The following is my opinion and advice going forward for the inevitable future DLCs that will supplement pokemon Games:
Magearna never should have been unbanned. This is not necessarily a matter of balance, but a matter of principle. It was banned for 2 months (Banned in August, alongside the QB of Cinderace) prior to the release of DLC2, where it was then unbanned and returned to the tier. Its presence further muddied the degeneracy of Urshifu (maybe not necessarily a case of "broken checks broken" but more of a "too many broken cooks in the kitchen ruin the format stew").
However, my TRUE frustration was the Cinderace Re-Suspect in September. Cinderace was Quickbanned in August and, if my memory serves correctly, it was CONCLUDED to be too powerful for the tier. Thus, unbanning it one month later with DLC2 was an absolute WASTE and INSULT to the suspect/re-suspect testing process. Don't test a mon and then unban it a month later.
I firmly believe that going forward, any pokemon banned should stay banned for at LEAST three months before being resuspected or allowed back into the tier. This allows the significance of the ban to felt, and the meta to adapt and reform.
My above opinions and discontent aside, I'll now more directly address the kind question:
Please suspect Spectier. SuSpectrier, if you like portmanteau. I actually don't know how to feel about it in a world where Urshifu is gone, but I feel like One Trick (literal) Ponies don't belong to cheese OU. My constant bar is Dracovish, which said "Not water absorb? Then DIE chompchompchomp" and could even two-shot water resists by a fearsomely overboosted fishious rend. I don't think that metric is a perfect parallel, but Spectrier really does just tear absolute holes through anything that doesn't resist ghost, and it's speed and self-boosting ability really allow it to just absolutely demolish teams without fear of getting revenge killed.
As for Cinderace and Magearna, I actually don't mind that they're here (for now). Despite everything I said at the start, I would've welcomed them back through a re-suspect testing process after their third month of absence (which would have been 1 month into DLC2).
As it stands now, I think Spectrier is the clear next target, but a watchful should be kept on the meta as always.
Also, I just want to thank the OU council for striving to make this a balanced and enjoyable game for everyone!
Have a Sunflora filled day!
Magearna never should have been unbanned. This is not necessarily a matter of balance, but a matter of principle. It was banned for 2 months (Banned in August, alongside the QB of Cinderace) prior to the release of DLC2, where it was then unbanned and returned to the tier. Its presence further muddied the degeneracy of Urshifu (maybe not necessarily a case of "broken checks broken" but more of a "too many broken cooks in the kitchen ruin the format stew").
However, my TRUE frustration was the Cinderace Re-Suspect in September. Cinderace was Quickbanned in August and, if my memory serves correctly, it was CONCLUDED to be too powerful for the tier. Thus, unbanning it one month later with DLC2 was an absolute WASTE and INSULT to the suspect/re-suspect testing process. Don't test a mon and then unban it a month later.
I firmly believe that going forward, any pokemon banned should stay banned for at LEAST three months before being resuspected or allowed back into the tier. This allows the significance of the ban to felt, and the meta to adapt and reform.
My above opinions and discontent aside, I'll now more directly address the kind question:
Please suspect Spectier. SuSpectrier, if you like portmanteau. I actually don't know how to feel about it in a world where Urshifu is gone, but I feel like One Trick (literal) Ponies don't belong to cheese OU. My constant bar is Dracovish, which said "Not water absorb? Then DIE chompchompchomp" and could even two-shot water resists by a fearsomely overboosted fishious rend. I don't think that metric is a perfect parallel, but Spectrier really does just tear absolute holes through anything that doesn't resist ghost, and it's speed and self-boosting ability really allow it to just absolutely demolish teams without fear of getting revenge killed.
As for Cinderace and Magearna, I actually don't mind that they're here (for now). Despite everything I said at the start, I would've welcomed them back through a re-suspect testing process after their third month of absence (which would have been 1 month into DLC2).
As it stands now, I think Spectrier is the clear next target, but a watchful should be kept on the meta as always.
Also, I just want to thank the OU council for striving to make this a balanced and enjoyable game for everyone!
Have a Sunflora filled day!