The stats this month aren't too surprising. But this is my first time commenting on them.
| 1 | Scizor | 22.759% |
The King of OU still is the King. It's no surprise that he is the most-used Pokemon in OU, he just has so much going for him.
|15| Keldeo | 10.556%|
Keldeo has sure gone a long way since he first came into the meta. In my experience, this can be one of the most annoying Pokemon in the game once it has a chance to get in. Finding a way to counter or at least check this pony is essential for a good team.
| 20 | Gliscor | 9.597% |
| 21 | Landorus-Therian | 9.308% |
Wait a minute, Gliscor is used more than Lando-T? I almost never see it. I guess it must be more of a newbie thing, because Lando-T is generally better than it at almost everything. Gliscor is more annoying than anything else.
| 16 | Landorus-Therian | 11.63695% | 75886 | 5.968% | 65848 | 6.443% |
| 24 | Gliscor | 9.01919% | 128369 | 10.095% | 101562 | 9.937% |
Well, it might just be a newb thing. Good to see the 1850 crowd sees the benefits of Lando-T more than the general pop.
| 34 | Venusaur | 6.867% |
This is kinda sad for me, having used Venusaur for such a long time. It certainly doesn't deserve to be this low IMHO, since it is a pretty good answer to the Lati twins in the Sun and beats all Politoed sets except Scarf in the rain.
| 39 | Lucario | 6.038% |
I just created a Lucario team a few days ago(you might have seen me as Yang Fang Lieden, with the terrible prediction lol), and Lucario kicks all sorts of butt. People don't seem to know how to play him right. Maybe we need to put that CB Dragonite is great with him for the double ESpeed?
| 44 | Hydreigon | 4.986% |
| 45 | Toxicroak | 4.853% |
| 46 | Hippowdon | 4.577% |
| 47 | Metagross | 4.497% |
| 48 | Gastrodon | 4.457% |
| 49 | Dugtrio | 4.337% |
| 50 | Reuniclus | 4.287% |
| 51 | Haxorus | 4.182% |
The under five crowd is surprising in some aspects, and not in others. Toxicroak and Dugtrio are the surprising ones on this list. Toxicroak may not be the best Pokemon before it has set up, but once it does, you better have a way to stop him because otherwise you are in trouble. Dugtrio is a really good trapper too, but with the Genesect ban people must have stopped using him. Maybe people are tired of one-trick ponies as well. *shrug*
Out of these 8, I think that if Hydreigon were to fall(which is unlikely to say the least, but possible) it would be pretty quickly bumped up to BL. It doesn't have as much to worry about in Speed in UU, since the only Pokemon that outspeeds him that can really handle him is Heracross, and even then it has to be careful not to walk in on a Draco Meteor or a Fire Blast. I think that Hydreigon would be too powerful for UU. Haxorus, not as much, since Bronzong exists and counters him pretty well, and Chandy can switch in on CB-locked Superpowers and get rid of him. Reinculus would spawn a whole new wave of TR teams(which in turn can handle the Haxorus threat), and it would be a very defining part of the metagame in UU.
Dugtrio falling to UU would probably spell the end for Chandy, since it traps and beats it pretty easily. Sub Chandy would probably pop-up. Gastrodon, if it falls, I predict it will fall all the way down to NU. The only reason it stayed up in OU for so long was because it countered rain teams that had no idea what a Ferrothorn was or what HP Grass was. Once rain is taken out of the picture, Gastrodon is simply a mediocre Pokemon. Metagross is pretty powerful, and unfortunately, too many things stop it in OU for it to work, but I think UU will be the right home for it. The hippo is auto-BL.
Toxicroak I think will be the most interesting drop into UU. It would have to drop a lot for that to happen, but it really brings a lot to the table. On one hand, the loss of auto-rain hurts it a bit, as it no longer can recover nearly a Subsitute every turn it is out. On the other hand, being the only non-Fire type in UU that isn't burned by Scald is amazing, as it keeps Blastoise from coming in on you. It is fast enough that it can Sub before Arcanine can Will-O-Wisp it, and then it can just boost up with Swords Dance or Bulk Up. I don't think it would unseat Heracross from its throne as the Fighting type of the tier, but if it did drop, it would be an dangerous Pokemon.
*don't shoot me* Well, this is what I have to say about it. Some of my opinions have probably been said already, and while I am not new to competitive battling(been doing it for about a year and half), I am new to the Smogon forums so I am a little nervous. ^^;