Hi, I have an idea for a Smog article. This is also my first time proposing an article so let me know if I did anything wrong.
It would be kind of a large concept and would most likely have to be split into two parts according to a few users I’ve talked to. I would like to write about the use that the large number of BL mons have in OU. Thanks to kokoloko’s liberal banning system in UU this generation, XY BL is one of the largest ever. There is also a stigma around newer users that BL mons don’t have much if any use in OU when that could not be further from the truth. Not sure if you need some kind of indication as to my metagame knowledge but I am a Team Rater as indicated by my badge, and I generally have a working knowledge of this kind of stuff.
First paragraph (someone told me to post a rough first paragraph):
Smogon tiers are generally determined by usage. That is widely considered simplest way to go about sorting the mass number of existing Pokemon into several tiers. However not every Pokemon gets to stay in the tier that correlates to their usage. If deemed too powerful for a non-OU tier, the Pokemon gets sent to a Borderline tier. Borderline tiers can be considered the Ubers of their respective tiers. However this does not automatically mean they can’t compete with their more used counterparts in the tier their Borderline restricts them to. This article will explain the uses the Pokemon of the highest BL (Borderline) tier have in OU, while also giving a brief overview to why they were banned from UU.
It would be kind of a large concept and would most likely have to be split into two parts according to a few users I’ve talked to. I would like to write about the use that the large number of BL mons have in OU. Thanks to kokoloko’s liberal banning system in UU this generation, XY BL is one of the largest ever. There is also a stigma around newer users that BL mons don’t have much if any use in OU when that could not be further from the truth. Not sure if you need some kind of indication as to my metagame knowledge but I am a Team Rater as indicated by my badge, and I generally have a working knowledge of this kind of stuff.
First paragraph (someone told me to post a rough first paragraph):
Smogon tiers are generally determined by usage. That is widely considered simplest way to go about sorting the mass number of existing Pokemon into several tiers. However not every Pokemon gets to stay in the tier that correlates to their usage. If deemed too powerful for a non-OU tier, the Pokemon gets sent to a Borderline tier. Borderline tiers can be considered the Ubers of their respective tiers. However this does not automatically mean they can’t compete with their more used counterparts in the tier their Borderline restricts them to. This article will explain the uses the Pokemon of the highest BL (Borderline) tier have in OU, while also giving a brief overview to why they were banned from UU.
