You're arguing for a ban on Frustration. Based on a set that's 5/50 anyway. Never mind the plethora of other ways to get 50% results, you go for the one that will sometimes (And it really is sometimes) make an Imposter have a lower power move.
Why? It's not the strongest move, and there are multitudes of other ways of countering this set without Impostering it. You're right that Pokemon wasn't built for balance (Until recently) and especially not with BH in mind, but really? It's a niche move that will see use on about 0.01% of sets ever. I mean seriously. Frustration. There's no upside about banning it other than Imposter users now have to take into account Happiness. And if that means you have to put more than ten seconds of thought into an Imposter, well. Sucks to be the person with one of the least thinking-intensive sets in existance, doesn't it?
But really. As someone who literally never uses Chans or Bliss, you arguing to get something that's not something that's metagame definig banned makes less sense than... Something that makes no sense. Seriously. I could maybe understand something like trying to ban Gigas, Contrary, or something actually relevant to the metagame at large but...
Well, Frustration. WHY?
Also, merry Christmas.
First, merry Christmas.I'm of the opinion that only three things should be banned: broken stuff, over-centralizing stuff, and stuff that's unhealthy for the metagame. The latter two almost always coincide with the former (endless games being the only exception coming to mind right away). And, except in very clear cases (HP/PP and PB, for example), things should be suspect tested first.
Return/Frustration add little to the metagame. So what? Should we ban them from OU because Ditto users might have to worry about happiness? Should we ban Tackle and Ember from BH because they add little to the metagame? No, of course not. That's just silly.
If you don't want to have to worry about your Imposter getting shafted 50% of the time because you made the wrong decision on happiness, then stop using Imposter. If you want to use it, then be prepared to deal with the downsides.
Second, I want to clarify something. I think both of the above posts understand it, but the argument is not that frustration is game breakingly strong. The argument for its banning is the third of rumors' ban criterion, 'stuff that is unhealthy for the metagame'. I think that those in favor of banning frustration are that way because it increases "variance." Variance is an attribute of an unhealthy metagame that is high when worse players are more likely to beat better players, because of luck or because of some annoying rock-paper-scissors like situation. Low variance makes for a healthier metagame, and banning frustration would lower variance.
Third, those of you on your high horses saying that imposter is so thoughtless and below you, think of the Chanseys. Including an imposter on your team gives a Chansey a home and a source of sustainable income, which are increasingly rare what with all of the Pokemon centers closing down these days. Sad, sad Chanseys. They need good trainers, and this Christmas, you can help them find a safe haven from the cold. Also, Chansey is really, really good.
Running frustration also increases Pokemon abuse, because your Pokemon need to hate you for it to work effectively and this causes abuse. :(
In all seriousness, I am for anything that makes the game better, including banning frustration, if it does indeed help the game. It seems off to me that we are banning frustration when there are so many other problems in the meta, though. Banning frustration wouldn't help very much from any perspective, and you know what would? ENDLESS BATTLE CLAUSE. Standard metagames have it. It started here. Why not kill the detrimental, evil strategy at its source? It seems off to me that we argue about banning frustration, a relatively minor change, when we need infinite battle clause. There is no use to not having it, and I think it needs to join this metagame as it joined so many others. Honestly, we can return to our other mostly irrelevant banning discussion after killing this behemoth.
After posting this, I will vm user: verbatim about adding infinite battle clause. If you care, please respond to my vm on his profile with your opinion. Seriously, EBC takes nothing away from this meta, while helping it on principle. This is the age of taking action.
Make your voice heard.