Pokémon can only quick drop to an official tier like PU. After that, they can drop to ZU the next month if they don’t get enough usage in PU.
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I've seen "SU", "FU", "DNU", and "7U" floating around, sometimes here on Smogon. What are they and what is their relation to ZU?
EDIT: SU=SubzeroUsed, DNU=Do Not Use
EDIT: SU=SubzeroUsed, DNU=Do Not Use
From what I know, SubzeroUsed is an unofficial fan made tier below ZU while the other ones (less sure about these) are old failed attempts at making a 7th usage based tier from before ZU was a thing
Besides the stuff already mentioned about Subzero Used, 7U depending on the context is either: 1) RBY 7U, based around the Pokemon Perfect tiering system. 2) Imaginary Used (IU) (that's another one), below SubZero Used (SU) but at an older state. From generations 1-4 3) SubZero Used "competitor" (okay not really, just another version of SU) From generations 5-8
FU is the older term described for ZeroUsed by the PU community around when the current gen was ORAS/XY
is there any relevant viability rankings yet?
Unfortunately the answer is no. With the fast changing meta from all the new drops each month, usually Viability Lists (more broad rankings from Top, High, Mid, Low) are more common. However, it seems like they are either behind on getting one out this month, or won’t be doing on at all. Full on Viability Rankings likely will not come until the meta has solidified and when new drops are far less common which won’t be for another few months.
Sun is definitely a fine strategy to use at the moment. Offense in general is quite strong at the moment, and Sun teams can outpace these teams and take advantage of the fact that the Pokemon on these teams are fairly fragile. Do be aware that some of these Pokemon will still have tools to threaten Sun abusers despite being slower when Sunny Day is active such as boosted Ice Shards from Sneasel. The best Chlorophyll abusers are probably Lilligant, Shiftry, and Victreebel, but there's definitely room to play around with the different options available. Recently love chants dropped a bunch of teams in the team bazaar thread which included a sun team so be sure to check that out also.Have Sun teams any potential? On paper we have strong users such as,
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Also Heat Rock being legal seems pretty cool.
NFE bans have no relation to the usage tiering system. Gurdurr is already "officially" a ZU Pokemon as it had dropped from PU to ZU during the February shifts. If you mean where it would rank on a ZU VR, it'd probably sit around A- or B+.
Way too much competition over other Electric-types like Magneton, Rotom, both Raichu formes, and Eelektross. Ampharos's good SpA and capabilities as a slow pivot isn't enough when the meta has gotten much faster and stronger. Magneton, Rotom, and the Raichu's much better Speed makes them better as wallbreakers, Speed control (for Rotom and Raichus), and they all have better movepools and abilities to take advantage of their checks. Magneton, Rotom, and Raichu-Alola even have a secondary typing to give them additional offensive/defensive presence. Eelektross as a slow pivot/attacker completely outclasses it too b/c of Levitate, and better utility choices like Knock Off, Coil, and U-turn.
Ampharos probably isn't the worst thing you could use but it just doesn't stand out enough to be used over other Electric-types.