NBL S8 sleepy power rankings

furfrou: weird rain with stall option. blatantly terrified of rocks
chansey feels 5th wheel-ish to me? invalidating special attackers is cool but
pelipper is the only big physdef friend i see here
mons nonetheless have a lot of tricks and this team plays aggro with hazards
its tail-end is no slouch either, high-power low-value picks near the end
except beartic. also somewhat lacking in immediate speed w/o weather abuse.
also weirdly dislikes strong grass
A-

pandachomp: really fat team with nice speed. i like it. acceptable hazard game. pretty solid.
hazard game is worryingly limited outside mew; only other setter is rocks rhyperior.
these mons are mostly ones that would love to have hazards, too
doublade feels redundant here, conk+gyara+rhyp are all physfat as shit
i give it an A-. it's a good team, it just really wants rocks

xerxosdamien: jank. r6 claydol is an obvious mistake.
tema can only really play offense and leans on keldeo hard.
does have spikes for braviary who is a high-value late pick, and will need to use those spikes to win
some tricks elsewhere can allow for upsets but i see this team struggling
C

jlmuserwolves: well despite the latios this actually is a change of pace for you, for once
duggy + this offense is quite spooky, but seems to be wanting a more aggro sweeper
arc, duggy, cott, ninetales, forry vomit support for...work up mpidge? sigilyph? cm latios?
i can see this team doing well enough in a straight slug-fest though
B

phoenix roost: fast team that likes vappy as a pivot.
cress took a wrong turn somewhere but it's valued utility (lunar dance hype)
this looks like a zaa team tbh, just lots of immediate power
rocks access is severely limited which is bad for HO
literally no hazard clear, relies on espeon as deterrent
utility in general is very lacking. this team may win games but it has too many hitters
mawile was a good pick for it tho
D

geckoapple: weird team, seems very bipolar. three hazard clears that early is a bit much i think
infernape and greninja would like momentum moves that the defensive side rather lacks
ironclad hazard game, abundnace of clears and several rocks users, spikes on gren is good
plenty of good bulkmons in clef, mlatias, miltank
can pull off offense by repurposing above via nape, gre, xurk, yanmega, zangoose
this team isn't my style and i'd be reluctant to take it on but with good play i can see it working
B

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snake: pretty decent team
shared ice weakness kinda jumps out at me, resists are all abusable
double pursuits with abundance of rocks and clears are all nice
speed tiers are pretty decent, salazzle as fastest may cause some issues tho
A-, it's a good team
that ice weakness and lack of decisive set-up outside ddtar are my only real gripes

cronoty: wtf is this mess
hellsatan offense in kyu-b and megas, attempt at stall, and plenty of upsetting cleaners
this will get free wins but i'm very ?????
i don't think ty drafted any part of this, except maybe kyu-b, this looks all crono
B-

kaltch: lol, this is the bully chat's wet dream
manarachi with friend scolipede is pretty slick
i do see some vulnerabilities though. if jirachi gets worn down the team is prone to birding
there is also a telegraphed distaste for bringing hazard clear
the back half of the team also feels a bit weak, quaggy and lycan especially
A-, you'll make it work anyway

claymoreargon: saaaand
i feel like this team can work. resistance suite is noticably good, rockers are available
sand game is strong, torn-t is strong, slowking pivots, muk eliminates undesirables
this team is only really built for offense but it has the tools to suceed in that mode
lack of a strong grass is unfortunate and armaldo is chaff but the early draft is quite strong
B+

hobohunter: rng
no letter grade. it would be unfair to compare the other teams to this majesty

vent: not spectacluar. loads of physdef that isn't entirely needed more than lando and loma.
seems to depend on umbreon hard as a pivot. offense relies on webs and strong 100ish speed stuff.
offense in general seems to be this team's mode, pivot cobal+umbreon with nukes
i give it a B-, could do with some trades

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solaris: this looks like a jl team
the mini-rain core is cute and i like the abundance of priority options on this team
hazard game is minimal but enough to get by, relying on mamo+king for rocks could be better
despite what jl was saying mlatios is good enough for clear
no really obvious vulnerabilities
early mon value feels average but the tail end of this team maintains consistent utility
easy A

rhetco: slow and fat as fuck but with room option
i can't really give this a grade fairly since i drafted it
probably A- though i guess

purple: ok
this team has some intimidating hard hitters and some good pivots but there's something missing
has a decent tr mode, rockers, spin, lone good mega
slight dark weakness that bulu doesn't adequately cover in my opinion
A-, looks fun to watch if played well

clockenstein: this is a clock team alright
rampant rock weaknesses, genie, two disjoint megas, low-end sweepers
mandibuzz is the lone pivot in this world of kill or be killed HO
also the main defog and rocks deterrent next to mabsol which is bad
this team hates rocks a bit
B

don: i'm not a fan
washtom is not a very strong r1 pick, nor metagross in r3; zydoge is the only super mon this team has
i don't feel like this team has the raw muscle to carry games that y'all want
it does have tech though; rade has a million options, pz can do stuff
there's spin, rockers are plentiful, bounce deters hazards
slight dark weakness is noticable
C

myz: highly unusual
this team has a surplus of major threats, and also physical bulk (buzzwole+bro)
reliant on uxie or diancie to get hazards up
hates bird
B i think, some of the mid picks are questionable and this team has a meh hazard game

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mio: good hazard removal, many wincons, hazards are present. fat.
somewhat sluggish but has priority and serp to make up for it, also mshark
i give it an A, don't see much that needs adjusted

r4v3reevee: jesus christ this offense
mcx terrak celebi and zam is spooky with skarmory backing them up
it can also try for a slow game with skarmbliss but the team doesn't seem geared to that much
ninetales feels like filler here though and if skarmbliss fails this team has to do offense
A-, it only does one mode well but it does it very well and flexibly enough to scare

serra: confused
this team has a lot of anti-synergy jumping out at me
mcy+no chloro other than eggs and two waters
tsareena in r4 also seems way too early, although having a spinner with mcy is very big
the team lacks consistent rocks setters, relying on accelgor for spikes instead
C, i feel like this team is going to struggle against anyone prepped for zyg+mcy+waters

martijn: all the eggs are in one basket here
much like r4v3r the only mode this team can do is HO. it doesn't even pretend to have walls
koko mence mttar azelf crawdaunt by themselves can do nasty things to most teams
the back is kinda weak since it's clearly just trying to be support for the main dish
B- for similar reasons to serra, albeit more focused. this team will get wins though.

casual: much much better than csketch's garbage he had to work with last season
this team opens strong and closes decently enough. love the mvenu+venu+torkoal set
opening seems to be leaning hard on the FWG and DFS core theory
unfortunately this team has hazard troubles. mpinsir vic and torkoal hate rocks
the team's only removals are torkoal (bad), asandslash (bad), and golbat (eh)
klefki azu and mvenu post serious threats to offense though, and this team can break
A

FEAR: hi giovanni, nice five ground-types
marowak and mudsdale are absolutely redundant with the other grounds and should go
pachirisu is also trash and can go, and malamar would too if this team weren't so desperate
team's offense is seriously lacking. wincons are cm msable, mimikyu, lando-i, and comfey
arguably malamar if the opponent is bad
registeel is the only grass resist and also the only fairy resist
on the bright side rocks and webs are available and enable lando-i in sand to frighten
D. sorry, this just screams flawed.



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A:
solaris
mio
casual

A-:
pandachomp
furfrou
snake
purple
kaltch
r4v3reevee

B+:
claymoreargon

B:
jlmuserwolves
geckoapple
clockenstein
myz

B-:
cronoty
martijn
vent

C:
xerxosdamien
don
serra

D:
phoenix
FEAR


unranked:
hobohunter
rhetco