I know my question in Simple Questions Simple Answers went unanswered, however I want to post this anyway because I've been contemplating this and I feel like my reasoning is sound:
If Mew were to be dropped into DPP OU, would he be the best Pokemon in DPP OU?
In order to answer this question I decided to compare him to what is considered to be the best Pokemon in the tier currently:
My main argument is that Jirachi is better than Mew mainly due to his secondary Steel typing as well as a better ability. Resistances to Dragon and Steel are crucial to Jirachi's success, and a neutrailty to Crunch and U-turn are helpful as well. Last but not least Serene Grace Iron Head + Body Slam is his bread-and-butter and what allows Jirachi to break through unprepared teams. Hax is many people's argument as to why Jirachi himself should be banned - Mew just cannot replicate hax potential in the same way that Jirachi can. In my opinion Mew wouldn't have a chance at cracking the Big Three, and lower ranked mons have desirable attributes over him as well in terms of typing and stats which would give them a seat on a team over Mew in a lot of situations - for example Gyarados, Heatran, and Flygon would be nipping at Mew's heels.
Mew has access to stronger stat boosting moves however we know that these boosts aren't enough to make a Pokemon "good", they also need typing and stats to back it up (100 / 100 offensive stats are good but not great for a sweeper). STAB Psychic also isn't very good, and pure Psychics have never ranked high in DPP viability rankings. The highest ranking pure Psychic is Azelf, who is mainly there for his lead sets. In my opinion even NP Azelf outclasses NP Mew and even that sees little usage (Azelf has higher SpAtk and Speed, while Mew has more bulk and Aura Sphere, though Azelf can getaway with running HP Fighting). Mew definitlely wouidn't be the most dangerous sweeper in OU (SD Lucario + DDNite + DDos + DD Tar + Agiligross all give his SD or RP sets a run for their money), though a boosted Sucker Punch or Explosion is kinda cool. In my opinion even Latias is better than Mew primarily since she has better stats as well as a secondary Dragon typing which makes her super gluable on a lot of teams... Even Celebi, a similar sprite Pokemon, benefits from a secondary Grass typing and better ability which helps differentiate her from Mew.
Obviously what would make Mew dangerous is his extremely wide movepool which would make him unpredictable, though once again Jirachi, Tyranitar, and Latias have the capability to be unpredicatable as well. For example, switching into a Wisp or Explosion or obscure coverage move when not expecting it. A strong set off the top of my head would be like: Taunt + WoW + Softboiled + Super Fang... Transform or Torment could also potentially be interesting but I feel like it would be pretty niche overall.
Off the top of my head Mew wouldn't like Scarf Tyranitar or Gengar and would struggle with walls once its set is known (Blissey walls NP sets, however I think SD Explosion Mew could find a place on HO), also paralyzing him would signficantly nerf Mew on top of all of this. A big perk though is that WishTect Jirachi can have its para reflected back on it thanks to Mew's ability. In a way Mew can make the metagame healthier by paralyzing Jirachis who are trying to paralyze him (so he minorly reduces Jirachi's impact on the tier).
I predict dropping Mew into OU would see an initial big surge of usage in the spritemon, however over time he would drop to being just an averagely used mon sorta like Empoleon or Magnezone.
I feel like Mew was initially banned primarily due to Baton Pass. However since we currently cannot pass stat boosts in DPP OU this significantly weakens the argument for Mew being Uber.
Anyone want to offer input on this?
Edit - I also recommend reading my posts with dark mode on
If Mew were to be dropped into DPP OU, would he be the best Pokemon in DPP OU?
In order to answer this question I decided to compare him to what is considered to be the best Pokemon in the tier currently:
My main argument is that Jirachi is better than Mew mainly due to his secondary Steel typing as well as a better ability. Resistances to Dragon and Steel are crucial to Jirachi's success, and a neutrailty to Crunch and U-turn are helpful as well. Last but not least Serene Grace Iron Head + Body Slam is his bread-and-butter and what allows Jirachi to break through unprepared teams. Hax is many people's argument as to why Jirachi himself should be banned - Mew just cannot replicate hax potential in the same way that Jirachi can. In my opinion Mew wouldn't have a chance at cracking the Big Three, and lower ranked mons have desirable attributes over him as well in terms of typing and stats which would give them a seat on a team over Mew in a lot of situations - for example Gyarados, Heatran, and Flygon would be nipping at Mew's heels.
Mew has access to stronger stat boosting moves however we know that these boosts aren't enough to make a Pokemon "good", they also need typing and stats to back it up (100 / 100 offensive stats are good but not great for a sweeper). STAB Psychic also isn't very good, and pure Psychics have never ranked high in DPP viability rankings. The highest ranking pure Psychic is Azelf, who is mainly there for his lead sets. In my opinion even NP Azelf outclasses NP Mew and even that sees little usage (Azelf has higher SpAtk and Speed, while Mew has more bulk and Aura Sphere, though Azelf can getaway with running HP Fighting). Mew definitlely wouidn't be the most dangerous sweeper in OU (SD Lucario + DDNite + DDos + DD Tar + Agiligross all give his SD or RP sets a run for their money), though a boosted Sucker Punch or Explosion is kinda cool. In my opinion even Latias is better than Mew primarily since she has better stats as well as a secondary Dragon typing which makes her super gluable on a lot of teams... Even Celebi, a similar sprite Pokemon, benefits from a secondary Grass typing and better ability which helps differentiate her from Mew.
Obviously what would make Mew dangerous is his extremely wide movepool which would make him unpredictable, though once again Jirachi, Tyranitar, and Latias have the capability to be unpredicatable as well. For example, switching into a Wisp or Explosion or obscure coverage move when not expecting it. A strong set off the top of my head would be like: Taunt + WoW + Softboiled + Super Fang... Transform or Torment could also potentially be interesting but I feel like it would be pretty niche overall.
Off the top of my head Mew wouldn't like Scarf Tyranitar or Gengar and would struggle with walls once its set is known (Blissey walls NP sets, however I think SD Explosion Mew could find a place on HO), also paralyzing him would signficantly nerf Mew on top of all of this. A big perk though is that WishTect Jirachi can have its para reflected back on it thanks to Mew's ability. In a way Mew can make the metagame healthier by paralyzing Jirachis who are trying to paralyze him (so he minorly reduces Jirachi's impact on the tier).
I predict dropping Mew into OU would see an initial big surge of usage in the spritemon, however over time he would drop to being just an averagely used mon sorta like Empoleon or Magnezone.
I feel like Mew was initially banned primarily due to Baton Pass. However since we currently cannot pass stat boosts in DPP OU this significantly weakens the argument for Mew being Uber.
Anyone want to offer input on this?
Edit - I also recommend reading my posts with dark mode on
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