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In the "We're old enough to not necessarily believe in any old Clause, right?" thread, Reflect Suicune, obi, and Jumpman explain that the burden of proof lies with the clause supporters. They say it much better than I can, so I'm going to quote them:

I believe that the OHKO and Evasion Clauses should be tested. It is true that they will increase the amount of luck in individual battles. On the other hand, as has been stated before, skill in Pokemon is determined by how well you do in the long run. Introducing OHKO and evasion moves may...

I don't see why you are emphasizing this point. Aren't Lucario and Infernape much more potent because they have Close Combat, rather than having to rely on Brick Break or Blaze Kick? If there were an isolated metagame in which Salamence, Garchomp, Latias, etc. did not exist, would you still...

Isn't this a very possible outcome of the Suspect Testing of the Evasion and OHKO clauses? As others have said, it is not the Dragon-typed moves themselves which make so many Dragon-typed Pokemon Uber or Suspects, but rather the combination of their movepools (made up of the admittedly powerful...

Garchomp - Uber Latias - OU Latios - Uber Manaphy - Shaymin-S - OU

Confirming as Giffca89 and Unoriginal.

You could always check Smogon's Strategy Pokedex: http://www.smogon.com/dp/pokemon/roserade/moves

Roserade is an interesting case. Roserade was doing well as a lead in the Standard metagame until about last year. Last July, Roserade was used as a lead 2.35% of the time (assuming my math is correct). It was about this time (June/July) that the frail suicide lead became popular (if I recall...

- Shoddy Username: Giffca89 - Age: 19 - Gender: Male - Location: Maryland - Time Zone: EST - Favorite Pokemon: Scizor

Thanks everyone and congrats to Great Sage, Loki, panamaxis, and reachzero. My unknown status probably won't be disappearing anytime soon, as I am a bit too shy online to contribute much to the forum, but hopefully I will continue contributing to Smogon through the Suspect Tests (though...

Confirming as both Giffca89 and Unoriginal again.

| GIFFCA89 | 1,762.03 | 53.72 | | UNORIGINAL | 1,710.32 | 53.17 | Confirming.

From LO + 3 Attacks Set: This statement is incorrect. According to CardsoftheHeart's damage calculator, 58.91% - 69.80% is only dealt when not factoring the sandstorm boost. When taking the sandstorm into account, Latias will deal 39.11% - 46.53% to max HP Tyranitar.

I believe that Latias will not be allowed because she is actually still a suspect. Nothing deemed a suspect will lose that status until after stage 3 of the test, and therefore Latias cannot be allowed in a metagame which is "suspect-less" besides for Latios.