I understand where you're coming from. The thing is unlike certain mons metagross doesn't invalidate certain play styles (looking at you pheromosa and lando-I). It being gone will impact the meta but not to the extent you want. I don't understand how banning a (offensive) mon will equate to a more creative meta. Just because gross is gone doesn't mean people are going to use more obscure mons. You might end up seeing more t-tar and niheligo but the use of niche mons won't sky rocket. SM is still developing and creativity needs to develop as the meta develops. Oras was considered stale but I believe the meta developed with much more creativity with mons like Nidoking, weavile, torn-t, crawdaunt, and many more finding usage.Foremost, what is your justification for that? You can't just say "banning Metagross won't change the meta" and expect us to just agree without explaining what else exists in the metagame that makes Metagross' influence invalidated.
This is exactly the rationale we used to ban Aegislash in XY. I was a staunch opponent to that because Aegislash in OU makes the metagame incredibly stable.
Be that as it may, freeing up those mons to run other sets creates a much more diverse metagame than what we have now. The other functions for those scarfers can honestly be covered in a number of other ways; Volcarona has numerous answers, as do Koko and any of the other 110s.
C'mon--don't devolve into the "don't ban so X doesn't get broken" argument. There is no need to address this line of rhetoric any further.
Honestly, the suspect ladder is not going to be very indicative of a new metagame right now; it's what--day 3 after the removal of the single best and most centralizing Pokemon in the tier? The Aegislash suspect in XY was really similar in this respect; it took a long time for the things it held back (Fairies, and other strong wallbreakers) to reveal themselves as serious threats.
As for your argument regarding Z-Crystals: Like I said, we shouldn't accept slapping a Z-Crystal as "groundbreaking" or "profoundly creative" It's literally just giving a really strong one-time coverage move to something. Creativity should be regarded in unusual Pokemon or complete sets, not added firepower for one turn. Things like Shuca Berry + Ice Beam Tyranitar are creative, as they fill a COMPLETELY different purpose than all conventionally listed sets for Tyranitar.
I can honestly say the SuMo metagame has been one of the most uninspiring metagames I've ever seen. Innovation has largely been coverage switches from whatever "Set of the Month" exists for the top few threats (Pheromosa was probably the most indicative of this). We can do better than this.
EDIT: I forgot to address which Pokemon become better Scarfers after the ban. Latios, Lele, Jirachi, Nihilego, and Terrakion all become patently BETTER because they can better spam one or both of their STABs.
But basically to your point of wanting a more creative meta it takes time and metagross doesn't invalidate play styles.
If you wanna use more obscure mons you can already do that with skilled play and team building, and I agree it can be pretty fun to do so :]
Oh and also, agei was banned because it was literal cancer and forced a million 50/50s ontop of having busted offenses and typing.
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