Well I can safely say that Nintendo runs on rule of cool, and that means balance means jackshit to them.
This are the guys who thought mega Salamence, lopunny and gallade would stop khanga reign in doubles, gallade fell flat on its face as an inferior medicham in singles and is laughable in doubles as a mega, lopunny is great in singles but fairly mediocre when you can just use khanga in doubles and Salamence only steals khanga thunder because it is more broken yet more niche.
Its safe to say singles will be a shit fest, they are going to release the second coming of itemless Megas if they want to, they will try to create fun stuff in doubles that completely obliterate the concept of momentum keeping in singles or think stuff like p2 are a must on every team to avoid a sweep.
Let's face it, at the start it will suck. Old mines that everyone knows are broken will be placed, new toys will cover up for the real broken beasts for at least three months until people realize what is cost effective at team building and what is just another golden dunsparce, kind of like how some people think Sylveon isn't outclassed by cleffable and still try to use it as a wish passer.
They might get creative and force a new kind of hazard, who knows it might be another gimmick with terrible distribution like the Web, or they might bring another Defog like tool that will re-shape how teams are built.
It's all speculah, but one thing is certain. IT WILL SUCK, until some bans happen.
One last thing to say. Fuck BP, that isn't a playstyle, that's a machine that entirely depends on what the other player brings, not on actual player decisions. Also fuck STag, I abused that thing in BP teams and hazard offense, it was bullshit beyond belief, this needs to stay banned.
This metagame is quite good to be honest, a bit bland in the check side given the boosts to offense and the pressure to blanket check some stuff, but in general it's a very healthy one, heck I dare say diverse with the big 4 playstyles appearing more often than not.
This are the guys who thought mega Salamence, lopunny and gallade would stop khanga reign in doubles, gallade fell flat on its face as an inferior medicham in singles and is laughable in doubles as a mega, lopunny is great in singles but fairly mediocre when you can just use khanga in doubles and Salamence only steals khanga thunder because it is more broken yet more niche.
Its safe to say singles will be a shit fest, they are going to release the second coming of itemless Megas if they want to, they will try to create fun stuff in doubles that completely obliterate the concept of momentum keeping in singles or think stuff like p2 are a must on every team to avoid a sweep.
Let's face it, at the start it will suck. Old mines that everyone knows are broken will be placed, new toys will cover up for the real broken beasts for at least three months until people realize what is cost effective at team building and what is just another golden dunsparce, kind of like how some people think Sylveon isn't outclassed by cleffable and still try to use it as a wish passer.
They might get creative and force a new kind of hazard, who knows it might be another gimmick with terrible distribution like the Web, or they might bring another Defog like tool that will re-shape how teams are built.
It's all speculah, but one thing is certain. IT WILL SUCK, until some bans happen.
One last thing to say. Fuck BP, that isn't a playstyle, that's a machine that entirely depends on what the other player brings, not on actual player decisions. Also fuck STag, I abused that thing in BP teams and hazard offense, it was bullshit beyond belief, this needs to stay banned.
This metagame is quite good to be honest, a bit bland in the check side given the boosts to offense and the pressure to blanket check some stuff, but in general it's a very healthy one, heck I dare say diverse with the big 4 playstyles appearing more often than not.
