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well a favorite mon just helps, its nothing major but as for the broken part and just banning it well it all comes down to the fact that if you ban a mon something will replace it and eventually people will complain about that if its latios now weavile next week garchomp the week after and...
i am all for that, tbh i like it, it allows people to use their favorite mons while still allowing certain pieces to be in game because now there aren't any ghost types in ou, as for manaphy yea tail glow was the only real reason it was broken. hydration rest is nice but its nothing you cannot...
since this metagame is mostly community run isn't there a possibility to instead of just outright banning it. for there to be a way where you can limit it? for instance just banning psychic on latios or banning draco meteors? to make more pokemon able to come in. to make it less strong while...