Another thing to consider about Genesect is how easily it fits onto just about every team out there. Tornadus T does not have that luxury, that doesn't mean that it is balanced, just far less splashable. One of the main counter arguments for Genesect being OU is that entry hazards hurt it badly, but that didn't stop Blaziken from being Uber.
Just because Genesect checks so many different things doesn't mean that it should stay in OU. If anything, that's worse, because if Genesect is really such a good check to OU's top threats, then that makes it almost mandatory to run on a team, and thus, it over centralises the meta.
Now, I don't think that having to run a particular pokemon over another because of a threat is a bad thing, quite the opposite in fact, but when you are using Genesect to counter 1/2 of the S rank threats (this does not include other Genesect!), at least 1/2 the A rank threats, and not only that, but even if by some low chance that NONE of the pokemon you are using Genesect to counter appear, that it can still be a very strong offensive threat just makes it far too powerful for OU.
My personal belief is that Genesect should be banned, and that we should not even be thinking about introducing new pokemon to OU until we have sorted out this Genesect, Tornadus T and Deoxys D business.
Last edited by Bizdis; Oct 20th, 2012 at 8:10:02 PM.
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