Pokémon Scarlet & Violet - Bridge over Troubled Plotter - Mar 17 24 E
11With this being the last battle video I’ll put up this month, here is also the list of the top Pokémon for single battles in Ranked through February 2024. Like with the doubles list two weeks prior, I’ve extended the list from the top 50 (which was to reflect Smogon’s OU tier, which is typically around this size) to the top 75, as there are now so many Pokémon available that you don’t get a complete picture of the competitive scene with just 50 Pokémon:
1. Flutter Mane (±0)
2. Dragonite (±0)
3. Ogerpon (±0)
3A. Hearthflame
3B. Wellspring
3C. Cornerstone
3D. Teal
4. Urshifu (Rapid Strike) (±0)
5. Chien-Pao (+2)
6. Ursaluna (Bloodmoon) (±0)
7. Archaludon (+3)
8. Gholdengo (-3)
9. Landorus (Therian) (±0)
10. Scizor (-2)
11. Chi-Yu (+6)
12. Primarina (±0)
13. Raging Bolt (+22)
14. Urshifu (Single Strike) (±0)
15. Iron Bundle (+3)
16. Ting-Lu (±0)
17. Latios (-4)
18. Roaring Moon (-3)
19. Garganacl (+3)
20. Sneasler (+20)
21. Porygon2 (-10)
22. Glimmora (+5)
23. Toxapex (+7)
24. Ninetales (Alolan) (+1)
25. Serperior (-1)
26. Annihilape (+2)
27. Basculegion (Male) (+12)
28. Iron Crown (+27)
29. Gliscor (+35)
30. Latias (-7)
31. Alomomola (+48)
32. Garchomp (+4)
33. Corviknight (+21)
34. Grimmsnarl (+36)
35. Incineroar (-16)
36. Iron Moth (+1)
37. Entei (-8)
38. Dragapult (+5)
39. Meowscarada (-7)
40. Iron Hands (+8)
41. Mimikyu (+1)
42. Metagross (-16)
43. Gouging Fire (-23)
44. Rillaboom (+8)
45. Skeledirge (+8)
46. Heatran (-1)
47. Dondozo (+2)
48. Breloom (-1)
49. Torkoal (-16)
50. Zapdos (Kantonian) (-9)
51. Hippowdon (-17)
52. Kingambit (-1)
53. Amoonguss (+14)
54. Pelipper (-16)
55. Swampert (-34)
56. Clodsire (+6)
57. Hydrapple (+14)
58. Volcarona (+8)
59 Azumarill (-2)
60. Blaziken (-16)
61. Baxcalibur (-1)
62. Indeedee (Male) (+69)
63. Rotom (Wash) (-5)
64. Excadrill (-18)
65. Magnezone (-2)
66. Iron Valiant (+2)
67. Goodra (Hisuian) (-6)
68. Suicune (-37)
69. Blissey (+6)
70. Cresselia (-1)
71. Walking Wake (-21)
72. Gyarados (+2)
73. Tyranitar (-8)
74. Sinistcha (+2)
75. Whimsicott (-16)
The further up the list you go, the more of a gap between Pokémon usage things get, which is why it was a big shock (no pun intended) to see Raging Bolt go from 35th in January to 13th in February. This was likely a response to a higher emphasis on nonstop attacks, giving Thunderclap greater reliability. Iron Crown also makes its top 50 debut at 28th overall (though if I had covered the top 75 last month, it would've been on there, at 55th place). Gouging Fire and Walking Wake both fell by over 20 spots, however.
Grimmsnarl also returns to the list, this time as a Incineroar-like, with Fake Out and a Prankster-boosted Parting Shot. Male Indeedee rocketed up too, reaching the top 75 from 131st place the previous month. Psychic Terrain stops all priority attacks (so no Thunderclap), and only male Indeedee can lock opponents with Encore.
Type: Single Battle
Opponent: ほげーた (Hogeeta)
Battle Court: Blueberry Academy
Music: Legends of Galar
My Pokémon: Dandrea (Jumpluff) Atlas (Slither Wing), Alfred (Indeedee) (Male)
Opponent's Pokémon: ブリジュラス (Archaludon), ハッサム (Scizor), イダイトオ (Basculegion)
As you may have seen, I had gone through the Legendary Pokémon battle themes, and this one, “Legends of Galar,” is the last one on the list, and indeed(ee), this is the last battle of this session.
Part of the purpose of this session, which ended with this battle, was to see what to do with the Jumpluff Team and how I could make some revisions to allow it to keep up with the metagame, which had changed dramatically since the last time I used this team, which was before The Teal Mask or Indigo Disk had come out. Based on what I encountered, both on- and off-meta, I can say the following:
Dandrea (Jumpluff), Eugene (Klawf), and Atlas (Slither Wing) are fine as they are, and they will remain unchanged.
Hideo (Seviper) will keep his core strategy, but updated moves and items over The Secret of Area Zero allows me to try something new. This won’t necessarily be any better than before, as it has some benefits but comes with some drawbacks.
Alfred (Indeede) (Male) began this session holding a Red Card. You may noticed that this was changed to a Psychic Seed. The Red Card turned out to have hurt me more than it helped, especially against Pokémon faster than him. What looks like a nice matchup results in Alfred getting attacked, triggering the Red Card, and the opponent getting the nice matchup instead by the end of the turn.
Inés (Lumineon) was hardly used in this session, and that, personally, is a problem. Her original purpose was to trap and take down Palafin, who was a dominant force when this team was built but has since fallen WAY down the Ranked charts, to where I hardly see Palafin anymore. Hence, I have made a few changes to Inés’s strategies for her to work better as a general fighter instead of something specifically to defeat one Pokémon in particular.
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