
Our one request is that you remain respectful of others, as we will gladly reciprocate. That's 100% fine, and we welcome debate in the comments, and may even end up making additional changes to our tiers based on reader-feedback. For this reason, we recognize that not everyone will agree with our tiering placement. While we have attempted to base our tier placements on hard-data as much as possible, the nature of a tier list will tend to be naturally subjective to a certain degree, especially one of this size. Note that many Pokemon amazingly did not change position, and these Pokemon are not mentioned below. With all of this complete, we cross-referenced our new list and compared it with our existing list in order to see just how each Pokemon changed position in order to make the changelog.They can fill out a team if needed, but they generally aren’t worth investing much in at all. These are the Pokemon that are the second-line picks. If you lack the top tiers, these are work-horses that can fill out a team and keep DPS up. These are the Pokemon that are generally good fillers: the Pokemon that have the power needed to keep a raid-group running, but not enough to be the top picks. It's hard to go wrong picking one of these Pokemon, as they tend to be capable of reaching similar raiding milestones as the above tiers for the most part. These are the Pokemon that can generally fight just as hard as the higher tiers, but are slightly less valuable due to being outclassed by the Pokemon in higher tiers or not having an extremely useful typing. They are high-priority picks due to their high power and/or utility, and will find their way onto raid teams frequently due to their stellar capabilities or the important niches that they occupy. These are the Pokemon that are genuinely good in the current Meta: the gold-standards. They are always very powerful, extremely versatile, or able to fill a niche in the game that is extremely valuable. These are the Pokemon that stand at or near the top of their useful types, or Pokemon that bring tremendous amounts of general utility to the table.

These should be the top-priorities for any player working on building a Raid team. They are the apex of power within their given types, and are either capable of effectively slotting into teams without Super Effective damage or are simply the best of a remarkably useful type. These are the Pokemon that rule the current Metagame.
