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4
These two are the biggest priorities in my opinion. A lot of the issues people have with the tier could be traced to these two. Gouging Fire for instance has helped constrain teams to such an extent that it is close to impossible to counter. DD sets with Breaking Swipe can win the 1v1 with Dondozo, Banded has zero switch ins. Defensive DD can also win games quite easily as well. I don't think this is a sun issue, moreso just a pressing concern of one mon crushing entire teams. The only reason this did not get a 5 is because I think we are past the point where quickbanning things is a good idea. This should be our first priority to test.
Similarly, Roaring Moon is also crushing balance as well. Taunt DD just crushes entire teams and can make so much progress. I think it is less broken than say, Gouging Fire because it is easier to check. Gambit and Tusk are top tier mons right now that can at least be soft checks to Roaring Moon, but both are kind of tera reliant and Moon can still beat them. I think I would look into Gouging Fire first, but this is still a top priority.
3
I was close to giving this a 2, since I am slowly coming to terms with this mon. I think it is a strong wincon that pushes 50/50s with Tera Fairy is dumb, but with the way Tera is in our tier that is just something that happens. Raging Bolt is super solid at breaking and/or sweeping, it’s a high quality mon for sure. But I don’t think this is a pressing concern at the moment. I’d keep an eye on it since I feel the 50/50s it can cause with Tera are more punishing than say, Gambit and Volc, but I feel about the same and would probably give it a 2 if I was more used to it if that makes sense. I’ve internalized Gambit and Volc’s chicanery and am more ok with it there as a result.
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I have pretty similar thoughts on these two. Yes, they are two of the most efficient wincons in the tier. Yes, they are meta defining mons. But I am kind of ok with that? They both offer plenty of defensive synergy to the tier and make the tier better as a whole. I think that banning either of these right now would just be a hasty call. Is it one I can sympathize with? Sure, but I think that these are symptoms of the meta, not the cause.
2
I know a lot of folks are getting frustrated at Woger, but imo it is far from the biggest issue in the meta. Yes, it punishes fat teams, but so do Roaring Moon and Gouging Fire. I feel like those two are doing a lot more damage to fat teams than Woger is. If you hit Roaring Moon and/or Gouging, Balance is freed up to attempt to check Waterpon right now, which is hard when the tier has so many brutal balance breakers. It’s dumb rn not for its own reasons but because it’s frustrating to handle all the balance breakers in the tier at once.
2
I hate Ghold, but now is not the time to ban it. It wouldn’t fix the hazards meta much: Defog has garbo distribution and the good spinners have serviceable Gholdengo mus anyway. It’s gonna be annoying and banning it would make our… one or two defoggers more useable, but I don’t think that’s a pressing concern. If Gliscor or ZapTingKing cores take over, we can talk.
1
Zamazenta on the survey felt like a weird choice. I think it’s best set rn, boots AoA, is a great healthy presence in the meta. It’s fast and helps stop the bleeding of the metagame if that makes sense. IDBP I think is fine, but it’s a mu fish that any balance or bulky team can handle alright and needs to be played very carefully there. Banded is ok rn but im not a fan of it right in this meta. It’s a good mon, but I could think of five or so mons I’d have put here instead of it like Dragapult.
1
Honestly shocked this even made the survey right now. Garg is annoying but I’d have gone with Pult or something like that instead for it. Heck, I’d have gone with Ting Lu over it.
Other mons:
is Lowkey cracked rn and super dumb, I’d have given it a 2 at least.
free my man blud