Shadow Rhyperior

GBL Note Analysis

Basis: PvPoke simulation · last-30-day field meta · S27 New Beginnings

✔ Strengths & how to use

• Its Lead · Closer role scores are all high, so it isn't tied to one slot and can flex across positions.
• It posts favorable results against current field-meta staples Zacian (Crowned Sword)(#2) · Dialga (Origin)(#10) · Ho-Oh(#12), giving it real value as a meta counter.
• On defense it double-resists Electric · Poison · resists Normal · Fire · Flying · Rock, holding up well against those attackers.

⚠ Weaknesses & threats

• On defense it is doubly weak to Water · Grass · is weak to Ice · Fighting · Ground · Steel, so watch out for those attackers.
• It's notably unfavored into Kyogre (usage rank #7), common right now, so dodging that matchup is safer in the current meta.

GBL Note verdict

Its D-tier rating isn't high, yet it's seen 5% in real play — a case where field data runs ahead of theory. Ranked #73 on paper yet #15 by real usage — chosen more in practice than theory implies.

Shadow Rhyperior — Master League D-tier. Recommended movesets are based on public battle simulation (PvPoke); counters and favorable matchups come from sim results. Pick rates are anonymous aggregates of opponents GBL Note users actually faced. Log my battles →

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