What makes a Pokemon Uber? A Pokemon is considered Uber if it is too powerful to be reasonably handled within the bounds of the standard metagame. Uber status is determined by this factor alone; it does not matter if a Pokemon is worthless in the Ubers tier, or if it is outclassed by anything already in Ubers. In Ubers, a strategy or Pokemon may appear to be broken; this doesn't matter as Ubers is essentially a ban list for OU, and nothing is currently too broken to be used in Ubers. Uber Pokemon generally have extremely large movepools and very high Base Stats when compared to OU Pokemon.
What makes a team an Uber team?
If any Uber Pokemon is present on a team, it is automatically an Ubers team. It does not matter if it is one Uber and five Magikarp; it is still an Uber team, and therefore is banned from standard play. There are no exceptions to this.
Wobbuffet, Wynaut?
Wobbuffet and Wynaut seem to defy the description above; they have poor stats in everything but HP, and learn a mere 8 moves. Why then, you may ask, are these Pokemon considered Uber? Wobbuffet and Wynaut are Uber because they have the power to let any Pokemon in the game set up freely, or kill at least one of the opponents Pokemon with ease. Their unique ability, Shadow Tag, allows them to trap any Pokemon in the game (besides other Wobbuffet and Wynaut) unless they are holding a Shed Shell or can use Baton Pass or U-turn. This means that Wobbuffet and Wynaut can switch into any Pokemon freely, using their gigantic HP stats to sponge hits, and are free to use either Mirror Coat or Counter to kill the opposing Pokemon, or more importantly, use Encore. With Encore, Wobbuffet turns any Pokemon into setup bait for a teammate, or condemns it to certain death via Mirror Coat or Counter. Wobbuffet also has the ability to use Tickle if you wish to easily eliminate a wall. Tickle allows Wobbuffet to lower the foes defenses to a point where Pursuit from a teammate shatters it. The same goes for Wynaut; although Wynaut has much lower stats than Wobbuffet, it still has the Shadow Tag trait, making it Uber. It is not recommended to use Wynaut for obvious reasons.
ErixSan
Somehow still top 3 poster after 3 years.
Towns Folk
#4
So Wobbuffet is a Uber...
What about Gengar? I think it has Shadow Tag too...
nathan200909
Pokemon Master
Towns Folk
#5
So Wobbuffet is a Uber...
What about Gengar? I think it has Shadow Tag too...
The standard Pokémon competitive metagame in which Pokémon that are most often seen reside. They are generally recognized for this, their wide move pools and their high potential. Pokémon enter the OU tier if they achieve a usage % of at least 3.41% on Smogon's Pokémon Showdown Server. There are 51 total OU Pokémon.
Alakazam
Blissey
Breloom
Celebi
Cloyster
Conkeldurr
Donphan
Dragonite
Dugtrio
Espeon
Ferrothorn
Forretress
Garchomp
Gastrodon
Gengar
Gliscor
Gyarados
Haxorus
Heatran
Hippowdon
Hydreigon
Infernape
Jellicent
Jirachi
Jolteon
Keldeo
Kyurem-B
Landorus
Landorus-T
Latias
Latios
Lucario
Magnezone
Mamoswine
Metagross
Ninetales
Politoed
Reuniclus
Rotom-W
Salamence
Scizor
Skarmory
Starmie
Tentacruel
Terrakion
Thundurus-T
Toxicroak
Tyranitar
Vaporeon
Venusaur
Volcarona
For wifi OU, refer to this and above. (The combination of Drizzle and Swift Swim on the same team is prohibited. The item Soul Dew is banned. The abilities Sand Veil and Snow Cloak are banned.)
Guys keep in mind that that list may be outdated and the metagame is bound to have changes to tiers (especially with megas introduced). I mean, for example, Lati@s is OU, but Soul Dew is an Uber only item.
I don't think Nintendo makes decisions on what tier each pokemon is...then again, I could be wrong on that. I mean, I don't think they cared so much about the metagame until Gen 6 where they limited Dragon A LOT
Marajan
All your base are belong to us
Banned User
#15
I don't think Nintendo makes decisions on what tier each pokemon is...then again, I could be wrong on that. I mean, I don't think they cared so much about the metagame until Gen 6 where they limited Dragon A LOT
It wouldn't be Nintendo. It'd be GameFreak. Ninty didn't make the game.
ErixSan
Somehow still top 3 poster after 3 years.
Towns Folk
#16
I don't think Nintendo makes decisions on what tier each pokemon is...then again, I could be wrong on that. I mean, I don't think they cared so much about the metagame until Gen 6 where they limited Dragon A LOT
I kind of find it funny how some people take pokemon so seriously to the extent there are tiers. Goes to show *some* people have way too much time on their hands
