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My response to the whole ordeal where "Zamazenta makes HO completely unplayable!" is the simple fact that it has only been 2 days. A meta doesn't evolve and adapt in a span of a mere two days and anyone who brings up this argument should look to use some creativity in the builder and find ways to break the norm we've been used to for the past couple months. A pokemon being unbanned obviously comes with a whole metagame shift, and the fact we are seeing Zamazenta on offense (which is pretty much a case of new meta syndrome, nothing foretelling that zama will be a staple mon on every team in the coming months) is a huge red flag that people haven't actually explored options around it on offense nor in general as of yet.
Zamazenta has a very limited movepool, but it does offer 'balance' to the meta as it stands by answering prevalent threats like Bisharp and Weavile. As it stands, the meta we are in right now is such a cluster fuck that focuses more on being 'balanced' rather than finding ways to further explore the generation of SS, which inherently offers little to no innovation and a wave of the same teams over and over again with your best friend, Boots Slowking. From that point of view, an idealism that leans towards unbanning Zamazenta offers more diversity towards expanding views on the metagame and awards innovation and creativity in the builder more than what we have as it stands right now.
My take on this suspect is to not keep things "balanced" by accomplishing nothing from it, but moreso to make the exploration of SS OU much more vast, with the benefit and intent of having originality in the builder. What we have now doesn't reward anything.
With that all being said, this is a perfect chance for the meta to evolve, so as it stands, I'm probably leaning towards unban.
Zamazenta has a very limited movepool, but it does offer 'balance' to the meta as it stands by answering prevalent threats like Bisharp and Weavile. As it stands, the meta we are in right now is such a cluster fuck that focuses more on being 'balanced' rather than finding ways to further explore the generation of SS, which inherently offers little to no innovation and a wave of the same teams over and over again with your best friend, Boots Slowking. From that point of view, an idealism that leans towards unbanning Zamazenta offers more diversity towards expanding views on the metagame and awards innovation and creativity in the builder more than what we have as it stands right now.
My take on this suspect is to not keep things "balanced" by accomplishing nothing from it, but moreso to make the exploration of SS OU much more vast, with the benefit and intent of having originality in the builder. What we have now doesn't reward anything.
With that all being said, this is a perfect chance for the meta to evolve, so as it stands, I'm probably leaning towards unban.
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