Okay, out of the proposed changes before, these are the ones that have happened so far, remember, the changes that havent already happened are still up for discussion! You can also object to one of my changes to get it changed back.
Rotom-N UP from
A rank to
S rank
Lilligant STAYS
A rank (for now)
Tauros STAYS
A rank (for now)
Rhydon STAYS
B rank (for now)
Escavalier STAYS
S rank(for now, im kinda disappointed tbh, there was little to no discussion on this one, im going to keep it in with the new proposed changes, k?).
Im going to have to say that i agree with Oglemi and Butterfree about Rotom, Rotom is really starting to stand out in this metagame despite being less common before just one month ago, and for good reason. As a spinblocker, Rotom can get past the most common spinner, Kabutops rather easily, being able to be EVed to take a +2 aqua jet after two rounds of stealth rock with little cost. Rotom can also run a bulky set to be a full stop to Kabutops, which is also very nice. Actually, looking at RU's spinners, the only one rotom struggles with is cryogonal :o. Also, as Oglemi said, Rotom is very versatile, it can run quite a few different sets to great effect. Whether it be scarf, specs, bulky, subsplit, subwisp.... you name it!. All of them can be very useful to a team, and their all very annoying for the opponent to handle as well ;_;. Another point is that Rotom's typing is amazing, in fact, its to amazing that it can run an effective defensive set with 50/77/77 defenses, its that good man. Rotom comes packed with 3 immunities to Normal, Fighting, and Ground, along with resistances to Flying, Bug, Steel, Poison, and Electric! All in exchange for two weaknesses to Ghost and Dark, not bad! Also note that levitate means it doesnt take much from entry hazards either, only being affected by Stealth Rock under normal conditions. Rotom's typing is cool offensively too, electric/ghost are great STABs to have, and are nearly unresisted in the RU tier! All in all, ill be happy to move up Rotom to S, if anyone has any objections, speak now!
Im kinda surprised that Lilligant and Escavalier got as little discussion about their placement as they did, their both pretty important pokemon in the metagame, and they both have a LOT of positive qualities, but also some negative qualities that might make their position debatable (coverage issues for cress, shitty speed and lack of recovery for escavalier). Im going to keep escavalier as a proposed change because it got literally zero discussion, but your free to keep discussing Lilligant as well.
Here are the new Proposed changes!
Smeargle UP from
A rank to
S rank
Escavalier DOWN from
S rank to
A rank
Ditto UP from
C rank to
B rank
Manectric DOWN from
B rank to
C rank
Im also going to propose another change here, its time for a pokemon to get out of untested imo!
Seismitoad UP from
Untested Rank to
B Rank
i stated my argument in an earlier post so ill just quote it here
Btw, ive only used him in 8 or so battles, but im pretty sure seismitoad will end up in at least B tier when it all comes down to it. Both of its sets are very effective, and with water absorb added on to its defensive set, it can come in on pokemon like kabutops and lanturn with impunity and just destroy them. It even has stealth rock now to provide some more team support! Offensive rain dance is also very dangerous thanks to its ability to set up both Stealth Rock and Rain Dance while still keeping up offensive momentum with hydro pump/earth power. Its also immune to the electric-type moves that usually plague other rain sweepers, making it almost essential on rain imo.
All else applies except ive now used him for more than 8 battles.
Another thing to note about toad is that its a decent check to nidoqueen, avoiding the 2HKO from earth power and resisting everything else, while striking back with its own Earth Power.
Thoughts on the new proposed changes? Do you want one of the other proposed change sthat i didnt make this time around to happen? Feel free to post here if so!