SJCrew
Believer, going on a journey...
I thought the Latias ban was absolutely necessary. You might not think much of it, after having been so used to running Scarftar every match, but what about teams where you wanted to use something else? Great, so that opens up your slot to Scizor or Blissey. If you don't run any of them, you're most likely not going to win.
I really don't think we should be getting used to any Pokemon dumping on the standard metagame, then allowing it to form arguments like "it's not a big deal" or "I've had no problems with it". If one of your teamslots is permanently reserved for Scarftar, then there's a huge problem; you just haven't acknowledged it.
Let's face it, we're used to Salamence being around, so a lot of us are naturally going to be hesitant to agree it's causing a problem for the standard metagame. It's like you carry a Scizor just to check DDMence and it's been doing ok so far, if you ignore all those times you switched into a Fire Blast or Draco Meteor, or that Bullet Punch failed to hit that crucial 65% and you lost a valuable team player because of it (that's actually why I think Scizor is a rather poor and lazy way to check Salamence in general). We don't rage every time it happens because it's nothing new and we've become complacent in our attitude toward it.
The way I see it, Salamence is way harder to deal with than any other OU and a lot of people don't want to acknowledge that because he fits into their picture perfect ideal of a standard metagame. Those people don't mind always losing a Pokemon to it or not having any consistent methods to take it out because that's just what Mence does and he's been doing it for a while. What's the use in changing or complaining now? On the other hand, you have players like me: those who have been playing both with and against Salamence thoroughly, and can therefore ascertain that it's simply a step above the rest of OU.
Bottom line, you can't have a balanced metagame where one Pokemon reigns as the undisputed king. If our most potent offensive threats such as Gengar, Lucario, Gyarados, and Infernape have solid checks/counters, then Salemence should have them too. We can't allow Salamence to simply be "better" than the rest of OU or "unique" in the regard that its checks/counters are extremely limited, or we'd be perpetuating a double standard regarding what is and isn't acceptable in the OU metagame.
I really don't think we should be getting used to any Pokemon dumping on the standard metagame, then allowing it to form arguments like "it's not a big deal" or "I've had no problems with it". If one of your teamslots is permanently reserved for Scarftar, then there's a huge problem; you just haven't acknowledged it.
Let's face it, we're used to Salamence being around, so a lot of us are naturally going to be hesitant to agree it's causing a problem for the standard metagame. It's like you carry a Scizor just to check DDMence and it's been doing ok so far, if you ignore all those times you switched into a Fire Blast or Draco Meteor, or that Bullet Punch failed to hit that crucial 65% and you lost a valuable team player because of it (that's actually why I think Scizor is a rather poor and lazy way to check Salamence in general). We don't rage every time it happens because it's nothing new and we've become complacent in our attitude toward it.
The way I see it, Salamence is way harder to deal with than any other OU and a lot of people don't want to acknowledge that because he fits into their picture perfect ideal of a standard metagame. Those people don't mind always losing a Pokemon to it or not having any consistent methods to take it out because that's just what Mence does and he's been doing it for a while. What's the use in changing or complaining now? On the other hand, you have players like me: those who have been playing both with and against Salamence thoroughly, and can therefore ascertain that it's simply a step above the rest of OU.
Bottom line, you can't have a balanced metagame where one Pokemon reigns as the undisputed king. If our most potent offensive threats such as Gengar, Lucario, Gyarados, and Infernape have solid checks/counters, then Salemence should have them too. We can't allow Salamence to simply be "better" than the rest of OU or "unique" in the regard that its checks/counters are extremely limited, or we'd be perpetuating a double standard regarding what is and isn't acceptable in the OU metagame.