Gonna make a big slate of noms cus bored n_n sry if anything is dumb
Manaphy A -> A-: The infamous stallbreaker in a tier with no stall. Nice. Not dead weight against offense, but not an A rank threat either. Suffers a lot from the offense curve. Like a couple other noms I'll make, if the meta was more balanced this would shine, but as of now its just not amazing.
Togekiss A- -> B-: Togekiss - Geomancy = Mediocre Pokemon. Still good typing, serene grace flinching is always fun, or obwing for recovery, but overall just kinda mediocre and not worthy of A-.
Alakazam B+ -> B: A mon ranked high to check setup sweepers when most setup is banned... nah. Was better back during geo smash bdrum age, still ok but not as effective.
Latias B+ -> B: Only reason to use it is for lunar dance, the extra bulk is negligible... oh wait, Latios gets that too! The bulk comes in handy occasionally, but the power difference is better for most teams. Latias does fair better against pursuit trappers like metagross though, takes substantially less.
Snorlax B- -> D: Seriously... lol? Gaining recover is enough to boost this up to B in a highly offensive metagame? Its still slow as fuck and not insanely bulky, and since its running recover it cant rest off statuses. It is a decent mon I guess in another metagame, but not in a heavily offense-oriented one.
Sharpedo-Mega C -> Unranked: Bad. Doesn't gain much. Still lacks setup and is therefore unable to break walls, and with its terrible bulk its not even surviving most resists. Also requires using a mega slot, another nail in the coffin. Really no clue in the slightest why you'd use this on a competitive team.
Hawlucha C -> D: Frail, not that strong, doesn't SD on much. Thundy and Lando both shrug off its attacks, and Kyub outpaces after a DD if unburden hasnt acitvated. Its ok ish, fast, hits hard, but doesn't compare to stuff in C like Metagross, Breloom, etc. D fits.
Hoopa C -> D: Obliterates stall, but Hoopa-U does it better. Its benefits are a different typing granting it an immunity to fakespeed which was nice, but now that Diggs is gone 2/3 of the common fakespeeders remaining have scrappy, and that it cant be trapped, but trapping is now gone (bar dugtrio, which is irrelevant) and actually it is weaker to trapping now due to being far weaker to pursuit trapping than its unbound form, even likely being KO'd if it doesn't switch. So I could see it fitting on teams weak to urs, but thats about it. Unranked is also possible.
Pangoro C -> Unranked: Has no niche. Abysmal speed, poor defenses, bad typing. its decently strong yes, but thats about it. Stall isn't even really a thing for it to beat anymore. Discussed this in OMs as well, the best niche I could discern was:
[20:49:58] #Eevee General: nah man this is pangoro's niche: swords dance mach punch
[20:50:05] #Eevee General: KOs Sab before topsy
And that sounds OK, except that Sableye isn't even the most relevant mon atm, its all the way down in B and the mega is in A. Plenty of other things such as Thundy do it better. Unrank it IMHO.
Moltres C -> Unranked: Its job was to beat Malt. Malt is kill. Unrank pls.
I... actually have no idea what Reuniclus is supposed to do, even after asking in the room with good stabbies players on. None of them knew. Unless there's a decent reason (reply wiht it), Unrank it.
Heracross-Mega C -> D: Prevalence of flying types really really hurt it, 2 of the 3 s ranks simply ohko it with their stabs. It still fits on specific teams, but between being so slow and a mega it just finds itself outclassed a lot factoring in the mega stone opportunity cost. I think it fits the definition of D perfectly.
