Kortex
Banned deucer.
Battle Spot Doubles Viability Rankings
Welcome to the official Battle Spot Doubles Viability Rankings topic. In this thread, we as a community will rank Pokemon in the Battle Spot Doubles metagame into tiers. You are encouraged to post your thoughts and opinions on the various usable Pokemon what tier they should fall under. The general idea of the topic is to rank each Pokemon under "rankings" that go in descending order. There will not be any segregation between offense and defense threats. If you have a good case to add something to a tier, please provide good reasoning and evidence. The same goes for moving a Pokemon to a different tier.
Below are the definitions of each rank. These should be read by anyone who wants to participate in the discussion of Pokemon rankings in Battle Spot Doubles.
S Rank: Reserved for Pokemon that are amazing in the Battle Spot Doubles metagame. These Pokemon are usually able to perform a variety of roles effectively, or can just do one extremely well. Their use has low risk involved and high reward exerted. Pokemon in this rank have very few flaws that are patched up by numerous positive traits.
A Rank: Reserved for Pokemon that are fantastic in the Battle Spot Doubles metagame, and can sweep, support, or wall significant portions of the metagame. These Pokemon require less support than most others to be used effectively and have few flaws that can easily be overlooked when compared to their positive traits.
B Rank: Reserved for Pokemon that are great in the Battle Spot Doubles metagame. These Pokemon have more notable flaws than those above them that affect how they function in the tier. Their positive traits still outshine their negatives, but they require a bit more team support to bring out their full potential.
C Rank: Reserved for Pokemon that have notable niches in the Battle Spot Doubles metagame, but have just as many notable flaws that prevent them from being effective. Pokemon in the C tier often require significant support to be effective. Pokemon from this rank tend to face a lot of competition with the more commonly used Pokemon.
D Rank: Reserved for Pokemon that are mediocre in the Battle Spot Doubles metagame, but are viable enough to justify their use on select teams. These Pokemon are either usable but have no real niche, or are only capable of doing their specific task and fail at doing anything more than that. Pokemon from this rank have multiple crippling flaws that prevent them from being successful a majority of the time, and are often severely outclassed because of it.
Ranks A-D are additionally subdivided into rankings like A+, A, and A-. This is to give a better approximation of the relative order of each Pokemon within their grades.
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Rules
- Post intelligently. Posts like "I think Pokemon X should be in this tier" without giving any reasoning will not be tolerated
- Usage statistics may be used to support an argument or a claim, but avoid basing your entire argument around them.
- No flaming
- No one-liners or useless comments
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