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The problem with Baton Pass was that it was legitimately broken, needing specific counters that were not good for much else to beat (and even those counters could still be played around), and uncompetitive because it took the skill aspect of the game out of the equation, reducing it to matchup...

No. We do not nerf overpowered Pokemon to keep them. The only complex bans Smogon had were eventually reworked into a simple ban. See above. And we cannot ban Supreme Overlord because it's exclusive. Heck, last generation had Galarian Darmanitan getting the banhammer instead of Gorilla Tactics...

You do realize that Regieleki was banned purely because of terastallization, right...? It didn't do all that much in Gen 8 because it got shut down by any ground type. You say that anything that's broken by tera is just broken period, then you mention Regieleki, which, as was said before, did...

Dude. Those don't even compare. Moody relies squarely on luck. Mega Rayquaza was broken as fuck. For starters, the latter was not bound by the normal rules for Mega Evolution; unlike other megas, it only needed to know a certain move, this being Dragon Ascent. This means it was free to hold...

The problem here is not being broken, but rather, being uncompetitive. And long story short, I'd say Moody is uncompetitive in spades. It doesn't take any skill to spam Sub and Protect until you get boosted enough to sweep the entire opposing team. While it was nerfed in Sword and Shield by...

The problem is, Pao is much too effective. Outspeeding everything except for a tiny handful of mons, for starters, with the one viable mon that outruns it being rekt by its priority. Also, saying it's okay because it didn't dominate SPL is missing the point. I also agree with another comment...

Scream Tail? As in the same Scream Tail that's C rank in the OU viability rankings, and is a UU mon? Also, saying that it can be checked if you play carefully doesn't help your case, as it implies that a misprediction has dire consequences for the side facing it, as opposed to the user...

I'd frankly say it is when one misprediction from the opponent means something gets chunked for a lot of damage, if not outright KOed. Also, two of those mons you listed lack recovery, and all three often end up being used for - and taking hits from - other mons. I'd say looking at stuff like...

You say people are "adapting" to Chien-Pao, but Chien-Pao can and will adapt in response. Anyway, how in the seven hells do you adapt to something that: -Smashes the premier walls in the tier like they were paper cups -Outspeeds the entire metagame except for one mon, with the one mon that...

It has priority of its own, and it outspeeds everything that isn't Dragapult, who matches up poorly against it (also, Terastallization is a thing, in case you thought you had it dead to rights). Heavy-Duty Boots make hazards a non-factor. And ironically, Chien-Pao loves screens too, because they...

Dude. I don't know how in the name of Arceus you can find Chien-Pao to be "manageable both offensively and defensively" when all signs point the opposite direction. 252+ Atk Choice Band Sword of Ruin Tera Dark Chien-Pao Crunch vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Dondozo: 238-280 (47.2 - 55.5%) -- 75.4%...

Anyone with half a brain would switch out if they suspect you have super effective priority (oh, and by the way, Chien-Pao has priority itself. Two flavors of it, in fact). If Stealth Rock becomes prevalent, it'd start running Heavy-Duty Boots to ignore it. Then what? Oh, and terastallization is...

There's a difference between "defining the meta" and "having a stranglehold on the meta", and Chien-Pao is the latter, as there is very little counterplay offensively or defensively thanks to being nigh impossible to outspeed, and hitting like a Warlock Punch. Also, Iron Valiant is not a...

Prediction is, by default, never going to be a reliable answer. And that's assuming that Girafarig isn't a physical set with Trailblaze; if it happens to be, and your answer was a scarfed mon? Welp, you're sunk. Which it can't really do it Stealth Rocks are up, as it just drops. And the...

Uhh, no. Scarfers are easy to exploit, and they drain all your momentum when you inevitably have to switch out (also, the scarfers cannot switch in, which means something needs to die first). Thunder Wave works... If it doesn't have tera ground or electric, that is, otherwise lol. Oh, and...