Right now we're risking a lot because many people are thinking like a gen5 battler, partially because so many people are gen5 (and gen4) veterans. Our usual definitions of broken, checks, and counters aren't the same anymore, and neither should they be. We're not playing a balanced meta like gen4 anymore. Mega-kang would certainly get banned in gen4 and gen5.
Change. Stall is dead in gen6. Slow bulky pokemon are now better. Priority sweepers are stronger. And megastones. All mega-pokemon are fucking overpowered, and that's just how the meta will be. There's high opportunity cost in using them because you can only have one. These pokemon are supposed to be a cut above the rest, otherwise gamefreak would have just released them as regular evolutions. The new meta is closer to hyper-offense. Showing calcs on how Kang tears through defensive hippowdon is useless, and is "gen4" type thinking. Hippowdon will not be a stall king anymore because stall fucking sucks. In this new offensive meta sometimes you will need to sacrifice a pokemon like you would sacrifice a pawn in chess. THIS IS THE NEW META. If we keep thinking this way, we are sure to ban the vast majority of megapokemon, and never realize that they were meant to be slightly overpowered. They are "mega" pokemon, and a new interesting competitive mechanic.
Imagine every team has 5 pokemon, and a trump card. That's what this new meta is. And while not every team is necessarily "forced" into using a trump card, it would be generally wise to do so (so no, it's not "centralizing"). It's certainly different, certainly goes against a lot of previous smogon-thought. But hey, it's fucking interesting. So get it through your heads: THIS IS THE NEW META, DON'T BAN MEGA POKEMON JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE GOOD. BAN THEM IF THEY ARE RUINING THE METAGAME.
That being said, I don't necessarily think kang is OU, but I do think that the vast majority of people supporting ban are severely mislead on what makes a pokemon broken in gen 6. I personally don't think it's that great and I've countered it with wisp, bulky pokemon, and my own megas. It is potentially ruining the metagame though.
I wish I could make a thread about this. This new metagame's mechanics and new battle style needs to be discussed.
Change. Stall is dead in gen6. Slow bulky pokemon are now better. Priority sweepers are stronger. And megastones. All mega-pokemon are fucking overpowered, and that's just how the meta will be. There's high opportunity cost in using them because you can only have one. These pokemon are supposed to be a cut above the rest, otherwise gamefreak would have just released them as regular evolutions. The new meta is closer to hyper-offense. Showing calcs on how Kang tears through defensive hippowdon is useless, and is "gen4" type thinking. Hippowdon will not be a stall king anymore because stall fucking sucks. In this new offensive meta sometimes you will need to sacrifice a pokemon like you would sacrifice a pawn in chess. THIS IS THE NEW META. If we keep thinking this way, we are sure to ban the vast majority of megapokemon, and never realize that they were meant to be slightly overpowered. They are "mega" pokemon, and a new interesting competitive mechanic.
Imagine every team has 5 pokemon, and a trump card. That's what this new meta is. And while not every team is necessarily "forced" into using a trump card, it would be generally wise to do so (so no, it's not "centralizing"). It's certainly different, certainly goes against a lot of previous smogon-thought. But hey, it's fucking interesting. So get it through your heads: THIS IS THE NEW META, DON'T BAN MEGA POKEMON JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE GOOD. BAN THEM IF THEY ARE RUINING THE METAGAME.
That being said, I don't necessarily think kang is OU, but I do think that the vast majority of people supporting ban are severely mislead on what makes a pokemon broken in gen 6. I personally don't think it's that great and I've countered it with wisp, bulky pokemon, and my own megas. It is potentially ruining the metagame though.
I wish I could make a thread about this. This new metagame's mechanics and new battle style needs to be discussed.