This round of bans really made UU a lot more stable imo. I am starting to see a lot of different mons being used. Things like Celebi, Mew, Raikou, and Volcanion are getting a lot more usage which is awesome. The fact that different play styles, mons, and sets are viable makes UU really enjoyable. I've seen some rain spam, some hazard stack + priority spam, and even balanced and stall teams. Before these bans, bare hyper offense was the dominate play style.
At first, I thought Volcanion was such a huge threat, but after playing with and against it for some time now, I don't think it's too bad. It's a great wall breaker, sure, but it isn't so different to things like Victini (mixed or CB), Specs Primarina, and things like that. Running a Z move or non choice specs makes it lose so much power, and locking yourself into specs isn't so great considering one of its best asset is its diverse movepool.
I am surprised I haven't been seeing too many Brelooms or Thundurus, but I have been seeing a lot of Krook + Cobalion lately, which is pretty nice considering how dominate these mons were back in ORAS UU. It shows that the power creep isn't too bad!
The only things I would suspect that are gonna get quick banned would be things like Thundurus-T and maybe something like Bisharp. Other than that, the beta is going pretty nicely. I think as more and more people play, we will see a lot of cool different sets. On a side now, flame orb Conk is pretty great now thanks to the "buff" burn got for these type of mons.
In terms of things being suspected in the future, I am fairly confident things like Victini, Drizzle, Drought, and Togekiss may be suspected, but that's for another day.
At first, I thought Volcanion was such a huge threat, but after playing with and against it for some time now, I don't think it's too bad. It's a great wall breaker, sure, but it isn't so different to things like Victini (mixed or CB), Specs Primarina, and things like that. Running a Z move or non choice specs makes it lose so much power, and locking yourself into specs isn't so great considering one of its best asset is its diverse movepool.
I am surprised I haven't been seeing too many Brelooms or Thundurus, but I have been seeing a lot of Krook + Cobalion lately, which is pretty nice considering how dominate these mons were back in ORAS UU. It shows that the power creep isn't too bad!
The only things I would suspect that are gonna get quick banned would be things like Thundurus-T and maybe something like Bisharp. Other than that, the beta is going pretty nicely. I think as more and more people play, we will see a lot of cool different sets. On a side now, flame orb Conk is pretty great now thanks to the "buff" burn got for these type of mons.
In terms of things being suspected in the future, I am fairly confident things like Victini, Drizzle, Drought, and Togekiss may be suspected, but that's for another day.