UbersSuck20
05-01-2014, 07:59 PM
I'm starting to lose faith in Smogon. I'm totally against a potential Baton Pass nerf (source (http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/baton-pass-its-role-in-the-metagame-and-possible-solutions-to-nerf-full-baton-pass-chains.3504331/page-89#post-5420695)), and, after posting two counters to Baton Pass teams (Prankster Thundurus and Shell Smash Cloyster) I made a post where I stated that Baton Pass is in no way broken and that the OU metagame will just need time to adapt to this strategy. They just deleted my post. Stupid elitists.
Gen IV:
- Did not ban Scizor after it gained Bullet Punch in Platinum
- Did not unban or at least test Ho-Oh in DPPt (it wasn't really anything special prior to gaining Brave Bird, since there was no Magic Bounce or Regenerator back then, so Ho-oh had to rely on its coverage moves and had weaker attacking stats than Salamence.)
- Banned Salamence in 2010
Gen V:
- Did not ban Drizzle, but instead they decided to do a complex ban (Drizzle + Swift Swim) in early Gen 5
- Banned Excadrill in 2011
- Banned Tornadus-T in early 2013
- Banned Landorus (REALLY????) in mid 2013
- Did not ban Jirachi and maybe Ferrothorn
Gen VI:
- Quickbanned Mega Gengar
- Banned Genesect
- Banned Swagger
- They aren't suspect testing Deoxys-S, Talonflame or Charizard, since they think Baton Pass chains are more uber.
Gen IV:
- Did not ban Scizor after it gained Bullet Punch in Platinum
- Did not unban or at least test Ho-Oh in DPPt (it wasn't really anything special prior to gaining Brave Bird, since there was no Magic Bounce or Regenerator back then, so Ho-oh had to rely on its coverage moves and had weaker attacking stats than Salamence.)
- Banned Salamence in 2010
Gen V:
- Did not ban Drizzle, but instead they decided to do a complex ban (Drizzle + Swift Swim) in early Gen 5
- Banned Excadrill in 2011
- Banned Tornadus-T in early 2013
- Banned Landorus (REALLY????) in mid 2013
- Did not ban Jirachi and maybe Ferrothorn
Gen VI:
- Quickbanned Mega Gengar
- Banned Genesect
- Banned Swagger
- They aren't suspect testing Deoxys-S, Talonflame or Charizard, since they think Baton Pass chains are more uber.