>>24772719>>Smogmeme tiers aren't even relevant because the way they work don't actually represent how good a Pokemon is. If the Blissey line was changed to fairy Clefable would still be in a low tier.>>24772794>>That post wasn't hard to understand. Any new type, no matter how good or bad, will make older Pokemon viable because they suddenly have a niche instead of being outclassed by everything. Clefable was never a bad Pokemon, there was just very little reason to use it over Chansey/Blissey as a normal type. That's why I'm saying that if Chansey/Blissey were also changed to fairy Clefable would still be an irrelevant PokemonWell yeah, for 5 Generations Clefable was always outclasssed by Chansey. That's probably the reason Chansey was always a solid OU/UU Pokemon. Clefable was somewhat useful in earlier Generations, but its Stats, Typing and Movepool always screamed "Worse Chansey".
And if you actually go to the Smogon forums, you'll see that for every Tier Viability Rankings exist. And not just in Gen 6, but for all the others too, just takes longer to find them, obviously.
So, there you have it: Usage-based Tiers, and additional viability rankings, that (can) explain how two similar Pokemon can be in the same Tier as of usage, but one is just far more viable, because of stats, ability, movepool or typing.
Also, I really don't see why usage-based Tiers don't represent the usefulness of a Pokemon. Lando-I and Nidoking can fulfill the same role: give it a LO and abuse that Sheer Force to break some walls. But one of them is Ubers, the other one UU. Which one would be the better choice outside of any Tiers? Lando for sure. Inside their respective Tiers? Well, just take a look at the viability rankings.
