Top leads: Deoxys-e and Darkrai, by twice as many usages over #3 on.
Rayquaza's usage hasn't slowed down one bit in response to ScarfDialga, but his common movesets have splintered off. SD is no longer the standard Ray set - DD has gained a significant lead (although continue to expect SD). Mixed sets have also been rising in popularity, and I expect them to rise throughout the month
Scarf Dialga does have a role, but the real reason why SDRay has fallen is because people are getting smarter and could EV their Pokes to survive a XSpeed, like Latias, Mewtwo, Palkia and Kyogre.
Support Groudon has dropped in favor of Rock Polish Groudon - who fits well in the current special, speedy metagame. The metagame is evolving to deal with the potent threat RP Groudon posed, and many Groudon users are mixing and matching various sets in order to counter.
Again, Pokemon like Kyogre and Mewtwo can be EVed to survive a Life Orb EQ. Giratina obviously.
BUrestalk and support Dialgas have taken a back seat to Choice Scarf Dialga, who is keeping a myriad of current metagame threats at bay with its handy defensive typing - foremost among them being Rayquaza. ScarfDialga is the primary reason Rayquazas are running DD.
Support Dialga could come back to beat Scarf Darkrai leads
Standard physical wall Lugia usage has risen slightly this month, probably in response to sweeping-oriented Groudons and the rising popularity of Scizor. The CM variant has also picked up some steam - they either succeed completely or fail utterly, in my experience, usually the latter.
Lugia has problems with RP Don, I think it was spiked to handle Rayquaza. CM Variants are gay as hell, one of those Pokemon who take very little risk because
A. Its faster than all of the physical attackers
B. It has the fastest Phazing move in the game, destroying attempts to CM alongside it
C. It can alternate between CM and Roost, taking Mewtwo Ice Beams like it was nothing.
CM Lugia actually started being used to help it survive SpecsKyogre Water Spouts, but then people started turning into a sweeper. Luckily Darkrai manhandles it and can trick a Scarf onto it should something go wrong.
Scizor's usage has skyrocketed since the addition of Bullet Punch, making the trapper set more threatening than ever. Many Scizors now choose to eschew Roost though for Brick Break - partly for Blissey, partly to destroy screens.
Screens are actually the only reason, to stop a certain someone's kitten tactics. Otherwise, SuperPower is obviously superior for Blissey.
Deoxys-f took the heaviest hit this month. The SR lead set is completely shut down by Deoxys-e, and Bullet Punch/Pursuit Scizor, Extreme Speed Ray, and a number of scarfers who can all shut him down one way or another (Darkrai, Dialga, Palkia) hamper his attempt at a rampage.
Yes, although I've met a couple of CB DeoAs before.
Like Lugia, Giratina's usage has risen a little this month, probably to deal with the same threats Lugia is tackling. The great wall set continues to be the most dominating, although there are more CMRestalkers this month (as there should be, since the Wow/Restalk set can very easily become set-up bait).
Giratina's rise is to stop RP Don.
Almost 100% of the time Mew is a straight speed BPer, usually without outside screen and rock/spike support. Irritating to play against, actually, but people are finding ways around it, so I don't expect it to climb any higher.
And it shouldnt, there was only one person in particular "smart" enough to abuse BP Mew.
Metagross and Garchomp remain about the same. No significant changes. Interestingly, Garchomp's usage has dropped a bit while Metagross' remains constant.
I actually expected Metagross to fall with Scizors rising, and Garchomp was never given a specific niche in Ubers.
Other comments: I could swear there were more Tyranitars this month. 19th doesn't seem right. More people should use Giratina-o - those ground and fighting immunities (and all those resistances) really come in handy, and even a straight-up attacking stat is monstrously powerful. It takes resisted hits like a champ - SE hits are pretty damaging though (which is why I've been running a Sub/Draco Meteor/Shadow Ball/Outrage set with maxed attack stats). For some reason, there were a bunch of Ho-ohs this month, many without Groudon too. Anyone want to take a stab at that? Finally, Latios usage has plummetted. He's 25th now, far below standard. That sounds about right. The special attackers of this metagame outclass him.
Ttar staying relatively low is because its existence( to stop Latios/Latias) isnt really too useful now that the twins' usage has dropped and Scizor already gets the job done.
Tina-O should be used more, its just that its too slow and gets beaten by Dialga and Palkia almost every time.
Ho-oh's usage could mean that people like using Ho-oh, it was always one of my favorite Pokemon back in the GSC days.
and Latios is pretty much overshadowed, at least Latias can come in on Specs KYogre Water Spouts
Miscellaneous:
Total pokemon usages: 50946
There were approximately 28.5% fewer uber battles played this month.
Because the same certain someone stopped molesting the ladder