Arcticblast
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We're going back into testing with some drastic changes. We will be removing Sleep Clause, and see how this affects the metagame. VGC is another doubles format that has been going fine without Sleep Clause. Many of the council members believe that losing Sleep Clause in Doubles would yield the same results, so we are going to test this hypothesis in this suspect phase!
As a Smogon player, we tend to be uncomfortable about the prospect of having multiple Pokemon falling asleep. However, I would like all participants go ladder with an open mind, and give this test a fair assessment. Having 2 mons on the field and with the overall sleep nerf, the sleep effect is diminished quite a bit compared to OU of BW2 or even XY.
Voting Requirements
I have also changed the voting reqs; here's what you have to do:
This is the Metagame Discussion Thread. Suspect Discussion Thread would be posted after a week into the test. Do NOT debate in this thread whether or not Sleep is broken / Sleep should be claused. Such discussion is only permitted in the Suspect Dicussion Thread. The purpose of this thread:
Suspect Stage 2 - Sleep Clause Test
We're going back into testing with some drastic changes. We will be removing Sleep Clause, and see how this affects the metagame. VGC is another doubles format that has been going fine without Sleep Clause. Many of the council members believe that losing Sleep Clause in Doubles would yield the same results, so we are going to test this hypothesis in this suspect phase!
As a Smogon player, we tend to be uncomfortable about the prospect of having multiple Pokemon falling asleep. However, I would like all participants go ladder with an open mind, and give this test a fair assessment. Having 2 mons on the field and with the overall sleep nerf, the sleep effect is diminished quite a bit compared to OU of BW2 or even XY.
Voting Requirements
I have also changed the voting reqs; here's what you have to do:
- Attain a COIL (mystery rating A) rating of 2000 or higher AND
- Attain an Elo rating of 1400 or higher
- (IMPORTANT) Participate in the Metagame and Suspect discussion
This is the Metagame Discussion Thread. Suspect Discussion Thread would be posted after a week into the test. Do NOT debate in this thread whether or not Sleep is broken / Sleep should be claused. Such discussion is only permitted in the Suspect Dicussion Thread. The purpose of this thread:
- Talk about the various metagame trends you encounter in terms of strategies, cores, or particular threats in this new metagame.
- Share with us what you have tried to control sleep and what approach worked.
- Reveal what Pokemon, core, or tactics take the most advantage of removing Sleep Clause.
- Discuss the implications of removing sleep clause without committing to any particular stance on its tiering.
- Post replays to enhance your discussion point!
- Post anything about this new metagame regardless of its relevance to Sleep Clause
- Feb. 16th - Suspect Stage 2 commences
- Feb. 26th - Suspect Discussion thread goes up
- Mar. 12th - Eligible users vote on the fate of Sleep Clause
UNLEASH YOUR JIGGLYPUFF
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