In game tier lists rank pokemon based on effectiveness and usefulness throughout an entire playthrough. Im pretty sure smogon dont make the tiers.

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Sun and moon tier list smogon. Players must abide by the following clauses. The purpose of this thread is to introduce the ou senators to the public and to explain how they handle the tiering process for the ou tier in pokémon sun and moon. An entire playthrough in the case of sun and moon is classified from the very start of the game until you defeat the elite four and champion. For pokemon sun on the 3ds a gamefaqs message board topic titled smogon usage based tier update. Tier rank criteria and tiers explained. A smogon brand of doubles was added to the list of tiers this generation.
This guide is courtesy of smogon. Smogon tier list gen vi tiers smogon universit. Welcome to our pokemon sun and moon tier list. Uu and lower go by the same mechanic while uberag are the only tiers they make since uber is the ou banlist and ag is the uber banlist. We rank the newest mons in generation 7 from the worst to the best pokemon in sun and moon. Smogons ou tiering is ruled by a council of five high level players.
It follows standard smogon clauses and rules allowing 6 pokémon per team and in battle that can be up to level 100. Due to these factors it is much different from the popular smogon and nintendo endorsed vgc metagame. Players cannot use pokémon from the uber tier. Stats are included atk physical attack damage def physical defense spa special attack damage spd speical defense hp health points and even spe speedusing the combined total allows us to rank the strongest pokemon in this pokemon sun and. They poll which pokemon are most often used top 5 or top 341 something like that and use those statistics to make the tier.