Gen 9 Initial Thoughts

Cyclizar (A)
Pros:
-Shed Tail is very good for getting in dangerous threats essentially risk free due to Dragon/Normal typing
-Very fast to get shed tails off quickly
-Regenerator to heal off the shed tail recoil
-Access to knock off
-Access to rapid spin
-Heavy Duty Boots to ignore hazards

Cons:
-Even with max hp, the sub often breaks, meaning nothing was gained that turn and Cyclizar lost hp for no reason
-Taunt shuts this down very easily
-Choice scarf is the only truly reliable pass, making it dead weight if its partner fails to do anything as it has no way to dump the scarf onto something
-The only viable tera type is steel, but there's no reason to ever tera this; arguably dark to avoid prankster taunt, but it's too niche

Flutter Mane (S)
Pros:
-Fairy/Ghost is an incredible defensive typing, only weak to Ghost and Steel (key being not weak to dark)
-Booster energy is consumed upon switch in, making knock off even less useful vs it
-405 speed is insanely high, and with a +1 from booster it is nigh impossible to outspeed
-Tera Fairy and Ghost boost the STAB to incredible points
-Normal Tera beats the mirror match
-Almost forces a Tera from the opponent
-Difficult to switch in
-Dragapult + Lele

Cons:
-Very bad defensively, can die to priority pretty easily
-Terastillizing to any resisted type usually beats it
-Quick banned as of now

Palafin (S+)
Pros:
-Very very easy to activate Hero mode, which does not wear off
-160 base attack with a 60bp priority stab move...
-Dracovish on crack
-Scald doesn't exist to neuter this
-Bulky as anything with 100/97/87 and 100 base speed
-Best set is Taunt+Bulk up which arguably can't be beaten by anything
-Choice set can easily push in unaware mons (non choice can too)
-Wave crash is an incredible STAB move
-Ah shit it can run boomburst too, which seems to eliminate its counters

Cons:
-Needs to switch out to activate its ability

Roaring Moon (B? B+?)
Pros:
-Very high attack and speed
-Booster energy + tera flying + acrobatics

Cons:
-Needs to tera under most situations as physical dragon/dark is a pretty bad typing
-Tera blast doesn't give much help to coverage
-Most of its moves are 80bp
-idk man this thing is mid, it just looks awesome

Chien-Pao (A)
Pros:
-Very high attack
-Ability effectively gives it a life orb
-Very fast
-Strong priority options
-Weavile+

Cons:
-Weak to most if not all priority
-Doesn't really secure most kills
-No knock off
-Wants more moves in its moveslots

Houndstone (C)
Pros:
-Last Respects is very strong with only a few allies fainted
-Sand rush helps with its low speed
-Fluffy is a solid ability

Cons:
-It's really slow, even with a scarf or sand rush active
-Last respects requires a lot to get going, and with only 101 base attack it fails to break dark types
-Normal types are rampant, meaning last Respects does nothing, and its only option vs them is body press from uninvested 100 base defense
-Quickbanned for some reason
-Rage fist is a better version than this

Booster Energy
Pros:
- +1 to attack/Sp attack or speed without being locked into a move
- consumed so Knock Off cannot stop it, nor can it ever be knocked off
- Activate instantly, so it cannot be nullified, and is ignored by unaware as it is not a stat boost

Cons:
-Can only be used once

Terastillizing in general
Pros:
- Can be used to make stabs stronger or provide a third stab
- Can be used offensively to make moves hit harder or defensively to resist/block counters

Cons:
- Often predictable
- Can only be used once