Announcement The bunnies are gone (Cinderace + Magearna Quickbanned)

[nolenot]

hmm i guess so ive always thought it was a cat

U liek mudkips???????????!?!!!!

 

[Monotype=monoluck]

yezzz i liek mudkipz

 

[STABLE]

free kyuw

 

[ExplodingDonkey]

This thread getting kinda long ngl

 

[Monotype=monoluck]

hmm just three? iv'e seen longer

 

[Monotype=monoluck]

hi magicarpe

 

[Ehmcee]

https://pokepast.es/64990b364ff8c40f

Thanks for throwing my turt set to hell smh

 

[LRXC]

A snapshot of Magearnas amaizng bunny power in Early DLC :o

 

[ihavenoideatalll]

ok but for real if we unban cindy but ban libero, it wont be broken and itll also check magearna who should be burned at the stake

How about we also unban marshadow but take away all its ghost moves and not let it use items

 

[nolenot]

How about we also unban marshadow but take away all its ghost moves and not let it use items

yes

 

[ExplodingDonkey]

How about we also unban marshadow but take away all its ghost moves and not let it use items

 

[Here Comes Team Charm!]

What if we unban reshiram but it can't use any special moves? I mean it's basically a worse zard X at that point. It'll also help the meta check rotom-heat.

 

[Ehmcee]

Y'all are talking about nerfing strong mons, but how about we unban everything, and allow all mons NU and under to dynamax? This should leave us with a fair and balanced metagame that gives a chance for lower tiers to shine.

 

[LRXC]

Last snapshot of the mag DLC meta featuring some dope teams!

 

[DMPancake]

Following up our Cinderace quickban, Magearna has been quickbanned from SwSh 1v1.

Magearna has many qualities that set it a level above Pokemon within the Gen 8 1v1 metagame. Its terrific natural bulk combined with excellent typing and huge Special Attack give it unending viable strategies to take advantage of. This is all aided by Magearna's utility options like Encore, Trick, Pain Split, Draining Kiss, Stored Power, and Calm Mind + Iron Defense, alongside powerful offensive potential and coverage with Fleur Cannon, Ice Beam, Aura Sphere, Focus Blast, Thunderbolt, and Shadow Ball.

With all of these tools at its disposal, Magearna can effectively be used as the ultimate glue to any team, so long as its teammates can cover Magearna's nearly-inescapable Fire weakness - not too hard to do, when there are only single-digit amounts of viable Fire-types, plus the rare powerhouses capable of disposing of Magearna with just Fire-type coverage. And because only Fire-type Pokemon, most of which aren't top tier on their own, are mandatory to run for Magearna, it creates a competitive environment that is extremely restricted, with regard to teambuilding.

The removal of Z-Moves and the overall decrease in the power level of the metagame also free Magearna up to a wide variety of equally-viable items: Choice Specs, Choice Scarf, Life Orb, Air Balloon, recovery berries, Weakness Policy, all immediately useful items that change the way Magearna needs to be played against, all thanks to Magearna's immediately threatening offensive presence and exceptionally t h i c c bulk (For some fun context, Adamant max Attack Choice Band Dracovish cannot 100% OHKO a fully invested defensive Magearna).

The council voted to quickban this after giving it some time to be discussed in the 1v1 On The Radar thread. It may potentially be resuspected in the future, if the metagame seems tolerable. Tagging The Immortal or Kris for implementation.
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Votes

Alakazam: Ban
Rosa: Ban
Waylaid: Ban
Nalei: Ban
Boat: No Ban (Opted for Public Suspect in the future)