Everything we can? You talk as it would be an epic event for Smogon to have on the OU Banlist thread "Speed Boost on Blaziken is banned".
It would be, because not only is it not how we tier, it would set a precedent for tiering based on a pokemon's usefulness given specific sets and restrictions instead of how broken it is. Ability+Pokemon bans and the like carry an inherent belief that by reducing an Uber pokemon's (for lack of a better term) "power level," it would be okay for use in OU.
-For example, let's say Gohan can go Super Saiyan. That Gohan can blow up the Earth with a fart and is Uber. But if Gohan doesn't go Super Saiyan, the Earth is straight. Guess what, it's the same person, just with one arm behind it's back, essentially
nerfed. Now let's translate into the more relevant discussion:
-Blaziken can set up on OU teams with ease since with Protect it essentially comes in with +2 speed and can KO with powerful STABs. That Blaziken is Uber. But if Blaziken doesn't have the Speed Boost, then it's not overpowered in OU.This Blaziken is
nerfed into OU, which just isn't how the banning process works. If your not getting my point, here's another point with
the same logic:
-Deoxys-A hits way too hard, too quickly and blows giant smoke rings through the pokemon in OU. Deoxys-A at level 50, however, has isn't broken at all in OU. If
nerfed by level, or moveset, it's not broken in OU.
We ban entire pokemon based on the threat it poses as a whole . That does not, has not, and likely will not mean, "Ban the best set and allow then allow nerfed forms of them into lower tiers." Otherwise level 50 Deoxys-A would be wrecking UU as we speeak.
The proposal deals with abilities, that's my point. If it's kept in, I don't see why it can't be worked out to fit our needs in the future.
The proposal deals with
Drizzle and Swift Swim used on the same team. Not abilities as a whole, just those two because they were deemed too good as a tag team (I'd rather we banned Toed under support clause but it's worked to a degree) and they DP'ed all of OU without reliable counters and checks. It's different, mainly because it was temporary. We don't need to poke loopholes in the banning process to fit our current
desire to unban Blaziken and cite a temporary bandaid as justification because it(the bandaid aka the Aldaron Proposal) is only there to stop further hemorrhaging(having Swift Swimmers and Drizzletoed as suspects or banned outright).
Regardless, I'm not a part of the Anti-Drizzle camp, but I am for banning Toed over making the Aldaron Proposal permanent and my logic is simple;
-Politoed boosted the strength, speed, and defenses(technically by halving fire type attacks and removing a major weakness of steel types) of its teammates just by switching in. That pokemon should be Uber. But, if we make sure Politoed can't give those boosts to Swift Swim sweepers, namely Kingdra/Kabutops, then it is fine in OU.
I'm against that sort of logic but the basic idea is undeniably simliar in practice, although not so in origin.
