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I mean, I believe the vast majority agree that Dynamax should be banned, and the few who disagree are being very polite about it. I happen to also think Dynamaxing should be banned, but you are generally being a right cunt about it for absolutely no fucking reason. This is a place to be...
Agreed, Dynamax has had its fair shake. Sadly, the meta it produces is overall unhealthy IMO, but lets look at something just a touch more objective:
Pro
Con
Pushes stall out of the meta
Completely stunts team building. Want to run not Ditto? Too bad. Think you can get by without haze? Ha...
Hawlucha is the Dynamax crew's best answer to Ditto. Ditto is a disgusting revenge sweeper because of the ability to copy stat boosts and outspeed with choice scarf: unburden takes that power away by allowing Hawlucha to outspeed scarfed Ditto because Ditto doesn't copy unburden's boost. Combine...
I just don't see a world where this is the best solution. Besides, this also eliminates a lot of the defensive counterplay Dynamaxing can bring by limiting the health pool available to your defensive dynamax. I think the metagame should be examined with a Dynamax in or out mindset, not some...
Personally, I am torn. I don't like the world we are in where you either take Ditto, or build your team to specifically counter Ditto (usually you just do both). That being said, I think I really like Dynamax mechanically. It rewards on the fly thinking and also presents interesting choices in...