the new statuses are pretty strong, confusion is soo much worse to deal with
lunar dance is now a growth-esqe move now
huge power now is definitely worse so azumarill and mega mawile will drop down the tier quite a bit
azumarill in monotype will probably end up using sap sipper a lot more
tank azumarill go
solgaleo now has necrozma-dusk mane ability and its own ability combined, thats really good
rare bone now gives... marowak special attack buffs? thats a bit odd
it would be pretty cool as you could trick a... say alakazam and make it hit really badly
electric surge jolteon, yes!
i approve of that
mega venusaur's even more beefy
although regular venusaur is really similar to its mega now, so the mega might be worse now as regular venusaur can also have thick fat and leftovers
the speed lower on mega charizard X will definitely make it not used as much
beast boost charizard with dragon dance can just sweep things like a pro
water/steel blastoise is a very good idea
its a literal tank turtle
mega blastoise is definitely better
its much tankier which is good
now mega beedrill can outspeed a lot of things even better than before, even outspeeds many scarfers
nidoking now has better stats, i love that; i'd probably use it even more on my ground team now as that poison/fire coverage is super nice for handling ground weaknesses better
tapu bulu fears that poison STAB
alola ninetales is now even better, its one of Ice's staples
wigglytuff with softboiled is so so good
vileplume can keep being great
i personally love vileplume
parasect still isnt that special, i mean; grass moves on bug can help but its type still is bad
sticky webs on grass is neat though
because grass types with a few exceptions is kinda slow
golduck's psychic/water, like it should but its stats are definitely low tier material still
mega alakazam's even better than ever
machamp's now a clone of conkeldurr, but has that super nasty no guard dynamic punch to mess with people
with buffed confusion
hustle dodrio with hone claws would be very fun
alola muk lost its gluttony beefiness
now its back to the regular assault vest for it
cloyster's now worse
no reason to use mega gengar now that it lost its tried and true shadow tag
levitate gengar's back! thats so nice for poison and ghost
agility on marowaks, now thats pretty cool; now its even better
i'd love to have sheer force starmie exist, its so good
speed boost scyther, rip up people
mega gyarados is redundant now
moxie gyarados is awesome
lapras is now much better on ice
aerodactyl's badass now
comatose renders immunity pointless
i think moltres and zapdos have their flame body/static messed up
also let moltres keep its 125 special attack, its what it uses
meganium still is sad
shadow tag wobbuffet is still the prime best wobbuffet as it needs to lock in the enemy to do its job right
because otherwise, you can just switch away from it and render it pointless
it should have some new moves to cover its other two abilities
i can help with it if you'd like
also forretress with sticky webs, now thats great! now it has all hazards and renders shuckle pointless
mega steelix is better, but once again now the regular form is better because you can have an extra item with that tanky power
now granbull is actually pretty useful
it could help somewhat vs pokemon like ferrothorn on fairy teams
yeah, it can be quite nasty if the opponent has a move that chops HP in half
shuckle should have a buff in its HP, give it 60 base HP
mantine should have drizzle and U turn, i know from experience that it can be better than it seems
skarmory's even more dangerously tanky
mega houndoom got a massive buff
yeah, its pretty neat
mega sceptile is now amazing, dragon dance was genius for it
blaziken's mostly the same, still awesome
swampert should have sap sipper, it'd be pretty cool as it can not mega so it can cover for ground better
swampert can deal with grass better with sap sipper, gastrodon is a long term overall water tank, and seismitoad has more speed to take on slow tanks
the trinity of water/grounds for ground monotype
i personally think mightyena should be dark/ghost to give it something unique to itself
the skull dog of the dead
belly drum + speed boost baton pass linoone is pretty great
ludicolo should be given calm mind, it can be like a fire deterrent for grass teams, hop in on a fire type and then boost up
or give it slack off to be more of a bulky water/grass
adaptability shiftry's awesome
i know for a fact i'd use gardevoir on my fairy team now, its so better
oh yeah, give whiscash sap sipper instead
now staraptor can be even better at being the anti fighting tank for normal
luxray's now infinitely better, it can be used on electric teams to deal with pesky mega latiases
or regular ones
spiritomb should have dark aura instead of cursed body, as spiritomb is the embodiment of 108 evil spirits and as such has very evil (dark) aura; plus spiritomb would love to have better dark moves
mega lucario's definitely worse
regular lucario is much better
hippowdon's even better than ever, which i love as its my ground supplier
drapion's better than alola muk im sure now, drapion can just destroy tapu bulu for dark and poison loves the anti psychic dark typing
drapion with dragon dance would rule
toxicroak's definitely better, now it can serve as fighting's anti fairy puncher
oh thats good
everyone should be viable in some fashion
magnezone's same as ever, and better
if only magnet rise had priority if magne- evolution used it, then it could be one of steel's prime anti excadrill mons
magnet pull it, be immune to ground, then snipe it off
even though that'd be bad for me
tangrowth's even better now, assault vest regenerator tangrowth can just wall ground
its vicious
gliscor's better than ever, now it can hit a bit harder
mamoswine also better than ever, even if the special attack buff is mostly pointless
unless it wants to use blizzards for some odd reason for skarmorys on ice teams
rotom-fan should have motor drive instead of levitate, as its flying type and doesnt need levitate
same with rotom-mow