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[OVERVIEW] Walrein distinguishes itself as a Water-type by its balance of bulk and offensive presence that allows it to serve as a check to threats such as Scyther, Gligar, Omastar, Arcanine, and Nidoqueen. It's secondary Ice-typing makes it gives it an offensive edge over other Water-types...

*insert Obama joke here* [OVERVIEW] Abomasnow is a unique Pokemon due to its signature ability in Snow Warning allowing it to summon hail upon entry and therefore progressively wear down the wide majority of Pokemon in the metagame, including the omnipresent Steel-types, which can be a huge...

[OVERVIEW] Jirachi is an extremely versatile Pokemon thanks to its great stats, movepool, and typing. As a Calm Mind sweeper, it distinguishes itself from Suicune and Celebi by virtue of its part-Steel typing, which grants it immunity to passive damage from sand and Toxic and enables it to take...

[OVERVIEW] Thanks to its excellent stat distribution, unique typing, and wide movepool, Tyranitar is a key Pokemon in GSC OU. Most notably, a combination of a strong Pursuit, solid all-around bulk, an important Normal resistance, and access to Roar allows Tyranitar to provide very desirable...

[OVERVIEW] Victreebel is widely regarded as the most immediately dangerous weather sweeper in the metagame. Due to its solid offensive stats, Chlorophyll, moves such as Sleep Powder and Weather Ball, and its Toxic immunity, it can harass offensive and bulky teams alike under sun. Its strong...

ADV UUBL Thread While it's not supposed to be a playable tier in itself, ADV UUBL is a massive list of Pokemon, almost double the size of ADV OU. While ADV UUBL supposed to simply be a banlist for UU made back when the tiering policy was different and arbritrary, not intended to be a playable...

Based on a Lavos's skeleton and fleshed out by me. [OVERVIEW] Cloyster is a top pick for a reason: it's one of the very few Pokemon blessed with the move Spikes, a very important piece of a metagame filled with Pokemon that heavily benefit from the extra chip damage, which lets it fit on a...

[OVERVIEW] In a tier dominated by powerful special attackers, Lickilicky stands out as one of the main answers to them due to its solid special bulk and access to reliable recovery in the form of Wish. It distinguishes itself from other specially defensive Pokemon like Slowking, Gardevoir, and...

[OVERVIEW] Dragonite's excellent all-around stats and large movepool may make it seem like a top-tier Pokemon. Unfortunately, Dragonite lacks a good and reliable STAB move, which hampers its offensive prowess significantly and makes other wallbreakers like Nidoking and Machamp some serious...

[OVERVIEW] As a Water-type, Tentacruel distinguishes itself from its competition thanks to its secondary Poison typing and access to Swords Dance and Rapid Spin. With the former move, Tentacruel can act as a dangerous sweeper due to its good Speed and ability to exploit a lot of passive Pokemon...

[OVERVIEW] Manectric's stats and movepool make it a very decent Special Attacker in NU. Base 105 Speed grants Manectric the ability to outspeed common threats like Charizard, Typhlosion, and Dodrio, and its access to Flamethrower separates itself from other Electric-types, as it allows it to...

[OVERVIEW] - Thanks to its high Speed and stellar ability in the form of Protean, Greninja is a premier offensive threat in the CAP metagame. - Greninja is further blessed with a colorful offensive movepool, allowing it to fully exploit its ability and to serve as one of the most reliable...

Based on a Lavos's skeleton and fleshed out by me. [OVERVIEW] Misdreavus is the only pure Ghost-type available in GSC OU, which gives it an immediate niche. Its typing grants it a coveted Normal immunity, allowing it to pivot in on a predicted Explosion as well as check most Snorlax variants...

Based on a Lavos's skeleton and fleshed out by me. [OVERVIEW] As a pure Electric-type, Jolteon faces heavy competition from Raikou due to the latter's better bulk and power, which means that it outclasses Jolteon as a special wall and as a phazer. Furthermore, the popularity of other...

Balloon n_n [OVERVIEW] Drifblim is an unique Pokemon with a great signature ability in Unburden that allows it to act as a one-time sweeper when used in tandem with Calm Mind. Its unique typing gives it a useful Ghost STAB to hit the numerous Psychic-types in the tier, mainly special walls...

[OVERVIEW] Umbreon is one of the toughest walls to bring down thanks to its stellar defensive stats and access to Charm, which allows it to handle GSC's numerous Curse sweepers. It's also a solid Pursuit user despite being very weak offensively, since it doesn't fear much from Starmie and...