A proper Mega Pokemon tier list
A day or 2 ago, we had a post about a tier list for mega pokemon but those posts were deleted. However I think it was an interesting enough topic that we should continue. I have also attached a tier list of my own below.
Given how niche some of the megas are, I believe a traditional tier list is not the most appropriate. Hence I decided to borrow the tier system of regular pokemon games and base on how often I would realistically choose to use each mega.
| Tier | Mega Pokemon | Criteria | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uber | Gengar, Rayquaza | Quick to mega evolve, Strong mega ability, High base power, Typing has few resistance | Ubers are so strong, they are good picks in almost every stage, even when they are NVE. Rayquaza should only be used with mega start or max candied, otherwise its speed will prevent it from its true potential. |
| OU | Charizard Y, Slowbro, Mewtwo X, Mewtwo Y, Heracross, Sceptile, Blaziken, Swampert, Glalie, Lucario, Garchomp, Abomasnow | Average/fast mega evolve speed, high base power, mega ability good at generating combos or clearing diruptions (or both) | OU (OverUsed) are not flexible enough to be usable in every stage but they have enough good qualities to consider, especially when they are SE. |
| BL | Aerodactyl, Steelix, Diancie | Niche mega abilities, only useful during disruption heavy stages. | BL (BorderLine) are situational picks. They are not as good as OU above and sometimes not even as good as UU below. However their niche meant they are usually more often picked ahead of UU, some stages would be impossible to S rank without them, even when NVE. These 3 is also the reason I think a traditional S,A,B,C tier list is not appropriate, it would require setting up some kind of X tier to accommodate them. |
| UU | Venusaur, Blastoise, Ampharos, Scizor, Gardevoir, Mawile, Medicham, Manectric, Sharpedo, Altaria, Absol, Lati@s, Banette | Outclassed by OU/Uber in 1 way or another | UU (UnderUsed) are not bad but are outclassed by those in the higher tiers. |
| NU | Charizard X, Kangaskhan, Sableye, Lopunny, Audino | poor mega ability or poor typing | NU (NeverUsed) are too situational to be consider useful for general use. |
I will explain my reasoning for putting random clearance megas in UU. When it comes to clearing disruptions, you don't want to rely on luck and while they are capable of creating combos, they are also equally capable of cancelling combos. Let me explain, shuffle is a match-3 games and one useful skill to have is the ability to spot potential combos when thinking about which move to pick. The random clearance ability would an almost always cancel some of these combos.
Other megas such as Sceptile and Blaziken would also cancel combos but their abilities to create more combos are much greater than those with random clearance. Therefore Sceptile, Blaziken etc are OU while the random clearance mega are UU.
Mawile can also be argued for belonging in higher tiers but the only reason would be due to a lack of other good steel megas.
Within the tiers, the pokemon are sorted in national dex order and I have also ignored how early you can get some of the mega stones.
While this is not a guide for recommending which mega pokemon to spend mega speedup on, I would say using them on anyone in the Uber and OU tier would be worthwhile investment.
Edit: Switch to table
Edit2: I would also like a clarify the BL tier, honestly this tier can be anywhere in the list, despite how situational their abilities are, at the end of the day I still use them more often than the UU. Hence I put them above UU but they are too different from OU to be categorized in the same tier, Hence the BL tier.
Edit3: added criteria column
Posted May 6, 2016, 9:52 AM UTC · edited