Hello. Having been lurking these forums for a good bit, I figured I'd put in my two cents on the Mawile Suspect, although it's mostly just a re-presentation of the facts posted earlier on the thread.
Mega Mawile is, you could say, one of the most powerful pokemon in terms of strength, with strength comparable to Ubers, let alone OU pokes. And with Priority and ways to pick off it's normal counters (whether on one set or the other) added to this tremendous power, there is good reason for it to be suspected, and I assume inevitably banned. While I am not specifically on one side or the other in this suspect as I have been while lurking through the Threads of some of the past X/Y suspects, (Anti-ban on Aegi and the Deoxys formes, and pro ban on Genesect) I do realize the reason for the suspect to be happening and do respect the suspect. I am personally more of a Wifi player, and not seeing many Heatran around to counter the SD Mawile set I run, it at least picks up 1-2 kills a game on my worst games, coming from someone who probably cannot even get reqs to vote had he tried. Mawile's speed troubles can be easily overcome by the tremendously strong priority it holds in it's hand in the form of Sucker Punch, which can cause further mindgames and can even net you a free SD depending on how your opponent plays it. I believe that Mawile is an outrageous threat in the metagame, as been stated and calc'd by many people above me. Whether it goes or not, i'm not one to care, but I am eager to see how the meta turns out without it, as I don't play showdown often enough to test the suspect ladder.
Mega Mawile is, you could say, one of the most powerful pokemon in terms of strength, with strength comparable to Ubers, let alone OU pokes. And with Priority and ways to pick off it's normal counters (whether on one set or the other) added to this tremendous power, there is good reason for it to be suspected, and I assume inevitably banned. While I am not specifically on one side or the other in this suspect as I have been while lurking through the Threads of some of the past X/Y suspects, (Anti-ban on Aegi and the Deoxys formes, and pro ban on Genesect) I do realize the reason for the suspect to be happening and do respect the suspect. I am personally more of a Wifi player, and not seeing many Heatran around to counter the SD Mawile set I run, it at least picks up 1-2 kills a game on my worst games, coming from someone who probably cannot even get reqs to vote had he tried. Mawile's speed troubles can be easily overcome by the tremendously strong priority it holds in it's hand in the form of Sucker Punch, which can cause further mindgames and can even net you a free SD depending on how your opponent plays it. I believe that Mawile is an outrageous threat in the metagame, as been stated and calc'd by many people above me. Whether it goes or not, i'm not one to care, but I am eager to see how the meta turns out without it, as I don't play showdown often enough to test the suspect ladder.