Major threats in each tier?

Jan. 9, 2015

I am going to start Pokémon Showdown! in a few weeks, and I want to plan out my team in advance. I consider myself to have decent knowledge of competitive play already, but I still have a lot to learn. I need to know the top/most common threats in each tier, and preferably how to counter them. I already know Talonflame (everyone who’s anyone knows about Talonflame), and I know that Greninja is undergiong a suspect test for Ubers. But aside from that, I have only general knowledge about “what is a good counter for this Pokémon?” kind of stuff. Any help will be appreciated!

Pleaselog inorregisterto add a comment.

I’m going to look super lazy stealing from Smogon like this, but honestly, their viability rank lists are by far the most accurate and up-to-date listings. I’ll include links to the lists for each tier, and copypaste each “S” ranked Pokemon.

Ubers ranks, S ranked Pokemon are:

OU ranks, S ranked Pokemon are:

UU ranks, S ranked Pokemon are:

RU ranks, S ranked Pokemon are:

NU ranks, S ranked Pokemon are: