Sure, but it being on the table at all indicates that, one way or another, leadership believes it to be a legitimate adjustment? If it was just flatly "has to be sound move" then this wouldn't have been a conversation in the first place, and any Throat Spray convos would've been "well what are we doing since CAP Song has to be a sound move".
This is definitely a factor, but competitive considerations come first. It's why we changed the secondary effect away from sleep; they would have preferred keeping it the same, but we are rightfully afraid of the competitive implications of sleep (Freeze might not seem that much better but there are some mitigating factors like the opponent getting thawed by our fire moves). Very similar situation here.
Disagree with Spikes. Our initial special bulk, combined with the immediate threat of transformation that forces out a lot of special sweepers, is enough to come in multiple times and set up Spikes without any negative consequences. I can see people opting for a defensive spread to set hazards and spread burns all game, with the offensive transformation and Ice coverage only acting as a deterrent. This would be pretty anti-concept. Spikes wasn't discussed as a possible option during the stats stage, and I believe that the implications of adding this move as another tool in CAP 36's arsenal are too great to just slap it on 24 hours before the moveset discussion closes.
