Once again, needless complex banning. It isn't a bandaid if Espathra is the only broken Pokemon with Speed Boost. You ban Espathra entirely, no questions asked.
Generally Smogon tiering policy dictates that banning the whole pokemon for the sum of its traits is overall more preferrable than banning a singular trait, especially in a situation where only one pokemon has the combination.
If I had it the same way you want it, Shed Tail would've been banned over Cyclizar, and Last Respects would've been banned over Houndstone. But lo and behold, that is not how the OU Council of ANY generation wants to run things. The only exceptions to this were Arena Trap (and Shadow Tag), after Diglett and Trapinch both showed that the ability was the problem and not just Duggy. The other was Baton Pass after what seems like YEARS of testing and retesting until they finally banned it.
Offensive and phys def, skipping out on rocks for the phsy def set
I love Defensive Tusk (248 HP, 252 Def+) with Leftovers, I usually run Bulk Up, Body Press, Knock Off and Rapid Spin. It can consistently come into physical mons (except Banded Pao locked into an Ice move) and Rapid Spin hazards away, and it hits like a nuke after setting up. I usually use it as a check to the most common physical threats like Tusk, Kingambit, Cinderace, Moon and Dragonite, and sometimes I even manage to sweep with it thanks to the Spin boost.
Sounds like we agree on that, even if it isn't how it goes. I do still feel like Terastalization is a larger issue for metagame health but admittedly I don't have the time to die on that hill right now. I hope it remains an open book in the short-term because if it is an issue as I suspect, it should be resolved quickly. Maybe I'll do some poking around.
I'm thankful to the Council for putting so much work with these surveys and for considering the opinions of the community. Keep up the good work!
Cast down terastalization from the heavens.
we are not banning a core mechanic without community support, let alone overriding the result of a recent community vote. this would be a blatant abuse of power.
Let me be the first of your community support. It sucks and is quite terrible for healthy growth. I like my shitmons being relevant but not that much.
this metagame is more centralized statistically than most, especially for this early in OU. i do not think your underlying point here holds much weight or validity.
oh hi alephgalactus how's the new account treating you
My brother you're like a month late to be complaining, we already voted for Tera action. Like, at least wait for Home to be released.
This is an OU discussion thread so I can post here with my 1059 ELO to radiate upon you. I still hold that tera is broken an unhealthy moving forward. You have the privileges' of choosing when it becomes an issue.
the gates are not closed. refuse the hivemind.
dear god, you're voting on it 8 times?
if first you do not succeed, try and try again...
