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This thread attempts to accurately present the relative power of Pokemon in PRO's Ranked Battle format. This is not meant to be the end-all, be-all resource for teambuilding, and neither is it intended that you always pick the highest ranked option. Viability exists in tandem with synergy - teams that cannot capitalize on each others' strengths are doomed to fail. With that in mind, this is a good initial resource to use when first approaching Ranked PvP, and should in time be replaced with your own experience.

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S-Rank - These Pokemon define the metagame. They either perform several roles exceptionally well or possess incredible flexibility. Not being able to answer S-Rank Pokemon consistently is tantamount to throwing games.

A-Rank - These Pokemon are extremely good at one thing or decent at several in the metagame, usually requiring little support to function. The ability to deal with A-Rank Pokemon remains of vital importance.

B-Rank - These Pokemon are solid picks in the metagame, but tend to require some support to work.

C-Rank - These Pokemon possess a single, well-defined niche in the metagame, and will likely only fit on specialized teams.

Ambipom-Rank - If you are using any of these Pokemon, you are not playing to your full potential.

 

Within tiers, Pokemon are listed in alphabetical order.

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If you would like to discuss a Pokemon's ranking, please make a post which indicates both current and desired rankings, and provides a solid explanation. Keep in mind that viability is not usage - how often a Pokemon is seen on the ladder alone is not a good argument for its placement. Personal anecdotes are also not good arguments for adjusting the placement of a Pokemon. With that in mind, discuss away :)

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Thanks to:

Ironcoque, anthonyliu, dangarangs, and Fairview for substantial assistance compiling the initial version of this list

Jorogumo and sgt bianco for substantial contributions to updating this list

Shaui & other staff for letting me take over this thread

Aphotyx's old thread for the headers

Team Magma for being the best guild in the game

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Re-name Ambipom rank to F rank, as someone who reached Top25 twice with Ambipom as lead; I feel highly offended.

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Gastrodon uses the wrong sprite btw

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  PreHax said:
Re-name Ambipom rank to F rank, as someone who reached Top25 twice with Ambipom as lead; I feel highly offended.

jk

 

Gastrodon uses the wrong sprite btw

 

C'mon, let me leave it as is for old times' sake :P

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@idkup Hey there, I stickied your list again, do you mind adding a date to the title when it was last updated?

This ensures that players have at least two sets of opinions in regards to what is best in PVP in PRO at the moment.

And of course changed the date everytime you edit your list.

Thank you

 

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Unsticked.

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  RobTheSlob said:
I took this entire list as a joke the second I saw "cloyster - naive" and ambipom in F tier.

Hydro Pump is a good move.

As for Ambipom, l o l

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@idkup Hey there, I stickied your list again, do you mind adding a date to the title when it was last updated?

This ensures that players have at least two sets of opinions in regards to what is best in PVP in PRO at the moment.

And of course changed the date everytime you edit your list.

Thank you

 

Kind regards,

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Done. The list should remain a reasonable indicator of power level in PRO, as afaik nothing major has been introduced since the last update. Once I get a feel for the meta again (probably Winter break lol) I'll revisit this.

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Changelog (7/2/2019):

 

rotom-w a -> s

ferrothorn a -> a+

skarmory a+ -> a-

tyranitar a+ -> a

togekiss a -> a+

heatran a+ -> a

mew a -> b+

gengar a -> a+

staraptor a -> b+

infernape a -> a-

suicune a -> b+

alakazam a- -> b

crawdaunt a- -> b

magnezone a- -> a

serperior a- -> a

starmie a- -> b+

darmanitan b+ -> b-

milotic b+ -> b

reuniclus b+ -> b-

roserade b+ -> b-

scizor b+ -> a-

scolipede b+ -> a

celebi b -> b-

conkeldurr b -> a-

metagross b -> b-

aerodactyl b- -> b+

alomomola b- -> b

haxorus b- -> c+

honchkrow b- -> c+

espeon b- -> c

toxicroak b- -> b

torkoal c- -> c

xatu c- -> c

marowak-alolan unr -> c+

ninetales-alolan unr -> b-

sandslash-alolan unr -> d

shaymin unr -> c+

manaphy unr -> a+

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Changelog (7/13/19):

 

zapdos unr -> a

moltres unr -> b-

articuno unr -> c

 

hawlucha nature jolly -> adamant

 

Hawlucha's rank is unchanged. I had severely overestimated its damage output previously, and upon running the relevant calcs, I'm fairly confident in my assessment that Hawlucha will not be taking the metagame by storm.

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