Concept: I don't think so!
General Description: A Pokemon that can be sent in to stop a sweeper regardless of it's current boosts, attacking preference (special, physical or mixed), coverage and ability. AKA the sweep checker
Justification: Currently, heavy offense has once again dominated the ou metagame. People have remembered that great dual screen speed deoxys and have paired him with frightening powerful sweepers that easily set up bhind screens for devastating results (examples: Smashpassing Gorebyss, Dragonite, Scrafty)
Questions To Be Answered:
-What are the best ways to stop sweeps and how can they be best combined in one pokemon?
-Will this pokemon reduce the prevalence of hyper offense, or increase it by giving hyper offense teams an all around check on defense?
-How can a single pokemon shut down both physical and specially boosted sweepers without having broken stats
-Will this pokemon be able to stop multiple sweeping attempts or be a utility to be used once to end a crucial sweep?
-Will such a pokemon be useless against stall or semi stall?
-Can a single pokemon really balance out the metagame in a generation where offense is so much more attractive than stall?
-Will there always be some way to break a wall?
Explanation: The intent of this idea is to introduce a pokemon unlike any we have ever seen, a true anti-sweeper rather than a wall. It will be important then to ensure this pokemon is more than just a defensive titan like ferrothorn. This pokemon will have just the right moves, ability, typing and defenses to stop hyper offense in it's tracks, thus balancing the metagame. Unlike a "hail venusaur" who would change the metagame about as much as venusaur, this pokemon would be similar to Blissey in that its unique defensive capabilities would change everything.
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