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I don't think I will have time to get reqs sadly. However, if I did, I would vote BAN. For me, I think Gouging is a little too much. High power is nice. High power, with fantastic bulk is even nicer. High power, with fantastic bulk and healing starts edging into the realms of broken. 2 shotting...

Bold with 88 Def and 180 SpA reaches the same stats at that spread but with 8 EVs remaining. Looks fun though :)

Pretty simple, not a fan of the current format. It's a bit meh. On sleep, I'm on the ban Darkrai and Valiant side. It's all down to a high variance format, and I think it's not something we need to deal with now outside of banning the abusers. We didn't do this with Shed Tail (we hit Cyc then...

Darkrai is an issue, and Valiant has been floating as an issue for a while now (And was getting popular on the next-to-ban lists of people). The main problem I see is currently the extremely high power levels of the format, leading to pretty much variance causing issues. It's not just sleep...

Very interesting seeing the survey results. I think the overall view is that there is no clear consensus on where the format wants to go from here. Moon had the highest overall, but it does look like Ghold is a really polarising Mon. People like it's defensive profile, while others despise it...

Have you tested with other seeds? Or have the random NPCs shifted your starting frame? The Day Care does have spinner NPCs which can alter the initial frame you start chatots on, so make sure you go very quickly into it. Have you checked if you hit the seed by grabbing and hatching the egg? Try...

Honestly, you rarely see it outside of speed boosting. And I feel it's making thing way too rough. Valiant was a pain point pre-ID meta, moon was banned for the Acro set, Iron Moth is painful, and I've seen the hell that are successful Speed Tusk sweeps. Booster, I feel, is in the same corner as...

It was never the speed boosting that broke it. BoltBeam, with the option of a free choice boost, alongside STAB U-Turn, while also being fairly fast makes it rough. And it can tera into a defensive type if needed also. Plus, boots to prevent hazard damage... no way it sticks in the format.

Yeah, I meant for DLC2. Not now, as that would be just plain stupid (I'd rather see a Ghold suspect than a Darkrai drop) The reason I compare more to flutter and bundle over spectrier, is more that spectrier (traditionally) struggled with tanky normal and darks (Though draining kiss flipped...

Honestly, probs time to test it. People thought the council were mad for unbanning Blaziken last gen, and look where it ended up. Imo, it's more comparable to Flutter Mane and Iron Bundle, in terms of power and speed. It's gonna get banned likely, but we then can't say we didn't try.

Thing is, there is no time for a suspect. And reasonable time to settle. The format as we know it is is going to be gone in 3 weeks. I think the council's best option here is just to vote on QBing Ghold (and/or gambit). QB with a future retest is a tool that the OU council has used in the past...

Honestly, don't think there's enough time for the council to run a suspect before the end of the format. I do hope that there is QB action on a couple of mons before the end of the format, so we can see what the format is like without them (Kingambit and Gholdengo). They'll be back in the next...

Thing is: if we could control hazards with more certainty, then bulkier teams would see usage, and help tackle the harder offensive ones. Like, early on in gen 9, I used Corv for Defog. Amazing still, but, it just lost to any Gholdengo teams. Can't touch it, but still one of the best defoggers...

Actually, Ghold is the reason for the boots stuff. We have good options for hazard control, but one pesky Ghold, and it's tough to break, leading to big chip, and quite often. Hence the higher need for boots on pretty much everything. Would love to run leftovers on Blissey and Dozo, but the...

Enjoyable Metagame: 1/10 (If I could go lower, I would) Ever since Gliscor's ban, the meta has spiraled into one of the worst metagames of recent memory. Even worse than early metas. It was the 2nd ban that had no effect on the core heart of the meta's problems (Who will be obvious from my...

Just like Kingambit is the ultimate reversal mon, Valiant is the Ultimate revenge killer. Very good offensive STABs, an ability that gives it a choice scarf (Only once per game with booster, or while terrain is up), and very potent physical, special and mixed sets, with strong setup options on...

Now, name the Pokémon that would drop because they were banned to Tera... And that list kinda sticks about 3 Pokémon now and maybe up to 5. Way less than your doom and gloom 10+.

Wow... Congratulations to everyone who voted ban in the suspect, you've got your wish for a format: a HO hellhole. The kneejerk reaction to one single game was absolutely hilarious to watch, but the fallout will be rough. Might as well drop the format for a month while OU implodes on itself...

My answers and discussion on the format at hand: How enjoyable is the format: 2/10. I really dislike the format. It's very polarised between the hard aggressive teams and the stallier teams. Most that reside in the middle get roughed up by the extremes. How competitive is the format: 2/10...

It's not Gliscor that's a problem. Glisc is fine. Gholdengo is more of a problem in the meta than Glisc, warping the Hazard removal/control game to revolve pretty much around 3 Pokemon: Itself, Cinderace and Great Tusk. If we removed Gholdengo, we get a more open format on the Hazard Meta...