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>With the physical / special split's reversion, Latias's role in OU as a specially defensive tank is further extended, albeit indirectly. Firstly, with 80 / 130 special bulk, Latias can easily shake off the now special Pursuit and Knock Off. However, while Latias no longer needs to worry about being severely weakened by Knock Off, it will still lose its item, which is usually Leftovers, causing it to lose a form of passive recovery, which could affect its use in various games. Besides that, Latias can now easily take the newly special Ice Punch from Pokémon like Alakazam, Mega Alakazam, and Mega Gardevoir.
>With this change, Heatran probably becomes S-rank in OU. First of all, it's practically necessary now in order to check the even better special attackers in Sylveon and Alakazam, neither of which have a strong Hidden Power Ground or Focus Blast to KO Heatran with anymore. In addition to that, all physical Water-types such as Azumarill, Crawdaunt, and Mega Gyarados have become useless in OU, so Heatran's presence is now even more threatening, as it has even fewer checks and thus has more uses as a bulky Pokémon.
