I feel like the biggest issue with this meta is the amount of cheesy stuff you can do to basically guarantee a win. Beyond the obligatory "i got flinched/para'd/missed/crit" experience, I lost to a Shell Smash Barbaracle that wasn't even mega, and i dont even remember what happened that game other then i couldnt handle it. it really feels like many games are 1 lucky turn away from one player instantly winning, and 8/10 times its not even really your fault. I've beaten 2 Focus Sash Ceruledge with Poltergeist because I tricked my item for their sash, resulting in the sash being consumed, Polter no longer working and paving the way to victory because of it. Its why i LOVE open team sheets in vgc - if i lose to gimmicky shit, i can see it coming and i feel less bad because i could of played around it. If i win because I made a mistake but they made more mistakes, i can account for this. Skill issue aside, I think the council should actually talk about how many more changes and what changes they are looking to make.
We have nothing like surveys, tier drops, or even updates like a radar, so most of the changes made are based on the loudest complaints. With Pokemon Champions only getting closer and closer, it wont be long until its release date is announced and suddenly we're put on even more of a hard timer then we already are. Because we all know the moment Champions drops, this format is getting nuked, UNLESS by some miracle there is reason to keep this ladder up beyond "for the novelty". Anyway, I only ask for more transparency because it took a week for Genesect to be banned and, while i get council are considering every point of view because they represent the general playerbase, we can't actually voice our complaints over topics the council is looking at, we just have to yell hard enough for them to listen. If they give us something like a radar, we can actually focus on those topics, leading to more discussion and quicker action, which is what we need right now, because lets be honest, this tier has fallen into complete chaos since the dlc dropped (or in other words, the tier feels less competitive and more casual since the DLC)
We have nothing like surveys, tier drops, or even updates like a radar, so most of the changes made are based on the loudest complaints. With Pokemon Champions only getting closer and closer, it wont be long until its release date is announced and suddenly we're put on even more of a hard timer then we already are. Because we all know the moment Champions drops, this format is getting nuked, UNLESS by some miracle there is reason to keep this ladder up beyond "for the novelty". Anyway, I only ask for more transparency because it took a week for Genesect to be banned and, while i get council are considering every point of view because they represent the general playerbase, we can't actually voice our complaints over topics the council is looking at, we just have to yell hard enough for them to listen. If they give us something like a radar, we can actually focus on those topics, leading to more discussion and quicker action, which is what we need right now, because lets be honest, this tier has fallen into complete chaos since the dlc dropped (or in other words, the tier feels less competitive and more casual since the DLC)
X Despite the Atk boost from Volt Tackle, this one sucks, so I think we can give it Galvanize, it's a good ability for a Pokémon with FakeSpeed, I think it will keep running Volt Tackle, but I find the idea pretty fitting
It needs a new ability since day 1, Serene Grace turns it into worse Togekiss. I gathered some cool ideas for it, from here and there:
I feel something other than Soul-Heart, I'm a huge Drizzle fan, otherwise Sheer Force is cool, otherwise Soul-Heart is fine
Tough Claws is perfectly fine, and I don't mind it, but I feel if people REALLY want an alternative, Scrappy is the one, I want it to click Close Combat, it's part of its identity
I prefer Levitate over Rough Skin
Would it ever need a nerf, I think Desolate Land is cool, giving it a Water immunity, as well as Solar Beam (callback to the Z-Solar Beam sets in Gen 7), I like this one (but Earth Eater is fine rn I think? At least not the most broken stuff)
Supreme Overlord is cool but it has no way to abuse that, I don't know, Speed Boost? Reckless?
Sand Rush would be strong although maybe broken, Rocky Payload or Sand Force might be fun tho
Possibly too strong right now, I include it here but I have no idea
Let's be honest I'd prefer something other than Shed Skin, maybe Moxie again? idk
I like the Grassy Surge idea tbh
I feel Adaptability would do more for it than Drought, sure it doesn't have Solar Beam anymore but idk, it cannot have its weather removed now, and it has another STAB? This one kinda sucks ngl
This one needs a buff but I don't know how
I feel Dauntless Shield doesn't do a lot for it, I've seen Defiant being cool? I think it might be one of the best options
Rocky Payload is cool and all but I think Merciless would do way more for it considering Mortal Spin and Toxic Debris
Fluffy is cool, but it'd need Fur Coat more, pretty minor one
I had this weird Ice Scales idea, for Def boost with Snow + SpD buff with Ice Scales? Still not gonna be good lmao
In other Pet Mods, I've seen a lot of Dark Aura or Sheer Force or Merciless thrown, its current niche of Solar Power just sucks because ain't no way you run a Sun with Houndoom-Mega and not Zard-Y or even Pyroar
Earth Eater is straight up perfect
