Tier List Change Log
- Prerelease Datamine Characters added!
Below each of the new Sync Pairs and their placements are described.
Changelog Details
V0.0010 8/16/2019
Large overhauls to the Tier List have been made! The following changes were implemented:
- All 181 in-game effects have been individually assigned a Tier Point (TP) score. A table describing Tier Point Scoring by Effects has been added!
- All 51 in-game Passive Skills have been added and individually assigned a TP score. This table has also been added to the Tier Point Scoring page.
- Pokemon Tags: Pokemon with only Normal type attacks ("Normal Type Only") are now assigned a penalty of -2 TP.
- All 8 new datamine Sync Pairs are included:
- Lyra & Chikorita
- Lyra & Bayleef
- Lyra & Meganium
- Acerola & Palossand
- Cheren & Stoutland
- Hilbert & Oshawott
- Viola & Surskit
- Viola & Masquerain
- Koga & Crobat
- Nanu & Persian
- Blue & Pidgeot
- Blue & Mega Pidgeot
- Minor adjustments to placement of Hau & Raichu (+2), Skyla & Swanna (+3) to account for their lower placement than their practical usefulness in-game.
- Tier List Change Logs have been implemented. Future Changes will now be included in these change logs.
New Sync Pair Placements
Lyra & Meganium – Placed into Tier 1 for Support Sync Pairs. With a full party +1 Critical Chance buff, full party +1 Attack/Sp.Atk/Speed buff (doubled when Sunny), and ability to nullify status conditions in Sunny weather, Lyra is built to shine in the sun but still provides a great spread of buffs to the party even without. Her bulk is decent at base as well, although not as high as others, and she requires 3 move gauge to use Light Screen to bring her Special damage mitigation up to par, which sets her slightly behind the other top tier supports with respect to Bulk. Even so, her ability to slot in and essentially provide one-size-fits-all buffs for any party makes her extremely useful to have in the roster.
Acerola & Palossand – Placed into Tier 4 for Tech Sync Pairs. Acerola & Palossand’s kit is heavily focused towards being the Tank for the party (leaning more toward Physical rather than Special damage). However, in the current state of the game, AI focuses on party members based on bulk, so a taunt move is not necessary if the player sets up their party to have a highly bulky Support to shield their Striker. Moreover, Supports can provide buffs to the Striker, whereas Palossand’s kit does not provide much else to the party aside from the ability to taunt enemies and to cause the Sandstorm weather change. If changes are made in the future where taunt is more useful, this Pair’s placement may move in the future.
Cheren & Stoutland – Placed into Tier 2 for Support Sync Pairs. Currently, Support type Sync Pairs are extremely powerful, so the upper tiers of Support are crowded. Cheren’s kit includes a full party Move Gauge +2 skill that also provides gradual HP recovery. Furthermore, they can heal Status Conditions for an ally on demand. Their ability to boost their own damage depending on the Status Conditions they are inflicted with is quite gimmicky, as not all enemies will be using moves that inflict Status Conditions, and in most cases players will not be using their Support as primary DPS anyway. Think of it as a small, conditional bonus, but it doesn’t change too much.
Hilbert & Oshawott – Placed into Tier 1 for Support Sync Pairs. This Support Pair provides a full party +2 Speed buff, and a variable full party +3-6 Attack buff depending on how much damage they have sustained. With their high Bulk score, they likely will be taking the brunt of the hits for the party, which will enhance the effectiveness of their party Attack buffs. The main drawback for this pair is not the pair itself, but the relative scarcity of AoE Physical damage options, with most Physical Strikers being single target, which can be inefficient when it comes to clearing maps quickly.
Viola & Masquerain – Placed into Tier 2 for Tech Sync Pairs. Masquerain’s passive is a handy Attack decrease for all enemies, while the remainder of her kit gives her the appearance of being a Striker that specializes in trapping the opponent, followed by dealing the finishing blow via bonus damage for trapped opponents with her Sync Move. Her high bulk, Sp. Def buffs, and gradual healing enable her to be more likely to reach her win condition. However, a stall team centered around Masquerain’s method of play is likely slower than the 2x Support 1x Striker team composition.
Koga & Crobat – Placed into Tier 1 for Tech Sync Pairs. Koga packs powerful self-buffs for Speed, Evasion, and Critical Hit Rate, and he has extremely high base Speed as well. All of this enables him to quickly devastate foes with the Toxic status effect, while keeping out of harm’s way with stacked Evasion buffs. From there, he transitions to dealing bonus damage to his poisoned opponents with Venoshock, and finally deals the finishing blow with his poison-boosted Sync Move. It should be noted that his style of play is countered by Sync Pairs that have immunity to status conditions, so players should take care in selecting when to field this Sync Pair.
Nanu & Persian – Placed into Tier 2 for Tech Sync Pairs. Like Koga & Crobat, this Pair has self-buffs for Speed and Evasion, and furthermore can give themselves 100% Critical Hit Rate for one move (two times). However, their base speed is lower than Koga’s, and the primary status condition they inflict is Flinch, which is not passively damaging like Toxic. Even then, Persian has the capability of setting up deadly combinations, with usage of 100% Critical Hit chance, a Bite with boosted Flinch on Crit due to their passive, followed by their Sync Move, which deals bonus damage to Flinching opponents. He requires setup to function well, but due to his low base stats, his damage ceiling is not quite high enough to place him in higher tiers.
Blue & Mega Pidgeot – Placed into Tier 1 for Strike (Special) Sync Pairs. Hurricane hits hard, hits AoE, and has a chance of confusing all targets. This Sync Pair’s Power (via its attack, Hurricane) and Sp. Atk stat are among the highest in the game, and this pair is likely capable of a higher damage ceiling than the next contender, Karen & Houndoom. Combined with a self-Accuracy buff that mitigates the Accuracy problems of Hurricane, Blue & Mega Pidgeot may be the strongest pair in the game once they are released.
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