Hi Folks, just wanted to share a tier list from my recent MonoNormal run. I am currently in the final stages - I have the Mewtwo battle, the Kyogre/Groudon battle, and the Arceus battle left so far. 

Rules for my tier list: I only used final stage evolutions just to conserve space. For example, Staraptor is in my bottom tier, as is its previous evolutions. FWIW, I fully forgot Staraptor existed. 

First off, this was my main team: Orangaru, Ursaring, Drampa, Porygon-2, Exploud, and Snorlax. 

Ny second team: Kangaskhan/Lopunny, Cincinno, Eevee, Pyroar, Swellow, and Tauros/Stantler/Porygon-Z/Meloetta Aria. 

I’ll give a little rundown of some highlights. 

Mega Kanghaskan: need I say more? 

Ursaring: guts/flame orb goes off. 

Orangaru: the best trick room setter in doubles. I pair it with Ursaring as the AI usually targets Ursaring. I use protect on turn 1, Orangaru sets trick room, Ursaring gets burned, goes first the next turn, and then Orangaru uses instruct. Ursaring stars kicking ass and taking names. 

Drampa: great in trick room, and is my special damage Ursaring substitute.

Meloetta Aria: insane special tank and special attacker. EV train her with speed and SpA, and evoboost/baton pass into her, and she can fully sweep many post-game battles. 

Mega Lopunny: fast, hits hard, access to elemental punches, and scrappy is a great ability. 

Cincinno: I used the King’s Rock/Skill Link strategy. Very satisfying. Constant flinching. 

Porygon-2: second best trick room setter, eviolite makes for a great tank. Great status moves, and not a half-bad SpA stat. 

Eevee: Eeveium-Z/Baton Pass carried me through a lot of the main and post gameplay. Works well if you have a follow me pokemon with a focus sash, but generally not required. 

Next, here are some pokemon that surprised me about how useful/useless they were. The useless ones are ones I really tried to use but couldn’t get to work. 

Pyroar: High SpA & Speed and has a good moveset. I usually used hyper voice, heat wave, dark pulse, and hidden power water. Unfortunately doesn’t have great abilities, but I was surprised by its versatility and damage. 

Tauros: a very good fairy killer. Access to smart strike is very helpful. Hits hard and has intimidate, which is great. 

Persian: incredibly important in the early game when money is scarce. Also a requirement for Teknite range. 

Swellow: less bulky Ursaring. 

Snorlax: Thick Fat is great, very bulky, but unfortunately doesn’t hit anywhere near as hard as Exploud, Drampa, or Ursaring. 

Stantler: Hypnosis, Me First, Megahorn, and Zen Headbutt. Surprisingly fast and has good coverage. 

Porygon-Z: Isn’t great until you have choice scarf, and then it can shine. Good stats, but unfortunately is reliant on its item due to its lack of bulk. 

Regigigas: fully sucks. 

Blissey: sure, it’s the best special tank, but its defense stat is so bad that I only used it in specific battles. Used it mostly to set up screens and stealth rock. Pretty good in glitch field. 

Wigglytuff: the worst stealth rock setter. Just use Blissey. 

Meloetta Pirouette: redundant due to Mega Lopunny, who is by far a better fighting type. 

Braviary: good at setting up tailwind, but that’s pretty much it. fast normal type pokemon are so fast that it’s often unneeded, and I used trick room to get through the Elite Four. 

Anyways, that’s my tier list. Wish me luck for the final four battles! I’ve been doing a glitter ball post game run, and have every shiny besides Xerneas and Cresslia. I only decided to start using glitter balls after Cresselia, and I got sick of repeating the Noel Xerneas battle and praying that the gifted Xerneas would be shiny. 


MonoNormal Tier List