been a while since i played properly and advcup took an unfortunate turn, so this is mostly observations through spl. swapped these around every 5th minute so maybe ive changed mymind tomorrow lol





ttar - icebeams cute, dd always ridiculous. boah should be strong i think

gengar - gengar does gengar things, firepunch better than before

cune - bold rest extremely good metapick, sub should see more usage. icebeam needs more usage on bold, roar is a bit too high

celebi - bold leech unkillable w.o spikes/booming, cm3atks moderately scary, sdpass should be v solid now. best mon at keeping pkmn honest w their coverage (hp bug tar, hp fly gyara, hp ice elecs)

skarm - taunt usage should rise in wcop

zapdos - still topdog but refresh perts gonna hurt. at worst spdef rest can play divide&conquer vs forced gross boom which is nice

metagross - better w surfperts but refresh hurts here too

swampert - awkward synergy w some spinners, non-surf keeps mence/gross honest, refresh is cool

bliss - does nothing and wins

snorlax - best noob slayer, 1 para vs non psychup meta and ur good to go

salamence - mix should lead which sucks in zap meta, cb is nice now and has more space to push for damage

rachi - more cune is awkward. (wish)cm v good, defensive not so much

aero - l o l rockslide

dugtrio - should be adamant outside of mass cm i think

magneton - skarms that good. charcoal is creative but pretty bad

starmie - offensive stays scary, defensive prob worse than ever?

jolteon - subpass hp grass is unexplored, roar used to be better

flygon - rest should have a place on certain teams, keeps tar honest

milotic - #2 unkillable mon w.o spikes/booming, prone to flinches

forretress - hp bug eq should pop up again soon

claydol - weird mon to rank, explosion surprisingly potent

heracross - overrated, sd lefties best set

raikou - rest is nearly required imo, has huge potential

gyarados - should in theory favor this meta, but almost always fails in practice

porygon2 - "annoying" but nothing more really

cloyster - feels like a gsc forretress in a cloyster/eggy matchup

moltres - wisp is great

venusaur - tends to miss a lot, feels useless w.o spikes

regice - good stab, otherwise bad. twaves moderately annoying

steelix - bootleg impishgross, roar helps