recovery is dubious to say the least.
- Muk 0.5 but NP and a ghost resist is okay enough to justify it outside of the Cs imo.
- Taunt immune, Ground Type, and hazards are all nice! Unfortunately that’s where the positives end. For what it’s worth those positives are good enough to prevent me from C-listing it.
- Better than you’d think as an offensive threat that doesn‘t need to be crippled by its poor typing stifling its otherwise good natural bulk and punishing its speed tier w/ Tera.
- o3o, very cool mon and acts as a Muk 0.5 with a legitimate niche in invalidating Drifblim’s primary form of recovery. That being said it kind of does feel like you’re running a suboptimal Muk just to fish for a Drifblim which imo has lost a bit of its luster in comparison to a lot of other fogging options. That being said Muk is a very good mon and you’re not *too* much worse and it is pretty alright insurance v blimp if a team wants it. I’ll also say that its kind of cool to be a Muk that doesn‘t invite Conda in the way Muk does as you’ve got the ability to nail it on the special side.
C+ - I would personally avoid using most of the things down here unless you really wanted to go out of your way to use them. Not going to bother w/ descriptions beyond this point
C
- To be clear as a niche defogger not a QDer