The Reject Tier (Tear)

Ben and I were talking about rejected Pokémon and such, so we decided to put together a reject tier. It's more for fun than anything.

So, here's the list!

Ariados
Beautifly
Beedrill
Castform
Cherrim
Chimecho
Dedenne
Delcatty
Delibird
Dunsparce
Dustox
Emolga
Farfetch'd
Furret
Girafarig
Glalie
Illumise
Kricketune
Ledian
Linoone (without Belly Drum)
Lumineon
Luvdisc
Magcargo
Maractus
Masquerain
Minun
Mothim (without Quiver Dance)
Pachirisu
Parasect
Pelipper
Plusle
Raticate
Seaking
Seviper
Spinda
Sudowoodo (without Assault Vest)
Sunflora
Swanna
Vanilluxe
Vespiquen
Volbeat
Watchog
Wigglytuff
Wormadam
Any stage 1 NFE Pokémon from a family of THREE evolutions (three evolution family example: Charmander -> Charmeleon -> Charizard)

BANNE
Entry Hazards
Stage 1 NFE Pokémon from an evolution family that contains only two Pokémon (Ex. Gligar -> Gliscor)
Eviolite
Guts, Hustle, Moody
Baton Pass

If you have any suggestions for a change to this tier, post here and let us know. It's more for fun and creativity more than anything, so if you choose to participate in battles with this tier, keep that mind.

 

I think Ariados could fit in here, so I'll edit it into the list and if it seems too overpowered we'll take it out. It should be interesting without entry hazards so I'm looking forward to the creativity of a lot of these sets.
Durant is actually really good, so it would obliterate in this tier. It has Hustle and a huge attack stat, paired with fairly good speed, and it also has access to Hone Claws to counter the accuracy drop from Hustle. And with its Hidden Ability "Truant", it can use entrainment to force that ability onto another Pokémon.

If it's overly abused or somehow amazing in this tier, we'll definitely change it. But first we'll see how things go.

Great idea! I completely overlooked Seviper.

Butterfree has a significant niche and would probably destroy the Pokémon in this tier, due to one set. It has access to Sleep Powder as well as Compound eyes and Tinted Lens, which wouldn't be a huge deal if it also didn't have Quiver Dance and Bug Buzz. I've used a Tented Lens set with these moves before and it's really strong surprisingly, especially considering the no entry hazard rule.
I considered Qwilfish but not only does it have Swift Swim, but it also has Intimidate as well as great support moves, so its physical walling capabilities are scary for the Pokémon in this tier. With Swift Swim and Swords Dance as an alternative to physical walling, I decided it was a bit overpowered for the Pokémon here.

I don't think Corsola would fit in here, considering its utility as a wall that many Pokémon here would have trouble getting past. The main problem with Corsola is that if you want to recover HP, all you have to do is switch out, and to add on to that, it also has access to Recover. But if anyone else backs it up we'll test it out.

 

Great battle against Nocturnal: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-109562784
Decent battle against someone I battled on a random matchup: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-109560767

The latter definitely underestimated my Choice Scarf Chimecho. Extremely fun matches though!

 

No. Its ability would make it too difficult to deal with for this tier.

In other news, Pyroar has been removed from the tier.

 

No to all except Vivillon. Whimsicott, Ditto, and Barbaracle are OU Pokémon for good reason (Prankster - Whimsicott, Imposter - Ditto, Tough Claws + Shell Smash - Barbaracle). Vivillon is a maybe, I'll look into it. It gets Hurricane which is fairly iffy for this tier.

 

I'm gonna have to say no for the same reason as Butterfree (it's essentially stronger than Butterfree). Compoundeyes Hurricane + Compoundeyes Sleep Powder + high speed for this tier + Quiver Dance. Sorry abou that!