3 years ago, the DPP Council decided to ban Baton Pass in DPP OU. Two Baton Pass archetypes had become problematic, one based around Ninjask and para spreaders and a more common archetype based around Gliscor. Although both of these archetypes weren't overpowered, they introduced a very unhealthy dynamic into the tier as this kind of team would automatically win or lose most of the matches depending on the match up. While there was counterplay available, they were excessively restrictive and emphasized the cheesy nature of the strategy. The rise of the Ninjask teams happened during DPP Cup at the time and the DPP Council took the most extreme and efficient decision to preserve the integrity of the tier during its most important solo tournament.
While this ban was absolutely necessary it came with collateral damage as it deprived Jolteon, Vaporeon and Celebi of a solid pivoting option making them weaker in a tier in which they had already trouble finding their place. That is why we decided to revisit the ban to allow the use of DryPassing (and SubPassing) while keeping the uncompetitive aspect of Baton Pass (StatPassing and TrapPassing) out of the way. The following restriction has been added:
Baton Pass is now banned in combination with any Move, Item, or Ability that can raise stats and with any Trapping Move.
Here's the full list of moves/items/abilities illegal with Baton Pass:
Tagging Marty and Kris to implement.
While this ban was absolutely necessary it came with collateral damage as it deprived Jolteon, Vaporeon and Celebi of a solid pivoting option making them weaker in a tier in which they had already trouble finding their place. That is why we decided to revisit the ban to allow the use of DryPassing (and SubPassing) while keeping the uncompetitive aspect of Baton Pass (StatPassing and TrapPassing) out of the way. The following restriction has been added:
Baton Pass is now banned in combination with any Move, Item, or Ability that can raise stats and with any Trapping Move.
Here's the full list of moves/items/abilities illegal with Baton Pass:
Moves:
Acid Armor
Acupressure
Agility
Amnesia
Ancient Power
Assist
Barrier
Belly Drum
Block
Bulk Up
Calm Mind
Charge
Charge Beam
Cosmic Power
Curse
Defend Order
Defense Curl
Dragon Dance
Focus Energy
Growth
Guard Swap
Harden
Heart Swap
Howl
Iron Defense
Ingrain
Mean Look
Meteor Mash
Meditate
Metal Claw
Nasty Plot
Ominous Wind
Power Trick
Psych Up
Rage
Rock Polish
Sharpen
Silver Wind
Skull Bash
Spider Web
Steel Wing
Stockpile
Swords Dance
Tail Glow
Withdraw
Items:
Apicot Berry
Ganlon Berry
Liechi Berry
Petaya Berry
Salac Berry
Starf Berry
Abilities:
Speed Boost (Ninjask)
Acid Armor
Acupressure
Agility
Amnesia
Ancient Power
Assist
Barrier
Belly Drum
Block
Bulk Up
Calm Mind
Charge
Charge Beam
Cosmic Power
Curse
Defend Order
Defense Curl
Dragon Dance
Focus Energy
Growth
Guard Swap
Harden
Heart Swap
Howl
Iron Defense
Ingrain
Mean Look
Meteor Mash
Meditate
Metal Claw
Nasty Plot
Ominous Wind
Power Trick
Psych Up
Rage
Rock Polish
Sharpen
Silver Wind
Skull Bash
Spider Web
Steel Wing
Stockpile
Swords Dance
Tail Glow
Withdraw
Items:
Apicot Berry
Ganlon Berry
Liechi Berry
Petaya Berry
Salac Berry
Starf Berry
Abilities:
Speed Boost (Ninjask)
Tagging Marty and Kris to implement.
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