Uu and lower go by the same mechanic while uberag are the only tiers they make since uber is the ou banlist and ag is the uber banlist. Smogons ou tiering is ruled by a council of five high level players.
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Sun and moon tier list smogon. Im pretty sure smogon dont make the tiers. For pokemon sun on the 3ds a gamefaqs message board topic titled smogon usage based tier update. We rank the newest mons in generation 7 from the worst to the best pokemon in sun and moon. What smogon has done was taken the pokemon considered to op and placed them into ubers then took the pokemon most used by competitive players and placed them into ou and threw in 3 limbo tiers which basically makes up the uu beta tier. Players cannot use pokémon from the uber tier. The purpose of this thread is to introduce the ou senators to the public and to explain how they handle the tiering process for the ou tier in pokémon sun and moon.
It keeps its usefulness throughout the game thanks to its generally high speed and. In game tier lists rank pokemon based on effectiveness and usefulness throughout an entire playthrough. Welcome to our pokemon sun and moon tier list. Currently there are only 3 tiers out ubers ou uu beta this is excluding lc and doubles. While it is rare and only available during the bug catching contest its technician boosted moves such as aerial ace and quick attack are incredibly powerful especially when compared to the rest of your team at the time. These pokémon cannot be used in competitive play until they become available in game.
Players must abide by the following clauses. Smogons banlists vary depending on the tier eg. Stats are included atk physical attack damage def physical defense spa special attack damage spd speical defense hp health points and even spe speedusing the combined total allows us to rank the strongest pokemon in this pokemon sun and. Can you name the sun and moon ou tier pokemonaccording to smogons tier list. Can you name the sun and moon ou tier pokemonaccording to smogons tier list. An entire playthrough in the case of sun and moon is classified from the very start of the game until you defeat the elite four and champion.
When they do become available they will be defaulted to the overused tier unless they are clearly broken and if they are not used enough they will be available in lower tiers after some time. Test your knowledge on this gaming quiz to see how you do and compare your score to others. Scyther being banned from little cup pheromosa being banned from uu lunala being banned from ou. Tier rank criteria and tiers explained. This is a list of all the unavailable pokémon in ultra sunultra moon. But for the most part when people referred to banned pokemon when talking about smogon theyre usually referring from pokemon banned from the ou basically the highest tier of the main smogon metagame.
This guide is courtesy of smogon. They poll which pokemon are most often used top 5 or top 341 something like that and use those statistics to make the tier.