I've been running the OU mini-tournament, in which Kyurem-B is unbanned, for some time. As the tournament nears its end I've talked with numerous participants about their feelings on Kyurem-B. Not a one of them as been impressed, and in the later stages of the tournament many of them have taken to simply not using it. It seems to me that Kyurem-B indeed doesn't bring any niche to the metagame. Choice Band has amazing power sure, but Haxorus already brings that power with its own Band set(along with a neutrality to Fighting and Steel). 170 may seem totally different than 147, but at that point extra power is more often than not overkill, especially in our totally offensive metagame.
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