I see that on pvpoke, Muk performs better than Alolan Muk in every category other than lead (though everything is close). In general though, it seems like people value Alolan Muk far more than the regular version--gamepress rates Muk a 1 while Alolan Muk is a 4.5.

After reading the explanations a bit, I see that Alolan covers psychic/ghost and even steel matchups much better than Muk does. But then why does Muk rank higher in categories such as Safe Switch on pvpoke?

I guess what I'm getting at is: I want to be able to use pvpoke better, but if I was only looking at pvpoke I would not be able to tell Alolan Muk was so much better. Is there another tool on pvpoke that would help me with this analysis, or would I have to look elsewhere?