Mega Zam to A

As one of the more splashable Megas in the metagame, Mega Alakzam is an offensive alternative to Mega Latios. The decline in Colossoil makes running Alakazam a lot easier, and outspeeding Tapu Koko and Crucibelle is fantastic in this metagame. It sits on par with Mega Latios, as Mega Latios is valued for its ability to check Volkraken, but it definitely deserves the rise.

Cawmodore to B-

Although Cawmodore can still sweep unprepared teams, it's easy to build a team that has a Cawmodore check on it already, and it can be really hard wearing down said check when the opponent knows to play carefully with Cawmodore.

Kyu-B to A-

Following its success in CAPTT, Kyurem-B is able to smash through the bulkier teams in the metagame between its Z-Freeze Shock set and its Life Orb set. Most of the common defensive cores that consist of Jumbao, Celesteela, and Arghonaut have to play carefully around it, especially if paired with Tapu Koko. A decline in offensive Jumbao also helps this Dragon-type.

Kitsunoh to A-

Kitsunoh is showing itself as one of the metagame's best Choice Scarf users, due to its ability to outspeed Shell Smash Necturna. With two moveslots dedicated to Shadow Strike and U-turn, Kitsunoh is pretty free to pick two of Ice Punch for Zygarde, Earthquake for Volkraken and Heatran, Superpower for Naviathan, or Trick for bulkier teams. Choice Band Kitsunoh also saw some usage in CAPTT, with Iron Fist Meteor Mash able to OHKO Clefable and Jumbao and Shadow Strike to continually force switches with enough luck.

Maro-A to C



Stratagem to B

Stratagem's utility on offensive teams continues to disappoint. Although it's able to switch into Landorus-T pretty well, it doesn't do much else for its team. While it is a good anti-offense Pokemon, especially against Koko Screens teams, it has to win the speed tie with Tapu Koko to prevent it from setting up Light Screen.

Gliscor to B+



Gyarados-Mega Unranked

There's almost no reason to use Mega Gyarados. Pokemon that it would enjoy using Mold Breaker on are either not relevant - Mollux, Plasmanta, Rotom-W, and the like, or just wall Mega Gyarados anyway (Arghnaut, Clefable). Jumbao simply sits in front of Mega Gyarados unless it runs Ice Fang, which doesn't really bother Jumbao anyway. While its base forme can bother Choice Band Syclant...it begs the question why you just aren't using the base forme. Overall, Mega Gyarados just can't pull its weight in the metagame.