Impressions after second Home day, having played way more games today:
-Regieleki Ban definitely improved the meta despite Zapdos and Thundurus-T trying to take it's place.
-Saw less Ursalunas today than yesterday, but the few I saw were just as destructive as always, with or without Trick Room. I still think this Pokemon is the next one that should be banned.
-Most Magearnas I saw today were Trick Room + Eject Pack, which aren't too dangerous. My counterplay to Stored Power sets was the same and it never gave me problems. I finally saw some Specs sets and for now it isn't looking as broken as last Gen, but I do think it will eventually break the Mon, just not yet.
-Chien Pao is extremely strong and I have seen it winning vs teams with 3 Fight Mons + Magearna. Not 100% sure it deserves Ban, but it somehow looks closer to it than Magearna.
-Neither Zamazenta have looked more than "just a solid Mon" to me. They do seem to be an autowin vs the physical based HOs everyone is trying to use these days... but only vs that. The rest team structures look naturally fine vs them. Probably Crowned version would look broken to me if Rest still had 16 PPs, but with just 8 it can't last that much without big support. Regarding Hero one, Iron Valiant looks like a better Mon outside of Chien Pao match-up.
-Just like yesterday (but having played more games) saw exactly one Sneasler and not well used (it was SD + U-Turn), so still can't form an opinion about him outside of theorymoning.
-Once the meta stabilizes and slows down, I am worried about Hoopa-U and Heatran. First has ridiculous power vs slower teams even without Tera, second traps something with Magma Storm, Terastalizes and uses Taunt + Tera Blast to remove answers to non Tera variants. For now it's just Grass Tera, but I am pretty sure people will come up with more ideas. Glad this Mon at least lost Toxic, cause I have been hating his presence since SM
-Sun looks to have completely dissapeared from the ladder and I am not really sure why. Fear of Ursaluna TRs counterteaming? Might be that, but Rain is actually common.
So, to sum it up:
Ban: Ursaluna.
Watch now: Chien Pao and Magearna.
Watch in the (not immediate) future: Heatran and Hoopa-U
Fine: Doggos
Absent and misterious: Sneasler
-Regieleki Ban definitely improved the meta despite Zapdos and Thundurus-T trying to take it's place.
-Saw less Ursalunas today than yesterday, but the few I saw were just as destructive as always, with or without Trick Room. I still think this Pokemon is the next one that should be banned.
-Most Magearnas I saw today were Trick Room + Eject Pack, which aren't too dangerous. My counterplay to Stored Power sets was the same and it never gave me problems. I finally saw some Specs sets and for now it isn't looking as broken as last Gen, but I do think it will eventually break the Mon, just not yet.
-Chien Pao is extremely strong and I have seen it winning vs teams with 3 Fight Mons + Magearna. Not 100% sure it deserves Ban, but it somehow looks closer to it than Magearna.
-Neither Zamazenta have looked more than "just a solid Mon" to me. They do seem to be an autowin vs the physical based HOs everyone is trying to use these days... but only vs that. The rest team structures look naturally fine vs them. Probably Crowned version would look broken to me if Rest still had 16 PPs, but with just 8 it can't last that much without big support. Regarding Hero one, Iron Valiant looks like a better Mon outside of Chien Pao match-up.
-Just like yesterday (but having played more games) saw exactly one Sneasler and not well used (it was SD + U-Turn), so still can't form an opinion about him outside of theorymoning.
-Once the meta stabilizes and slows down, I am worried about Hoopa-U and Heatran. First has ridiculous power vs slower teams even without Tera, second traps something with Magma Storm, Terastalizes and uses Taunt + Tera Blast to remove answers to non Tera variants. For now it's just Grass Tera, but I am pretty sure people will come up with more ideas. Glad this Mon at least lost Toxic, cause I have been hating his presence since SM
-Sun looks to have completely dissapeared from the ladder and I am not really sure why. Fear of Ursaluna TRs counterteaming? Might be that, but Rain is actually common.
So, to sum it up:
Ban: Ursaluna.
Watch now: Chien Pao and Magearna.
Watch in the (not immediate) future: Heatran and Hoopa-U
Fine: Doggos
Absent and misterious: Sneasler