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As a former lati hater, it does not need to go if jirachi goes, theres plenty of other steels with decent special defense to fill the void, empoleon and metagross being the main ones.
You can easily replace Metagross with Jirachi on big 6. Alternatively, you can even run both. We should not wait for a survey when DPP PL starts in a week and we can use that to test a rachi-less meta.
Anyways, the main piece here is that I agree - Jirachi is not broken. But it is...
I wanted to follow up in BW’s steed and make this post. In the past, people have argued that Jirachi is a “necessary evil” in DPP — including myself. It definitely isn’t.
Following SPL, my opinion has changed. Jirachi is without a doubt, unhealthy and uncompetitive. Particularly, Iron Head...
won ggs
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen4ou-2099938940-gkihc1pr4ww8s7v5rkn8zkk7bruy0sapw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen4ou-2099940926-h8p38ar3shzdc3wwslpr6evhvl81o9qpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen4ou-2099942933-kkkeoxus3j3ss56n0aenmg9n71o7al1pw
won, rng took the game away from him before it really started.. thanks for playing early and sorry again
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen4ou-759973