Duraludon is banned from ND NFE!
| Cao Jie | db | sealoo | Velcroc | Final Verdict | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duraludon | Ban | Abstain (troll) | Ban | Ban | Ban |
To no one's surprise, the Pokemon with a 535 BST was indeed...not deemed fit for the great tier of ND NFE! Whether it be dropping Draco Meteor's onto neutral walls such as Golbat, Servine, or Roselia, using a powerful Flash Cannon to destroy Fairy-types such as Clefairy, or utilizing Thunderbolt for a more consistent option versus Wartortle and the aforementioned Golbat, Duraludon was way too overbearing for the tier. This isn't to mention its incredible bulk and quality as a Steel-type; with the latter being very uncommon in the tier, being able to withstand Earthquake from Gabite and Libero High Jump Kick from Raboot on top of getting opportunities on tier staples such as Roselia and Servine despite its terrible Special Defense. Oh, and did I mention this is coming off a better speed tier than Servine? For these reasons, the council has unanimously decided to ban Duraludon!
(S- to S) It's Mienfoo lol
(A+ to S-) About as easy to explain as Mienfoo, insanely good with multiple usable sets (Groundium-Z, Air Balloon, Life Orb, Choice Scarf) and can use Tera to trap mons that it normally would be scared out by, like Snivy
(A to A+) Ferroseed brings value to nearly any match and as a defensive Pokemon its only real weakness is the lack of reliable recovery, which can be solved by pairing with Spritzee. Hazards and Thunder Wave are amazing for just one teamslot, and its great typing helps many teams
(A- to A) Access to Tera Blast is a huge buff, can get past checks a little easier and has a stronger option than Hidden Power. Can also use tricks like Tera Steel + Substitute to completely flip the tables on Foongus
(A- to A) Set diversity between Z-Move sets, Berry Juice or Eviolite Will-O-Wisp Morning Sun gives it high value in most matches, with its biggest weaknesses being Stealth Rock and trapping from Diglett, but there are ways around both
(B+ to A-) Click Shell Smash on physical attacker and kill everything
(B to A-) This thing was criminally underrated when first added to the VR, checking it is often a coordinated effort between Pokemon like Mienfoo to scout its moves and then switching to a Fire resist if it clicks Flare Blitz. Even more brutal is guessing that it's Choice Scarf and getting Flame Charged.
(B+ to A-) Veils
(C to B+) Getting Knock Off AND Gunk Shot and not losing Pursuit is pretty insane for the skunk lol, lots of potential here
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(C to B) The veils abusers are good? Really?
(UR to B) Tera Normal Life Orb Tail Slap basically impossible to survive if not a resist, viable until proven fraudlent
(C to B-) It got Knock Off which helps it beat stuff like Mudbray or Foongus, time will tell if this mon is a fraud
(UR to C) Kinda got glossed over when it arrived (ndlc was dead) but has some shenanigans with wisp hex or Nasty Plot sets
(A+ to B+) Competition from the much better Diglett and 4mss causes trouble for it. EQ and First Impression are required, wishes it could run Crunch, Stone Edge, Stealth Rock or Superpower all together but it can't do that and its viability fell, it was also overrated on the VR to begin with
(A+ to A) Timburr has a lot of struggles vs top Pokemon and faces competition from #2 of NDLC Mienfoo, becomes harder to justify it on most teams, but is still good enough to not fall off a cliff
(A to A-) Wingull is good, but it's incredibly specific and practically a one and done nuke with Flyinium-Z. Its value is still there, but A tier wasn't reflective of its viability
(A- to B+) Not as consistent as before, if you get one Volt Switch prediction wrong on something like Diglett its over
(A- to B+) Plenty of viable steels and dark types at the top of the VR, as well as stuff like Koffing ignoring Shadow Tag makes Gothita pretty terrible, also Tera exists so its kinda hard to trap unless you're using trick
(A- to B+) Grassy Glide nerf also Vullaby exists in this tier, recipe for being hard to use
(A- to B+) Berry Juice is harder to keep than in other lc gens, and if it runs Eviolite it has no recovery, making is hard to justify over a traditional fight check like Koffing or Mareanie, still has some nice qualities in Thunder Wave and its crazy coverage
(A- to B+) Competition from better fire types, no real coverage outside of something like Energy Ball
(B to B-) This guy is really hard to use, preyed upon by the common Vullaby and Mienfoo, scared to death by Pony and H-Growlithe. Hard to put it much lower because of the utility it does provide, but it certainly has some noticable flaws.
(B to C) Its only good quality is First Impression, I will leave it to 
(B- to C) Spikes + fucking over normal grass resists like foongus isn't really good enough when it doesn't do much else for a team
(B- to C) NEEDS hazard removal to function as a Pokemon and its hard to fit those just for 1 mon
(B- to C) Passive, but Teleport can pair well with breakers to get them in for free
(B- to C) Can no longer run Crit-me-Not with Recover being nerfed to 8 PP, so it's stuck to a passive bulky Stealth Rocker, which has some pretty big issues
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