See, if we ban Espa because Terra makes it OP, then we will do the same when Home meta arrives.
I’ll answer this one, thank you.
I’ll cover the banning of Espa first. If Espa is the only Mon currently that is broken by Tera, why ever ban Tera for it? Looking back to Blaziken in gen 7 and ZTorn in Nat Dex last gen, along with Kart and Prot-Gren being significantly better, among other things. From this philosophy, Z-Moves were kept, and Blaziken and Torn were thrown out. (Blaziken was to be brought back later)
Now, looking to HOME, I really don’t think it’s going to be this explosion of Tera brokenness everyone seems to think it is. Let me explain by going Mon by Mon.
Articuno - Still bad even with Tera, wouldn’t be broken at all. May be good, but probably wont see too much high level play due to lack of flexibility.
Zapdos - Zapdos loves its typing, why would it ever want to get rid of it? I don’t see any situations outside of fringe cases.
Moltres - Probably will be pretty good in OU, but while it has more flexibility, it still lacks a bit.
Mew - Mew does Mew things. Nothing new here.
Mewtwo - Ubers lol
Typhlosion - No impact
Quagsire - Quagsire do what Quagsire do, except with the ability to resist grass sometimes now. Would personally rather use Skeledirge, but ig it’s still Quagsire.
Kyogre, Groudon, Rayquaza - Ubers lol
Uxie, Mesprit, Azelf - Probably won’t use Tera.
Dialga, Palkia, Giritina, Arceus - Ubers lol
Heatran - Everyone’s favorite Lava frog returns! Heatran may look very good with Tera, but really, what typing can you give it that’s better than just keeping it’s current one. Tran is good, but not broken.
Samurott - No change
Tornadus - Everyone’s favorite bird… dragon… thing? I don’t know what it is, other than it’s really good. Why? Regenerator is a good ability, and Torn-T would definitely appreciate being able to shift around its defensive typing. Good? Certainly. Broken? Nope.
Thundurus - Good ol’ Thundy-T, back to bring more rain. Probably not going to make too much of a splash, but for sure going to be better. Mostly as a water type for better Seaking vibes.
Landorus - If anyone tells you Lando-I will be balanced this generation with Nasty Plot and Sandsear Storm in its kit now, they’re trying to sell you something. Tera makes no difference in this mon’s fate. Lando-T might be nice with the type changing, but it just lost half its movepool. To be fair, it is Lando, but Lando loves its type to death, especially the ground part of it. It could run an ice resistant type, but I don’t see Lando-T being broken.
Meloetta - No change
Chesnaught - Another mon cursed with a bad typing, except it’s typing is somewhat decent (resists EdgeQuake which is cool). Will probably be quite decent, but not broken in the slightest.
Delphox - Get this thing away from me I never wanted to see it again (don’t ask why). Nasty Plot and Focus Miss are cool, and this thing doesn’t want it’s typing either, but Tera absolutely doesn’t break it.
Greninja - ProtMan is back, and won’t be using Tera lmao. It can already change it’s type. As for Battle Bond, if it didn’t get nerfed I’d say ban, but jury’s out for now. One use really hurts and makes it all-or-nothing, and it prefers the power of Specs, which really doesn’t synergize with Tera helping with coverage. Same checks, just they are a lot more shaky to Tera Water this time.
Diancie - No change
Hoopa - ohboiohboi, here we go. This thing DESPISES it’s typing, and is happy to get rid of it. In theory, it’s one of the most broken mons out there, but who knows, since Hoopa-U’s brokenness is all about theory.
Volcanion - Probably will do the same stuff it did in gen 8, might work well as a pure ground type. I don’t know, but probably not broken.
Decidueye - No change
Magearna - How do you make Mag even more ridiculous? Tera. That’s how. All things considered, Mag has the best typing in the game, but now it can change it to be even more broken than usual! Yay!
Rillaboom - Transfer absolutely gutted this thing, no change.
Cinderace - Hates the Libero nerf, but it can change types already, so no effect from Tera.
Inteleon - No change
Perrserker - No change lol
Zacian/Eternatus - Still Ubers
Zamazenta - Might be going to OU, but not sure about that quite yet.
Urshifu-S - Lost 70 bp on Wicked Blow, but got SD, Punching Glove, and a lack of faries. Nope nope nope nope nope
Urshifu-R - Got SD, Punching Glove, and Tera Electric. Tera Electric lets it beat flyings and waters that would otherwise beat it. Good? Certainly. Broken? I’m not sure yet.
Zarude - Trailblase and SD. Still no good ability tho. No changes.
Regieleki - Ice Tera Blast bottom text pls ban
Regidrago - Good into every slow fat team without a fairy. Aka bad still
Glastrier - No changes
Spectrier - Go back to Ubers lol
Calyrex - Base is still bad, other formes are still Ubers.
That should be all of the HOME transfers that I know of covered, and question should be answered. Tiering survey soon, so we shall see the answers. Hope Tera will stay untouched and well in OU.
Edit: I’m a bit worried about the suspect test, and whether the restriction option will be lumped with ban or no ban. Whichever it gets put with will probably win, so I hope to see it get put in its own in a 3 way suspect.