Achieving perfect balance in any metagame is impossible.
Yes, we all know that, and that's why nobody's talking about it. We're talking about UU being at the peak of its balance since the tier list overhaul, but upon handcrafting this new metagame after months of work, some people have decided they were bored and want to see if the Pokemon we just banned not too long ago are still broken.
It makes no fucking sense.
UU, in the context of its former suspects is mostly the same. The few OU flunkees we've had over time don't carry enough clout to make all the Pokemon we've deemed broken a while back much different. Umbreon, Roserade, and Tentacruel went up, Donphan, Alakazam, and Rhyperior came down, maybe some other Pokemon I can't think of off the top, and 10 more suspects have been banned. Now think about it, do any of those Pokemon really have a huge effect on how the suspects functioned and what got them banned in the first place? Yanmega and Staraptor shit on every single one of those Pokemon and so do Gallade and Honchkrow. Looks like they're safe.
Now, let's suppose Rhyperior is a great check for Crobat, and so are these two other theoritical Pokemon that seem to be on every team. So now Crobat is only somewhat overpowered, just like Milotic and Venusaur, except maybe better because this one managed to hopskotch its way out of UU. Now tell me, why the hell do we want an even better Venusaur or Milotic? Should we add a third member to that dynamic duo and give all the UU players another reason to bitch or should we just leave it where it is and maintain the balance we already have?
This in turn decentralizes the metagame around those two and, depending on what other positive effects Crobat might have, possibly result in a more balanced metagame overall
Uh, nope, it's just going to push the centralization in Crobat's favor. Crobat won't make Venusaur or Milotic any worse at what they do, since Milotic is still going to cockblock sweepers and Venusaur is still going to put shit to sleep, survive for an incredibly long time, and deal immense amounts of damage. You're talking about adding another, completely independent threat to the list that can be used alongside two of our most prominent ones, and probably even makes them more of a bitch to beat. Needless to say, it's not in high demand.
PS: Crobat being retested could be bad for Toxicroak usage. Think about this!
(mayhap not so much in Krow's case but I already covered why it needs to be re-tested).
No, let's go over that again. Where are these Honchkrow counters that weren't here when it was banned? Keep in mind this guy was
unanimously banned from UU last time, so there's going to have to be a shitload of them and a good argument behind it for retesting it to be anything other than a mistake.
I'm just not seeing much in the way of opportunity cost here with regards to testing, and quite a bit in the way of potential benefits.
There are no benefits to altering UU's current balance with a Pokemon we voted BL. Crobat isn't in any way going to improve the metagame, it's just going to make it different to some degree because we have more fire under our feets to counter another potent, all-purpose threat. UU is filled with those, why do we need another one?
Also, guess what? It's
banned. You need better reasoning than pure, child-like intrigue to make a case for letting it back out of its cage. Pull out the big guns and talk about what sets it could be using and how we could beat it. This decision was supposed to be permanent and you guys seem to really be stuck on the idea that you're entitled to the right to have your curiosity piqued. Sorry to break it to you, but system doesn't owe you shit. You're already not convincing Jabba or Reach, who are really the only two people worth talking to about this, so you might as well go hard or go home.