Hello all, I would just like to make a few nominations for the ubers VRA to A+I honestly think it's easy to discredit this Pokemon due to the fact it has a glaring Stealth Rock weakness, however with sufficient defog support this Pokemon can be very difficult to deal with. In USUM, there have been plenty of new defoggers such as Xerneas, Yveltal and of course Ho-oh itself. With all the new defoggers, it is not too difficult to create a strong defog core to cover Ho-oh's Stealth Rock weakness. Ho-oh's fire/flying type combination is very nice coverage and makes it a threat in the current meta. Ho-oh also has an excellent movepool, with access to strong STAB moves such as Brave Bird and Sacred Fire as well as utility moves such as Toxic and Defog. Earthquake can also be used on banded sets to hit threats such as Tyranitar, Toxapex and Arceus-Rock. I think this Pokemon is reasonably unprepared for and there's not really too many hard checks, barring Zygarde-Complete. Even Giratina can be 3HKO'd by Ho-oh's choice banded brave bird, meaning it cannot simply rest this damage off as Ho-oh will be faster. Ho-oh is almost a staple for Stall, with many stall teams featuring Ho-oh for the amount of threats this Pokemon covers. These could include Choice Specs users such as Lunala or Kyurem White, Yveltal, non thunder geo xern, non rock tomb Marshadow, Dusk Mane, Support Arceus-Formes, Celesteela, Ferrothorn and much more Pokemon. Regenerator is also a fantastic ability to improve the longevity of this Pokemon and help shrug off status like toxic. It also makes switching into leech seed users such as Ferrothorn and Celesteela much easier. This Pokemon can also fit fine on balance as a balance/stall breaker with its banded set, which can really pressure non Zygarde stalls/balances. I think the variety of this Pokemon can be really threatening and make it reasonably unpredictable, as it could be running leftovers, life orb of choice band and may have moves such as Earthquake and defog, or even hidden power ice to hit surprise Zygarde. I just think this Pokemon offers so much support if rocks can be kept off the field and as such I would recommend this Pokemon for A+ rank.Toxapex: A- to B+I was honestly very surprised at how high this Pokemon was ranked on the VR considering how little this Pokemon offers outside of simply laying toxic spikes. Don't get me wrong toxic spikes are fantastic, but to make toxapex work on a balance or stall build to utilize these toxic spikes is honestly extremely difficult, and much harder than simply using cloyster toxic spikes offense. This Pokemon can check Marshadow, Calm Mind Arcs, some Ho-oh sets and... that's about it. There are a ton of Pokemon that can use this Pokemon as set up bait and pressure this Pokemon a ton, such as Arceus-Ground, Primal Groudon, Zygarde, Mega Gengar, Primal Kyogre, Dusk Mane, Ultra Necrozma, Lunala, Mewtwo and honestly the list goes on and I don't see why a Pokemon that gets threatened by so many big Pokemon with little reward is worth using and is so high. You could make the same argument for Magearna, but Magearna can play such a vital role in a team, being able to check the aura duo of Xerneas and Yveltal as well as checking some Arceus formes which is simply so important in comparison to what Toxapex does. As such I believe Toxapex should definitely move down a rank as this Pokemon is extremely hard to build around and does not offer enough outside of laying Toxic Spikes.Shuckle: UR to CI am completely lost as to why this Pokemon is unranked. Smeargle definitely doesoutclass Shuckle. I would agree Smeargle is overall the better web setter, but there are key differences between the web setters that really put them apart and as such Shuckle does deserve its own rank. One reason Shuckle is arguably better is not being shut down by certain taunt users, particularly Mega Gengar. Mega Gengar almost certainly stops Smeargle setting up Sticky Web every time with Substitute and Taunt, as 9/10 Smeargle will use nuzzle and then attempt to use Sticky Web. Once this happens, you are playing 5-6 with Mega Gengar already having a sub up, which really sucks ass and honestly could be game over already in the space of two turns. I understand you don't have to lead Smeargle when you see Mega Gengar, but not getting webs up straight away is not optimum and could be difficult against certain teams to bring Smeargle in. Other taunt users will get nuzzled such as Yveltal and Deoxys, but at least they stopped getting webs up which can still be great for their team despite having a Pokemon paralyzed. A second reason shuckle is better is due to magic coat Pokemon, particularly Deoxys and Arceus-Ground. I understand magic coat is reasonably rare, but it does come up every so often. Magic Coat Stealth Rock Arceus-Ground pretty much straight out beats Smeargle and stops it setting up webs or being paralyzed, with the advantage of being able to lay its own rocks. I get that's a rare scenario, so I understand if you're a bit sceptical on that one. As for Deoxys-Speed, magic coat is definitely a viable option and will be able to bounce back Sticky Web after Smeargle has used nuzzle. Having both Stealth Rocks and Sticky Web up on the field is a significant advantage and all of a sudden you're at a disadvantage as webs will cancel each other out. The major weakness of course of Shuckle is that Dusk Mane can OHKO with its Z move, which is the reason I would say Smeargle is still the better webs setter overall. However, besides Dusk Mane Shuckle will always be able to get sticky web up against pretty much any other Pokemon. Smeargle is all the way at B rank, so I don't think Shuckle at C is all that ludicrous.e: Agreed with what Serial Ekiller said, but would also like to point out that Shuckle can simultaneously run Stealth Rock and Sticky Web, which Smeargle cannot do due to needing utility moves such as whirlwind and taunt. This can be really useful if you can't fit rocks anywhere else, and as such Shuckle would be the perfect option over Smeargle.