Back here to talk a bit more about three pokemons I really find awesome and no one really talks about (except for useless talks, hi Specs Vaporeon (just kidding, but not really)) and who need in my opinion, more visibility:
Bulky waters in the actual metagame. I'm not going to talk about their defensive base stats because they are pretty similar, I'm just going to put them for information.
First one, I want to talk about the best of them :
95/80/110
Some of you mention this mon in a long list of other pokemon, without really explaining why this thing is such a threat. First of all, the first thing that stands him from the others, is his double typing. The fighting resistance adds to Fire/Water/Ice/Steel resistances, allow him to be pretty interesting against almost the entire fighting type in the tier. With the loss of Thunder Punch in a lot of their movepool, they need Knock Off if they want to make reliable damages to the King. The psychic resistance is more situational but we can mention he resists both Medicham strong STABs.
Talking about his typing, the inconvenience of being Psychic, is the weakness of both dark moves and U-turn. Ghosts are pretty forgettable and the only thing who's scary and who have a ghost move is Rotom, and he'll almost every time hit Thunderbolt to make more damages or Volt switch... Sharpedo and Houndoom are both pretty annoying for him with their dark STABs, while for other bulky ones, they are less threatening.
The other mentionable thing about the King is his access to a nice recovering move, Slack Off, to great coverage with Fire Blast and Focus Blast, the access to both Yawn and Thunder Wave, Nasty Plot if you want a bulkier mon with great offense presence, and Dragon Tail. He lost Teleport, which is a big thing, but he kept Future Sight, to pressure the opponent team.
Finally, Regenerator. I don't think I really need to explain why with Future Sight, Slack Off, and his bulk, this ability is a real bless for this mon.
111/68/82
My favorite mon right here, please welcome the cutest slug in the world! First, Gastrodon also has excellent double typing, which gives him total immunity to electric moves and resistance to Stealth Rocks, in return for neutrality to Ice moves, and a double weakness to Grass moves. Being immune to Electric moves made him a really good choice if you need a water typing but are afraid of mons like Electivire, Raichu, Rotom or Zapdos. With neutrality to Ice moves, even if you don't care about the freeze with Scald, you need to pay attention to Lapras and his Freeze Dry, which is common to counter Kingdra. The most annoying thing about his typing is the fact Grass moves are a pain for him. We can't say the Grass types in the BDSM RU are that good, but situational pokemons like Abomasnow, which is a good Aurora Veil setter, or pokemons like Venusaur, Shiftry and Victreebel in Sun teams are going to make you suffer. Vileplume is also pretty annoying when you would like to come on his Poison moves. About the Grass Knot coverage of some Electric mons, don't worry, this thing is as light as an obese feather, and doesn't take much damages.
To be able to handle his biggest flaw, I honestly really like to play the Rindo Berry on Gastrodon. With a little investment in attack, you are able to OHKO greedy Ninetales, (with Earthquake) who want to Solar Beam turn 1 and punish them. I really invite you to play Earthquake over Earth Power because I think it's better for him. With Scald and Recover, this thing is able to carry entire games. With the loss of Toxic, you can choose for the last move between Ice Beam for coverage, Yawn (Which is funny with Rindo Berry against sun teams), or Clear Smog.
About his ability, Storm Drain is such an amazing way to make his Ground-type better while boosting his damages with Scald/Earth Power/Ice Beam or whatever you have chosen to put on his movepool.
130/60/95
Exit the idea about an offensive Vaporeon, this mon is also really interesting but in a different way. About all the others pokemons I show you today, it's the only one who doesn't have double typing, which is also really good. Don't worry about anything other than Electrics and Grass mons, this thing just needs to be paired with a Grass mon, or a Dragon mon... (Just kidding, don't play CritDra or Altaria please) to compensate for his flaws. Vaporeon is not going to be able to heal itself as simply as the other two mons we saw, his only decent recovery move is Wish. A little bit more complicated to heal yourself, but a really big advantage to heal your team, with his 130 BS in HP, he's going to be allowed to heal entirely your mates. To complete his movepool, Protect will be a need to allow him to heal properly, which make you choose as last move between Ice Beam for coverage, Yawn to be annoying af, Roar, Haze or why not Acid Armor.
Vaporeon has Water Absorb, which is a bit useless, but which allows him to totally wall the water mons who don't have other coverage.
About these ones:
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85/70/140 & 130/80/95
Going to be real quick on the two because everyone talks about them. First of all, Mantine, Water Absorb, Defogger, awesome... I can mention the fact he can have Air Slash, which is a good way to hit Grass mons with STAB like I already mentioned. His double typing is a bit weird, making him weak to rocks even if he removes them, being immune to Ground moves, but not really to Ground types, because they almost always have Rock coverage... And a double weakness to Electrics moves, which can be annoying. This time, I don't recommend playing Wacan Berry, because honestly, this isn't as good as Rindo Berry Gastrodon. Last but not least, this thing is the only one in this list of mons which is a great check to sun teams.
About the LochNess monster... Honestly this thing is pure trash compared to other Bulky Waters I presented. The only reason this thing is played is because of Shell Armor + Spdef natural bulk who allow him, with Freeze Dry, to destroy Kingdra. As long as CritDra would be in RU, this thing will be played. Once CritDra will be banned, other pokemons I listed here will be better in almost any points. RIP.
I'm sooooorry, I know this post is already awful to read BUT I saw Sputnik answer and just want to end the conversation properly!
Even other fringier Knock Off users, like Hariyama or Gallade
Ayyy no, I can't let you say that Hariyama is a "fringier" Knock Off user ! And you forget Machamp, which I think make enough users to be a good point imo, but I understand what you're saying.
I was referring to Uxie and Mesprit
Ahah sorry, maybe as a French I just don't get the reference, but yes, 100% agree with that. Just to mention it, I think that with Uxie in the tier, except for random Healing Wish stuffs, Mesprit is going to be a non-viable pick honestly, but I can be wrong !
This could potentially be just me but I'm around 1400 for RU and usually hover in the top 50 on ladder and up there Hitmontop is by far the most common form of hazard removal that I have encountered.
This is the reason why I like to discuss my minds, because I'm near to this ranking too, and I saw like 1/2 Hitmontop versus a ton of Claydol and a bit more of Sandslash than Hitmontop... But if people choose Top instead of Claydol in general, I would definitely be surprised honestly!
That's all for me, sorry for all that lol!