This is devolving into one-liner arguing, let’s look at some questions instead.
In your opinion, what Pokémon are broken with Tera and would they be broken without it?
When do you think is the best time to use a Tera?
How does a Pokemon’s checks/counters change when it Teras, and how significant is this?
How does Tera force 50/50s in a 6v6 metagame?
How much of an impact does Same Type Tera have on a game?
For those of you looking at complex bans, how do these solve the problems, and which problems are you looking at (be specific and give examples).
Hopefully these questions spark some meaningful discussion, and tie some loose ends of arguments. Please do not respond to this post with simply “Tera is broken” or something along those lines.
Just gonna answer the first question for now, might come back to this later. Mons aren’t in any order, so some more ‘balanced’ mons could be placed between obvious brokemons.
The EKillers. Dragonite is the most obviously good one but Lucario also gets STAB Bullet Punch for Ghosts and higher base Speed, allowing it to run SD sets more comfortably. Both of these are stupid (though Lucario is somewhat locked to HO) and I haven’t seen any good arguments for why they’re balanced.
This mon would be fine without Tera, though maybe not pre-Home with how few Fairies are available. Point is, this thing is cracked wide open by Terastalizing, and without it it is a shell of its former self.
Giving the mon with a move that powers up every time you hit it a better defensive typing while keeping its STABs. Awesome.
Matchup moth now has a way to play around bad matchups in a far more limited meta. Awesome.
This mon was never meant to be able to change type. Less egregious than a lot of the mons because it is defensive and that’s just how defensive mons roll, but in a meta with far more limited Toxic distribution this thing goes stupid.
Definitely more of a second-string mon but Tera Ground or Steel on this sounds nuts. Needs more testing.
These are both definitely broken even without Tera, but as previous posts have shown, Tera does NOT help their case one bit.
Dragapult with a real physical Ghost STAB. Awesome.
I have played against this with stall. It is actually stupid. It will be banned because smogon LOVES stall <3 <3 <3
Already unwallable mon becomes even more unwallable/removes all of its offensive counterplay. Very epic.
Mon kinda sucks in current meta but like, it got literally DOUBLY effective HP Fire. How could it not be good?
Already unwallable mon becomes even more unwallable/removes all of its offensive counterplay. Very epic.
Another mon that goes in more against fat than offense. Tera Fairy and such are actually nightmarish for slower teams to deal with.
252+ SpA Choice Specs Adaptability Torkoal Fire Blast vs. 252 HP / 4 SpD Toxapex in Sun: 164-193 (53.9 - 63.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
Mon is definitely fine but like… lol
And finally, a couple assorted mons not in the game that would be absurdly broken with Tera