Avery
Banned deucer.
Hey everyone! Tornadus-T was victim of a quickban wave all the way back in 2020, you can read in-depth about its ban reasoning here. But to quickly summarize, it got banned for its ability to unstoppably force progress on the enemy team alongside its access to Regenerator, its splashability, and ability to easily adapt to meta trends. Gaining Nasty Plot had nothing to do with it being banned, though this suspect was long delayed because of how effectively Nasty Plot tore through the metagame on paper. However, the metagame has evolved from how it was in the past; Pokemon such as Rotom-W, Zapdos, and Tapu Koko are some notable Pokemon that are very popular in the current meta and would check Tornadus-T. The metagame is also much more fast-paced which keeps offensively oriented sets in check, while allowing utility-focused ones to thrive. As such, a recent metagame survey revealed that a majority of the community wants tiering action taken on Tornadus-T; and as such a majority of the council has decided to hold a suspect test to see if Tornadus-T will be brought down from National Dex AG.
Suspect Test Information
- This is new to National Dex suspect tests! Reading this is mandatory to participate in the suspect test. The voting requirements are a minimum GXE of 80 with at least 50 games played. However, you may play 1 less game for every 0.2 GXE you have above 80 GXE, down to a minimum of 30 games at a GXE of 84. Also, doing more than 50 games to reach 80 GXE will suffice.
GXE minimum games 80 50 80.2 49 80.4 48 80.6 47 80.8 46 81 45 81.2 44 81.4 43 81.6 42 81.8 41 82 40 82.2 39 82.4 38 82.6 37 82.8 36 83 35 83.2 34 83.4 33 83.6 32 83.8 31 84 30 - You must use a new account that begins with the given prefix for this suspect test. The prefix is NXTORN. For example, I could signup and qualify with the name NXTORN Avery.
- Impersonating or mocking another user with your account name, or using an account name that breaks Pokemon Showdown! rules is not allowed. If there is any slight hesitation, you're probably better off picking a different name. We reserve the right to null your voting requisites if you are found impersonating or mocking another user with your account name. Moderator discretion will be applied.
- If you are found trying to manipulate voting requisites in any way, you will be met with a harsh infraction. This can range from faking your screenshot to asking another user to forfeit.
- The Pokemon that's being suspect tested, Tornadus-T, will be allowed on the National Dex ladder for the next two weeks, to give an idea on how it would affect the metagame.
- The suspect test will go on for two weeks. This suspect test will last until February the 7th at 11:59 PM GMT-5.
Suspect Test Rules
- You are required to make sure that whatever you are arguing for is in-line with the Tiering Policy Framework. If what you're arguing for isn't, there's a very high chance that your post will be deleted.
- No uninformed one liners or posts;
- No discussion on other potential suspect tests;
- No discussion on the suspect test process.
- Your posts are expected to be respectful, please do not insult anyone.
- Failing to follow these rules, may result in an infraction.
Tagging Kris to implement this on the ladder :]
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