for caetano

January VR update:

Tentacruel: A --> A+
Finchinator did an awesome explanation about this rise, so I suggest you check his post here.
Not much to add to it. Tentacruel is annoying, unfair, and has the potential to instantly win games if using the right set.

Garchomp and Breloom: Drop a position
Breloom was stupid powerful at the start of the new sleep ban meta, but then teams adapted and it isn't an Excadrill-level level treat to any team or style. It still can smash through unprepared teams, but every BW player now knows to have at least a hard answer to it, either with a Wing Attack Gliscor or a random HP Flying. Garchomp is in the same boat as its Scarf set has been a bit mediocre since Latios became the best speed control in the game. The SD set and the legendary ChainChomp is what makes it viable in the A+ rank but today, it's a lot easier to expect those sets and do a proper move to avoid the team destruction. Don't get me wrong, Garchomp still is a menace, it just doesn't have the instant fear-inducing face that a Keldeo or a Thundurus-T bring.

Heatran: A --> A-
The molten Pokemon has seen better days. The new way of playing BW - with a lot of Earthquake users - has hurt a lot its viability. It's still one of the best SR users of the game, and is still a force to be feared with it SubTect or Magna + Toxic set, but is a lot more difficult to find a good build for it than 2 years ago in the sleep metagame. More changes for it are possible, either up or down.

Alakazam: Rise a position
Alakazam has only gotten better over the last year. New set combinations have been on the rise, while old techs have remained good. It's very difficult to know its set solely with team preview; it can just do it all. Some players have claimed it to be A+, but this a bit controversial at the moment, so I think that top of A pleases both sides of the discussion.

Magnezone: Drop a position
Magnezone hype has died out. It still does its job: it's very frustrating to face a good DragMag / sand Zone with the wrong team. The thing that hurt it is the recent rise in popularity of Psy Spam styles that didn't give a care about Magnezone builds. They're basically a perfect counter-style for HOs or sand balance.

Tornadus: Drop a position
No surprises here. Tornadus is still a very good option in rain builds, but its MU is so difficult versus standard Thundurus-T teams that it's very difficult to consider this outside of a counter-team strategy. Bottom A- is a good place for it.

B and B- rank reorder
See this post for the explanation. Even if there are some considerations about rises and some drastic places swapped for the B+ Pokemon, I prefer to treat those with caution and wait for at least week 5 of SPL before touching this subject. Let's wait and see if they did deserve more attention in the future or is just a moment of hype.

PS: I really like peng idea; Make a sub-vr for any specific weather style. I'm open to suggestions, so post your personal ranks if you want to contribute to this project.