Alright, here's the update! Big slate with a good number of changes. Full slate : Garchomp has become a dominant force in the metagame. Its Rockium Z set is both common and effective and currently checked by very few Defoggers. As an archetype-defining Pokemon, it's no surprise to see it now in A+ among other such staples.: Kartana is another staple of offense that saw consistently high usage throughout SPL. Its sets are all effective, and especially with the surge of Normalium Z, a rise to A+ is no surprise.: Excadrill has been popping up more frequently lately. In part, this is due to a place on some hyper offensive teams as a lead. However, a more distinguished role that it has assumed is one of sweeper on Sand teams, which are slowly increasing in popularity. Excadrill is a threatening presence in the metagame with the right support at its side.: Pelipper and Swampert are staples on rain, an archetype which has shown dominance on the ladder and has been successful in recent tours, notably in the SPL tiebreak game. Rain saw decent usage throughout the tournament as a whole, so Pelipper and Swampert, the core two mons of rain, are being risen to represent its effectiveness in tour play and on the ladder.: Heavy usage reflects that Tapu Fini is one of the most useful Defoggers right now, especially as it counters or checks other top mons like Ash-Greninja and Heatran well. Misty Terrain utility is becoming more relevant to enable Burn- and Toxic-free switch-ins against defensive Pokemon. All in all, Fini is deserving of its double rise to A.: Zapdos has been up-and-down throughout the generation. While it is not quite at its peak from a while back, Zapdos is popping up more and more lately. On stall, it is still close to staple status. On balance, the Static variants have been increasingly common and it is a nice check to Grass types and Tornadus-T, which is very welcome right now.: Jirachi's support is valuable on teams right now, whether it be as a solid Scarfer or through providing Rocks and Wishes. Pairing well with another rising star in Tapu Fini, it saw solid usage in SPL X, and its effectiveness warrants a rise up to B+.: Kyurem has been slowly rising in viability for a while now. It is still a far from the land of A rank, but it settles nicely in B where it fits with other niche options that threaten numerous common structures but have clear drawbacks or require noteworthy support elements which are not always easy to fit. Kyurem is not a consistent option necessarily, but it is an appealing one in some settings.: Gallade has more freedom to break balance with more Clefables choosing to run SpDef and the popularity of exploitable cores like CelePex. Its appearances during SPL reflect its potential as a breaker in the current meta.: Extremely good lure with the rise of regular chomp and effective outside of that. Solid rocker that can be destructive to common defensive cores, definitely better than anything in C at the moment.: Gyarados has been free falling for a while now. It is virtually nonexistent, so it dropped a bit once more.: Blacephalon has been a nice win condition for a while, but it is very inconsistent and players are starting to notice that more as time elapses. Expect it to remain around here with other inconsistent, niche options.: When Zapdos rises and Rotom-W and Celesteela are very common, Pinsir suffers. Wasn't used in SPL once, pretty simple drop.: Already struggling and becomes even more mediocre in the presence of greatly increase Fini usage.: "Mega Manectric is bad and people should stop using it." - Finchinator : While rain has risen, Qwilfish has not. It hasn't been seen since Vertex has - RIP: Latios is also irrelevant in a meta where most teams have multiple Steel-types able to handle it easily.No discussion slate this time - have at it!