Punchshroom
FISHIOUS REND MEGA SHARPEDO
Manectricide So first off, I don't know how you claim that Silvally does a respectable amount to Steelix (+2 252 Atk Silvally Flame Charge vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Steelix: 96-114 (27.1 - 32.2%) -- 47.9% chance to 4HKO after Leftovers recovery) with this kind of paltry damage. It's also important to note how well Silvally stacks up against potential competition and how well it can perform its role(s), so let's analyze what Silvally can offer to a team. Silvally's apparent niche is being some sort of SD Normal-type holepuncher, but it's not alone in that role (Zangoose, Ursaring, Sawsbuck, even Bibarel), and its competition can either offer equal if not more raw power without any need for a Z-move or have better coverage moves. In that case, we'll look at Silvally's other advantages, namely its bulk and ability to boost Speed with Flame Charge. However, Silvally has no usable resistances and no recovery, which in turn makes it difficult to pull off both a Swords Dance and a Flame Charge without putting Silvally at risk from either excessive damage and especially status, making optimal setup opportunities considerably few. On one hand, Flame Charge Silvally can be somewhat cute against offensive teams since it can threaten a KO with Z-Explosion against many offensive Pokemon, including various Choice Scarf users. However, the huge fundamental flaw with this Silvally set (aside from being deadweight against the majority of bulkier teams since they have extremely sturdy Normal resists) is that, even if it is functioning on all cylinders, it is too reliant on surprise factor to consistently work; opponents aware of the set's nature could potentially bait out the Z-Explosion and force the actual Explosion (which can still be baited!) since Silvally's other moves are simply too weak for backup neutral attacks. You may say that forcing the opponent to sac their Pokemon is noteworthy, but there are a ton of setup sweepers that can force similar situations while being far more competent at actually cleaning games. The notions of considering Double-Edge over Explosion or even contemplating Darkinium Z on Silvally honestly just throw away Silvally's niche, since the former drastically cuts into Silvally's raw strength/killing power while the latter ruins the point of the whole set, so they aren't much help at all. There are numerous other 'usable' Pokemon in NU that are currently unranked (like the other SD Normal-types I mentioned earlier), but I don't believe Silvally warrants being ranked atm.
Seconding the Meloetta rise; it's easily the runner-up to being the next S Rank due to its unholy tankiness and versatility, possessing powerful neutral coverage and an array of methods to break through its checks, such as SubCM for Slowking and Fairium Z to wipe out Spiritomb. Melo also has an acceptable Speed tier and is the tier's best answer for specially offensive Ghost-types, giving it good utility in many matches. Meloetta is just an extremely dangerous Pokemon that all teams should definitely prepare for.
Disjunction is right about Cinccino, and it's not just Cofagrigus that is a significant bother to it; the prevalence of Steelix and especially Rocky Helmet Garbodor mean that Cinccino isn't breaking as much as is advertised, which is giving Tauros the better edge amongst the current NU physical Normal-types atm. Cinccino does still do a bang-up job of snatching momentum off Sash leads though, such as Archeops, Vivillon, Omastar, etc.
Seconding the Meloetta rise; it's easily the runner-up to being the next S Rank due to its unholy tankiness and versatility, possessing powerful neutral coverage and an array of methods to break through its checks, such as SubCM for Slowking and Fairium Z to wipe out Spiritomb. Melo also has an acceptable Speed tier and is the tier's best answer for specially offensive Ghost-types, giving it good utility in many matches. Meloetta is just an extremely dangerous Pokemon that all teams should definitely prepare for.
Disjunction is right about Cinccino, and it's not just Cofagrigus that is a significant bother to it; the prevalence of Steelix and especially Rocky Helmet Garbodor mean that Cinccino isn't breaking as much as is advertised, which is giving Tauros the better edge amongst the current NU physical Normal-types atm. Cinccino does still do a bang-up job of snatching momentum off Sash leads though, such as Archeops, Vivillon, Omastar, etc.
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