pdt
PUPL Champion
just because they have water absorb doesn't mean they can handle rain abusers though, and putting that much limitation on building just not to lose the rain matchup would greatly hamper teambuilding imo. i think weather is going to be a lot better than people are making it out to be, since we still have solid abusers within the tier that have good coverage options to deal with many of the checks listed. i wouldn't have a problem with a suspect but just off of theorymonning i think rain will be very good and make it very difficult to get decent matchups vs all playstyles without autolosing to rain at points. I also think rain would be better than sun, just due to the viability of its abusers and in general having a much better typing and utility compared to chlorophyll mons and drought setters. mega houndoom is a big one but imo kingdra, kabutops, ludicolo will be much more dangerous than venusaur / houndoom w/ better defensive typing and utilityWe have so many pokemon that can answer to drizzle abusers, such as Toxicroak, Jellicent, Gastrodon, etc. Therefore, I don't see any problem in allowing drizzle into the tier. On the other hand, Drought CAN be overwhelming with Houndoom-Mega. Mega Doom in my opinion, insures atleast 2-3 KO's in the sun with it's NP Dual Stab + Sludgebomb set. Sooooooo, yeah, I'm with the UU Community suspecting the weathers, I just think Drizzle has a higher chance of getting unbanned while Drought is something else.