Monotype
In-depth explanations and council votes can be found by clicking the hyperlinks.
Quickban #1: King's Rock, Bright Powder, Lax Incense, Quick Claw, Focus Band, Baton Pass, Moody, Shadow Tag, Damp Rock
Luck-based items, Baton Pass, and the uncompetitive abilities were banned either because of their uncompetitive nature or added unnecessary rng into the game. Damp Rock allows Swift Swim users three extra turns of rain, allowing them to become overbearing and dominate the metagame.
Quickban #2: Terastallizing
Terastallizing was restricted to fit the Same Type Clause, however even with this change the additional power granted to STAB attacks made it near impossible to outplay a bad matchup.
Quickban #3: Palafin, Houndstone, Booster Energy
Palafin's Hero Mode was a dangerous setup sweeper or strong choice band cleaner, with access to great coverage moves, and a powerful priority move, made it was overbearing. Houndstone seems underwhelming, however if it the last remaining Pokemon on its side of the field, Last Respects becomes impossible to tank without an immunity, and easily reverse swept lost games. Booster Energy made the paradox pokemon extremely threatening, most of which would be balanced without the initial boost, so to preserve the limited options available Booster Energy was banned.
Quickban #4: Annihilape, Chi-Yu, Iron Bundle
Annihilape had amazing bulk, utility in Rest+Drain Punch allowing it to stay healthy, access to Bulk Up, and Rage Fist which got a huge buff each time Annihilape took direct damage in battle, which would not reset when it switched out. This allowed Annihilape to snowball and quickly become unstoppable. Chi-Yu's ability Beads of Ruin allowed it to weaken the foes Special Defense, allowing it to nuke it with its strong attacks, additionally its Fire-type STAB attacks became even more oppressive under sun. Iron Bundle had perfect coverage with its STAB attacks, Freeze Dry allowed it to hit Water-type Pokemon for supereffective damage. This made walling Iron Bundle impossible and was hard to revenge kill thanks to its decent bulk and blistering Speed.
Suspect #1: Flutter Mane / Result: Not Banned
Flutter Mane is an extremely fast and powerful special attacker with excellent stab and coverage moves, making it a top tier threat in the metagame. However, due to its physical frailty and poor HP, it can be easily checked by the plethora of priority moves available to each type or fast choice scarf Pokemon. Additionally, defensive cores such as Iron Treads and Clodsire popped up, that are able to handle Flutter Mane due to its reliance on Choiced-items.
A public suspect test was held for
Flutter Mane. Of the 50 voters, 43 (86%) of them voted do not ban, as a result Flutter Mane is not banned from Monotype.
Quickban #5: Evasion Abilities & Acupressure
In a similar vain to other luck-based strategies banned near the start of Generation, these elements similar to Lax Incense/Bright Powder increased evasion, which is uncompetitive.
Pokemon Home Banlist Update
The council banned all reintroduced box legendaries bar Zamazenta, as well as banning Last Respects to free Houndstone.
