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Question: I hear people say that Zamazenta-Hero got banned two days ago via suspect test, but it seems that the ladder has not been updated with that yet. Did it get banned, or is Showdown slow with the events?

I noticed that Dialga-Origin and Palkia-Origin are also not included in the list too. That also includes the official Smogon homepage for the tier.

With the exception of PU -> ZU drops, which indeed happen, the "May Tier Shift" isn't an actual tier shift, as we are back to 3 months per shift, but rather a projection on who will rise or fall given current usage stats. Rhyperior is currently NU, where it is very good in the tier, but it is...

Also, huge important thing to note: all of the PU -> ZU drops are indeed happening this month, after an agreement with official tier leaders. All of their ZUBLs are also being released. Here is a link to the official ZU drops thread...

Would've been really funny to drop Torkoal (Sun) onto UU at this very moment, as UU is currently suspect testing Pelipper (Rain). Also, shoutouts to Primarina emerging as the best starter mon this generation as of right now. What Psychic Noise + an OU tier filled with mons weak to the...

It was in RU previously before rising to OU by usage.

Hate to burst your bubble, but if Legends ZA is similar to Legends Arceus, then this will likely be irrelevant until next generation. When Legends Arceus released, its Pokemon was only transferable until the next generation (Scarlet/Violet) instead of the existing one (Sword/Shield). Also, some...

I'm curious on why there is a D tier instead of C- tier in this list. Unless I am missing something, but isn't the D tier reserved for mons that are in the tier by rank, but unviable in said tier? Another thing to add here on top of what Alfa said, but this is notably the first time aside from...

Funnily enough, there is actually an unofficial low-level Ubers tier that exists as of recently. It is called UUbers, and instead of it being simply containing the mons that got booted out of OU, or mons that are considered low ranked in the Ubers VR, it instead comprises of mons below 4.52%...

I'm curious about the tier's stance on in comparison to how it stands normal gen 9 OU, since I am not the most familiar with the tier. In normal gen 9 OU, Sneasler is seen as a very potent threat, but even with Dire Claw RNG, it hasn't really been that much of a problem for the tier. There were...

Some pre-release thoughts on Ogerpon from what I have seen so far. (I was typing this before it went live, soooooo....) General Thoughts on Ogerpon Stats: 80/120/84/60/96/110 (HP/Atk/Def/SpA/SpD/Spe) BST: 550 (Funnily enough, this mon has 5 less BST than the three poison goons) All forms share...

Powercreep is pretty intense, but this is pretty easy to accomplish when most of the previous gen's OU staples are currently not in the game until HOME. Edit: It does make me wonder how a lot of this tier (and tera as a whole) will change when the old OU staples like Lando-T and friends return.

Pardon me, since this has something I have been curious about for a while ever since I heard about the gen 8 Pure Hackmons meta, but why is Eternamax-Eternatus treated as a separate form and not a Gigantamax form? In the actual Sword/Shield game, the boss fight vs Eternamax-Eternatus is treated...

Before giving off my answers to the above usual questions, I want to bring attention to specific mons. Lando-T being #1 with 28.37% usage is probably the most surprising thing on the surface, especially since no one has been talking about this mon being a top tier threat. Heck, it even got a...

I guess I will post my updated rankings as well. 11/23/2020. S Rank Pheromosa (A+ -> S) Heatran (A+ -> S) Magearna (A+ -> S) A+ Rank Clefable Landorus-Therian Melmetal Garchomp (A- -> A+) Urshifu-SS Spectrier (A -> A+) Slowbro (A -> A+) Zapdos (A -> A+) A Rank Cinderace Tapu...

I guess I too, will apply my personal rankings here, as of 11/16/20. S Rank Zygarde Kyurem-Black A+ Rank Heatran Clefable Landorus-Therian Magearna Melmetal Pheromosa Urshifu-SS A Rank Zapdos Spectrier Toxapex Slowbro Buzzwole Tapu Fini Swampert Cinderace Mandibuzz A-...

1. What surprised you the most from these stats? How low the usage of is, considering how strong it was in previous metas as well as in National Dex. However, considering how strong HDB Zapdos and Moltres are right now, as well as Mandibuzz being used to check Spectrier, it is understandable...