So we were talking about this in the UU room but I'm just gonna make a whale of a post now about the 6 mons that could go.



Klefki: I think the consensus on this thing is that it's broken, which imo is very true. Priority screens is enough and makes setup sweepers 10x better than they already are, giving them multiple setup opportunities and even without setup sweepers they are way too beneficial for being so easy to set up. Priority spikes means you're guaranteed to get up 1 or 2 lyers every time Klefki comes in, if you so choose to set them up. Priority t-wave, as it has been talked about so many times before, cripples offense to no end and since only ground/electric types can avoid it (and considering the only electric types right now really are raikou and rotom-h, it's basically krookodile and raikou that can avoid priority twave on offense) it's kind of over the top. I'm not saying klefki will always get up both screens, 3 layers of spikes and a twave every time it comes in, but it is guaranteed to get up at least one of those three things, all of which are rather devastating to the opponent since they either make the opponent miss kills because of screens, have huge amounts of pressure on the walls not avoid 2hko's by the new pokemon that have entered the tier that have ridiculous amounts of power, or cripple offensive pokemon that can be used to check these pokemon.



Togekiss: An intresting case. Togekiss is a pokemon that has checks, raikou, rotom-h, mega aero, jirachi, mega aggron, etc. A couple of these mons don't want to switch into a thunder wave, though. Tbh I just find it way too easy for togekiss to win games by itself, since it can click twave to paralyze a switchin, setup a nasty plot for free, and either baton pass off that boost or, if the check has been weakened enough, easily sweep by itself. It has absurd amounts of team support as well- defog, wish, and heal bell is no slacker. Its typing means it is only stopped by the steel types that are running rampant right now, an electric type, or a rock type such as Rhyperior or Mega Aerodactyl. I feel as if Togekiss is the least broken thing right now but as UU ALL DAY said above once raikou and jirachi leave it's broken for sure.



Staraptor: Yeah, burd is still really good. Staraptor means either you have a doublade or a bronzong, or a really really sturdy steel type, or you lose a pokemon every time it comes in. The absolute best way to stop a banded staraptor is not the throw on a doublade but in fact just wear it down with recoil and rocks damage and keep coming in and revenge killing it with someone faster or with priority. It's interesting since Staraptor kills itself, but also 2hkos everything in the entire tier that's not named Doublade/Bronzong/Mega Aggron. You can also expect a Double-Edge and switch in something that can take that and not a brave bird, that is also faster than Staraptor and go from there. THe issue is, though, that with no stealth rocks up Staraptor can just spam extremely powerful attacks, wear itself down, and either it has punch a massive hole in the opponents team for a teammate or it has just outright killed 2-3 mons. Overcentralization is an issue here with the aforementioned doublade/aggron/bronzong, since you shouldn't have to use one of those pokemon on every team just to check Staraptor. Still as broken as it was before (oh and klefki checks it but thats probably getting banned anyway)



Volcarona: Not too much discussion on this one, sets up on a whole lot of shit (especially that which can check togekiss, altaria, diancie and staraptor!) and proceeds to sweep anything that doesn't resist all of its moves. Bulkarona is incredible, and regular volcarona is really impressive too. Tentacruel, mega aerodactyl and the fire types are basically it for checks once it can setup and has proper entry hazard support. Volcaroan just sweeps way too easily, and guess what, Klefki provides screens so it bulks like nothing else and easily gets up at least 2 quiver dances, and if it gets 3 up it has a guaranteed kill on mega aero after rocks. Obviously broken and most likely will be banned so again there's not too much need for a long discussion on this mon.



Now for the fairies!



Mega Altaria: I know a lot of people have said this pokemon is underwhelming, and a lot of people have said it is broken. My personal belief is that it is overcentralizing and unhealthy for the metagame. Mega Altaria is a pokemon that, when given screens support which is really easy to give and a proper switchin, can sweep the entire tier. In this way, it makes a bunch of pokemon previously useful in UU really not good at all. Vaporeon without Roar, Suicune, Mega Ampharos, Zygarde and Hydreigon are just a handful, with the slight exception of zygarde because EQ still hurts especially after a coil. For instance, if Vaporeon uses Wish with Altaria on the field, and altaria switches in, it is guaranteed to get a sub up, and at that point it's a matter of whether the user without zygarde has a Bronzong/Doublade/Aggron/Jirachi etc which decides whether or not a sweep is incoming. It's not the fact that Altaria is an extraordinary sweeper, which it is, that makes it banworthy to me. Altaria forces the opponent to have a steel type or a very bulky fire/poison type although fire types have nothing to touch altaria with a sub up and the only poison type that can stop it is like defensive Nidoqueen. And the selection of steels isn't exactly wonderful either; Aggron can stop it when healthy although it doesn't appreciate EQ if it has a lot of prior damage and hazards are up, Empoleon has to have roar, Forretress has to have gyro ball and even that can be stalled out, Jirachi loses to EQ Mega Altaria at +1 with rocks up, Klefki is probably gone soon although it too needs Altaria not to have a sub up, lucario lol and Mawile is a good check although it's vastly unexplored in the tier and there's not telling whether or not it's good or not. So you basically have Mega Aggron, Physically Defensive Roar Empoleon, Bronzong, Doublade, Scarf Jirachi and Mawile and Empoleon and Jirachi are extremely shaky checks. When you are forced to use Bronzong and Doublade or use your mega slot on Aggron, that is overcentralizing and for that reason I believe it should be banned.



Mega Diancie: I find it interesting that people are talking about how Diancie only has 50 HP when Diancie has never been designed with bulk in mind. Diancie comes in and 2hkos something with moonblast/diamond storm/earth power thats not named ronzong. With 160 attack and 160 special attack along with 110 base speed and rock polish and calm mind and access to a STAB combination that hits every pokemon in UU other than Bronzong, it's a monster to be reckoned with and from what I've found it basically does this: switches in on its many crucial resists because it resists flying, fire, and dark which is pretty huge and fires off a strong hit either weakening its checks or getting a kill. When the opponent brings in a check like Scarf Jirachi, Diancie switches out, switches back in, and does the same thing again. And because it will always be dealing around 30% to every pokemon in the tier in the least, and because klefki makes entry hazards so easy to get up which turns 3hkos into 2hkos and 4hkos into 3hkos, diancie becomes even better. With 2 spikes up the only pokemon in the tier that can switch into all three moves and not be 2hkod is Bronzong. I honestly think though that if Diancie gets its own retest outside of this hyper offensive klefki meta, it might be okay since it hugely benefits from staraptor/togekiss/volcarona doing huge amounts of wallbreaking (oh and pair it with raptor- raptor weakens everything that checks mega diancie.) Oh and Rock Polish lets it outspeed the entire metagame and considering its a fairy it can setup on a whole lot of stuff.



So that's my spiel. I think maybe Togekiss and Mega Diancie could stay although togekiss should be gone if raikou and jirachi leave. Raikou is probably the most solid togekiss check right now and Diancie really benefits from all of the hard hitting wallbreakers that are absolutely everywhere right now and klefki so if those go it could have an even higher chance of staying.