[Discussion] Thoughts on the Competitive Meta?

[ScarletZephyr]

Which Pokemon will be banned to Ubers?

Raffiti - whoever thought giving Smeragle actual stats was a good idea could very well be in contention for a Darwin award.  This thing is absurdly versatile, it can do literally anything, and with offensive stats of 80/80/90, it can very feasibly run a Shell Smash set with the help of Spore.  After Shell Smashing, Raffiti can proceed to sweep the opposition with it's perfect super-effective coverage in the form of Expunge + Flamethrower/Fire Blast.  Due to it's power, versatility, and access to Nuclear type moves without facing the drawback of actually being a Nuclear type, Raffiti is the most broken mon in Uranium and needs to be banned.

Urayne (alpha) - no reason to talk about the beta form when the alpha one is already broken.  Over base 100 Speed and over base 130 Special Attack allows this thing to hit hard and sweep teams without the need for a choice item.  While not Nucleon's Hyper Voice, Radioacid still has a BP of 370 against 90% of the game and Urayne also has access to Fire Blast, giving it perfect super effective coverage.  It even gets access to Nasty Plot, allowing it to smash through stall teams with ease.

Nucleon - still broken, but it takes a backseat to Raffiti and Urayne in my opinion.  While Nucleon's Hyper Voice hits faster and harder than any of Urayne or Raffiti's options and Nucleon doesn't require any turns of setup to reach it's gamebreaking levels of power, Nucleon pales in comparison to Urayne and Raffiti due to it's linearity.  Nucleon will almost always be running Scarf, meaning that simply switching into a Steel will get the job done most of the time.  This doesn't mean that Nucleon isn't broken, not by any stretch of the imagination.  The centralizing effect it has on teambuilding is extremely cancerous, and while it is checked by steels, it can just as easily be used as double switching bait to lure out steel types.  Nucleon is extremely unhealthy and needs to go.

Jerbolta-N - The fourth and final mon that should be quickbanned from Uranium OU in my opinion.  While Jerbolta-N only has 85 base Special Attack, it makes up for this with it's 110 Base Speed allowing it to outspeed most things, 370 BP Radioacid, Nasty Plot, perfect supereffective coverage with Earth Power, and worst of all, it's ability - Quick Charge.  Quick Charge gives Jerbolta the ability to use that 370BP Radioacid as a priority move on the turn it switches in, which is beyond insane.  The sheer threat of priority Radioacid allows Jerbolta-N to force switches with ease, set up Nasty Plot on said switches, and proceed to sweep the enemy team with ease thanks to it's perfect super effective coverage mentioned earlier.

The four mons I mentioned above should be quickbanned in my opinion.

3 out of the 4 Pokemon you want quickbanned to Ubers aren't even Legendaries. I think this goes to show how well the devs have balanced Tandor's Pokemon, especially considering Nintendo's spotty history on viability. (Mega Rayquaza, anyone?)