triples

Welcome to the official Smogon Triples Viability Rankings topic. In this thread, we as a community will rank every single usable Pokemon in the triples metagame into "tiers". You're encouraged to post your thoughts and opinions on the various Pokemon that are usable in triples and what tier they should fall under. The general idea of the topic is to rank each pokemon under "rankings" that go in descending order. Since this is a general tier list, everything is lumped together. There won't be any segregation between offense & defense threats. If you have a good case to add something to a tier, please provide good reasoning and evidence (although same goes for if you want to move something). Good luck and happy posting!​

S Rank: Reserved for the top threats in the Triples metagame. The pokemon in this tier are able to perform multiple roles to tremendous effect, whilst having few to no flaws. Support Pokemon in this tier can easily create free turns for their teammates without creating clear openings for the opponent. Any flaws that these Pokemon have can be taken care of with little to no team support.

Aegislash
Kangaskhan-Mega
Landorus-T

A Rank: Reserved for Pokemon that function very well within the current Triples metagame. The pokemon in this tier are either able to perform multiple roles to great effect, or execute one extremely well. Support pokemon in this tier can create free turns, but not as easily as those in the S Rank.The flaws that the pokemon in this tier may have are usually mitigated by their positive traits, or with minimal team support.

Amoonguss
Bisharp
Blastoise-Mega
Camerupt-Mega
Charizard-Mega Y
Cresselia
Diancie-Mega
Excadrill
Gardevoir-Mega
Gengar-Mega
Gyarados-Mega
Gyarados
Heatran
Hitmontop
Hydreigon
Keldeo
Kyurem-Black
Mawile-Mega
Meowstic-M
Metagross-Mega
Politoed
Rotom-Wash
Salamence-Mega
Shaymin-Sky
Suicune
Sylveon
Talonflame
Terrakion
Thundurus
Togekiss
Venusaur-Mega
Zapdos

B Rank: Reserved for Pokemon that can fulfill a viable role in the Triples metagame, but are either somewhat outclassed by Pokemon in a higher rank, or have notable flaws that prevent them from filling their role to full extent.The pokemon in this tier are usually predictable, and either require team support to work to it's full potential, or might provide free turns for the opponent. The flaws that the pokemon in this tier have are sometimes mitigated by their positive traits, or can be patched with some team support.

Abomasnow-Mega
Aerodactyl
Aerodactyl-Mega
Aromatisse
Arcanine
Azumarill
Breloom
Chandelure
Clefable
Conkeldurr
Ferrothorn
Genesect
Gengar
Gothitelle
Greninja
Hariyama
Jellicent
Jirachi
Kingdra
Ludicolo
Mamoswine
Mew
Milotic
Rhyperior
Rotom-H
Sableye
Scizor
Scrafty
Slowbro
Slowbro-Mega
Swampert-Mega
Thundurus-T
Tyranitar
Venusaur
Weavile
Whimsicott


C Rank: Reserved for pokemon that can work within the Triples metagame, however, they either have crippling flaws that prevent consistent performance, or require too much specific team support to synergize with most teams. Support Pokemon in this tier have a hard time creating free turns, and often allow the opponent to capitalize on the opportunity to create free turns for themselves. Pokemon that are completely outclassed by those of the upper tiers, may also be placed within this tier.

Blaziken
Braviary
Charizard-Mega X
Cherrim
Clawitzer
Clefaify
Cofagrigus
Crobat
Darkrai
Dragalge
Dusclops
Feraligatr
Gallade-Mega
Garchomp
Garchomp-Mega
Gastrodon
Landorus-I
Latias
Latios
Lucario-Mega
Lopunny-Mega
Machamp
Manectric-Mega
Raikou
Rhydon
Serperior
Swampert
Tornadus-I
Typhlosion
Victini
Virizion
Volcarona

D Rank: Reserved for Pokemon who do not perform consistent enough to be listed in the above ranks. Many niche Pokemon can be squeezed into Triples teams due to a certain move or ability. Many Pokemon fit here, but none of them have a place in the metagame solid enough to have a special spot on the rankings. But Triples has a lot of room for interesting strategies that work with very specific pokemon so don't always count out pokemon that aren't in S - C.






These rankings are still a bit of a work in progess. +/- rankings will be done eventually, as well as a more in depth D rank(and maybe E rank). Before these things happen I want to see some discussion though. Triples doesn't have a huge following and not a lot of experienced players at the moment so the tiers don't have +/- just yet because I want there to be just a general idea of the rankings for the time being. I also want everyone's opinion on the ranking as is, since this is just the first version. Once there's more discussion and the rankings have been changed to give a more accurate representation, I'll start doing +/- and a better D rank. I also want to do nominating & voting on rankings in the future too, but again that's further down the line.