Why is Calyrex - Ice in Ubers?

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I have been playing Ubers since morning, have played about 30 games so far, and I didn’t see a single Calyrex Ice. Then, I started wondering, why the heck is that guy even in Ubers? It has anATROCIOUSbase speed (30) and has six common weaknesses, including Yveltal’s STAB Dark moves, which is the most used Poke in tier. It’s only niche is in Trick Room, which either is very unreliable, or spoils the other members fun. So, why is this guy is Ubers? Isn’t he OU material or something?

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As Mushroom has said, Calyrex Ice is too strong for ou. The thing about smogon tiering is it doesn’t matterwhether a Pokemon has a relevant niche in a current tier or not. If said Pokemon is too strong for the tier below then it will not be allowed in said lower tier. Calyrex just hits too hard to be ou

A few weeks ago, someone actually suggested that Calyrex be allowed in ou however, just about everyone shot down the idea almost immediately because the thing hits too hard. It may be slow but it has enough bulk to rival Zamazenta and it can actually hold an item so with boots, this thing would just get kill after kill

It’s the same situation for Cinderace. People thought it had a tight chokehold on the metagame so it was banned and the thing is complte horsecrap in ubers. Not just Cinderace but also guys like Solgaleo and whatever the fusion of Necrozma and Lunala is

Calyrex can snowball(haha get it?) into a huge threat with chilling neigh. also it is pretty bulky. With the right situation it can easily sweep entire teams also, it just takes one misclick, then you can sweep with calyrex ice. (the opponent has to misclick obviously)