 Hello friends, welcome back to the channel. Hope you're all doing great in today's video. We are going to be going over a Series 13 tier list. We did mention in our announcement video of the Series 13 rules that we would do a tier list. And here we are today, and excuse the hat, I've got bad hair today. I'm about to go for a run. So this is why we're wearing the Achcacham hat today. But yes, anyway, we got the rule set for Series 13. Exciting it is going to be mythical Pokemon. We haven't used them before, so it's very hype at the moment. I'm looking forward to it. And yeah, we've got all the information about the eligible Pokemon that we're going to be able to use in Series 13. This list here is compiled by Cerebi, but we know these Pokemon are obtainable in Sword and Shield, and we've put them into a nice tier list for us to rank today. So getting on to the tier list, I haven't played very much Series 13, but this is quite a good thing. You might be thinking, oh, if you haven't played, how can you tier these Pokemon? But I have played many times with mythical Pokemon in the past. So I am interested to see what my opinion is now, and then we'll do another tier list as Series 13 is more established. And we'll see what the comparisons are between that and see how close I was in my initial thoughts of how good these Pokemon were. So this sets up another video as well. Obviously, right now, we don't have the confirmation from Play Pokemon about this being the VG rule set for the 2022-2023 season, which is expected, right? We can all hope that it is the rule set going into the new season. But as always, rules and announcements aren't the kind of things that are announced very quickly. So we'll have to wait and see on that. I would presume we'll probably stick with Series 12. But as I say, we can hope Series 13 is the rule set to carry us through until Scarlet and Violet comes out. Anyway, getting on to this mythical tier list. We've got all the mythicals that are obtainable available in Series 13 and where are we going to rank them? So we're going to start off from the top. Mew is our first one. Now, Mew is a very interesting Pokemon, something very close to my heart. Personally, I do like it as a Pokemon. It has access to every single TM in existence, has some nice options of speed control, has recovery. You can even give it that iron defense, body press combination. If you want, it is an extremely flexible Pokemon. And for that, I think I would put it straight into tier A. This might be a big statement coming into it. Mew might not really be that impactful, but I think with how versatile it can be and the options that got available to us and with how bulky you can actually make it surprisingly bulky, I think it'll have a very big impact in the format once players start understanding and adapting it to their team. So A tier is where I'm going to sit Mew for this one right now. Anyway, we might change it as we go forward and put a few more in. But right now, Mew is going into that A slot. Next up is Celebi. So Celebi, I do love Celebi. I remember when Gold Silver came out, Celebi was the legend. We're mythical for that kind of version. And I do really like it. But unfortunately, I think it's a pretty bad Pokemon, psychic and grass typing, not the best typing at all. And it does have some nice options, but it's a bit meh. It is a bit meh, right? It is a bit meh. I'm sorry, Celebi and all the Celebi fans out there. I'm one of them. I'm disappointed about this. I would love to be able to put it in S tier. That's the dream, right? But I think it's probably one of the worst mythical Pokemon we have access to. I can't see it having really much of an impact in the format at all. And it's probably not going to get used very much. I hope I'm wrong. I hope I'm wrong. I hope when we come back to do a second tier list, it moves right up into that A. Oh, I can't see it moving into S tier, but A tier is where we want it to be. But for now, it is going to drop down into the D tier, the bottom tier. I don't think it's really going to have much of an impact. Jarachi is up next. Now, Jarachi is an interesting one as well. Again, another. I love all the mythical Pokemon in general. It has been very good in the past and past generations when it has been used in certain formats. It has had a good role to play. It has been effective, obviously, with that Serengrace ability as well to boost the flinch chances of things like iron head and stuff like that. It's a decent Pokemon. It's got some nice options around it as well. But because of its steel and psychic typing, again, a steel type, I don't really see that having much of an impact in the the metagame in series 13, just because you have better steel options available. I don't want to put it down into D tier because I feel like it is better than that. But I don't think it's really going to do too much. So maybe a little bit better than and sell. Is it better than Salaby, though? Is it another D tier Pokemon? Am I being a bit too harsh on this? I don't know. We'll stick it in C for the time being. We'll stick it in C for the time being. OK, we'll come back to that. Victini up next. Now, Victini, fire and psychic typing. All these psychic typings. Why are mythicals always predominantly psychic type? I don't know. Early on generations anyway. So Victini, very cool Pokemon, fire and psychic, like we've said. I think it's going to be very good in this format, has some very nice options to take advantage of, has that signature attack as well. Crazy attack V create. The premise that it is a fire type in a format where which is dominated by steel types, I think automatically puts it into the A tier, whether or not it's S tier, though, is questionable. But I think I would definitely comfortably put it into A tier here because of how popular things like Zashin are going to be, how popular things like McGeanna are going to be, how popular things like I'm just looking. Metal metal are going to be potentially, you know, and not to name all the other steel types. I think fire types are very important. And the fact that it can come in on things like Gmax Charizard and take those big attacks as well and not really suffer the residual damage that you're going to see every turn and help set up teams with speed control. I think it has a very big part to play in Series 13. Big popular Pokemon as well. I'm kind of tempted to throw it in S tier, but I'm very hesitant on to what I'm throwing into S tier here because it is S tier. I think we'll leave it in A tier for now. OK, next up, we got Kelio again, one of the Musketeer Pokemon from Black and White, Mythical Pokemon, Water and Fighting Time, very cool typing. And again, I'm going to keep saying this about the majority of these Pokemon, one of my favorite mythicals. But where do we put Kelio? I think Kelio sits nicely in the B tier because I feel like it is one of those Pokemon. It's just a good all rounder, right? It's got some nice options available to us. It's not got a crazy deep move pool, but it's got some nice options, right? It's got Aquajet, it's got close combat, sacred sword. It's got other things that it can do as well, but it's predominantly just a very good all round Pokemon, got decent stats, decent speed stat, and it's good typing as well. I feel like B is maybe it probably could sit in A, it could sit in A, but I'm a bit hesitant to throw it into the A tier just yet because I don't feel like it's got the potential or the ceiling like something like Mew or Victini have in my mind right now. So yeah, Kelio B tier, B tier for now. These can changes we go through. The answer, the answer. I'm one of the ones I'm going to say isn't one of my favorite mythicals, but nothing against the answer. I don't really see it having much of an impact, very bulky, can do a bunch of things. But I don't really see and I haven't too much of an impact. The fact that it's it's got that that rock typing as well gives it a bit of a disadvantage against the steel types that are going to be predominant, the dark types as well. I haven't mentioned that are going to be predominant and really having a big impact in the format with all these new psychic types coming into the format and ghost type there, token ghost type. The steel type is going to give it a hard time, I'd say. So I would I would almost throw. Dancy into C tier. I'm hesitant to throw anything else into D tier right now. But I don't think it's really going to do much. I think it's going to sit there in the use of stats, very low percentage, if any at all. You're going to get players using it that it's predominantly their favorite Pokemon, I would say, or maybe testing some gimmicky strategies out with it. But otherwise, I don't see it really being a staple in the format. McGirna, here we go. This is the Pokemon that we wanted to talk about and probably the one of the most busted mythical Pokemon with that soul heart ability that it's got. I think because of that ability, because of its steel and fairy typing as well, it makes it a very, very strong contender. It does need speed control support for sure to to allow it to operate as well as it can, but it doesn't necessarily have to rely on it to stop that snowball. If you can get it in a good position and support well enough. And I think I'm talking myself out of putting it into A tier predominantly because of the way that I'm saying you have to support it. It does need support. It can't just come into a battle and it can't just do everything itself. It needs support. But I mean, what Pokemon in doubles when you're playing the doubles format doesn't need that support, right? There are a few exceptions to that rule, but everything pretty much does really need a little help in hand. So I shouldn't talk myself out of this S tier because I think I came into this tier list knowing that this is where I was going to put McGirna. I was going to put it into S tier. I think that makes sense for me that I would put it into S tier and I'm going to stick by I am going to stick by that because I think even if my mind changes in a couple of weeks time when I've played a bunch more matches in series 13, then that's fine. That's fine. But right now with the experience that I've played with it so far, I feel like it is one of, if not the strongest mythical Pokemon we have access to. So S tier for McGirna. Genesect up next, cool Pokemon, steel and bug typing. Typing's not great, strange for a mythical as well. But we're delving into the deeper generations of Pokemon where they're exploring mythical typings a little bit more, aren't they? So Genesect, I don't know. I feel like it slots right in with the jirachi and Dancy. It's got a few things that it can do, but I wouldn't have said it's going to really light the format up. I think it's pretty, it's pretty meh. It's pretty meh. It's one of the mere Pokemon. It's not a good old rounder. It's got some big weaknesses that are going to be common in the format. Like I say, you're going to have to have some fire sort of coverage in your teams to get around the big threats of the steel types that you're going to have. So I would say I would say we'll slot you right in between your cousin, Jirachi and rather than Dancy. So Genesect C tier. Marshadow, really unique typing, very cool mythical. One of my favorites. There we go. And obviously fighting in ghosts, we haven't really got many fighting in ghosts. I think because it's got some really unique moves that it can take advantage of, like that spectral thief where it can steal boosts from an opposing Pokemon and its ghost typing as well, it's got some nice immunities. I would I would stick it straight into a tier. I think it's that impactful. I think it's better than an all rounder like Keldeo. And I think you can do some really nice things in the format. So I'm going to I'm going to throw. Is it in? I don't know what these aren't ordered, right? So I would say Vectini, Mew, Marshadow, right, as an ordered. OK, yeah, we'll we'll stick. I probably put Jirachi to the end, to be honest, in that one. If we're doing it in order anyway, so Marshadow into the air tier. That's why I feel Volcanian next. I feel like Volcanian is an incredible Pokemon and because of its fire typing as well, very unique typing again from a mythical Pokemon game for you, getting a bit more adventurous in their typings with the mythical Pokemon here. Water and fire has the water absorbability as well. So has that pretty much immunity to water typings. I think because of its fire typing, its water typing, I would slot it into tier A straight away, just because, like I've said before, many things I can think about on a mythical level. There's going to be a lot of steel types in this format. I think the water and fire all wrapped up into one Pokemon is incredible. The way you can support it as well in game with a partner with maybe surf or something like that to restore its health, I think is is pretty nice. And I think it's going to be a very, very good Pokemon. It's going to be interesting to see how correct I am about these, but I might be way up the mark, but I might be closer than you think as well. Next one up is Zeraora, the electric type Pokemon. Again, very high base speed. I think it offers a lot. I think it's a good all rounder. I don't think it's going to be one of those Pokemon that comes in like Regi Alecki, that you would say, OK, this is this is defining, metagame defining. But I think it's got enough about it to be in that league 100 percent with Keldeo, if not A tier. I think it's on the cusp between A and B for sure. Zeraora is very good, very fast, has a very good move pool. It's diverse enough where you can play it in a bunch of different ways. So I would definitely say B tier, but I would say it's creeping into that A tier. And I wouldn't be surprised if it goes up into that A tier when we come back and redo this. Next up is Melmetal. Now, I think Melmetal is I came into this, honestly, I came into this thinking probably Melmetal is going to be an S tier Pokemon because of how I like to use it and how I've used it in the past and how strong it has been. I don't think it's an S tier Pokemon, if I'm completely honest. And I don't think it's an A tier Pokemon as well. I think it's a very good all rounder. I think it's heavy reliant on Trick Room is one of the things that I would say probably puts it down a peg or two in the tier list and at least in my mind, I think it's definitely top of B. It's a bit like Zeraora, where I could see it creeping into the A tier for how impactful it could be in the format. It's very strong on a physical attack inside and defensively. Which gives it a big advantage in this format in general. But it's reliant on Trick Room alone, I think knocks it down into the B tier just because when you look at stuff like Zashin, Zashin's going to have a really easy time against it if an opponent is able to dictate the speed control of a game. And that Zashin's in a place where it can just hit the Melmetal for big damage. Now, Melmetal can hit it for big damage in return. It's probably going to be able to take one of its fighting type attacks, but it's going to take a lot of damage in the meantime. And if you haven't got that speed control to kind of dictate the player for Melmetal in that situation, specifically talking about this one situation, then I would say you're going to lose nine times out of 10. So for that reason, and again, this might mean that Melmetal will creep into that A tier once we have a play around with these Pokemon a bit more. I don't know. I think B tier is fair for it. Top of B tier, for sure. Which brings us to our last Pokemon, Zerud, the newest mythical, dark and grass typing. Again, my instant reaction is to throw it right down here alongside Celebi, but I'm not really too sure it warrants sitting in D tier. I think we could probably look at it a bit more objectively. I think it's dark typing gives it a huge advantage over a bunch of things in this format. The only thing that I do and I don't like about Zerud is it doesn't get sucked a bunch, which I think would give it so many. It would give it a bit more viability in the format, in my opinion, because then it doesn't care about getting out sped or speed controlling opponents end of the field. It can really threaten things like Victini, Mew, Marshadow. List goes on. The dark typing definitely helps it and definitely doesn't help it against some threats, but that's just Pokemon in general, right? But I think the influx of predominantly like psychic types, it definitely helps against that. It's got good base speed, for sure, but I don't quite see it being a B tier Pokemon and I would probably put it, I think a fair assumption is top of C tier. And again, I'm a little bit skeptical where or not this ends up. I could see it in B tier, but I feel like I need to be, I need some more evidence to kind of back that up at the minute. I think C tier is fair enough. It's not as bad as Celebi and I do see it getting some play, but I don't see it getting very much play. Whereas I see B, A and S tier getting a lot of play. And that is going to be my, I think that I think I am happy with how this has come out right now. My initial thoughts on series 13 tier list. This is where we're going. Magena S tier, Victini, Mew, Moschado, Volcanian in A tier, feels good. B tier with Malmell, Xeror, Kelio. And I think that I think they could, the potentially these three could creep into A tier and some of the A tiers could creep down into B tier. I don't see any of these falling into the C tier. And then our C tier, of course, we've got Zerud, Genesek, Dianse and Gerace. I think the wild card here, the wild cards here are Zerud and Dianse, which could move around. Other two, I think are stuck there. And Celebi, as sad as it is for me to say, is stuck down that D tier. Let me know what your tier rankings would be in relation to this for the mythicals in series 13 going into it. I would love to hear your opinions. Let me know if you think I'm wrong about any of these Pokemon or if I'm right about certain Pokemon. Let me know. I would love to hear your opinions. That's what it's all about. It is all about opinions on this channel. And I would love to hear yours in regards to these mythicals in series 13. Nonetheless, it's going to be really exciting going into this new format. Of course, we'll be starting some tournaments over on a Discord server as well. We got the bot back up and running for seed checking as well. So hopefully fingers crossed, we do get some events announced soon to support the mythicals in these games. If not, like I've said, I will set something up to make sure everyone has access to mythical Pokemon going into this new season. So no one's at a disadvantage to anyone else if game freaking Pokemon don't decide to do for themselves. But hope you've enjoyed today's video, friends. Thanks for taking the time to come by. As always, if you have, drop a like on the video. It does really help share it with YouTube. 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