Ranking Every Pokémon in Regulation H... Again

[@JJ-kc2nx]

I would never have thought I'd see ursaluna-bloodmoon start to fall off I wonder whose fault that was (thank you sneasler)

[@arafzaman760]

Tbh Blood moon was still a thing when urshifu was running around,that didn't stop it from winning regionals It's probably gonna be back once people find the right composition

[@getinsane2140]

Don't forget to thank amoonguss too

[@DCDex05]

@@getinsane2140Thank you trans icon Amoonguss! A real one time and time again. 😊

[@wilhelmtan5301]

Wait but wouldn't that affect also normal Ursaluna too

[@FAI_CW]

I havn't played any VGC since Reg B, I think, but I appreciate the long video as background noise at work 👍 This week has been rough

[@winterwatson6437]

alolan ninetales will always be s+ in my heart

[@tylerdamaso1877]

I think even though the Meta has those undebatable S tiers and a tiers but the b and c tiers really shine in these type of formats

[@therapistivy]

rilla not being in best of the best is wild

[@TransparentlyDuplicitous]

If only Liquid Voice gave a boost like the -ate Abilities.😮‍💨 I really like Primarina, but it's just lacking that tiny bit.

[@themegagamer6086]

Dachsbun is a sleeper pick in this lower powered meta game because the assault vest set has potential especially with well baked body boosting defense Tera type: fighting Moves Body press Play rough Stomping tantrum (Your choice between the following) Psychic fangs Crunch Facade Snarl (damage doesn't matter you just want to lower stats so it's status move bypassing assault vest) EVs For max investment in defence but the others are up to you My EV setup Relaxed nature (-spe, +Def) sassy nature (-spe, +sp. Def) 252 Def 128 Atk 128 HP Or 252 Def 252 Sp. Def 4 HP Cons For maximum effectiveness it will take up Terra type, you need a Trick room setter, and a lava plume user Pros Type coverage yes fighting and ground have overlapping issues (rock and steel) and can't hit flying type but play rough and the 4th move could possibly hit for neutral damage. Immunity to dragon and fire Now another sleeper picks I'll briefly go over are Forretress, skyarmory two pokemon with a history of being great in doubles and with body press

[@MontananMusician]

Sinitcha is not really meant to be a redirection pokemon. Its primary purpose is to switch in to heal allies, burn the opponent and tank hits.

[@PiggyBonkers0309]

I’ve always had faith Archaludon ever since I saw it for the first time

[@samblanco4408]

Great update on the meta!

[@theimprovedbore550]

here i thought i made some kind of "secret meta call" with P2 soft TR balance (feat. Clangorous Soul Kommo-o and Ursaluna) before baltimore lmao it's nice knowing i had a good idea at the time, considering how so many others did well with it, but... now i'll need to cook from scratch all over again lol

[@lalilulelo.n.stitch]

Magnezone has potential to pair extremely nicely with Dondozo teams. It's a sniper that can either work as a trapper of Steel types roaming around or it can go Analytic and destroy every Haze user and hard walls Amoonguss. Fun fact: Analytic Choice Specs Flash Cannon Magnezone does 101.9% MINIMUM to Sylveon. How many Pokémon can say they can OHKO a Sylveon on the special side?

[@SableyeVGC]

Magnezone is cool, the speed tier is just a little weird. Also a much needed electric type

[@lalilulelo.n.stitch]

@@SableyeVGC That just means Analytic is always active.

[@Peremol]

Hisuian decidueye has entered the chat

[@lalilulelo.n.stitch]

@@Peremol I mean, if that's the biggest threat I'm worried about in a match, I'm looking spiffy

[@EthanAsiwe]

Stop calling bloodmoon a fraud he's literally gonna win q regional

[@6969Sarazz]

Bloodmoon is really anti meta imo we’re going to start seeing speedy bloodmoon a lot cos of its matchup into a lot of meta stuff

[@deadeyez0132]

I accidentally submitted my team with the wrong Tera on gastrodon for this upcoming competition. Woops. But fire Tera and fairy Tera gastrodon have carried a ridiculous number of games for me. I'm using a sun team, and bringing archaludon and gastrodon have won almost every time. The only issue I've had against rain has been an occasional ghost attack from basculegion

[@molnarvgc4976]

As a perma Dondozo player, many of the more lower rated mons are a nightmare. Gallade with Sacred Sword + Sharpness, Wide Guard, Grass Tera leaf blade Sinistcha being an absolute wall Murkrow with priority haze Hydriegon with Focus Energy + Redirector I know dozo isnt the best, I just think its fun to run. Just wanted to share some insight into the use cases of lower ranked mons

[@borzafror]

dondozo is super intresting, i gurantee you that eventually people are gonna stop respecting it in this format, and stop fitting haze/other dozo counters. then its gonna win a big regional and people will be reminded how it can run through teams with no counterplay. in a way its similar to sun/psyspam/hard trick room teams. if your team isnt prepared then no amount of skill can save you.

[@molnarvgc4976]

@borzafror yeah it's extremely accounted for now Every team running Haze and during GC, only one Amoongus I ran into did NOT have Clear Smog

[@legendoftytoki7222]

I think scyther can be moved up to the niche tier due to one hitting 52th making day 2. Statwise it is good enough with a 110 attack stat and a highly valued 105 speed stat outpacing the likes of even garchomp and delphox able to throw out those technician dual wingbeats which is basically a 2 hitting brave bird and what was shown on stream with the two coverage moves of cc and technician thief, it has the options to hit the big steel types for some damage. Mons with a good flying stab option are very hard to come by as they are either weak statwise or rely on tera to gain a flying move so to have that mon with a strong flying move that can bypass sash while having a solid attack and speed stat can be worth looking into, whether you run it like vijay with the eviolite, or larp as a flying type urshifu with focus sash 252/252

[@SableyeVGC]

Yeh I definitely overlooked this one, I don’t think it’s crazy strong, but on the right team I can see it

[@montezumamc]

Not that I’m good at vgc, but I did peak at rank 600 something on the ladder this season, and speaking of those “prove me wrong Pokémon”, so far using froslass as a support Pokémon worked surprisingly well for me on my rank 600 team. I’m curious if anyone else has found success with that mon!

[@SableyeVGC]

Froslass is cooking!

[@Blue_Ark]

are u using frost breath to anger point mons?

[@montezumamc]

@@Blue_Ark yes a wide lens froslass with a covert cloak Tauros with EQ, rockslide, raging bull and protect. I usually just eq and sacrifice my froslass after turn 1 for a free switch to flamigo

[@leomaturino5783]

Your voice is fun to listen to I don’t know why, good vid, I knew Rillaboom was way overrated

[@pezyg]

Ursa and Incin kinda falling off is so insane. I love this reg

[@Leeacademy2024]

Incineroar found itself on 6 out of 8 of top 8 teams in Baltimore. If he fell it's a minor slip

[@Melodic_Minor143]

P2 ursaluna got 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, and 15th, with a no ursaluna p2 at 6th. Great runs for the duck

[@sxewhil]

perfect timing to listen to otw to my local

[@SERMareep2007]

When will we see amphy getting some actual buffs 😢

[@marioman6444]

I Have been using Braviary because of you

[@SableyeVGC]

It appears I have done a little misleading… it was definitely solid at the beginning, but its value definitely seems to be diminishing

[@marioman6444]

@@SableyeVGC 🥲

[@TheGingerlie]

hisuian decidueye literally counters every top tier and should be brought in every game. The fact that he isnt best of the best in this list is crazy.

[@SableyeVGC]

It’s not fast enough, if it had like 15 more points on the speed stat I think it would easily be in that conversation.

[@TheGingerlie]

​@SableyeVGC idk, being able to force Goldhengo and Incen to swap or die instantly and being immune to intimidate just makes my rank climb so fast. But maybe in live tournaments and best of 3 it's different. But online everyone keeps bringing out incen and or gold straight from the jump.

[@borzafror]

it definetly has potential but it dosent really have the stats to be in S tier. it has a lot of tools but 60 speed just isnt very good. its not low enough to be an actual trick room threat but not fast enough to justify investing EVs into it.

[@Rylozu1767]

@@borzafror what about brave nature and using it in trick room? Could that work to make it be placed higher?

[@borzafror]

@@Rylozu1767 trick room is a good strat but its not a perfect solution to every slow pokemon, H decidueye dosent really have the stats to be a trickroom sweeper. for hard trickroom teams, the sweepers need to be something like torkoal throwing off 150bp stab sun boosted eruption, or bm uraluna with high power hyper voices, great bulk and the ability to nuke something if needed. or armarouge with 156bp stab expanding force with follow me support from indeedee. H decidueye dosent have the tools and stats to be a trickroom sweeper, it can probably function in a farigiraf team with both tailwind and trickroom. but its not always reliable H decidueye is definetly not a bad pokemon but its not S tier (or even A tier) material

[@eliana_d]

i feel like mimikyu is underexplored in this format

[@SableyeVGC]

Mimikyu wants to be so good

[@patrol2omega]

As Trick Room lover who's ranking is always between 1600 and 1750 in Showdown I must say that Blood Moon Ursaluna is the BEST trick room DPS in Gen 9, however ........ most players have no idea of what to pair it with other than Farigiraf. Blood-Moon Ursaluna is S+

[@Rylozu1767]

Why is pairing it with fairgiraf making its ranking lower than it should be? I feel like farigiraf is a great trick room mon. I don’t see why it’s so low either… But anyways, who would you recommend instead? Indeedee? Or a use a fast Bloodmoon with a tailwind user like Whimsicott?

[@patrol2omega]

@@Rylozu1767 Farigiraf is a must have in the team when playing with Blood Moon Ursaluna but I personally tend to have 2 trick room setters and the other option tends to be more valuable such as: 1. Oranguro 2. Dusclops Depending on which one you pick the item for Ursaluna changes and so does the strategy.

[@Rylozu1767]

@@patrol2omega oh okay. Would you mind sharing more? It sounds interesting. And is oranguru mental herb to avoid taunt, and then uses his instruct to repeat Bloodmoon? Or oh sorry, give ursaluna throat spray and then give oranguru life orb? And what’s the use of dusclops? Isn’t Porygon 2 a better eviolite user?

[@GuruFernandez]

My heart broke when I realized my boy Hydreigon just doesnt fit that well in this format when considering the top tiers. Its only unique selling point is being the strongest Snarl mon which paired with AV is nice.

[@sxewhil]

wait dusclops could kinda cook rn with haze and wisp on the right TR core

[@SableyeVGC]

This is what I’m saying, I think there’s a spot for it

[@ScooteezyVGC]

I've started seeing it quite a bit high on the BO1 ladder, I expect to see it a bunch in the GC

[@jeffreyabercrombie8136]

@@SableyeVGCCTS replacement for P2

[@noahthecrazy1632]

I wish hax was used more, he OHKOs arch with outrage even if arch is a +2 defense. And earthquake does almost 100% without Tera ground.

[@dimonutive]

252+ Atk Mold Breaker Haxorus Outrage vs. +2 252 HP / 4 Def Archaludon: 51-60 (25.8 - 30.4%) -- guaranteed 4HKO What do you mean it OHKOs a +2 defense arch 😂

[@phenomenonnarutokun]

@@dimonutive literally no Archaludon has 252 HP

[@dimonutive]

@@phenomenonnarutokun I just used the default one in the calc, but if it helps you feel better 252+ Atk Mold Breaker Haxorus Outrage vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Archaludon: 99-117 (60 - 70.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO it still stands that Outrage is NOT OHKO'ing an Archaludon unless you add in terastalization or other damage modification

[@logancosta3166]

I'm a big comfey believer

[@JaWick_WitaStick]

I really dont think kingambit is s but top of a fs

[@seanmcavoyjr.1386]

I feel like anihilape is broken, how can you counter him?

[@SableyeVGC]

If it’s paired with maushold, redirection beside a big attacker works pretty well. In front of to the scarf ones, it’s very nice to be able to protect and scout out final gambits. This should work as a general concept. That being said, it is a very good pokemon, so even with proper answers and a good game plan it’s still possible for it to outperform the common counters.

[@MaineMarshtomp]

No respect for Greninja making day 2 at Baltimore… :(

[@SableyeVGC]

I’m not sold on it personally, but I could be wrong

[@MaineMarshtomp]

@@SableyeVGC fair enough :)

[@Gemini240]

Maybe I haven’t used it enough but my hot take is that Porygon 2 belongs in the “best of the best”

[@SableyeVGC]

It’s definitely trending that direction, but a little too soon to put it there right now imo. Would love to see it though, I love the digital duck!

[@fleeper20]

rilla in 2nd tier and incin in first tier? isnt rilla performing a lot better in this reg?

[@SableyeVGC]

Baltimore regionals changed that, there were like 6 incins in top 8 and 0 rillaboom. Rillaboom is very good, but incin seemingly is better right now

[@jeffreyabercrombie8136]

@@SableyeVGChow much of that is all the ursaluna in top 8? Rilla can still be good if able to counter that check. I think people are just using it wrong. They’re treating it like reg G support when it deal disgusting damage itself

[@SableyeVGC]

@@jeffreyabercrombie8136 yeh rilla is still very good, I just don’t think it is currently defining the meta game, which is why it is in the second tier and not the best of the best tier

[@matttidd1542]

Cinderace too low ;)

[@samuelzelalem3079]

Honestly, Cinderace and Meowscarada are two super underrated pokemon I've used them to come back in so many battles that I should have lost