Hello Hello Hello Everyone! I have with me some news about our new tier!
Magearna, while losing the ability to snowball through teams as easily with Zmoves, gained access to stored power and draining kiss, giving it another way for it to snowball through teams with all sorts of set up moves available. Compared to SM, SS Monotype is a more offensive metagame which means Magearna oftentimes doesn't need Z moves to power through to get its first kill and start snowballing using Soul Heart. On fairy, you are able to pair Magearna with webs, allowing it to bypass it's mediocre speed stat which is further augmented with shift gear. Along with this, both steel and fairy also have access to spikes, allowing them to stack hazards, making it easier for Magearna to get its first ko and begin its sweep. Due to an excellent movepool and a plethora of sets at its disposal the council has decided to quickban Magearna. It's most common set of Calm Mind, Shift Gear, Draining Kiss, and Stored Power allowed it to sweep a large variety of teams. Aided with the availability of klefki setting screens on both types, Magearna has the ability to set up vs Pokemon that are super effective against it. With recovery in Draining Kiss, it becomes a nightmare to beat. With Magearna alone invalidating types such as dragon, dark, and making others supremely difficult such as poison, electric, and water among others, we find it is centralizing enough to warrant a ban.
Tagging The Immortal to implement. Thank you!
In other news, the council also looked at other potential problems in this new metagame in terrain extender and Urshifu-Rapid-Strike and held a vote. Terrain extender was a close vote, while Urshifu was not. Both will stay unbanned for the time being but they will be watched in the near future, and looked at again as we get a larger sample size in the coming weeks. That's all, enjoy the DLC!
Magearna, while losing the ability to snowball through teams as easily with Zmoves, gained access to stored power and draining kiss, giving it another way for it to snowball through teams with all sorts of set up moves available. Compared to SM, SS Monotype is a more offensive metagame which means Magearna oftentimes doesn't need Z moves to power through to get its first kill and start snowballing using Soul Heart. On fairy, you are able to pair Magearna with webs, allowing it to bypass it's mediocre speed stat which is further augmented with shift gear. Along with this, both steel and fairy also have access to spikes, allowing them to stack hazards, making it easier for Magearna to get its first ko and begin its sweep. Due to an excellent movepool and a plethora of sets at its disposal the council has decided to quickban Magearna. It's most common set of Calm Mind, Shift Gear, Draining Kiss, and Stored Power allowed it to sweep a large variety of teams. Aided with the availability of klefki setting screens on both types, Magearna has the ability to set up vs Pokemon that are super effective against it. With recovery in Draining Kiss, it becomes a nightmare to beat. With Magearna alone invalidating types such as dragon, dark, and making others supremely difficult such as poison, electric, and water among others, we find it is centralizing enough to warrant a ban.
Tagging The Immortal to implement. Thank you!
In other news, the council also looked at other potential problems in this new metagame in terrain extender and Urshifu-Rapid-Strike and held a vote. Terrain extender was a close vote, while Urshifu was not. Both will stay unbanned for the time being but they will be watched in the near future, and looked at again as we get a larger sample size in the coming weeks. That's all, enjoy the DLC!
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