Firstable, I did not plan to do the Suspect Test when it was announced because I don't have an opinion on Venusaur-Mega.
Before talking about our big boy, I just would like to highlight the fact that this reqs were easy af and even if I like this new type of suspect (by not having a fresh Suspect Ladder), I definitively think that we should increase the GXE needed (maybe 82% idk, I leave that to our UU Leader).
Why I think that Venusaur-Mega should stayed in UU :
Firstable, Venusaur-Mega is an amazing defensive sponge which can deal with a lot of threats in Underused. Thanks to its Bulk, typing and Movepool, it can checks pretty much everything in the tier except Crobat which means that you just need it to check a lot of threats.
Secondly, it has some pretty nice offensive statistics which allows it not to be passive (it can even acts as a pretty solid WinCon with its Growth Set). It has also allowed an evolution of the metagame and a rise of Balanced and Bulky Offense whereas this kind of team were pretty meh before that (because the UU has a lot of threats and it's tough for Balanced to check everything with just half of the team).
Why I think that Venusaur-Mega shouldn't stayed in UU :
I think that Venusaur-Mega lacks of solid answers to it and before people come to say that "Primarina / Haxorus / Heracross" lack of answers too, I will respond them that none of this threats has the Bulk of Venusaur-Mega, none of this threats has an effective way of recovery and none of this threats are that much easy to build around.
If we look closely at the VR (S to A- rank) which Pokemon can deal or threaten with Venusaur-Mega, it's a pretty short list tbh.. :
• Latias can force out Venusaur-Mega with Psychic / Psyshock but it needs to be careful because Venusaur-Mega is often paired with Pursuit users (Choice Band Scizor or Scarf Krook) which means it can't just click its Psychic STAB and need to weigh the pros and the cons (50/50).
• Hydreigon need to Specs / Work Up and rely on Flinch with Dark Pulse in order to 2HKO Venusaur-Mega.
• Togekiss has to Flinch because it's 2HKO / OHKO (after Stealth Rocks) by Sludge Bomb.
• Venusaur-Mega has to be weakened if Sharpedo-Mega want to OHKO it with Psychic Fangs
- 252+ Atk Strong Jaw Sharpedo-Mega Psychic Fangs vs. 120 HP / 0 Def Venusaur-Mega: 270-318 (81.5 - 96%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
- 0 SpA Venusaur-Mega Giga Drain vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Sharpedo-Mega: 272-324 (96.7 - 115.3%) -- 81.3% chance to OHKO
• Chandelure Sub CM can be a pain for Venusaur-Mega although it can't Switch on Venusaur-Mega (Leech Seed, Sludge Bomb which has a chance to poison or Earthquake even if it's rare)
• Crobat is the mighty counter to Venusaur-Mega, it doesn't give a shit about Venusaur-Mega
but it has to pay attention to Stealth Rocks and Pursuit users.
• Moltres has the same problem than Crobat and it can't switch on Sludge Bomb..
• Pidgeot-Mega → same than Crobat / Moltres.
In summary, there isn't a lot of Pokemon which can threaten Venusaur-Mega while it being able to check the majority of the tier on is own. The fact that it's really easy to build around make it really really good at what is does but also very tricky to deal with since it has almost only the need of a Pursuit users to trap its checks / counters. The cherry on top ? It's unpredictable and it can adapt itself... Synthesis + 3 Attacks, Synthesis + Growth + 2 Attacks, Growth + 3 Attacks, defensive (physical, special or mixed..), it's amazing no matter what it does and I think that it's a little bit too much for the Underused. As much as I love it, I think it
should be banned and belong to the UUBL.
TL;DR : I'm 55-45% toward ban 