Discussion in poképolls started by raikouspeciallover mar 17 2007. All pokémon listed in a tier are banned for all tiers below the one they are listed in.
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Pokemon smogon lc tier list. Is the smogon tier list good or bad. What smogon has done was taken the pokemon considered to op and placed them into ubers then took the pokemon most used by competitive players and placed them into ou and threw in 3 limbo tiers which basically makes up the uu beta tier. Lc roles compendium provides a visual list of what little cup pokemon fit into different roles on different teams. Any items ability or moves banned in a tier are also banned from all tiers below the tier they are banned in. Lc tiers and side metagames are completely seperate from the main tier list. Currently there are only 3 tiers out ubers ou uu beta this is excluding lc and doubles.
This tier list does resemble smogons tier list. Too many things resist his combo and some are immune to one of its stabs meanwhile ss urshifu hits the entire ou for neutral on just 3 moves also rocky helmet is being spammed everywhere to take advantage of all the contact physical mons like scizor a wak and urshifus so 3 hits equal half of your hp gone. Lc speed tiers helps players to understand how speed evs in little cup work and what pokémon fall where on the spectrum. Its an insult to pokemon 9 votes 148 okay in some areas 10 votes 164 change a few spots thats all 14 votes. The reasoning for this is the fact that all competitive players on this website use that tier list for all battles. The little cup beginners guide dismantles the sm lc metagame to its core for beginners.
Thus it is senseless to make an unused tier list that is made from people who lack a true understanding of the meta game. 43971654 waterfighting is not as good as darkfighting.