The STABmons council has decided to suspect test Walking Wake!
Why:
With an unanimous 5-0 council vote, the STABmons council has decided to suspect test Walking Wake! Ever since its first introduction, Walking Wake has been a controversial figure, having been banned two times before, only being freed again after the Terastallization ban in May last year. The combination of its great typing, giving access to powerful moves such as Steam Eruption, Clanging Scales, Water Spout, and Water Shuriken in tandem with its powerful Special Attack stat has left few things being able to withstand Choice Specs sets, not to mention Choice Scarf sets still dealing ludicrous amounts of damage while also being able to blitz past non-scarfed offensive checks. Even substitute sets with Knock Off + Leftovers have seen success, being able to greatly annoy more passive checks like Assault Vest Toxapex. It's already great typing also grants it resistances to common priority moves in Jet Punch and Water Shuriken as well as a neutrality to Thunderclap, making it hard to handle offensively too. And on top of all this it has access to the aformentioned Knock Off and Flip Turn too, letting it further break down checks like RegenVest Toxapex and Slowking or pivot out for momentun, respectively.
Despite all these terrifying traits, there are still some flaws. Walking Wake faces heavy competition with Latios as a special Dragon-type wallbreaker or Speed control, as Latios has both higher Special Attack and Speed, meaning that Scarfed sets get outpaced and disposed of. While few, there are still Pokemon that are immune to its respective STABs in Volcanion and Clodsire for Water and Fairy-types like Sylveon and Iron Valiant for Dragon, making choiced sets a bit prediciton-reliant at times.
Suspect details:
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 STABmons 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 STABmons 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. If you have any questions about this new process, feel free to PM me or post here!
The requirement to vote in this suspect test is a COIL value of 2850 with a b value of 3. The deadline for getting requirements will be <t:1744001940:f>
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 super-majority of 60% ban votes is required to ban Walking Wake from STABmons.
Big thanks to Slither Wing for this post's write up!
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