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Metagame SV OU Metagame Discussion v2 [Update on Post #5186]
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Hooray! Will E s p a t h r a be voted on?
Very happy to hear this. It's been a rough week but I think this and the proposed quickban threshold change will do wonders for discussion and the meta going forward.
We are voting on current OU Pokemon; now is not the time to retest anything as we are so close to release and the tier is still littered with nonsense.
I agree.
I think some people have been harsh as two bans in the span of four-five days is still a quicker pace than a lot of other generations have had after releases. However, I also think a few other bans are heavily supported. I think this will reflect in the tiering survey and perhaps in the next round of quickbans.
I agree that people are being way too harsh towards the OU council, I personally really appreciate the work Finchinator in particular has been putting in when it comes to both fast-paced and sensible tiering decisions while also actively engaging with the community in a way I personally haven't seen much in the past, so big props to him. Not really fond of the amount of negativity directed towards him when he clearly deserves a lot more than to be borderline insulted every time the OU council either does or doesn't do anything.
Yeah, I agree with this sentiment. Finch does a lot and is often very clear and open with his decision-making and feelings on different things. Think it would be nice if the other council members were as transparent and communicative. It is also very nice to see that they’re looking to reduce the number of votes needed for a ban.
Me when Chien-Pao is banned (I can actually play OU now)
OU has been an actual tier since regieleki was yote imo. You can actually fucking teambuild now
You know like, of course Magearna had to go, but for people like me who play OU for fun (in that threshold where I'm too good to play with friends and too bad to play competitively), all those mons like Mage, Mane, Bundle, Houndstone, Espathra... that was like suuuper satisfying. Very uncompetitive I guess but oh well. I'm just gonna mobilize people to build OUBL. Or OUNS (OU No Skill).
Nah. Not until Chien-Pao gets the boot am I able to play OU (I'm below average in terms of performance in the face of power creep)
If you’re looking for that good uncompetitive cheese, slap a Great Tusk and a CB Chien-Pao on your team. Tusk removes hazards and CB Pao is the uncompetitive cheese bullshit despicable wings of despair breath of ruin mon that’s currently in the tier. It clicks buttons with impunity, Zama-H can’t repeatedly take Icicle Crash, Zama-C can’t take Sacred Sword well, and nothing else takes it on.
if it’s not clear, I hate Pao a lot.
I can’t speak for everyone, but I highly admire Finchinator for his work. I may argue with him often, but this is only because we don’t see eye-to-eye on everything. I still have a great deal of respect for him, and the rest of the council. I believe many people feel this way as well.
I can somewhat understand why some people tend to point fingers at the council. Like some of these people are very loud, even if they represent a minority. So they advocate for either banning things or keeping things in Ubers before they're able to be used.
So when said Pokemon get quick banned to Ubers, in their eyes, the whole situation seems like "a waste of time" that could have been used toward something else. Of course, I personally am not saying it's a waste of time because either way it injects livelihood. These things encourage discussion, brainstorming, and breeds creativity.
If the vocal people had their way, Walking Wake would have been unjustifiably banned. Remember when people were screaming at the council for them to take immediate action against it for the first week it was out. Nowadays, people don't even consider Walking Wake anywhere near ban worthy.
great to hear! all jokes aside, i really do appreciate how fast you and the rest of the OU council are with the many tiering actions this generation. i'd say it's a huge improvement from past generations in regards to both pacing and decision-making and i really do hold a great deal of respect for the entire council for it.
however for the sake of starting a new discussion, which pokemon does everyone here think fell off hard between the pre-HOME and post-HOME metas, and which pokemon stayed the same/improved? for me, meowscarada took a huge blow with the unbans and returning pokemon, having poor matchups into a lot of the top tiers like chien-pao, zamazenta (both forms), enamorus, zapdos, and so forth. meowscarada still is good, don't get me wrong. it's still a splashable and versatile pivot that takes great advantage of protean with its movepool and speed......but it's just a lot harder to use with all the faster threats, as well as the many pokemon that resist its STABs or can generally just take its hits well. it'll definitely see a bit more usage once chien-pao and zamazenta get banned but as of now it's just a shell of its former self in my eyes.
What a rude reply lmao. His frustration is that current tiering policy forces us to ban Pokémon when there are certain elements that would be broken on basically any Pokémon, which is a fair criticism of the current system imo. Game freaks design philosophy has changed dramatically since these policies were established, which has lead to a dramatically different game than even just a few generations ago, and tiering policy has not been adjusted to compensate, as evidenced by us having to ban 5-6 Pokémon with every dlc/game drop. Stability is the goal, but it has been more and more difficult every generation due to game freak. I wouldn’t be shocked if gen 10 had multiple 400bst shitmons (such as houndstone) banned to Ubers because they had absolutely insane signature moves that are clearly the only thing remotely broken about them, which just doesn’t sit right with me and many other smogon members.
I think some people are missing the point. I don't think most people are criticizing the council, and certainly not people like Finch or ausma who are consistently active in discussion and reasoning - much the opposite, we appreciate those people *especially*. In fact, I think most people are mostly okay with most of the votes especially with further action and a survey on the horizon. I just think it would be nice for more people on the "making decisions team" to more actively make the reasons they make those decisions known, especially against fairly unanimous public opinion (ZamaC/Chien being broken have been like 80% held beliefs from what I've seen)
Honestly the only questionable result was Chien-Pao. Like Chien-Pao was banned before, dropped to OU because like 3.5 new Pokemon check it and few more could revenge kill it (but only assuming its not running priority). One of those checks being Magearna, who was banned in the same vote.
I agree with everything else. There should be more testing going on for the Pokemon on the Radar.
Also hot take no one is ready for.
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, especially if Zama-C gets banned.
I agree with everything else. There should be more testing going on for the Pokemon on the Radar.
Also hot take no one is ready for.
> , especially if Zama-C gets banned.Honestly, I wonder what happens when the council decides stuff. Classified info, but it might have politics or whatever. I'm not for allat
They watch the Season 1 Pokémon Opening 69 times and then begin the ritual of praying to the holy Pex (Stall be upon them) and begin the round table of votes. That's the political information you desired and it is given.
congress has a lower threshold for proposing a constitutional amendment or declaring a war than the ou council has for quickbanning a mon
bans get implemented whenever the coders have time, just be patient
Lately I’ve found that I’ve been using volcanion on like 90% of my teams and it’s just a really good glue pokemon. Good against rain, against half of the main sun core, and just a good bulky Pokémon in general. Has anyone else found success with it cause I don’t see it much on ladder atm
You should use these final precious minutes to enjoy using the robot rabbit whilst you can. The mad scientists pulling the strings behind the scenes are working on the code be patient.
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