As of right now, most of the comp battling focuses on just stats and this does not reflect that each pokemon is also balanced by xp tiers. The most prominent example is bug types which are mostly in the medium fast/fast tier, which is a trade off for bad stats. This skews alot of fast/medium fast pokemon into the UU or lower tiers as of the current metagame.
This thread is a suggestion to add a new metagame in Showdown where pokemon all received the same amount of xp, defined by xp required to reach lvl 50 for a medium slow xp tier. This would place erratic+flunctuating pokemon at 3 levels below, fast at 2 levels above, medium fast at 2 levels below, and slow at 5 levels below.
This would completely change the metagame as previously weaker pokemon now have a significant stat advantage and can OHKO current top mons. For example:
Lvl 45 252 SpA Choice Specs Flutter Mane Psyshock vs. Lvl 52 252 HP / 0 Def Ariados: 148-176 (80.8 - 96.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
Lvl 52 252+ Atk Ariados Poison Jab vs. Lvl 45 0 HP / 0 Def Flutter Mane: 108-127 (91.5 - 107.6%) -- 50% chance to OHKO
This thread is a suggestion to add a new metagame in Showdown where pokemon all received the same amount of xp, defined by xp required to reach lvl 50 for a medium slow xp tier. This would place erratic+flunctuating pokemon at 3 levels below, fast at 2 levels above, medium fast at 2 levels below, and slow at 5 levels below.
This would completely change the metagame as previously weaker pokemon now have a significant stat advantage and can OHKO current top mons. For example:
Lvl 45 252 SpA Choice Specs Flutter Mane Psyshock vs. Lvl 52 252 HP / 0 Def Ariados: 148-176 (80.8 - 96.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
Lvl 52 252+ Atk Ariados Poison Jab vs. Lvl 45 0 HP / 0 Def Flutter Mane: 108-127 (91.5 - 107.6%) -- 50% chance to OHKO
