Sergeant Spooky
I'll start by saying that I was part of the minority who wanted Drizzle banned in BW.
Yeah I'm aware of the damage calcs, the problem is that Kingdra is, exactly that, just one pokemon, they are stuff like Ferrothorn who can easily check him, the mega evolutions, however? How many are they? Mega Mawile who can ohko skarmory, the premier phys. wall in the metagame with a move who isn't even part of its STAB? Backed by perhaps the best type in the game? Garchomp while losing speed still gains a great chunk of attack and bulk, now with sand force can spam powerful Earthquakes around.
Houndoom is more like a case of being "outclassed" by other megas, DDMegaTyranitar, Bulky SDZOR who can set up easily on a pletora of pokemons on balanced teams, the two charizards... not only unpredictable, but with powerful stats and ability to back 'em up, Pinsir at +2 can easily ohko Gliscor, one of the premier physical wall with Stealth Rocks support (still has a chance withouth srs) Mega Gyarados, gaining additional (as if it wasn't enough) bulk, attack, and ability who allows him to screw its would-be counter (Rotom-w) what guarantee do we have that ORAS will introduce us "balanced" megas?
They are a broken concept
sidakarya
Really? Personal concept, do you seriously find normal how much power do they actually weild in the tier? it's the same as "you can use one broken legendary like Kyogre, Groudon, Arceus, Giratina and so on per team, but beware, my friend, you can only use one, choose well!"
Kairyu_Gen1
I believe this is actually the problem, Smogon never cared to seem "cool" to the casual player, when they were suspect testing dp they're only purpouse was to create a balanced, competitive metagame, and lo and behold, the majority of Smogonites believe that DP is more balanced than BW or the actual XY, do we really want to give up "Quality" over "Quantity"?