Jirachi B>A- :

 

Jirachi got a raise this month due to the Z-Happy Hour set allow you to pass Skarmory with Thunderbolt and not taking many damage from Body Press, allow you to hit Clodsire harder with Stored Power/Iron Head, pass many Fairy type such as Hatterene and Azumarill due to a good coverage! His rise shine in many Ninetales-Alolan team! 

 

Aegislash A+>A-:  Hoopa/Ttar being super common more ttar due to the Knock Off addition doesnt really help Aegislash to shine in the current metagame! It is still does have a niche to pass Metagross but being worried about a potential Knock Off can be scary.  Clodsire not helping also if full special atk and not being offensive to deal a big amount of damage.

 

Toxic sub still shine in the current meta vs stall but less efficient. 

Edited May 1May 1 by Mysticwind

The PvP Coordinator team has discussed some more changes to the Viability Rankings based on player suggestions and latest metagame trends and developments.

 

Rises:
 Tyranitar: A- → A

 Annihilape: B+ → A-

 Gardevoir-Mega: B+ → A-

 

Drops:

 Clefable: S → A+

 Aegislash: A+ → A

 Kyurem: A+ → A
 Pinsir-Mega: B+ → B-
 Sableye-Mega: B+ → B
 Mandibuzz: B → B-
 Gastrodon: B- → C-

 Jellicent: C- → Unranked

 

Additions:
 Registeel: Unranked → C-
 Samurott-Hisui: Unranked → A

 

No change:
 Clodsire: A → A
 Corviknight: A → A
 Jirachi: B → B
 Seismitoad: C- → C-
 Barraskewda: Unranked → Unranked
 Toxtricity: Unranked → Unranked

Edited May 21May 21 by Jorogumo

With all these updates to the spawns, it is clear that the metagame will undergo significant changes, and some have already taken place, starting with the banning of M-Gross and M-Zam. In my opinion, these decisions were quite fair, especially Metagross, which remained longer than it should have.

This leads to indirect buffs for fairy types and other stuff that already were good, but imo the biggest winners here are M-Diancie and Corviknight. Diancie is self-explanatory, but the bird used to be such a fake check for Metagross, because even if it could always take 3 hits straight, it couldnt do much in return, and loses to PuP / Knock Off sets in the long-term.

Now going about the new stuff that just came:

• a bless (or nightmare) for balance / offense teams. It fits so easy in most teams, fills the speed control role, and pretty much don't have a unique counter that deals with every set. I’d say thats legit high candidate for the next ban, but I want to see how it performs without Ghostium-Z, since it forces Dragapult to rely on Phantom Force which have clear drawbacks;

• new favorite toy for the walleros. It is just a really good addition to the game, fits specially good into balance and stall teams, but it is also good for bulky offense, put lot of stuff in check without needing bunches of support, it is also a good answer to cheese in general, no bias, we really needed it.

• / good additions, more birds. They aren't any close to the brokenness Dracovish were, it just give more options for weather teams which didnt have much options for a time.

• i wanted it so much, thanks 😭😭. AV set is really good in the meta, and it hits so [hecking] hard, kinda feel CM really demands psychic noise tho.

• ppl are really confusing PRO with Champions meta. It won't be nearly good the hype ppl are putting on this, it is just another screens setter, parting shot in a meta where Ttar is basically in almost every team doesn’t look very appealing to me.

On 7/18/2026 at 10:48 PM, Ykhtsu said:

anning of M-Gross and M-Zam

I believe this ban was premature and should be reconsidered; after all, we see Indeedee's usage hovering near zero in the current PvP meta. Furthermore, Mega Alakazam lacks Nasty Plot, Expanding Force, and Terrain Extender.

On 7/18/2026 at 10:48 PM, Ykhtsu said:

Diancie and Corviknight.

I like your analysis, but I also want to point out that I saw significant changes with the use of Mega Mawile and Mega Gardevoir.

On 7/18/2026 at 10:48 PM, Ykhtsu said:

i wanted it so much, thanks 😭😭. AV set is really good in the meta, and it hits so [hecking] hard, kinda feel CM really demands psychic noise tho.

AV is a really bad set without Psychic Noise; it's almost unviable. In fact, the only set that looks genuinely good is the Bold Calm Mind set. + scald spam!

On 7/18/2026 at 10:48 PM, Ykhtsu said:

ppl are really confusing PRO with Champions meta. It won't be nearly good the hype ppl are putting on this, it is just another screens setter, parting shot in a meta where Ttar is basically in almost every team doesn’t look very appealing to me.

I think you're way off base here; Tyranitar isn't nearly as prevalent as you think, plus the Grimmsnarl + Annihilape synergy is insane. You can debuff your opponent to help Annihilape take hits, or use Z-Parting Shot to heal a teammate; honestly, I value Grimmsnarl much more than even Primarina itself.

On 7/18/2026 at 10:48 PM, Ykhtsu said:

a bless (or nightmare) for balance / offense teams. It fits so easy in most teams, fills the speed control role, and pretty much don't have a unique counter that deals with every set. I’d say thats legit high candidate for the next ban, but I want to see how it performs without Ghostium-Z, since it forces Dragapult to rely on Phantom Force which have clear drawbacks;

I believe this is easily S-tier; I don't know what's stopping people from spamming it on almost every team. It works well with Boots, Z-Moves, Choice items, and even Light Screen. Stall is the only archetype that doesn't benefit from this Pokémon.

On 7/18/2026 at 10:48 PM, Ykhtsu said:

new favorite toy for the walleros. It is just a really good addition to the game, fits specially good into balance and stall teams, but it is also good for bulky offense, put lot of stuff in check without needing bunches of support, it is also a good answer to cheese in general, no bias, we really needed it.

I foresee a HUGE shift in the long-term metagame here; this is the Pokémon that will change the entire game moving forward. Honestly, I think it belongs in the S or A+ tier. Without the Tapus, its power is absurd—Manaphy has started running Psychic, Venusaur is using Earth Power, Kommo-o is using Taunt, and there is much more to come.


Araquanid is another Pokémon worth mentioning, and... regarding the Custap Berry—could we perhaps add that to the excavation?

Edited 57 minutes ago57 min by Leo1019

I would like to highlight other changes that we are not analyzing.

Hatterene gets much stronger, thanks to Eject Button and Metagross leaving the meta.
I’d like to give a shout-out to Charizard, who really likes this possibility (X and Y).

Sneasler and Hawlucha are finally viable—Sneasler even with Air Balloon; I really don't know why people never used that until now.

Hoopa new possibilities they never had before; I really think that finally being able to utilize Hoopa's Magician ability while still having a pivot option after attacking is an incredible addition.

I'm still waiting for a few Pokémon to be ready for Psychic Terrain teams, but I already have high hopes for these Pokémon and items.