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Thinking on it more, I don't think an exception needs to be made for players, whether they're 3k or 4k or 16k. If they signed up saying they didn't want to play a tier then they shouldn't be expected to play it even in a sub scenario. Also, you're required to have at minimum four subs on a team...
Take a step back and think about what adding a BO3 slot was meant to achieve; it's intended to be a prestigious slot with the best players and the most competition that celebrates our three flagship OMs; AAA, STAB, and BH. We've had multiple changes in leadership since this decision was made so...
Swampert A+ -> B :swampert:
Frankly I don't think Swampert was ever not outclassed by Manaphy - it has a few key matchups where it fares better, but those don't reflect the metagame we're experiencing. Gholdengo is still fantastic but is no longer an omnipresent S rank threat, Iron Moth has...
My problem with this is it's extremely arbitary. Why are those the specific colour codes you chose for each type? It makes thematic sense so I can't fault you on any specific choice, but you could argue any shade of red/orange/yellow for Fire, for example. The end result is subjective too...
I believe Inheritance should ditch this part of its ruleset and fall back on its metagame description; "Any Pokemon in the metagame can "inherit" the moves and ability from a certain Pokemon". Pokemon receiving from Ogerpon should be able to go maskless and Pokemon receiving from Paradoxes...
i havent contemplated ice scales enough to have a solid opinion on it but hera's right. you should not be able to beat every special attacker in one slot if only because impossible matchups lead to games that are both extremely boring and extremely linear.
if you want to use swampert, pair it...
tl;dr don't free native abilities but only because other things are worth doing more
Most of the arguments here are poor. Arena Trap and Magnet Pull wouldn't be legal. Abilities like Good As Gold and Magic Bounce would be treated fairly by the council the way any other controversial element of...