A few questions about competitive tiers?
I notice that there are tiers called BL, BL2, BL3 and yet you cannot have a battle with Pokemon in these tiers and below; instead, these Pokemon can only play in the tier above them like OU. So;
You might want to write the first 3 in a list with brackets and dashes to add whether you can battle in those tiers and also write their names out in full like Not Fully Evolved.
Thanks.
Pleaselog inorregisterto add a comment.
1.It goesUbersOUBLUUBL2RUBL3NUNFELC
2.OU = over usedBL = border lineUU = under usedRU = rarely usedNU = never usedNFE = not fully evolvedLC = little cup
3.UbersOUUURUNULC
4.BL is for Pokemon deemed too strong for UU but they are out-classed in OU same goes for the other BL’s
BL stands for “Borderline”,if a Pokémon is ranked in these tiers it means that they are not used enough to be placed in a higher tier, but brings imbalance to the tier below. For example a Pokémon ranked in the BL tier is considered not to be used enough in the OU tier but brings imbalance to the UU tier.
A BL Pokemon isn’t necessarily weaker than an OU Pokemon. BL Pokemon, however, are used less for reasons such as requiring additional team support or simply being outclassed by another Pokemon in a specific role. It usually takes only one such inadequacy to explain why a given Pokemon is BL and not OU.
Pokémon who are listed in theBL tiercan only be used in Ubers or OU matches.
Pokémon who are listed in theBL 2 tiercan only be used in Ubers, OU, and UU matches.
Pokémon who are listed in theBL 3 tiercan only be used in Ubers, OU, UU, and RU matches.
List of tiers (not battle formats):
Main tiers:
UbersOU - (Overused)BL - (Borderline)UU - (Underused)BL 2 - (Borderline 2)RU - (Rarelyused)BL 3 - (Borderline 3)NU - (Neverused)
Additional tiers:
NFE - (Not Fully Evolved)Little CupVGC - (Video Game Championships)
(Borderline tiers aren’t tier in which you can battle, as stated above their only purpose it to separate Pokémon who are considered not to be used enough to be in one tier, but brings imbalance to the tier below for reasons which may include:
