The Mix and Mega Council has decided to suspect test Rusted Sword!
Rusted Sword is another ban that has stood for nearly two years now, but unlike the previous contenders this one is of a Mega Stone. At the time it was banned, Rusted Sword was a premier offensive threat; not only did it give the incredibly useful Steel typing to any Pokemon that ran it, it also gave them extra speed and attack, a free +1 attack boost via Intrepid Sword, and upgraded Iron head into the powerful Behemoth Blade. The main offenders for this stone were offensive dragon types like Baxcalibur, Dragonite, and Roaring Moon, with the last of these even getting a temporary ban before the stone was banned instead. They would boost up with Dragon Dance and then make themselves incredibly difficult to revenge kill via their solid bulk, neutrality to Espeed, and ability to change their defensive profile on a whim.
However, this was an immensely different metagame. Not only was the tier lacking in potent defensive tools like Arceus, Pecharunt, and Aggronite, Terastallization was also free, and perhaps the biggest advantage of rusted sword was that unlike most mega stones it allowed its user to Terastallize. In the years since that mechanic has been entirely banned, leaving any would-be setup sweepers locked into the steel type. Moreover, Rusted Sword really only offers one opportunity to sweep, since if the user ever switches out it simply becomes a worse version of Aggronite; even temporary measures for fending off such a sweeper may prove sufficient in practice.
On the most recent survey, Rusted Sword had the most positive responses of any option, and so the council has decided to put the question to the community. Is Rusted Sword still too potent to be allowed in the Mix and Mega Metagame?
Requirements:
NOTE: THIS TEST WILL BE USING THE NEW SUSPECT PROCESS!
Create a new account on PS. You do not have to follow any specific naming convention, but your suspect account must have never played a game in Mix and Mega before this suspect test went up or you will not receive valid requirements (resetting W/L does not count for this - the account you use must never have played Mix and Mega before the test, full stop.)
At any point on your new account, use the command /linksmogon on Pokemon Showdown! You will receive instructions on what to do once you run this command.
Double check that you're listed as a voter here! If you aren't listed as a voter despite having valid reqs, please contact KaenSoul, Giagantic, Dhelmise or a member of staff.
The requirement to vote in this suspect test is a COIL value of 2850. The deadline for getting requirements will be Wednesday, March 12th.
Voting:
Once the suspect period is over, everyone who has obtained reqs will be tagged. The post will then outline a process of blind voting, which will be clarified once the time arrives. For now, follow the above "Requirements" subheading to ensure that you have achieved requirements and linked your account
A majority (>50.1%) of unban votes is required to unban Rusted Sword in Mix and Mega
TL;DR:
- Rusted Sword is permitted on the suspect Ladder
- The COIL value is 2850
- You must ladder on a newly-created alt of any name
- You must link your suspect alt with your smogon account using /linksmogon
- The suspect test will run conclude at 11:59pm GMT -4 (EST) on Wednesday, March 12th.
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like once and the 
that was holding it didn't do much in that game (but to be fair, a lot of the teams I faced had 
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as the only mega because this ladder is cursed)
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but otherwise its pretty mediocre