Which Pokemon got better?

After the move rebalance, who are the winners and losers?

Posted by eric654256 on February 5, 2019
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On Jan 31, 2019, two changes happened at the same time: more Sinnoh Pokmeon were released and the moves were rebalanced. New moves were added to some Pokemon and none were taken away. Also, the move stats were changed for PvP. Between new Pokemon and added moves, here are new rankings for Pokemon, in general and across opponent types. I like looking at the opponent type, because looking at your Pokemon type only answers half of the problem.

Everything is ranked by DO@20
This is really just for Gyms and Raids. Moves in Trainer Battles has different stats. and PvP is better ranked by TDO

Summary

  • The biggest winner is Honchkrow with Sky attack. As a flying type move, Sky Attack makes Honchkrow a top tier Pokemon against Fighting, Bug and Grass.
  • And the biggest new release is Rampardos: #6 on the general list, and great against Bug (#1), Dragon (#8), Electric (#8), Fire (#1), Flying(#1), and Ice (#2)
  • Raikou was given Shadow Ball. Though not a STAB move, this combination ranks Raikou at #13 and #8 against Psychic and Ghost.
  • A mention should go out to Roserade and Grass Knot. Razor Leaf + Grass Knot is great against water (#5), rock (#4), and ground (#2). This is only a minor 1% or 2% DPS upgrade over Razor Leaf + Solar Beam, but still and upgrade. Poison Jab + Sludge Bomb is still good against fairy (#2) and grass (#7)
  • The newly released Yanmega is also #8 and #9 against Pyschic and Dark types.
  • The newly released Gallade is #13, #13, #9 and #6 against Dark, Fighting, Normal and Poison.

Details

After the type effectivness bonus increase in December 2018, generalist pokemon have been less useful. Any how, lets look at changes within the top 40 for General untyped case in Raids and Gyms

  • Ramparados seems to be the best bug attacker
  • Adding Sky Attack to Honchkrow has brought it to #10 on the general list, its dps increasing 19% to 19.4.
  • Adding Grass Knot to Roserade increase its DPS only 1.2%, bring it from #13 to #12. Grass Knot is also a different type than Solar Beam, so this Pokemon will show up again below.

Within the top 20, for Bug opponent types in Raids and Gyms

  • Adding Sky Attack to Honchkrow has brought it to #3 on the Bug list, its DPS increasing 26% to 29.73
  • Adding Flamethrower to Houndoom is a 2.6% increase in DPS, and no change in rank. Similar to Grass Knot for Roserade, this was change for PvP

Within the top 20, for Dark opponent types in Raids and Gyms

  • The introduction of Yanmega brings this Pokemon at #9 against Dark types.
  • ... And Gallade is added at #13

Within the top 20, for Dragon opponent types in Raids and Gyms

  • Ramparados comes into the list at #8
  • Adding Blizzard to Porygon Z brings it to #12 on the Dragon list, increasing its DPS 17% to 22.64

Within the top 20, for Electric opponent types in Raids and Gyms

  • Ramparados comes into the list at #8
  • Mud Slap for Donphan puts in #9 on this list because of a 17% increase in DPS to 19.24

Within the top 20, no changes here for Fairy opponent types in Raids and Gyms

Within the top 20, for Fighting opponent types in Raids and Gyms

  • Once again, Honchkrow appears with Sky attack as #4 on this list
  • ... And Gallade appears at #13

Within the top 20, for Fire opponent types in Raids and Gyms

  • Ramparados looks to be the best Fire attacker, ranking #1 on this list
  • Kabutops was given Waterfall and it ranks here at #17 because of a 15% increase in DPS to 21.5750

Within the top 20, for Flying opponent types in Raids and Gyms

  • Ramparados looks to be the best Fire attacker, ranking #1 on this list
  • Porygon Z had a minor increase from Zap Cannon to Blizzard, going from #16 to #15.

Within the top 20, for Ghost opponent types in Raids and Gyms

  • Raikou's new Shadow Ball move gives it a #8 rank, giving it a 29% increase in DPS to 22.7524
  • Salamence's new Bite move gives it a #10 rank, giving it a 10% increase in DPS to 22.1953

Within the top 20, for Grass opponent types in Raids and Gyms

  • Again! Honchkrow with Sky Attack appears #2 on this list

Within the top 20, for Ground opponent types in Raids and Gyms

  • Tangrowth moves up to #15 on this list.

Within the top 20 ... for Ice opponetn types in Raids and Gyms

  • Ramparados looks to be one of the best Ice attackers, ranking #2 on this list

Within the top 20, for Normal opponent types in Raids and Gyms

  • Gallade appears at #9 here

Within the top 20, for Poison opponent types in Raids and Gyms

  • Gallade appears at #6 here too
  • Donphan with Mud Slap is ranked at #17

Within the top 20, for Psychic opponent types in Raids and Gyms

  • Yanmega is new at #8
  • Raikou with Shadowball appears at #13
  • Salamence with Bite appears at #15

Within the top 20, for Rock opponent types in Raids and Gyms

  • Roserade with Grass Knot appears at #4
  • Tangrowth moves up to #19 on this list.

Within the top 20 ... no changes for Steel opponent types in Raids and Gyms

Within the top 20, for Water opponent types in Raids and Gyms

  • Tangrowth moves up to #12 on this list.

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