Resource SV PU Viability Rankings

[Aurist]

Welcome to the SV PU Viability Rankings!

Here we will rank every viable Pokémon in PU as a community. This is intended to be an aid to teambuilding and a reflection of the current metagame, as well as a spark to discussion on these things.

Now that we have progressed to letter rankings, we are accepting nominations for rank changes and newly ranked pokemon. The VR council will now be voting on nominations from posts here rather than large sweeping votes on the whole tier. Please ensure your nominations are well considered and backed up with evidence as this may sway the votes!

Tiers are currently ordered alphabetically, this may also change as the tiers get more nuanced over time.

Our current VR council is made up of the following members:

VR Council

asa
Aurist
avarice
Bella
DripLegend
DugZa
fish anemometer
ishtar
Morge
MZ
plznostep
Scarf Kricketune
zS

S tier

• 
  Bellibolt
• 
  Slowbro-Galar

A tier
A+

• 
  Arcanine
• 
  Delphox
• 
  Florges
• 
  Inteleon
• 
  Skuntank
• 
  Tauros-Paldea-Aqua

A

• 
  Bronzong
• 
  Flamigo
• 
  Gastrodon
• 
  Gligar
• 
  Golurk
• 
  Kilowattrel
• 
  Milotic
• 
  Mudsdale
• 
  Rotom-Heat
• 
  Scrafty
• 
  Staraptor
• 
  Tauros-Paldea-Fire
• 
  Toxtricity
• 
  Wo-Chien
• 
  Zoroark

A-

• 
  Altaria
• 
  Articuno-Galar
• 
  Bombirdier
• 
  Decidueye
• 
  Emboar
• 
  Goodra
• 
  Grimmsnarl
• 
  Houndstone
• 
  Pawmot
• 
  Salazzle
• 
  Sandslash-Alola
• 
  Scream Tail
• 
  Scyther

B tier
B+

• 
  Ambipom
• 
  Bruxish
• 
  Coalossal
• 
  Duraludon
• 
  Electrode-Hisui
• 
  Hariyama
• 
  Heracross
• 
  Meloetta
• 
  Minior
• 
  Oricorio-Sensu
• 
  Rotom-Mow
• 
  Tatsugiri

B

• 
  Abomasnow
• 
  Decidueye-Hisui
• 
  Dudunsparce
• 
  Farigiraf
• 
  Froslass
• 
  Glastrier
• 
  Grafaiai
• 
  Hitmonlee
• 
  Palossand
• 
  Qwilfish
• 
  Sandaconda
• 
  Tornadus
• 
  Virizion

B-

• 
  Avalugg-Hisui
• 
  Braviary-Hisui
• 
  Exeggutor-Alola
• 
  Kingdra
• 
  Lycanroc
• 
  Mesprit
• 
  Qwilfish-Hisui
• 
  Regirock
• 
  Sandslash
• 
  Snorlax
• 
  Whimsicott

C tier
C+

• 
  Alcremie
• 
  Hoopa
• 
  Sceptile
• 
  Toxicroak
• 
  Vikavolt

C

• 
  Charizard
• 
  Ditto
• 
  Drifblim
• 
  Floatzel
• 
  Frosmoth
• 
  Jolteon
• 
  Lanturn
• 
  Magneton
• 
  Mismagius
• 
  Muk
• 
  Orthworm
• 
  Poliwrath
• 
  Porygon2
• 
  Rhydon
• 
  Smeargle
• 
  Sneasel
• 
  Thwackey
• 
  Uxie

 

[Aurist]

This post is reserved for VR council voting history. Find the voting histories below:

VR COUNCIL VOTING

April 2024 - First Shifts
May 2024 - Lettered tiers

 

[Aurist]

We have an update for the SV PU Viability Rankings! This update progresses us from preliminary "Top/High/Mid/Low" tiers to more specific letter rankings as are standard for a more developed VR. The voting has changed ranks as follows:

Top

Flamigo -> A
Florges -> A+
Slowbro-Galar -> S

High

Altaria -> A-
Arcanine -> A+
Articuno-Galar -> A-
Bellibolt -> S
Bronzong -> A
Delphox -> A+
Emboar -> A-
Gastrodon -> A
Gligar -> A
Golurk -> A
Goodra -> A-
Grimmsnarl -> A-
Inteleon -> A+
Kilowattrel -> A
Milotic -> A
Mudsdale -> A
Pawmot -> A-
Rotom-Heat -> A
Salazzle -> A-
Sandslash-Alola -> A-
Scrafty -> A
Scream Tail -> A-
Scyther -> A-
Skuntank -> A+
Staraptor -> A
Tatsugiri -> B+
Tauros-Paldea-Aqua -> A+
Tauros-Paldea-Fire -> A
Toxtricity -> A
Wo-Chien -> A
Zoroark -> A

Mid

Abomasnow -> B
Ambipom -> B+
Bombirdier -> A-
Bruxish -> B+
Coalossal -> B+
Decidueye -> A-
Decidueye-Hisui -> B
Dudunsparce -> B
Duraludon -> B+
Electrode-Hisui -> B+
Glastrier -> B
Grafaiai -> B
Hariyama -> B+
Heracross -> B+
Hitmonlee -> B
Houndstone -> A-
Kingdra -> B-
Meloetta -> B+
Mesprit -> B
Minior -> B+
Oricorio-Sensu -> B+
Palossand -> B
Qwilfish -> B
Regirock -> B-
Rotom-Mow -> B+
Sandaconda -> B
Snorlax -> B-
Tornadus -> B
Virizion -> B

Low

Alcremie -> C+
Avalugg-Hisui -> B-
Braviary-Hisui -> B-
Charizard -> C
Ditto -> C
Drifblim -> C
Exeggutor-Alola -> B-
Farigiraf -> B
Floatzel -> C
Froslass -> B
Frosmoth -> C
Hitmontop -> UR
Hoopa -> C+
Jolteon -> C
Lanturn -> C
Lycanroc -> B-
Magneton -> C
Mismagius -> C
Muk -> C
Orthworm -> C
Poliwrath -> C
Porygon2 -> C
Qwilfish-Hisui -> B-
Rhydon -> C
Sandslash -> B-
Sceptile -> C+
Smeargle -> C
Sneasel -> C
Thwackey -> C
Toxicroak -> C+
Uxie -> C
Vikavolt -> C+
Vulpix -> UR
Weezing -> UR
Whimsicott -> B-

The full VR council voting for this round is linked here.

As an additional note, you may notice the creation of the C+ tier despite that tier not being a category for voting on. Due to C tier being very large and there being a significant enough number of pokemon with split votes in the area of B- to C, this tier was created.

Now that we have progressed to letter rankings, we are accepting nominations for rank changes and newly ranked pokemon. The VR council will now be voting on nominations from posts here rather than large sweeping votes on the whole tier. Please ensure your nominations are well considered and backed up with evidence as this may sway the votes!