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A slight nitpick, in some cases the safest move is to dbond. If you are against t-tar and don't know what set it is using, it is generally safer than encoring a CB tar's crunch or countering a DDtar's DD.
For unreleased event moves, we don't know the IVs and nature of the pokemon who will get them. I don't see why we should ban released event moves, provided we limit IVs and nature. Legendary IVs should also be limited, because those are impossible to obtain.
Clefable seems to be warping the metagame--why isn't it out of UU? And why isn't steelix out of UU as well? They are both too strong. Pokemon shouldn't be brought down to UU to counter others; the others should be brought up out of UU.
Speed would matter when using any status effects or defense boosts. It also matters if both pokemon are at somewhat low HP. I am not advocating 50's attacks--I am talking 70's or 80's.
Concept: Elemental (Think D&D elementals. It could be dual-type, if that was what people wanted.)
Description: What we are missing is a speedy, defensive pokemon. This pokemon is very fast and defensive, but its offense is somewhat lacking. Its ability would cripple its defences if its speed...