Except 3 weeks ago the qualifications for S rank were a lot more strict. Also, contrary to what you're saying, a lack of recovery is also not nearly as big of a hindrance as you make it. I mean, yea, it'd prefer recovery, but it's not holding it back in any way. I mean, you make it seem like coming in on things like tflame, mlop, megagross, Mega zor, etc. Isn't one of its main jobs. It's almost exclusively in existence right now to punish physical attackers, so saying those things wear it down as a downside shows you're completely ignoring what comes with that. Again, I can understand why it wouldn't move up, however, is it not one of the most, if not THE most, viable Pokemon in OU? It's capable of pulling off so many roles, one of which is absolutely amazing at what it does, set rocks and punish physical Mons. No other Pokemon does that, and what it does is not only unique, but extremely appreciated. We can sit here and say "but it's missing X", but if you want to grasp at straws no Pokemon should be S.I don't know why Garchomp is brought up for discussion when the viability council said it won't move just 3 weeks ago. The lack of recovery is much bigger than some of you make it out to be, because you can't continually keep switching in against Scizor, Lopunny, Talonflame, Bisharp etc. and this is a really big argument not in favor of Garchomp because the lack of recovery can easily be taken advantage of because 1. uninvested chomp lacks power so there are quiet a few pokemon that can switch in and force it out 2. chomp can easily be overwhelmed by stuff like bish+talonflame and 3. it wears itself down quicklier by continually switching in against pokemon like Scizor and Talonflame because they are able to roost off the chip damage from rocky+roughskin.
Though the offensive sets are kinda underrated, those sets don't even make chomp A+ worthy; it doesn't provide the defensive utility of tankchomp and only based off defensive sets Garchomp is not a S rank threat.
EDIT:Ah, you're right, my apologies to the overlords. Let us not forsaken them.
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