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Banned deucer.
After a contentious vote and much anticipation from the community, the council has decided to retest Entei. As always, if you'd like to see some in-depth reasoning as to why this Pokemon is being suspected, there is a paragraph written below about why Entei in particular was chosen. The suspect test will last roughly 10 days, and the deadline will be 11:59 PM EST on the 31st of July, assuming the ladder is up the next day. The requirements for this suspect will be a minimum 80 GXE and a minimum of 35 games played. Do not attempt to game the system, you will be infracted the moment you are caught.
After a few months in the tier, the council has deemed Entei to be deserving of a suspect test. Entei's ability to inflict massive damage with Sacred Fire while being able to burn its target half the time limits Entei's counters to a few handful Pokemon that are only slightly phased by burns. The majority of fire-resists in the tier, however, are either physical attackers that are heavily crippled by a burn or Pokemon with no reliable sustainability, meaning any added chip damage can stack quickly enough for Entei to outlast potential checks. This ability to cripple its own checks while possessing the Speed tier to put it above every wall and many offensive Pokemon makes Entei arguably restricting for teambuilding and an unhealthy presence in the tier.
There are two main reasons why we decided to go through with another Entei suspect test, those being the contentiousness of the vote and because this is a suspect test that's been heavily requested by the community. As many of you know, the Entei vote was decided by a single vote, so we felt it was fair to give the community an opportunity to vote on it again and bury any doubt about whether or not Entei truly belongs in the tier. However, we wanted to give Entei some time to settle into the tier before doing so. This way, it would allow people time to thoroughly examine its effects on the metagame longer than a conventional suspect would and because we did not want to resuspect simply to allow those who were dissatisfied with the vote to try and fish for a different outcome. While the suspect itself may change the outcome, that is not the purpose. Under normal circumstances, a resuspect would not happen, but because of the unusual circumstances surrounding the vote mentioned before as well as the community expressing dissatisfaction with Entei's effect on the meta well after the vote was decided, the TLs felt it was important to finally settle any lingering doubts about Entei with one last suspect. We will not be using this suspect as precedent to resuspect things over and over again to change results because as mentioned before, the circumstances being as unusual as they were as well as the community's interest in this suspect is why it will happen.
During the aftermath of the Entei vote, we noticed many users going out of their way to attack others for how they voted in the suspect. You're more than welcome to debate and argue against other people's ideas, but ad hominem attacks of any kind are unacceptable. We want to create an environment where users are comfortable expressing their opinions reasonably and civilly without having to be attacked simply because they go against the majority. If we see any of same behavior go on in this suspect, there will not be any warnings and you will be immediately infracted.
One last thing: if you really care for the development of the tier, regardless of your opinions on Entei, make sure to vote! As we've seen in the last public suspect, every vote matters. That was not the first nor will it be the last suspect decided by less than a few voters, so if you really want to have your voice heard, then be sure to participate!