09-29-2016, 12:00 PM
(09-29-2016, 11:23 AM)tarutaru Wrote: Sorry to say this, but to say my opinion, I just think it's pointless and dangerous at the same time to discuss which Pokemon should be banned without actually doing the battles. Of course it's free to "guess" which Pokemon would be strong in the competetive fields, but when it comes about banning, then it should be treated with extra caution.
There must be plenty of battles held before the decision. After all, even Nucleon and Inflagetah may end up in being "not so strong as it seemed". Also bunch of battling videos might help the decision, as it works as a source of real battle situations, not just theoritical ones.
I'm simply not a fan of the idea to "ban" Pokemon, but really, I'm afraid of Pokemons being banned unfairly because of people saying "Nucleon should be banned, because I think so". Everyone thought M-Salamence would dominate the wi-fi rating battles right after the release of ORAS, and then after a week only a few kept using it and other returned to using M-Kangaskhan and M-Gengar as a mega position as if no new megas were released. Top of the theoritical battles fell to nothing in real battles.
You're right. I think what we're discussing here is not "what Pokémon will be banned" but "what Pokémon we think that should be banned". I don't we'll be banning Nucleon or Mega Inflagetah right away just cause they seem to be too strong. Although you've got to admit: it's most likely they'll be banned. However, maybe we're all wrong, and there's no need in banning then, just like there was no need in banning Mega Metagross from ORAS OU. That's something that we can only decide through experimenting; only when there's a solid competitive scene so we can watch how these mons fits into the meta can we decide if they should really be banned. This doesn't means we can't say: Scarf Nucleon is, at least theoretically, too strong.
