Also offtopic, but i feel like addressing
Mega Medicham, which i believe to be a very underrated threat in EI. Like most people i just assumed Medi would be subpar in this meta, i mean why would you use Medi when you can use aerilate dragonite or speed boost excadrill and just run through teams, right? Not only that but the overall power in this meta is far greater than in OU so it's outsped and destroyed by a lot more things than it is in standard OU. Yet after testing i've found it much more potent than anticipated, which in my opinion is mainly because no one prepares for medi at all (unsurprising since i'm literally the only person ive ever seen use this mon).
The amount of times people switch in their skarm, lando-t or clef against this mon only to get 2HKOd or OHKOd by the right move after a little prior damage is absolutely absurd. When people play EI they seem to forget that this mon LITERALLY 2HKOs every single mon bar Mega Sableye and some bulky psychics. If you are unconvinced, just look at the recently shared replay between Ghoul King and Groudon-Attack. With the standard fakeout/hjk/tpunch/icepunch set Mega Medi puts immense pressure on both of their teams. Mandibuzz is 2HKOd, Zapdos is 2HKOd, Lando can be OHKO'd after rocks (i'm serious). Bro, hippo, rachi, all 2HKOd at full. The only potential answer is phys-def volcarona which avoids the 2HKO and can burn with flame body or wisp.
Also, Mega medi is no where near as useless against offense as one might think. First off it's access to fake out allows for some nice chipping against offensive threats and might be your last hope against a DD'd dragonite (something porygon lacked), but most importantly mega medicham preys ferociously against regen volturn cores that are very common on offensive teams (namely rotom-w and lando-t), meaning if you manage to get a free switch in on these mons you essentially get a free kill even against these offensive teams.
All in all, i'm not saying Mega medi is some godly broken threat that will get you easy wins, the only reason i've been having success with it is that literally no one prepares for it or sometimes even know how to fight it. Sure Aerilate dnite was pretty borked until people started adapting their teams and started running sand rush ttar and the like, this adaptation of teambuilding has not been applied to Mega Medi yet so it can be very effective. I'm sure that if it gets more popular people will start running Mews/Sableyes or other bulky mons or at least realize that switching your skarm in against medi is not a good idea lol. Anyway all i am saying is that if played correctly Mega Medi can provide immense pressure based on the current metagame trends.
I would personally place Mega Medi somewhere in the B rank, maybe B+?
#accidentalessay