STABmons Council has agreed to re-suspect Terastallization after the survey results!
Nearly a year has passed since Terastallization, more commonly known as Tera was suspect tested with a nail-biting close result and with a new year and a survey to back up the demand for a re-suspect, the STABmons council has agreed unanimously for it.
Tera is a complicated mechanic that seriously changes the foundations of Pokémon competition due to the changing of typing mid-battle. Depending on your view, it may be broken due to throwing numerous variables at you, unbalancing the balanced through increased potency of STABs, or introducing new defensive, offensive, or a combination of both into the equation. Examples include pushing the power of Pokémon even further by Terastalizing into a STAB, further bolstering the offensive prowess of Pokémon in a tier rife with high-powered moves such as Landorus-Therian Tera-ing into Ground or Flying to bust through defensive powerhouses like Ting-Lu, Meloetta Tera-ing into normal type to blow up virtually anything with Boomburst, reality is that it is difficult to balance around this, and this only addresses one aspect of Tera, where reality is it can be both defensive and offensive, swapping the effectiveness of a matchup on its head, turning a counter into prey.
Yet, depending on your views, these problems are actually instances where skill comes into play, learning when to Tera in battle to gain the greatest effect or avoid a nasty scenario. Do you Tera immediately to cover for a glaring weakness in your team or do you save it for that perfect moment to uno reverso a scenario? The unquestionable utility of changing types mid-battle is great to many as letting defensive and offensive Pokémon have a chance in scenarios where they'd normally be forced out or Ko'd such as a Toxapex Tera-ing into a neutrality or resist to mortal spin or scald a Landorus-therian, Corviknight Tera-ing to Dragon to cover for it's weakness to Fire and Electric, this application is immensely deep and adds a layer to team building beyond previous generations.
Regardless which side you sit on, Tera is without a doubt a central mechanic that needs an answer once more. Are you for it or against it?
Requirements:
Requirements can be achieved by getting minimum 75 GXE in 25 games on the STABmons ladder. In order to participate in the suspect, you must create a fresh alt (creation date no earlier than 4/14/2024) with the prefix STBTRA at the start of the name. When you have obtained the reqs, make sure to post proof of your alt's record (generally a screenshot) in this thread, and if you wish to do so, you can also share your thoughts on the test here.
Voting:
Once the suspect period is over, everyone who has obtained reqs will be tagged. The post will then outline a process of blind voting, which will be clarified once the time arrives. For now, follow the above "Requirements" subheading to ensure that you have posted your reqs correctly. You must post on this thread in order to be tagged in the voting thread, however you do not need to include your vote on this thread.
A super-majority of 60% ban votes is required for Terastalization to be banned.
TL;DR
-Terastalization will be allowed on ladder
- The minimum GXE requirement is 75 and the minimum game count is 25
- You must ladder on a newly-created alt using the prefix STBTRA
- You must post your reqs in this thread, though the voting process will happen in a separate thread. You are not required to state your vote in this thread.
- The suspect test will conclude at 4/28/2024 at 11:59 PM GMT-5
- A ban vote of 60% is required to ban Tera in STABmons.
). It’s really vulnerable to Scarf Gholdengo especially combined with Chansey though since only Meloetta can take an Astral Barrage easily and Meloetta gets walled by Ghold + Chansey and can only make progress by Tricking Scarf on Chansey, which means the Ghold player can just plain just stay in to block it.
